Under His Roof

chapter twenty-five

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Two weeks had never felt longer.

Well technically it was only eleven days, but even so, to Kimberly it had felt like eleven years. She went through it just counting down the days and hours until she would finally be back with Julian. Her friends all commented on how something about her seemed to have changed ever since that night. They told her that she had become more like the old Kimberly – the Kimberly from before spring break. They didn't know why she had changed but they liked it nonetheless. Only Melitta understood that Kimberly was different because she was finally free. Her life was finally hers again.

By the time the final Thursday rolled around, Kimberly was more than ready to see Julian. She was nervous, thrilled and eerily calm all at the same time. She hoped that she would arrive before her parents, because if they were already around when she came, then she and Julian would only get to spend a minimal amount of time together.

"Um, excuse me, when did you buy that lingerie?"

Kimberly giggled, shoving the lingerie into her duffel bag and sitting on top of it. She looked at Melitta with a cheeky smile, "What lingerie?" she asked.

She was packing a day early for the weekend since she was much too eager to just sit in bed and do homework. The previous weekend, she and Elize had gone out on a school trip to the mall and Elize had helped her pick out lingerie that she hoped to wear sometime during the weekend. Nothing too fancy; just a baby pink thong that had lace lining the perimeter, and then a mesh half-bra half-dress thing that was, admittedly, very see-through. The woman at Victoria's Secret who had been attending to them told Kimberly that that specific outfit was a top seller and so Kimberly figured that it was better to play it safe. But she would also be lying if she said she didn't know her body looked really good in it.

Melitta's jaw dropped as she set down her phone. "You bought new lingerie and didn't bring me?" she demanded. "Or even tell me?"

Kimberly got up from the duffel bag with a laugh and continued her packing. "Yeah, okay, Mel. I'll bring you along next time when I'm looking for something that will make Julian want to tie me up and punish me. I was just trying to look cute this time though, and we both know you don't do that."

With a shrug, Melitta turned her eyes back to her phone. "Sheesh, sorry for trying to get you laid," she muttered.

Kimberly smiled at her, "I know your intentions are very admirable, and for that, I'm grateful."

Melitta rolled her eyes, but a smile spread across her lips nonetheless. "Yeah, you'd better remember how grateful you are after he dicks you down tomorrow night. I live for the details."

"You live for the details?" Kimberly asked dubiously. "Melitta, you have sex almost every other day! I'm pretty sure your sex life is more interesting than mine."

Melitta shrugged, "I guess...I mean Carlos is okay...I wouldn't go so far as to assume he's giving me better than whatever Julian's giving you though."

"Just okay? I thought you were in love with him, Mel."

"I was," she said. "But ever since we got back from break...I don't know if it's just me getting older or what, but it's not the same. I've also been thinking a lot about what happened in Miami and what we did, and I don't know...maybe you were right, Kim. Maybe Carlos and I are only meant to be together for this part of my life..." And then, in a weak (but very in-character) attempt to lighten the mood, she said, "Besides, there are only so many positions in which one can have sex before they have to find new dick to satisfy them."