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“I-I need a shower,” she said, getting up and heading toward the bathroom.
I knew I should have gone, but I was really concerned about her. Not only because she had been drinking but also her hurt feelings. Even though I had been the one who hurt them. I sat on the couch and waited in the dark to see what might be coming next.
Finally, like a sign of heaven, the bathroom opened again, letting light into the darkness, and Camilla came out wearing nothing but a towel, her hair tied back in a ponytail. The wasted remnants of her makeup were washed away, making her look soft and vulnerable.
“I’m sorry,” she said, sitting down next to me on the couch.
“You don’t have to—”
“Yes, I do. You were right, I was foolish. I think I was trying to win you back or something. A weird way of apologizing after what happened with Shae, assuming she was your girlfriend that you threw me over for. I mean we had just fucked and then you were gone and came back with her, I guess I just jumped to conclusions.”
“Understandably so,” I said.
“Yeah, but it is more than that. There’s a, like, pattern. I just can’t seem to keep from falling into the role you expect from me.”
“I can see that. I can’t say I don’t do the same thing. Though in my case, it’s more of what Cooper expects of me. I’m getting sick of it, to be honest.”
She put her head on my shoulder.
“Do you think there’s any hope for us?”
I didn’t have an answer for that. Not really. I would have to think about it a lot more before I knew for sure, though I figured that Shae had been right.
Getting a couple of ibuprofen down her, I carried Camilla into bed, carefully pulling off her towel before tucking her under the covers, careful not to look as I did so. Seeing her naked was the last thing I really needed at that point in time.
Watching my best friend’s little sister as she fell asleep, I realized that yes, I was ready for a relationship with her.
