Hell's Coming with Me

The Remembering

The Remembering

The next morning, I was awoken by the sound of my cell phone ringing. I groaned and attempted to ignore my cell phone. Everything was blissfully silent for a few moments, before I heard my ringtone begin again. I sighed but eventually rolled over and grabbed my phone.

"'lo?" I mumbled, still buried underneath my comforter in bed. I was barely conscious, though I could hear my boyfriend chuckle.

"Did I wake you?"

"Hmm," I huffed, eyes closed as I felt like I could fall back asleep.

"I'm sorry," Ryan apologized. I hummed in response. "I made plans for us today."

"Wha?" I asked, the words starting to catch up to my brain which was waking up.

"It's six. You have two hours to be ready," Ryan stated. I moaned and rolled over in my bed.

"What?" I mumbled again still half-asleep. Ryan chuckled and reiterated the fact that I needed to be ready in two hours. I groaned as he hung up the phone and laid back down.

I felt myself starting to fall asleep once more, when my phone pinged with a notification. I mumbled and grabbed it from beside me on the bed. It was Ryan with a text message to tell me not to go back to sleep. Then he started to spam me with numerous text messages.

"ALRIGHT ALREADY!" I sighed and rolled out of bed. I sent him a picture of me standing in my pajamas so he would know that I was actually up.

I looked out of my window as I pulled the curtains back and saw Kayce riding that Spanish Mustang in the ring. I laughed at his bullheadedness. The horse was rideable for Kayce, it just hated everyone else. Of course, I hadn't attempted to ride it, since Daddy absolutely forbade me from getting on the Stallion. I sorely wanted to though.

After I stretched, I made my way into the bathroom and decided to get a head start on the day. I got into the shower and made sure that I was squeaky clean. I used my best body wash – it smelled like Vanilla and Blackberries. Then I washed my hair and as an added bonus, spent the time to put some conditioner in my thick locks.

Usually I just grabbed a quick shower and was done. But since I wasn't sure what Ryan had up his sleeve, I thought it would be nice to pamper myself. I let the conditioner set for about ten minutes before rinsing it out. Then I got out of the shower and dried off.

I threw on the robe that was hanging on the back of the door and grabbed my hair dryer. I spent the necessary fifteen minutes on drying my hair completely. It felt softer with the conditioner treatment. Maybe I ought to pamper myself a bit more, I thought.

I grabbed my make-up bag and decided that I wanted a casual look. I didn't want my makeup to be that noticeable, but just enough. Obviously I wanted it to look like I had made an effort!

I started off with some concealer underneath my eyes to hide the dark circles that were creeping up on me. I then grabbed the foundation and applied it, before starting the contour process. I wasn't a fan of the lengthy amount of time it took to contour. This is why contouring was for special occasions. Normally, I just applied the foundation and concealer.

I decided on a light gold eyeshadow and applied some eyeliner. Just plain black. Nothing fancy as I would have done in college, but I didn't need that here in Montana. Just putting in this much effort was enough to get me noticed. Then I spent a few moments deciding if I wanted to go bold on my lipstick/lipgloss, or natural. I went with a little more bold, and applied a berry color to my lips then added a lighter lipgloss.

Once I was satisfied with my makeup, I went into my room to determine the outfit of the day. What said casual but nice? Jeans were a must – but not the usual boot-cut. I went with the skinny jeans this time. It took me a moment to shimmy them onto my lower half, but I managed. Then I grabbed a form-fitting burgundy v-neck sweater. It was light enough to be cool, but yet covered enough if it was too cold.