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Twenty-Three
Helen
I wake slowly, surprised that my alarm isn’t screaming at me. When I move, I instantly remember that I didn’t set my alarm last night—and why I didn’t.
My hand strokes Roxy’s beautiful smooth skin, moving up and down her body. I roll over and look at her, realizing that she’s only just opening her eyes. They are pale grey, almost silver with dark lines in the Iris’ that make her seem to glare.
As she smiles, I know I’ve never seen those eyes softer than what they are right now. The moment is almost too much perfection. The light streaming through the window, the clean sheets rustling against me and our warm bodies coming together.
It looks like I’d be late to work, but I’m sure Lisa wont mind. Not when I allude to what I was doing.
Roxy slithers over to press her body against mine and I wrap my arms around her. I press her to me, not too tightly but enough to make her gasp. She’s what I’ve always needed, someone to help me see that the only opinion that matters in life is your own.
She shifts in my arms and I let her go. She grins as she jumps out of bed and heads to the bathroom. I get up and put on a robe, heading for the kitchen to make coffee.
I almost get out my whole meal bread, fruit and yoghurt but then I remember who I’m sharing with. I smile with amusement as I pull out donuts, sugared pastries and pancake mix.
What my baby wants, my baby gets.
A couple of seconds later Roxy comes out of the bathroom, wearing nothing but her panties. She sits at the counter and starts on a donut straight away.
“Morning.”
“Good morning.” She says softly.
The moment stretches out and its as if we understand each other. I’ve never felt this way before. Maybe, all the love songs ever written were right, after all.
“What are you doing today?” Roxy asks, reaching for coffee.
“Oh, I should head into work, even though its quite late now. Lisa wont mind. Its Friday, anyway. Why don’t you come with me?”
Her wide grey eyes seem to grow several sizes.
“What?”
“Come into work with me. Come on, it’ll be fun.”
“Oh no.” She tears into a chunk of donut. “I had a hard-enough time at that dinner. I can’t pretend to be good in front of a whole office of guys like that.”
“Oh, I don’t care!” I lean forward, touching her cheek. “You’re my girl. I don’t care what they think. The only thing that matters is what you think.”
“Well, I think I don’t want to go.”
I feel a nasty twist in my stomach and its as if I’m in an elevator and just realized its not moving the right way and its going too fast.
“Roxy, is everything okay?”
“Yeah. Of course. I just want to hang out okay. We had such a great night, I just want to take it easy.”
“Well, you’ll have to come into work sooner or later.” I try not to sound petulant, but I think I just hit bossy. Fantastic.
“Have to?” Roxy speaks with such a flat tone and slate eyes I almost forget what I said.
“Yes. Have to. The magazine is going crazy over your pictures. You’re going to be the main model for my section, at least to start with. We’ll need to get you some new clothes. I want you to meet everyone! Do you think you could switch your nose ring for a small stud?”
She appears frozen in front of me. The wisps of heat wicking across the top of her hot coffee are the only thing that moves.
I do the only thing I can do. Forge forward at an even more excitable pace.
