After The Truth

Hardin Chapter 42

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She slowly moves her hands and places them on her lap, we both sit on the edge of the bed and stare at the ground. She plays with the hem of my shirt that she's wearing.

"I'm wearing your shirt." She says softly.

"Yeah, I changed you so you wouldn't have to sleep in your dress. You said it was uncomfortable."

"So you saw me naked?" She asks.

Fuck.

"Well yeah, but I wasn't going out of my way to look at you naked." I quickly say to my defense.

She quietly giggles, I look at her and see her softly smile.

"I'm just teasing, it's not like you haven't already seen me naked. You've seen everything."

"But that's different Tess."

"How is iftdifferent?"

I look at her and examine her face.

"You we drunk and unconscious at some parts, I would never take advantage of you."

"So...............so last night we didn't have...........sex?" She innocently asks.

"No. But you really wanted to." I tease.

She playfully smacks my arm.

"Shut up, I don't even remember anything. Everything is in pieces and I still feel awful."

"I'm sorry you can't remember anything."

She sighs.

"It's ok, it's my own fault. I shouldn't have drank so much."

She hides her face in her hands before she runs her fingers through her hair and lightly yanks at her roots, she didn't used to do that before. I like to think she picked up the habit from me, but I don't wanna give myself too much credit.

I wanna touch her, not in a sexual way. I just wanna feel her velvety skin, smell her hair, or brush her hair or braid it.

"Do you...........do you know what happened to my phone? My moms been sick for a few days and I wanna check on her." She says sweetly.

"No, it wasn't on you last night. Sorry."

"It's ok." She says all at once.

She looks down at her hands.

"Your mom.............how long has she been sick?" I ask.

"A week..........maybe more, she doesn't like to tell me when she's sick but I heard her voice over the phone. Not to mention my dad texted me to ask what he should do to lower her fever, he's so clueless sometimes but that what I love about him....................I just want her to be ok, I was gonna go visit her but I've been so.........busy. I just want her to be ok."

I get this strange feeling in my stomach when I hear about Mary's condition, I get.........upset. This is a strange feeling for me, I don't think I've ever felt this. It's kinda strange.

"I'll take you."

She looks at me.

"What?"

"If she's sick and you want to see her then I'll take you." I tell her.

She smiles.

"Ok, we only have to stay for a day. I have a lot of work and finals for school are soon, you have work too and school so. I'll figure something out."