My Ruby Red Planet (Short Stack Fan Fiction)

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

The warm water rained down onto my back; loosening muscles that had gotten knotted up during my restless sleep. I had dreamed about Andy and Jake, even Lissa. I couldn’t keep what she had said out of my head, even in my sleep. I had woken up with my sheets tangled with my legs, my pillow on the floor and sweat running down my face. A shower seemed like the best idea and it gave me another chance to get the blue stuff out of my hair. Ii had gotten most of it out last night but I couldn’t seem to get rid of the blue tinge at the tips. Lissa tried to tell me I was imagining things but something in the back of my head wouldn’t let me leave it.

I had finished washing and conditioning my hair, now just started under the warm seemed like the best thing. I was calming down more every second that passed and I was nowhere worried about getting to work. I had had woken up early enough this morning to be able to have a good shower and still make it to work on time. It might not have been the ‘earlier’ I had promised Nathan but at least I was going to be on time. With a smile, I ran my hair through my perfectly straight wet hair, turning around to let the water beat down on my chest.

It was about seven o’clock and Lissa was still in bed, where I should be, so I didn’t get to put on any music. I always got ready to something with a beat. It was weird but kind of calming to have to get ready in silence. I was left alone with my thoughts as I stood under the water, moving slowly to turn the water off. Stepping out of the shower I automatically grabbing a fluffy white towel and wrapping it around my body as my feet touched cool tiles. I didn’t bother with looking in the mirror as I continued walking into my bedroom, passing my unmade bed.

Looking into my cupboard I quickly decided I was going to wear my black slacks with white pinstripes running down the length. Running my hand over the cottons, silks and satins of the clothes hanging in my cupboard I was tempted to grab my blue blouse that went so well with the pants but then remember the colour of my apron. Blue and green shall never be seen without a colour in between. It was so hard to dress for a green apron. I decided it was safer to so for a white button up t-shirt. Pulling the shirt off the hanger I went down the row to wear I hang my pants and grabbed the slacks.

I threw them onto the bed then went to grab my underwear out of my bedside table. Looking into the draw I stood for a moment thinking about what set I could wear today. It was so weird having time to think about what I could wear right down to my underwear. Though I knew it was going to have to be a light colour so the bra didn’t show through the white top, I stood there thinking about it. Just thinking about how much I liked being able to plan this out. I went with the lacy lilac set that was on top. I had to admit, Lissa was right about these becoming my favourite set. She had been the one with me when I went shopping; she had also been the one to pick it out.

I dried and got dressed slowly, taking more time than I needed. I think at one point I actually stopped a checked myself out in the mirror. I took in the pale lines on my flat stomach and how the softness of the purple of the bra complimented my skin. When I was done, I took time to look for shoes. Not that it was hard. As usual for these slacks, I ended up in my black Mary Janes which was practical for work. They gave me some extra height but weren’t too tall, they were comfortable which meant I could stand in them all day and the toes were covered, always thinking about safety.

My bag and an up-and-go was the last thing I grabbed before making sure Lissa was still in bed then walking out the door. I made it to work in record time, beating the morning traffic instead of getting stuck in it like I would normally. I stepped out of my car, pulling my sunglasses down over my eyes as I reached back in to grab my apron. Tossing it over my arm along with my bag I shut the door and locked. Stepping lightly I went towards the front door. Went I got inside I saw something I probably haven’t seen in almost a year. The main room was completely empty except for Logan pulling chairs off the table. Sounds of the machine being started up said someone was behind the counter but were out of sight at the moment. What was more important, I was here before Nathan.