IF I FALL - #Wattys2016

BEAUTIFUL SMILE | TOM

I woke up feeling like crap. As soon as I got up, I felt dizzy as fuck. Damn... I guess I hit the bottle too hard last night. My throat was as dry as the Sahara. I somehow managed to make my way to the kitchen, trying to avoid the best I could all empty blue and red cups left on the floor. Mike's place was a mess but it somehow had this nostalgic feeling.

I opened the fridge and took the first bottle of water I found and drunk it all in one. As I was getting another one, someone rang the door bell.

"Mike!" I called out. "Someone's at the door"

I heard him grunting, clearly indicating he probably heard me but was too fucked up to get up.

So I went to the door, thinking it was probably Janelle anyway, and opened it.

Surprised me to see Lya standing in front of me. I had to blink twice to make sure I was not tripping.

She stared at my chest for a good ten seconds and I wondered what she was looking at ... Fuck... I forgot once again, I was only wearing my boxer shorts.

"Hey..." She finally said, now looking at my face.

She was no longer wearing that sexy blue dress she had on last night. She was just wearing a pair of blue jeans, a black sweater and some black and white Jordan's. Her hair was tied up in a pony tail and she barely had makeup on. But still, she looked even better than last night.

"Hey... If you came to see Mike, he's pretty fucked up right now and I'm not sure if he's safe to be around"

"Oh... No...I... Err... I somehow thought I could find you here..." She stuttered.

So she came to see me? Surprising...

"Oh... Ok... Ahem... Let me just get dressed..."

"Yeah... Sure..."

I let her enter and while she sat at the kitchen counter, I went to put on a shirt and some pants. When I came back to the kitchen, she was typing on her phone.

"Want anything to drink?" I asked as if it was my house.

"No thanks" she answered with a shy smile.

"K... So... What brings you?"

She smiled and looked away for a few seconds.

"Sorry for the way I left yesterday. I had to go somewhere so..."

"Yeah... No worries..."

"Truth is I was kinda shocked when I saw you. I had no idea you were in town..."

"Sorry... I kinda wanted to keep it on the low for now... You know... Time for me to settle and stuff..."

"Yeah... It's not like I was hoping for you to want to see me or anything but..."

It bothered me to hear her say that when I actually did want to see her...

"It's not that I didn't want to see you or anything. I just didn't know how to act. I mean... You probably hated me after I left so... You know?"

She softly smiled and nodded.

"I was kinda angry. But... It's been 5 years now. It's not like I'm still mad at you or anything. I often thought about you and wondered how you were doing. I just hoped you were ok..."

"Yeah... Sorry for what I did back then. My head was pretty fucked up. I just needed to move away for a while. Turned out to be a very long while... But.."

"But you're back now" She said with a bright smile that got me dazed for a second.

"Yeah I am..."