Watching Her

Chapter 17

Lucy had felt almost disappointed as she smoked her two cigarettes before bed. Her Reflection just didn't appear. It didn't matter how many deep inhales, or smoke rings, or French inhales she did, the Reflection just didn't want to make an appearance.

One side it didn't matter, as Lucy still very much enjoyed the cigarettes, but it concerned her, what had happened to "it", it was as if she was sitting there smoking on her own.

After spending a great deal of time that night dreaming of her smoking Reflection. She was rather relieved in the morning when she jumped out of bed and immediately sat down on the stool. As soon as she positioned the cigarette between her lips her Reflection appeared with its huge, big grin. It was almost saying 'Did you miss me?' as they flipped open the lighter and got the cigarette alight with a couple of deep drags.

Eventually after yet another cigarette Lucy got herself ready and off to work, she was running a little late she explained to Tammy was because the queue for the Drive thru at McDonalds was longer than usual as she picked up her morning latte, she didn't dare say it was because she just had to sit with her Reflection for yet another cigarette before leaving the house.

"Why are you so mopey?" Tammy asked in her usual bouncy way.

"I am not!" Lucy hastily snapped back.

Tammy put her hands up defensively "Oh, wow, did you get out of bed on the wrong side?"

"Tam, leave it, I am fine!" she grizzled as she angrily tapped away on her keyboard.

Ultimately at the end of the day, Lucy just couldn't wait to get home and back to the sanctuary of her bedroom.

For the next couple of days cigarettes would be smoked sitting in front of the mirror whether her Reflection was there or not, mornings and at night. On Wednesday on the way home she had to buy another pack for the house. She finished the last one just before leaving the house, she was cross with herself as she had forgotten about the one in the glovebox until she had sat down in the car and looked in that direction. She had twisted the rearview mirror and rubbed her lips together and then looked at herself smiling back and then glanced down at the glovebox again. She opened the glovebox and removed the cellophane; 'One here wouldn't hurt before home' she argued to herself as she pulled the filter out and placed it between her lips and with a drag on the cigarette whilst glancing at her face in the rear-view mirror she sat in her car and dragged hard on the cigarette. Sitting in the small space she soon realised that the car was filling up with smoke and quickly wound the window down letting the smoke out, and the fresh air in.

With the butt nearly finished she looked around, shrugged her shoulders, took one last longing drag and then flicked it over the window, her exhaled smoke following it out of the gap.

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On Friday morning Lucy shuffled into the office again a little late carrying her cup of coffee. She may have sat in her car in the carpark and had opened the pack in the glovebox for just one more before work as the one in front of the mirror had been a little while ago.

Tammy bounced up from her seat "Morning you!" she smiled and sniffed the air "Christ you been to Debenhams perfume counter already this morning?"

Lucy laughed "No, I may have gone a bit mad with the body spray and granny's perfume this morning, sorry!" she sheepishly grinned. As she took off her coat and hung it up on the chair.

Tammy smiled back "So are we going to go out tonight? It's FRIDAY!" she shouted. "Parrrtay!" she grinned and did a little jig.

Lucy looked up and bit her bottom lip "I'm knackered, it has been a hard week. I was actually thinking of a night in!" She frowned as she adjusted her skirt and then sat down and wiggled her mouse for her computer to come alive.

Tammy leaned over the officer divider "Oh, how about in that case can I come over and see your now house then?" Tammy asked with a hopeful face on. "We can have pizza or Chinese and stay in?"

"At mine?" Lucy asked, confused.

Tammy looked at Lucy with a big grin "Well out of the two of us, you've got the new house, and you live on your own!"

Lucy kept nervously biting her bottom lip and wiggled her head side to side as she weighed it up. "Er, yeah why not!"

"Whoop, Whoop, I will get the wine on my way home. 'Partay' at Lucy's!" Tammy exclaimed as she continued her little dancing jig, her large breasts bouncing up and down in their bra as she wiggled and jiggled. On her side of the office divider Lucy quietly panicked noisily tapping her fingers in a rhythmic pattern on her desk as she was worried about how clean her house potentially was for guests. "Shall I come around for seven?" Tammy invited herself.

Lucy looked up from giving the keyboard a death stare "Yeah, why not!" she forced a grin.