Page 41 of The Stardust Effect


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March Third

Wolfgang ‘Can’t wait to see you tomorrow.’

Juniper ‘Are you sure I shouldn’t bring anything for breakfast?’

Wolfgang ‘My mom would probably beat me if I said yes. So NO.’

Juniper ‘What should I wear?’

Wolfgang ‘I am working and you got me thinking about that black dress again.’

Juniper ‘I did nothing, haha. I’ll pick my own outfit out.’

Wolfgang ‘Do you need a ride to my place?’

Juniper ‘No, Whitney is going to drop me off on her way to Fade’s.’

Wolfgang ‘See you tomorrow around eight then.’

Chapter Fourteen

March Fourth

Juniper

June exhaled as she gently tapped on Wolfie’s apartment door before it swung open almost instantly. “You made it.” He stepped aside letting June walk in. “Let me grab your bag.” He greeted her with a kiss, taking her bag off her shoulder and brushed back his disheveled hair with his free hand. He looked slightly stressed but his apartment was spotless.

“Wow.” June expressed, “It’s clean in here.”

“Yeah, I tidied up a bit.” He closed the door, “My room’s this way.” June took note of the open living room, with the same sectional as hers, the open galley kitchen had bar stools along the open counter. They passed one door and into the other. His room was bigger than hers and he had a private bathroom. A bed sat next to the door with an end table on each side and there was a desk next to a buffet dresser with a television on it parallel to the bed. The bed was made, there were no clothes scattered anywhere and the carpet appeared to be vacuumed recently.

Wolfie closed the door and walked across the room, placing the bag next to the television and then wrapped his arms around June. He was warm and his face was hot as he went in for a kiss. “Make yourself at home, I’m going to take a quick shower.”

June sat on his lifted bed as he disappeared behind the bathroom door. Her shoes dangled and fell off one by one. She glanced around the room and chuckled at the legos stacked together on his desk. She walked over and looked closer at the few items cluttering the corner. A rock, a cup of pens with a screwdriver in it and a photo book. She picked up the photo book and opened it. Her eyebrows creased and her lips pouted in adornment when she saw the picture of Wolfie at about three years old, being held by a man who looked almost identical to him. She assumed it was his father, he had dimples, shoulder length hair and a beard. She flipped to the next page, another picture of Wolfie, age five blowing out five candles with two ladies behind him, one blonde and one brunette. The picture next to it was a family photo, mother, father, and Wolfgang. The roses were in bloom, June assumed it was Spring, maybe it was Easter.

She heard the water turn off in the bathroom and returned the book to the shelf. June put her shoes together near the door, sat back on the bed and looked at her phone.

Whitney, ‘Call me if you get scared at your sleepover.’

Juniper ‘Thanks mom.’

The door opened and he stepped out in sweat pants and a tee shirt. “Can you hang up my outfit for tomorrow?” June blurted.

“Sure.” He tossed some clothes into his hamper in his walk in closet and followed June to her bag. She pulled out a dress, not black, and handed it to him. Wolfgang leaned down and kissed her, his hair and beard dripping wet still, and returned to his closet.

She looked back down into her bag. “I-” Her lungs collapsed and inflated in an instant, “I forgot pajamas.”She curled her bottom lip in between her teeth.

“Do you need me to find something for you?” He chuckled from the closet “If you don’t mind the size difference, I’m sure I have something.”

“I don’t.” June also didn’t like her other options, current clothes or underwear.

He came out of the closet with a bundle of clothes and handed them to June, “That dress is a little fancy for breakfast.”

“It’s a sundress.”

“A what?”

“Your mom will understand.” She grabbed the clothes and entered the bathroom and exited just as quickly in her new outfit.

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