Gambling hearts - Hosie

Part 01

Josie opens her eyes only to close them immediately. The sun getting inside the room through the opened curtains is way too aggressive for the brunette's eyes. The first thing that registers to her brain is her headache, her head is painfully pounding. She tries to turn slightly and lay on her back, but the arm around her waist keeps her from doing so. Josie's thoughts stop for a second, before going into overdrive. The Saltzman girl quickly opens her eyes, ignoring the brightness of the sun, and she very slowly turns around. She does everything in her power to not wake up the person who's holding her.

The sight that awaits Josie makes her heart skip a beat. The woman laying in bed with her might be the most beautiful person Josie has ever seen. She has long wavy auburn hair, soft-looking features and lips that the brunette could definitely imagine herself kissing.

Even though the stranger is beautiful beyond words, Josie can't help but freak out. Waking up in a stranger's arms had the tendency to have that effect on her. The only thing that keeps her from bolting out of the bed is that both of them have their clothes on. She's almost sure they didn't sleep together now. Despite that, the brunette gently takes the woman's arm off of her body. As soon as the woman's not touching her anymore, Josie very slowly gets out of bed. Not waking the woman is her number one goal at the moment because doing the walk of shame sounds way better than talking to a stranger after spending a night in their arms.

It's only when she's out of bed that the Saltzman girl takes a moment to look around the hotel room. Spacious, luxurious, beautifully decorated and an enormous bed. Josie turns back to the still sleeping woman, and briefly wonders how a 20-something year old could afford that kind of room. She doesn't let herself dwell on that for long though, soon she's quietly looking around the room to find her belongings. She finds her jacket hanging on the back of a chair, and her purse on the table. The only thing missing are her shoes. She looks everywhere on the floor to find them, but quickly becomes dizzy. Josie leans her hand on the wall to steady herself, but by doing so, she accidently pushes the nightstand and makes the lamp that was on it fall.

The clash makes Josie's eyes grow wide, and the woman she left on the bed bolts awake. The auburn haired woman looks around the room, clearly disoriented. When her eyes land on Josie, the brunette forces a smile as she sees the woman having her own little freak out. The auburn haired woman quickly covers herself with the sheets of the bed, and Josie realises the woman didn't even notice she is wearing clothes.

Josie uses the hand that's not leaning on the wall to wave at the woman.

"Hi, I'm Jo-"

"Oh my god, you're married!" The woman says, covering her mouth with one of her hands.

"What? No!"

The words come out of Josie's mouth quickly, the brunette doesn't even take the time to think them over. But then, she sees a ring on her finger and immediately understands why the woman would think she's married. She looks back at the auburn haired woman, ready to explain herself when a little detail catches her eyes. The hand the woman is covering her mouth with has a ring around a very specific finger too.

"But I can see you are!"

The woman narrows her eyes and quickly uncovers her mouth. She looks at Josie without saying anything for a couple of seconds.

"I am not married. Why would you say that?"

Josie rolls her eyes. "The ring on your finger."

The girl frowns. "The ring on my fin-" Her eyes grow bigger as she sees what Josie's talking about. "It's not mine!"

Josie is confused now. How could they both be wearing rings that didn't belong to them, and in that very specific finger on top of that? The brunette's headache overcomes her thought, and the only thing she wants now is to get back to her own room.