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“She’s a good friend.”
“The best and you’ll be meeting her in a few days so be prepared. She’s a lot.”
“I think I can manage.”
“Don’t be so sure.”
“If I can’t you’ve got my back.” I kissed her again, feeling the weight of the past few hours. “Get some sleep.”
* * *
The next morningI was up early. My room was still dark when I quietly crept from my bed and settled in the chair across the room, watching the woman who slept peacefully while she had my mind all fucked up.
I was torn between wanting to undo everything that existed between us and forcing her to give me more. I sat for hours staring at Keiris, wondering what I would do if she awakened and decided last night was a mistake. That I was a mistake. That was exactly what my mother had done to my father but after she’d given him two children she never wanted which meant we were a mistake too.
I’m so fucked up. How can I expect her to stay?
At some point the sun came up and I watched light bleed into my room. In the dark I knew she was there, but with day creeping in, I could see her and I liked the visual. Keiris in my bed, smooth brown skin draped in my dark sheets. She was on her side, facing away from me, one leg hiked high, the other extended toward the foot of the bed. So fucking perfect.
Eventually she shifted and rolled over, not bothering to bring the sheet up, which exposed her full breasts. Keiris’s face rested in a soft, lazy smile while her eyes narrowed slightly in my direction.
“Good morning,” she rasped, smiling wider.
“Good morning.”
She pushed a hand under her head and lifted until her face was propped on a balled fist. “You standing guard?”
I smirked. “Maybe. You thinking about running?”
“Nope.”
We stared at each other for a long moment. Not speaking, just in a standoff that felt heavy and peaceful at the same time. She broke the silence first. “Why are you up so early?”
“Thinking?”
“About me?”
I nodded and she narrowed her eyes. “You having second thoughts?”
I shook my head. “No, are you?”
“I don’t think that’s possible. You might suck at relationships but you’re really good at the sex part.”
I chuckled and she sat up. “You sure you’re not having second thoughts? You look real intense sitting over there. I can almost feel your thoughts.”
“And what are my thoughts, Keiris?”
She scooted to the edge of the bed and tugged the sheet over her lower half. We’d slept naked but I was now in a pair of briefs. “You don’t know what to do with any of this.”
“I don’t,” I admitted.
“Neither do I but the good thing is that we don’t have to do anything with it. We can just enjoy things for what they are.”
“What if that’s not good enough?”
“Then tell me what will be good enough and I’ll tell you if I can agree.”
“I want you to stay?”
