He's a Keeper

Chapter 16

           

           

My phone is ringing.

I hear it, but I don't move.

I'm so warm and cozy.

I shift a little in bed.

"Shane." I mumble, reaching out to hit his chest.

He's not there.

What the fuck?

I sigh.

The sun isn't even peeking up through the curtains yet.

I'll just go back to sleep.

I shift.

My phone stops ringing, and then it starts ringing again.

I moan, reaching over, I rip it off the plug, lazily pressing answer.

"Hello?" I mumble.

"Good morning baby." Shane says softly.

I look at the clock. It's 4:22AM.

We just went to sleep at one.

"Where are you?" I whine.

"I'm at CVS." He says.

"It's early." I mumble.

"Yes it is." He says softly. "But we have a plane to catch in three hours."

Oh.

Oh yeah.

"Let's bail." I mumble.

"We can't." he sighs. "I'm calling you to make sure you're awake." He says. "And to ask you if you're sore." He says.

"Should I be?"

"I don't know." He says. "I checked online and I asked a worker here and she said that when she lost her virginity, she was sore."

"You asked a girl?" I ask.

"Yes. Was that wrong?"

I hesitate.

He was talking about me.

"No."

"Okay. Well she...and Google, said that you might be sore, that you might need some ibuprofen. Are you sore?"

"Um..." I shift. "I don't know."

I sit up, and then I get out of the bed.

Yes. It hurts.

"Yeah."

"Okay. I'll get you medicine. Also, I realized when I woke up that I didn't pull out."

Oh.

"Oh." I say.

We're both quiet.

"I'm going to get the morning after pill." He says. "It'll be okay."

"I'm not ready to be a parent." I say.

"I know, neither am I. It's okay, okay?"

"Okay."

"Alright. You get dressed. I'm coming home with breakfast. What do you want from McDonalds?"

I hesitate.

"I'll eat something here."

"Right, you don't eat McDonald's." he says. "What do you eat?"

I really want a bowl of fruit.