Ghost

ch 5

That evening, Maya was in the ladies room, putting on makeup for the evening. All Josh would tell her is that they were going to a concert. They had ended up ordering some Chinese takeout for lunch and bingeing several episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt after it became obvious they weren’t making it to whatever Josh had had planned for the afternoon.

Maya looked over let out a chipper “Hey!” as she noticed Andi coming in.

Much like Josh, Andi had to take a second look before realizing it was Maya talking to her. “Holy fuck girl! That hair though!” Maya smiled at her before she began blending her foundation into her contour. “Happy birthday!” Andi said as she closed herself into a toilet stall.

“Thanks.”

“Other than the parts that half the hall heard, what’s Josh doing for it?” Andi asked over a flush, coming out to wash her hands a moment later.

Maya blushed. “God. Were we really that loud?”

Andi laughed at her embarrassment. “No, I think I just happened to walk by his door at the right time.”

Maya laughed a little at the teasing, knowing it was friendly. “Yeah…. He really likes my new hair cut. I just got it this morning; my mom and dad treated me to a morning at a spa for my birthday and graduation. He wasn’t expecting it...”

“Well, I can understand his reaction,“ Andi winked playfully. “Anyways, you didn’t answer me. What’re you guys doing?”

“He won’t tell me, other than ‘concert’. He had my mom pick out a dress to wear. After we ended up missing whatever was planned for the afternoon, we ended up ordering Chinese and bingeing Kimmy Schmidt. All I know about the remaining plans are that there will be music, and we are leaving in about half an hour.” Maya answered, moving on to carefully outline then fill in some cat-eye liner, waving her hand at her closed eye to try and get it to dry faster.

Andi stood and chatted with Maya while Maya finished her makeup, offering a pair of false lashes from her own kit when Maya realized she didn’t have any with her. As they walked down the hall to Andi’s room, they passed a damp Josh, fresh out of the shower, clutching a towel around his hips, on his way back to his room.

“Damn…” Andi drawled, raking her eyes up and down his torso. “Girl. I can see what all that noise was about!”

Maya smirked at him as he tried to fight down the faint blush spreading over his chest, and kept pulling Andi down the hall to get her lashes to finish Maya’s makeup. Several minutes later, Maya was walking back into Josh’s room, look now complete with thick lashes, a perfect cat’s eye, and bright red lips. Josh was dressed in black skinny jeans, a white tee, and a red and black plaid shirt.

As he stepped forward, reaching for her, she put a hand up to his chest and said, “No! I am not re-doing half my makeup before we leave.” He pouted and she knew she had correctly guessed his intention to start kissing her again.

Maya moved toward her bag and took out the dress her mother had selected from her closet, and the heels she had grabbed to go with it, before stripping out of the yoga pants, top, and her bra. The dress was off the shoulder, and she had yet to replace her too-small strapless bra, so she couldn’t wear one. Before she can get her dress over her head, Josh is running his hands up her sides from behind her, and planting little kisses down one side of her neck. “Sweetie, we don’t have time for this,” Maya protested even as she leaned back into him.

Josh’s hands slip around to her stomach as he nuzzles her ear. “We could…”

“No, I may not know what concert it is, but I do know that you probably spent a lot on the tickets, and we are NOT skipping it. We have all night after we get back.”