In Between

9. Neuf

After my hiatus for weeks, I'm back with a new update. Not saying that my life is not still a clusterfuck but I feel so empty and this helps. Would love to get your thoughts and comments on the characters.

Sage

I wake up suddenly, most probably due to my mind clock and me sleeping in my guest room. I look to my left and see Ivy sleeping peacefully with the bedsheets covering her naked body. I wasn't used to sleeping in on the same bed after having sex but the girls took my room for the night and I wasn't ready to disturb anyone's sleep.

I look at the time on the bedside table before groaning and getting up. Today wasn't an office day but my mind always wakes me up at the same time, 6:00am and it's tiring sometimes. I stand up, picking all our discarded clothes on the floor, and hanging them in the chair by the table in the room. I'm putting on only my silk shirt and panties as I make a mental note to tell the cleaner who comes in every weekend to come fetch Ivy's clothes for dry cleaning.

I quietly make my way to the door, ensuring that I don't wake Ivy up as I step out. I walk down the hallway to my room, opening the door and walking in straight to my walk in closet to pick something comfortable to change to. I select a pair of black cotton sweat pants with a black tank top and a new pair of panties before I turn to head to the bathroom. I almost scream as I come face to face with Bella,

"What the fuck, Bellaaaa?" I exclaim with a whisper. Didn't want the others waking up grumpy.

She smirked at me in reply, "doing the walk of shame in your own house? Tsk. Interesting."

I sigh, flipping her off and walking to the bathroom, because I really want a quick shower before anyone wakes up. I take off my clothes and go under the running shower I adjusted to my taste.

Bella walks in and sits on the toilet cover while chuckling at me. She doesn't say anything except chuckle before she stands up to brush her teeth, all the while having a smirk permanently on her face. I get done showering and dry my body before stepping out wrapped in my towel. I stand side by side with Yareli as she gets done brushing her teeth, still smirking. I just chuckle at her and shake my head.
She does this when she wants to be annoying even though she knows we'd still talk when I want us to, which is soon. I'm never going to live with the amount of teasing I'll be getting when everyone wakes up.

I finish up with brushing and dress up before I step into the bedroom. I see Yareli standing by the door of the balcony attached to my bedroom. We always had a morning ritual whenever we were together, to wake and bake, talk about things that may be difficult and enjoy the silence of the morning.

I walk out to the balcony, sitting on one of the rattan patio chairs that were there. I settled in before turning to Bella, who just chuckles and lights up the joint. She takes two large puffs before passing it to me to take my required hits. As people who enjoy smoking cannabis, some of the rules of smoking are unspoken to us even though we do it. Like taking two puffs before you pass or passing in the clockwise direction when you're not smoking alone, or letting whoever rolls, light it up first (these are actual rules 😅).

We keep passing it back and forth, in silence, as if waiting for which one of us would speak first.
I broke the silence.

"How long did you sleep?", she looks at me incredulously, as if saying 'really now'.

She shakes her head before replying me, "Barely 4 hours. No nightmares though. How much SLEEP did you get?"

I smile and chuckle then light up the joint before blowing out.
"I barely got more than 2 hours but I'm glad I had a job well done," I end with wriggling my brows, making Yareli and I laugh together before shushing ourselves.