Those Eyes

Massage

LEAH

A beam of light falling on my face awakens me. Damn. I must've fallen asleep on my couch last night. I try to get up, but everything hurts. It feels like a truck ran over my body, twice. I'll never learn, my body needs the proper care. The muscles in my neck and back feel stiff. A massage would be very welcome right now, maybe I should visit the spa centre later today. As I try to get up, my ankle reminds me why I slept on the couch in the first place. At least it is less swollen than it was yesterday. Great, not the time to have an injury, doesn't come in handy for the job. A second attempt to stand up succeeds, it stings a bit but is manageable. It's not blue however I should take it easy for now, I've got the weekend to recover, hopefully it heals before Monday.

My phone buzzes, that isn't my alarm. I look at the screen and see a message from an unknown number.

- Hope the ankle isn't killing you. Kat -

Not the sweetest way of asking whether I'm fine but she did bring me home last night and send a text to check up on me. That's adorable.

- Feeling better already, thanks again for the piggy ride. Leah -

Now I think about it, Kat is strong. She carried me home and didn't whine a single time about my weight or the distance. It wasn't the end of the world, but still a good number of weighted steps. I own her one, I wouldn't have made it home without her help and even when I was safely seated, she grabbed me some ice. I'm lucky with a colleague like that.

- YW :) 'better' sounds good, was

already fearing it would ruin your date -

Shit. I completely forgot, it's almost noon, I was supposed to meet up with Jacob in a few. I hurry myself to my room, slightly limping, grab some clothes and make my way to the shower.

I'm shoving my left leg into my skinny jeans when the doorbell rings. I shuffle to the door while pulling my pants up, my shirt still unbuttoned. I look through the peeking hole and see Jacob standing at the other side, open the door and step aside for him to enter.

"Close the door behind you and give me a second, I'm almost ready" I tell him as I try to get my pants zipped up.

"First of all, do you always answer the door half naked? Secondly, nice bra and at last why are you walking so strange?"

"No, apparently forgot to set my alarm yesterday. I slept on the couch and woke up to late, I took a shower but was still dressing myself when you rang the bell. I know you like the bra. You like all bra's, J."

"No, only the ones holding boobs... And you're an exception, you're like my sister, that's just gross thinking about your boobs like that. Didn't we buy that one together as a surprise for your love-"

"J. Can we please just not talk about my Ex?" I cut him off.

"Okay, so what about the strange walk?"

"I hurt my ankle last night when I was walking home. Kat had to carry me home and gave me some ice."

"Kat?"

"Yeah, my colleague and a friend of Reed and Jason"

"She carried you home?"

"Piggy ride" I answer. In the meantime, I managed to get fully dressed and take my purse.

"Let's go" I push Jacob out and close the door. We get in his car ready to go.

"So, where do you want to eat?" I ask him as he starts the engine.

"You fancy a poke bowl?"

"Sounds good"

Jacob tells me about this couple he met last night and how they had a great time. It was all games and fun but not the kind of games I played yesterday. It doesn't surprise me, he's a free-thinking spirit with the sex drive of a 16-year-old boy. Sometimes I wish I had the same amount of guts as he has. He really doesn't give a fuck about what others think. He does what he wants when he wants, and still, everybody likes him.