Cherish [GirlxGirl]

Chapter 12

I didn't call, I didn't text, I didn't even check my phone. I walked into my apartment after six that evening, tossed my keys on the counter, kicked off my shoes in my bedroom doorway and collapsed on my bed. I was spent. Cherish would wait, Terrell would wait, the whole world would wait while I recharged.

I was calmer. The late afternoon shopping had been good for me. Now I wanted to stay calm. I didn't want to get into an argument, talk, discuss or chat. I just wanted to be calm.

I slept, straight through until Sunday morning. Then I woke up, ate and cleaned. I cleaned everything. I cleaned things that were already clean. I folded clothes, reorganised my wardrobe, cooked, watched TV, ate some more and ignored every call, message and text until the moment I was ready to reconnect with the world again. When I did reconnect it was for Alexis.

Apparently going silent for more than 24 hours made her think I was dead. And she was  pissed. Cherish had briefly placated her because she could  hear me moving around when she came to my door. That only worked for a few hours however. I was sitting comfortably on the arm of my sofa as I listened to her yelling at me through the phone. It was a fair response all things considered. I imagined it could have been worse if she had shown up instead.

"Don't do that again." She warned. That was her final scolding statement as she had begun to calm down.

"I won't." I mumbled as I checked my nails. I was due for a me day...this coming Friday.

She asked. "What are you so upset about that you needed to vanish?"

"I'm not upset. I just took time for myself."

"You always take time for yourself. Always the same day. Not right after you see Cherish. What's going on there by the way?"

I sighed softly. "Nothing."

"The kind of nothing where you get upset, go quiet and then ignore everyone for more than a day?"

I wanted to tell Alexis because I always talked to her but then I didn't want her to say she had warned me and I didn't want her to tell me I was wrong and I didn't want to get upset again, not until I spoke to Cherish. So silence on the subject it would have to be.

"I'm good. We're good. I just needed to catch myself."

"From the nothing."

I chuckled softly. Alexis was persistent, always had been. It felt as though pregnancy had made her worse. "You're too much"

"If you would simply tell me what I want to know I'd be just enough."

I shook my head and got to my feet. I knew well enough that she wouldn't give up. Not today, tomorrow or any other day. I'd have to give her some kind of information to shut her up.

I said. "I think Cher is seeing someone else."

"Hmm," her response didn't strike me as surprise. "The waitress from yesterday?"

I blinked. Did she know, did she see what I saw was there something else?

"I think so."

"I'm not surprised, honestly." She responded calmly.

"So you saw her flirting too?"

"No but I saw your reaction when she came over. Georgie and I thought you knew her from somewhere else but it makes sense now. You're jealous."

She stated it like she stated almost everything else related to me, like she knew and needed to correcting.

"Of what?" I asked incredulously.