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Brinley groaned. “Yeah. I don’t want to though.”
That’s probably why she was fine with Annalise sticking around. Any excuse to put off studying. Annalise couldn’t blame her for that. “I know, but you have to, so you can be the world’s best doctor. I already found a mug for you that says that. You can’t let me down now.”
Brinley laughed and pulled Annalise in close, resting her head on Annalise’s chest. “When can I see you again?” As soon as the question was out, Brinley stiffened up, so much so that her body felt like a brick against Annalise’s. “I mean… When do you want your next lesson? I’m off on Wednesday, but if you want a break to go out and explore, that works for me. It’s all about whatever you want, obviously.”
Why is she rambling? Also, why is it so cute? “Wednesday sounds good.”
Wine Wednesday just happened this past Wednesday, which meant this one was free for Annalise. Since she wasn’t ready to remove pillow princess from her profile and still had dates lined up for the next two Fridays, she might as well enjoy time with Brinley before she got way too busy studying.
“Want me to come to you? I don’t have to if you’re worried about people from work or anywhere else seeing me and getting the wrong idea. But I just wanted to offer. I feel bad that you always drive here.”
“Are you sure? That will take away from your studying time.” Also, I’m not sure if I can deal with the smell of you that is likely to linger in my bed. Except, that also sounded amazing. It would make masturbating even easier, not that it had been especially hard with Brinley’s face flashing into her mind every time she laid down at night. “You could bring your stuff along. You’re helping me. The least I could do is help you too.”
“Really? You would do that?” Brinley’s voice was soft, but full of wonder, almost to the point that it sounded child-like.
How could I ever say no to that? “Of course. Depending on when you have to go to work on Thursday, you can even stay over if you want.” Annalise couldn’t believe she had just offered for them to have their second adult sleepover in one week. She was sure this was crossing some unspoken line, but if Brinley didn’t seem bothered by it, why should she be? Brinley was her friend. Friends had sleepovers sometimes. End of story.
“Cool.”
Annalise wasn’t sure if that was a yes or a no, but for now, it was more than good enough for her. “Yeah. Cool.”
***
Annalise looked at her microwave when she heard a knock on her apartment door. 6:45PM . Brinley had texted her twenty minutes ago to say she was leaving. Unless that girl was going way over the speed limit and literally driving over traffic, there was no way she could have made it there that fast.
She slowly opened the door, and as soon as it was open just enough, her grandma squeezed past her. “Thank God. I thought you were going to leave me standing out there all night.”
“Grandma? What are you doing here?”
“It’s Wine Wednesday , bitches,” Nathalie shouted, now standing right outside of Annalise’s doorway as well.
Annalise shook her head as Nathalie walked into her apartment. “It’s not Wine Wednesday . Last week was Wine Wednesday .”
Her grandma giggled into her hand. “I told you she wouldn’t remember.”
Annalise looked between her grandma and Nathalie who were sharing a secretive smile. “Remember what?”
“Last week when we got you drunk, we made you agree to do it again this week,” Nathalie said before throwing herself onto Annalise’s couch.
Annalise’s grandma sat down next to Nathalie and looked at Annalise with eyebrows raised and a malicious smile on her face. “You don’t have plans, do you?”
Annalise put her head in her hand. Had they somehow predicted this would happen? How could they have known she was going to invite Brinley over? She didn’t even know until the moment she was asking her. “I do, actually, which means you two need to go.”
Her grandma pushed out her bottom lip. “You’d kick out your own grandma? But I’m so old and fragile. I risked my life to come here. Any time I leave the house could be a death sentence.”
Nathalie pointed to Annalise’s grandma and nodded. “Exactly. What would your girlfriend think of that? If I had to guess, I’d say she wouldn’t be too happy about it, would she?”
Annalise crossed her arms over her chest. This was ridiculous. “I don’t have a girlfriend.”
“Interesting.” Nathalie looked toward the door that Annalise was sure she had inadvertently already looked at about fifteen times. “No one is coming over?”
“Yes. Brinley is. But she’s a friend.”
Nathalie nodded as if she understood, but the shit-eating grin on her face told Annalise she wasn’t backing down. “Perfect. A friend is great! We’re all friends here. She’ll love joining us.”
“She has to study,” Annalise said quickly, looking for anything to get them out of her apartment before Brinley showed up. She could only imagine the embarrassment she would endure if her grandma and Nathalie had the chance to meet her.
“And that’s all you guys were planning on doing?” her grandma asked. “Just studying?” Her grandma gave Nathalie a knowing smile, and Annalise was pretty sure she also winked.
