Hang Onto Yourself

Hang Onto Yourself Part 9

Nova moaned as she started to stir awake at the sound of rain tapping on the windows behind her the next morning, she could hear strange noises coming from another room nearby.

She suddenly startled and lifted the blanket from over her head, sat bolt up right trying to gain her bearings. She had spent the night on David's sofa. "Shit" she cursed to herself. She hadn't planned on staying the night, just dinner.

What if David wasn't happy she had spent the night. She tried to look through the living room entrance from her seat to see where the noise was coming from, David was in his dressing gown, and she could see him making coffee in the kitchen. She wrapped the blanket over her head and around her shoulders and body and warily made her way into the kitchen.

"Morning darling" greeted David. Maybe he didn't mind after all she thought.

"Hey," she paused slightly "I'm so sorry I fell asleep, you should have woke me and kicked me out" she apologised worrying she had put him out.

"No need to be sorry. You were shattered bless you. Plus, if you had gone to your apartment it may have taken ages to find your bedding. It made sense for you to stay the night really. I would have moved you to the guest room but you were sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to disturb you" she found his concern for her quite sweet.

"I never meant to take advantage" she still felt bad about it.

"Don't be silly, I'm sure its not the last time it'll happen" he said sounding almost confident. She wondered what the hell that was the supposed to mean, he could be so confusing.

"Coffee?" he offered, "Hmm please" she replied.

"I've been thinking" David said handing her a cup of coffee then lighting a fag, "We were going to meet later for lunch today, but seeing as how much unpacking you have to do, and seeing as I'm free today, would you prefer some help? We could cancel lunch", Nova thought for a moment "I'd be lying if I said no, as long as its not too much trouble for you Davie" she said, again hoping it wouldn't be putting him out.

"Nah course not, I'll get Coco to cancel the reservations. I'm gonna jump in the shower in a sec, did you want a quick one?" he said innocently, Nova raised an eyebrow, looking into her coffee as she took a sip, and he blushed at his comment. "Er, I mean a shower, um, not with me" David's blush was deepening "I know I have a reputation, but I didn't mean it like that" he tried to explain.

Nova giggled "I knew what you meant". "Besides, I'm not like that anymore" he stated with some conviction, "Yeah yeah" Nova said toying with him, he felt a little defensive that she wasn't taking him seriously, "I'm not! There comes a time in life when your perspective changes. Its not about how many notches you have on your bedpost."

He seemed a little vague in his response Nova thought. Like he wanted to explain more but wouldn't let himself. "Fair enough. Thanks for the offer but I'll head back over to my place and have a shower there, and get started".

With that David agreed he would head over as soon as he was dressed.

Nova got to the lobby doors and saw the rain was hammering down outside. "Great" she thought to herself "I better be quick". She pushed the door open and ran across the street as quickly as she could, trying not to get hit by cars.

She managed to make it up to her apartment in one piece, if a little sodden. She placed her bag and key on the kitchen counter as she entered her apartment, then went off is search through her boxes to find the ones marked "Bathroom" for fresh towels, shampoo, shower gel and her toothbrush and toothpaste.

After she found what she needed she figured out how to get the shower working. It ran cold so she let it run for a bit so it could warm up. While she waited she moved her suitcases that were full of her clothes into her bed room and stripped off, made her way back into the bathroom and stepped into the shower. She shrieked out in surprise "Great no hot water!", she decided to carry on anyway, she hated how she felt as the long flight had made her feel grubby, that and sleeping in her clothes.