Page 158 of Under Her Skin
“Blake,” she mumbles and I have to catch her as she drops the phone and stumbles back, nearly falling down as she passesout.
Rachelle
I open my eyes and the room is dark. Slapping at the bed, I find myself in my bed, but have no clue how I got here. I rub my head as it hurts a little and moan as I turn over to see if my phone is on thenightstand.
It isn’t and I have no idea where it is. Sitting up, my head spins and I sit perfectly still until itstops.
What in the hell did Ido?
Imanageto get my head to stop spinning and find a bottle of water on the nightstand and chug it down. After waiting another few seconds, I stand up and go out to the livingroom.
I must’ve left the television on as it’s on and the light in my kitchen is too. The sound of the blender goes off and I nearly run back to mybedroom.
Who’shere?
Creeping backto my bedroom I remember that I ordered dinner from where I work and Shaun brought it for me since I had been sipping on somewine.
Fuck! It’s Shaun! Ohshit!
Igointo the bathroom and find my hair looks like a cat sucked on it. Is that because we hadsex?
My nightgown thing is still on, but it’s all types of pulled wrong around my body. The only real way to tell is to take a whiff ofmyself.
I run my hand into my panties and close my eyes as I take a little sniff of my fingers. No smell of sex, justme.
ThankGod!
Okay,I need to put some clothes on and go tell him to leave. That’s all. If anything else happened I’m going to tell him, I don’t want to know aboutit.
Please don’t have let anything happen between me andhim!
After pullingmy hair back into a ponytail and washing my face which had a considerable amount of drool on it, I’m dressed in shorts and a T-shirt and am covered back up and feel confident oncemore.
I march out of my bedroom, head held high and acting as if I am perfectly aware of all that’s happened. The blender has stopped and I can hear dishes being putaway.
“Shaun,”I say. “Why are you stillhere?”
A head pops around the corner from behind the cabinet and I nearly fall backward. “Shaun?” Blakeasks.
My heart jumps inside my chest and I scream. “Blake!”
I jump up and down and run to him, throwing my arms around him and peppering kisses all over him. He picks me up in his arms and kisses the side of my head. “Hey,girl.”
“You’re here,” I say as I pull back and run my hands over his shoulders. “You’re really here in theflesh.”
“I am. Are you surprised?” he asks as he sits down on the sofa, keeping me on hislap.
“More than you can imagine.” I run my hands through his blonde locks. “I missed you even more than I realized. My heart isstuttering.”
His smile makes me stop thinking and I just gaze at him. “I actually came at the same time your boy Shaundid.”
“Youdid?”
“Uh,huh. I thought I was going to have to kick some ass. Am I going to need to do that, Rachelle? I mean what exactly was going on?” His blue, brown eyes are boring into mine and seem to be looking into my brain for the answer he’sseeking.
“No ass kicking will be necessary as I had some wine. A glass ortwo.”
He holds up three fingers. “Two and a halfbottles.”
