Moving On

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My feet and hands made a mess of my sheets as I stretched in bed the next morning . I checked my phone for work messages but there was none.
After going to bath and settling down to an opera , I got a call from Selen and Morgan shortly after. I had a long and nice conversation , first with Selen before Morgan also called.
After the call I just continued the soap till a knock disrupted me. I looked to the door for a moment then focused my attention back on my phone . The person would leave eventually. I'll just ignore him or her for a bit . Not answering would let the person know there's no one around.
I tapped my manicured nails against my phone screen as the knock came again. The movie was already paused . I waited a moment more. The third and then fourth knock. When I thought the person would give up the person kept persistently knocking .
I groaned and left my bed dropping the phone on my pillow . I opened the door and Allen had his clenched fist raised , about knocking again. He smiled when he saw me.
He was without a shirt . A towel hung over his shoulders, partly covering the abs that showed. He held on to the ends of his towel and kept smiling. I realized I was staring too much so i focused my gaze back on his face.

" May I help you?"

" I just finished taking a shower "

I chuckled
" And ?"
I asked , rubbing my neck briefly .
Was I getting warm?

" And so I thought to tell you"

" Thanks for the update. You can go now"

" I will be out of your hair soon. Just let me in for a moment. I want to talk "

" I don't think that would be appropriate"

" Why not?"

" You know why "
I moved to close the door and he stopped it with his palm.
I raised an eyebrow .

"Excuse me ?"

" We've not sat down to talk ever since seeing each other . Don't you think it's fair if we did"

" I'm not complaining" I shrugged.
He sighed and leaned against the door with his shoulder while staring down at me.

" Sky ,please"

" I'll give you a minute" I relented.

" Fine . A minute. But does walking to your bed count as the start of the one minute "

I rolled my eyes and opened the door.
" Just come in"
He grinned and made his way in, looking around. He didn't comment and stood there while I walked past him . I grabbed my phone from my pillow and sat on the bed,resuming my movie.
Allen climbed the bed and crawled towards me grabbing a pillow. He sat next to me and placed the pillow on his crossed legs.
" What do you think you're doing ?"
I frowned at how close he was now.

"What does it look like ?"

"Looks unprofessional"

Allen chuckled and rubbed his hair , water flying everywhere .
I rolled my eyes and shifted away from him. He noticed and shuffled closer to spite me.
" Did you clean your hair at all?"

" I did actually "

"Doesn't look like it " I focused my attention back to my movie.

" You still watch operas?"

" Yhup"

" That's cool" he replied and I turned to frown at him.

" You never liked them"
He nodded
" Pissed me off" he said and we laughed. Allen took the phone from my hands and placed it on the nightstand away from me .

" Hey" I protested.

" Let's talk" He said calmly.
I rolled my eyes and just fidgeted with the hem of my dress . I turned to face him and that gave him the hint he could start the conversation.