A Dangerous Wave

21

The sun shining into the room, making it light, wakes me up. My eyes flutter open and I sit up in bed. Liam's sleeping body is next to me, he's sound asleep, so calm. The corners of my lips jerk upwards, creating a smile. Slowly, I get up from the bed, careful not to wake Liam up and leave the room with a final glance at my bed. I go down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Tina is sitting behind the table, eating cereal when I enter through the door. She glances up at me with the spoon still in her mouth.

"Good morning."

"Good morning." She says back while chewing the cereal in her mouth. I make myself cereal as well and sit opposite Tina behind the table. "So, you got busy last night, huh?" She smirks and her eyebrows are raised.

"Oh my god." I mumble and hide my face in the palms of my hands at her mentioning it. I hear her start to laugh. "Sorry we woke you." I grab the spoon and begin to eat.

"Yeah, you better be. I mean ... I am happy you had sex last night, but still ... your moans and grunts and everything was too loud. You woke me up for fucks sake." She chuckles. "And you know how I love my sleep." Her tone gets serious.

"I'm sorry, I really am."

"Apology accepted." I smile and continue to eat. "By the way," Tina continues after a while. "How was it?"

"I am not telling you any details if you're thinking that. And if I know you at all, you do."

"You are so lame, Darcy." She grunts and playfully rolls her eyes. "But judging from those love bites, I am guessing it was beyond amazing." My hand snaps to my neck and I get up and run to the nearest thing in which I can see myself in. Tina is laughing while I examine the many love bites all over my neck, collar bones and god knows where else they are.

"Fuck." I mutter once I sit back down to finish my already saggy cereal. "A lot of foundation is going to be needed if I'll want to cover them up." I motion to my neck and pop a spoonful of cereal in my mouth.

"No, but seriously," Tina begins as she walks to the sink. "Do you like ... love Liam?" I was about to say something but Tina butts in again. "If you do, that's huge for you. After Rider, you've been on the bottom. I remember how you were. And I don't want you to make the same mistake."

"I know, Tina." I sigh and take a deep breath. "I don't know if I love Liam. I don't think I'm quite there, yet." Tina nods at me. "And I think I never really loved Rider. I've told you that before."

"Yeah, you did." I take my empty bowl and put it into the sink.

"I'm going to town with Maya, by the way."

"When?"

"In a little less than an hour."

"Okay, have fun, boo." We talk while walking up the stairs and part ways at the top.

First, I go to the bathroom and do my business. "Fuck." I mutter in frustration at seeing my period came a little early than expected. I fix myself up and notice I only have a few pads and a few tampons left. I could borrow them from Tina but her kind isn't okay for me.

I brush my teeth after that antic is over. When I look in the mirror, I see I look like a zombie. My hair is sticking in all possible directions and I try to make it look somehow presentable. My hair is in light beach waves, like always.

With careful and light movements, I open the door to my room and go in, careful not to wake Liam. He's still sound asleep under the sheets, even though it's already 2 o'clock in the afternoon. By the way how peaceful he looks while sleeping, I don't wake him up.