Next To Love [Book 2]

Chapter 32 : Patronization

Melanie

Upon the moment I wake up, I instantly begin to regret all the drinks I shared with Marina the night prior.

My head was throbbing, I know it could be worse if I had just one more drink and I'm glad I put a stop to myself after a while.

I'm not sure what time it was, I didn't have the desire to check my phone for it either knowing the reflective light of my the screen would surely irritate my tired eyes. There was no need for me to check the time to know it was a rather late hour to be waking up to, the sunlight attempting to seep through my dark curtains hinting just that as I reluctantly rolled out of my warm bed.

Showcasing horribly frizzy both sex and bed hair, dressed in nothing but my black panties and a sheer white tank top, I lumberingly made my way into my shared bathroom. As I tiredly took a seat on the toilet, I could only hope my roommate doesn't walk in to witness my scarily horrid appearance.

Minutes later, I stood in front of my bathroom mirror as I attempted to tame my tangled, unruly dark mane of hair, though it probably was a complete waste of my time knowing it won't detangle unless I hop into the shower, and I'll be honest; I'm feeling particularly exhausted this morning.

Suddenly, from behind my side of the closed bathroom door I heard a loud thump followed by a mumbled groan. Instantly, my dark brows furrowed in both confusion and fright. Who was in my dorm room?

To make matters worse; there was a sudden loud knock placed on my dorm room door. I quickly took ahold of a spray bottle considering there were no useful weapons stored in this bathroom, and I'm not sure how my room mate would react if she found out I dug through her drawers in search for something to defend myself with out of my own paranoia. Cautiously, I wrap my slightly sweaty palm firmly around the silver knob and in one swift movement I swing the bathroom door open to be face with the sight of the effortless blonde beauty drunkly sprawled out on my carpet floor with my bedsheets wrapped around her half naked body as she struggles to peal them off herself. I had no idea her presence remained in my room throughout the entire night, if anything I would've thought she'd left before I woke up like any normal one night stand. Seems like I've been proven terribly wrong.

"What are you still doing here?" I asked in a panicked, harsh whisper once her hazel eyes meet mine as I'm setting the useless spray bottle on the surface of my cluttered desk. I then reach for my cream silk rope in order to cover myself up before I decide to open the main door to my dorm room.

"Why are you yelling?" She painfully winces, her massive hangover effecting her normal humanly functions greatly.

After my silk robe is securely tied around my body I help Marina up to her feet and out my bedsheets moments before I hear another set of knocks placed against the door, this time more rushed and impatient.

If the person impatiently waiting behind that door isn't my mother I'm more than certain it's Yovann coming to scold me for leaving him alone with my mother inside a lesbian club.

"Here," grabbing her clothes from off the floor in a balled mess, I shove them against her firm torso which she takes gradually from my hands before they press gently yet assertively against the small of her back as I push her in direction of the bathroom. "Get dressed, and don't come out until I tell you to, understood?"