At the End of the Day

9

Chapter 9 // Apollo

I climb through Blue's window to find her sitting in front of her vanity doing her makeup. It's a Friday night and I've left Arabella with Aidan's parents for the weekend. They were more than happy to have her. I could see the worry in his mother's eyes when I explained what had happened.

I turn my attention back onto the girl that is sitting in only her towel as she puts false eyelashes on.

"You going somewhere?" I tilt my head and take a seat at the end of her bed.

"To a party." She doesn't turn her head and continues to apply her makeup. "Can you stop climbing through my window, please? You know you can just knock on the front door." This time, she makes eye contact with me through the reflection of the mirror and smirks.

I chuckle and shrug my shoulders.

"Well, what's the fun in that, sweetheart?" I smirk and she playfully rolls her eyes. "So whose party are you going to?"

"Valentino is throwing one in his apartment. You wanna come?" She asks me and relief washes over me because I didn't want to be worrying about what could happen to her if I'm not around to protect fuckers from hurting her.

"Yeah, sure, I'm not doing anything else," I say casually and run my hands through my curly hair.

"You wanna help me pick out an outfit?" I nibble on my bottom lip and nod my head. She nods her head over to the wardrobe, so I stand up and make my way in there, running my fingers over the fabric of clothing.

I run my eyes along with all the dresses that are on hangers, but my eyes fall to one little black dress that stands out the most. I pull it from the rail and stare at it with lust-filled eyes, imagining what Blue would look like in it. The neckline crisscrosses over each other and I gulp at the thought of what her breasts would look like.

"You found something." I jump at the sound of her angelic voice behind me and turn around with the dress in my hands. "Nice choice." She winks, taking the dress from my hands.

"Really?" I whisper and she reaches up to pinch my cheek.

"What should I put on my feet?" She opens a door to reveal a load of high-heeled shoes. There are like a hundred pairs in here!

"Honestly, Blue, whatever." She looks up at me through her lashes before huffing and grabbing a pair of white strapped heels.

"What do you think of these with the dress? I don't want to be too tall, you know." She sighs and I smile gently.

"You'll still be shorter than me, so does it matter?" She shakes her head.

I swallow hard as she drops her towel right in front of me and shimmy's into the dress. Her eyes are on me the whole time and the tension between us grows. My eyes drop to her hand that adjusts the halter neckline of her dress. She turns in the mirror, smoothing any creases in the dress, and then puts her heels on.

"Before I asked you to come to this party, what was the reason you came here for?" Shit. What was the reason? "If you came to fuck, I can't because I started my period today." Oh.

"Right." I nod my head. "D-Do you need me to get anything for you?" I furrow my eyebrows as she giggles. My face heats in embarrassment.

Did I say something wrong?

"It's okay, Apollo. I'm fine, but thank you." She smiles and I purse my lips, shoving my hands into my pockets.

"I didn't come here just for sex. I just wanted to see you." I blurt out and close my eyes as I feel even more embarrassment creep up on me.