Eternally Heartbroken

And So We Meet Again

After waking up with Ivan curled at my side I made I dash to grab the clothes I had stashed  from passed ‘sleepovers’ in his dresser and hopped in his shower but not before yelling  in his ear to wake the hell up and didn’t he have practice? “Wasn’t waking me up for your little story time enough couldn’t you let me have this?”

“ I would have but I was under the impression that you had a soccer practice to get to.”

Ivan who had been laying quite contently in his bed shot up with an abrupt cry of shock. Jumping from his bed to all around his room tugging off his pajamas and pulling on his sweats then grabbing his school clothes.

 

I really appreciate the view but you can slow down your mother came in earlier and told me that your practice was moved to this afternoon. Something about your coach’s cat having kittens.”

“Thanks Cam, you're a real gem.” Ivan said slumping on his bed letting his eyes close.

“You can continue stripping I was enjoying the view. You didn’t think you were going back to bed who’d you think is taking me. Hop to it.”

“And just like that all the warm  fuzzy feelings of gratitude I was feeling for you are gone.”

“Doesn’t change the fact that you lover boy are my ride to school.”

His brilliant reply was a groan. Twenty minutes later. two cups of coffee and piece of coffee cake later we were good to go.  I tried to hold in a groan as I got into Ivan’s beaten down red hatchback that Ivan’s parents had deemed not only drivable but safe. Said monstrosity had been deemed ‘Ruby’.

 

“ Come on Ruby don’t you want to start.” he cooed.

 

“Yes because pleading to the deathtrap always works.”

 

“Shut up, Cam you're going to hurt Ruby’s feelings. Shh, shh, don’t listen to the mean girl, Ruby she didn’t mean it.” Ivan said in a voice one would speak to a young child in well stroking the dashboard.

“Like hell I didn’t.”

 

Huffing Ivan slammed his hand on the dashboard and twisting the keys in the ignitions then smiling in achievement as ‘she’ started. “See deathtrap.”

 

    “Character, she has character. You really shouldn’t talk about her like that especially after what happened with Buttercup.”

   

    “Buttercup was a lapse in judgment on my part and was terminated sufficiently, end of story Ivan you promised not to bring it up again.” I said in a huff.

 

    “Fine someone didn’t get there nine hours of beauty sleep last night and I know it sure as hell shouldn’t have been you with the way you came bursting in my room last night wanting to gossip all hours of the night.”

 

    “Sorry Iv, it’s just something feels, I don’t know... Off would be a way to describe it.”

 

    Ivan took his eyes off the road for a second concern flashing in his blue eyes and making its way to his handsome face something I didn’t enjoy. I tried to reassure him giving a light laugh, “Its probably nothing Ivan just hormonal girl bullshit.”