My heart is yours

Chapter 20: Elle

It was morning, Emily was wake almost an hour making a reinforced breakfast for JJ, she knew how the other woman looked when she was dry so she made a point of cooking Jennifer's favorite foods in addition to leaving a glass of water and medicine on the bedside table so that she could drink when she woke up. She had also left a separate set of sweatshirt for her, she knew that Jennifer would need a little comfort especially when she remember about the moment in the bathroom and that Elle would come this morning for them to tell her the truth.

Emily looked at her cell phone that was on top of the kitchen sink as she finished washing the utensils she had soiled while preparing pancakes, there were four missed calls from her mother, she really wasn't in the mood to participate in some stupid event so she preferred to ignore the calls.

— Emily?

She turned and smiled seeing JJ, she was wearing a sweatshirt and her blond hair was stuck in a bun.

— Baby, good morning! Sit down, I'll finish washing this here and I'll join you!

Jennifer smiled and sat down drinking some orange juice, soon Emily sat next to her.

— So, how are you?

— Feeling horrible, never leave me alone again!

— Don't worry!

Jennifer ate slowly while listening to Emily comment on some subject that she was not paying much attention to, she was wanting to go back to her room and sleep for the next ten hours, it seemed like a good option. She still wondered how she was able to get so drunk and on top of that smoke weed.

— You need to walk a little and drink a lot of water, it will make you feel more willing!

— How do you know that?

— Love, I spent part of my adolescence in the basement of a French girl getting high for hours!

Jennifer looked at her, she still surprise when Emily talked about the things she did in her adolescence, she heard stories about her running away from home to go to concerts, from her stealing drink from her mother's cellar, from her being expelled from a Catholic school for being caught smoking among other stories.

— You were a little demon in your adolescence, weren't you?

— Just a little bit, I got better after I met Matthew.

— Your best friend!

— Yeah.

The two finished eating and were washing and storing the dishes, Jennifer were a little more awake and biting her lip while looking at the clock, Emily knew why.

— You don't have to worry about that!

— if she tells...

— She's not going do this!

Emily sighed and finished washing the dirty dishes, while JJ also took a deep breath before starting to store the dishes in the cabinets, that feeling invading her completely, how would she explain your relationship? They were not girlfriends but they were also not a "one-night case" they spent weekends together and even traveled to the beach, they shared clothes and cooked breakfast together...God, were they girlfriends? Yes! But they never really referred to each other's girlfriend. Did Emily consider her your girlfriend? Or was she one of those summer cases for Emily? As much as it wasn't summer...but...what can she say...

— Honey, I can smell your neurons burning!

Jennifer gave a small embarrassed smile and finished storing the dishes, Emily had gone to take a shower and change her clothes. She walked to the living room window and leaned around looking outside, it was getting some sun and the day was beautiful, she watched Sergio sleeping on the couch and smiled, she loved that cat! She was too nervous and knew it was an unexpected attitude, but she needed a little calm to deal with the conversation so she walked to the kitchen and opened the drawer where she knew that Emily stored her cigarettes and lighter, she took one and lit up by leaning back in the kitchen window and starting to smoke.