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I actually thought she was when she pauses, letting me go ahead to find the room. But as I slide the key card into the slot and hear the little beep as the green light illuminates, I feel her presence just behind me. I push open the door and step in, fully ready to just go collapse on the first bed I get to.
Except, there is only one bed.
One. Bed.
Two people. Twostrangers.
“What the fuck,” I deadpan, dropping my bag to the floor.
Violet isn’t paying attention as she comes crashing into my back. “Oh, shit. I’m sorry,” she starts, but I feel her breath hitch when she realizes why I stopped. “This was supposed to be a double. I–I distinctly remember talking to them on the phone and they said they only had doubles left. I didn’t want to pay for a whole extra bed, but they said they wouldn’t charge me for the extra. So I just took it. But this isn’t a double.”
I can already tell that Violet has a tendency to ramble when she gets nervous or is trying to figure something out.
“I’m sure there’s a pullout bed in the couch.” But as the words come out, I know there isn’t. One look at the tiny sad excuse of a couch tells me that there is nothing below those cushions.
“The bed is big enough,” Violet offers, but it sounds more like a question.
“Um. Yeah. Sure.”
This isn’t going to be awkward at all. Sure, I’ve slept with straight girls before. But I’ve always known them longer than two hours. And there isn’t much sleeping usually.
“Well, I know you want to take a nap and I need to freshen up so…” She trails off as she turns her attention to the bathroom.
“Yeah, sounds good,” I mumble before picking up my bag and throwing it on the bed.
As soon as she slips into the bathroom, I peel off my leggings, slip my bra off, and dive under the sheets. At least the bed is comfortable.
I don’t even hear the shower turn on before I fall asleep. I feel myself stir awake when I hear the bathroom door creak open. I pry one eye open and see as Violet tip-toes to where she’d left her bag, in nothing but a towel.
Her long, dark hair is sticking to her bare back, and I can see where it has soaked through the towel. I watch as she leans over, digging through her bag with one hand while the other holds her towel in place. Her back is covered in a variety of tattoos, and I wonder if Kate or Austin had done them. And if I look just low enough, I can see where the towel rises up the back of her thighs, barely hanging just below what I can only imagine was a very round…
I don’t finish my thought before Violet stands up and spins around. I snap my eyes shut, hoping she didn’t see that I was just staring at her, wondering what she looks like without the towel.
Violet
I get dressedin the oversized bathroom of our hotel room. I was pretty sure Dakota was waking up and I didn’t need her waking up to me half naked. My shower wasn’t as long as I would’ve liked, but I need to run to the store before we go out to dinner. Grant has already texted me twice, asking if I could stop at his room before dinner, but I ignore them.
He is disappointed that I’d rather share a room with a stranger than him. I don’t know how to tell him I just need some space right now. Between spending half the flight glued to the bathroom floor and finding out I am sharing a bed with a beautiful stranger, this trip is turning out to be different than I expected.
Kate has texted me, thanking me for offering to room with Dakota. I know it was an added stress that she didn’t need. There are so many opportunities for photos that Dakota might miss if she was in a different hotel. Plus, who knows if the other hotels even have any room this weekend. It is a small due I am willing to pay for my best friend, and splitting the cost of the room doesn’t hurt either.
I slip on a pair of shorts, a t-shirt, and sneakers before quietly opening the hotel room door. I race to the elevator, pressing the button an obscene amount of times and racing to the gift store I spotted on the way in. I head to the back, find what I need, and head to the registers.
“Oh! A baby? So exciting!” the cashier exclaims a little too loudly as she rings up my tests.
“They’re not for me!” I say panickedly and look around as if I’m committing a crime. I feel nauseous just buying them.
“Oh,” I must look crazy because the cashier doesn’t say another word to me as she checks me out. I take the paper bag and race back to the room. Hopefully, Dakota will still be sleeping and I’ll have a chance to take the test before she wakes up.
“Hey, you going somewhere?” Dakota’s voice startles me as I walk in the room.
“Oh! No, I’m coming back actually.” I turn around, shocked to see Dakota in the shortest of t-shirts. It is a plain black tee that falls just to her thighs.
“Is it time for dinner already?” she asks, and I force my eyes back to her face instead of her long, tan legs. Her soft colored hair is puffed out around her face, proof she had a great nap.
“No, uh, I just needed to run and get something,” I say cautiously. I don’t know why I am being so cagey, it is just a pregnancy test. I just rather the least amount of people knowing about this, the better. I hold the brown paper bag to my chest.
“Okay, is it cool if I shower?” Dakota asks, yawning. As she reaches to cover her mouth, her shirt drifts up ever so slightly and I get a glimpse of red lace panties.
