Truth.

Part XI

My eyes pop open, as I’m woken up by the sound of my cellphone vibrating. I check the caller ID, to see my best friend, Athena, calling me.

“Errrm. What the.. fuck do you want..” I was still half asleep when I answered the call.

“Well good morning to you too, Maddi.” Athena retaliates.

“S-sorry. Your call woke me up..” I respond, slowly shutting my eyes.

“Ohhh. Sorry! Well, I’m just calling to let you know I’m in West Hollywood for a few weeks! I wanted to see my best friend before I started any work!” She exclaims.

Her news woke me up.

“Wait, seriously!?” I half shout, half whisper, feeling a rush of excitement.

“Yeah! Let’s meet up!”

“Alright. What time?”

“Uh, I dunno. I’ll check my schedule and then I’ll call you back, kay?”

“Alrighty. Don’t get drunk, it’s too early.” I say chuckling.

“No promises, my dear.” Athena says, before ending the call.

I smile to myself, and place the my phone back where it was, and sit up. Athena and I have been best friends since the 8th grade, and we weren’t the only ones out of all our friends that ended up shit crazy. Ken lets out a small groan, and turns towards me and proceeds to hug my waist. I look over to him to see him shirtless, exposing his muscles on his biceps, and his six-pack abs. I drag the tips of my fingers down his arm, causing him to smile.

“Good morning.” I tell him, running my fingers through his hair as I lay back down.

“Morning..” He responds, nuzzling into my neck, planting a gentle kiss. I smile, and check the time on my clock, right above the closet door.

“Damn. It’s 9:45 already.” I say, debating on whether I should get up or not. But I get up anyway. Ken does the same, and rubs his eyes for a few seconds. I stand up, and tilt my neck side to side, and I arch my back, hearing small popping sounds. I then walk over to the bathroom door, brush my teeth, and then wash my face. By the time I get out, Ken is in a pair of black basketball shorts, but no t-shirt. We both look at each other, as I take a moment to examine his sexy ass body. Damn, he’s hot. Why didn’t I notice this earlier?! Like, five years ago earlier!? I snap back into reality, and walk over to the door, winking at him before I walk down the stairs, finding a note from Melissa sitting on the bar countertop.

“Maddi, I went shopping. You know where to find me. Have fun with Ken (;”

I snicker at the note and crumple it up and throw in in the trash before Ken can come downstairs.

“Mads,” he says when he reaches the bottom of the stairs, looking at me.

“Yeah?” I respond, picking at my fingernails.

“C’mere.”

I walk over to him, expecting him to say something, but instead I find his lips on mine, pulling me closer to him as he wraps his arms around me. He gently places his hands on my hips, as he traces my bottom lip with his tongue and kisses me again, leading me back, and pushing me against the wall. Ken breaks our kiss and makes his way down my jawline, to my upper chest, causing my breathing to accelerate. He makes his way back up, and gently kisses  me on the lips again, before walking away, leaving me against the wall.

‘What the fuck just happened..’ I thought to myself, hopelessly confused.

I hear the doorbell ring, and I trot over to the door and open it, completely forgetting that I’m in my bra and underwear, with a small button up covering my upper half. I open the door and see Athena standing there, smiling.

“Heeey! How is ev-” She’s interrupted by my appearance, and her eyes go wide.

I had no idea how to react to this situation, but I couldn’t help myself, and burst out laughing.

“Maddi, what the fuck?!” She says, laughing her ass off.

“Long story!” I shout, trying to contain my laughter.

“Get your ass inside before the neighbors see!” I tell her.

Athena makes her way inside my house, and I shut the door, crossing my arms across my chest as I turn to look at her, when all of a sudden I’m attacked by my best friend, pulling me into a hug so tight that my boobs got squished so hard that it felt like she crushed them.

“Ow! Boobs!” I scream, as she lets go of me, apologizing.

“What?! Where?!” Ken says, running into the living room, still shirtless, with excitement on his face.

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“Maddi..? Who’s the sexy guy standing in your living room?” Athena asks, looking mesmerized, her eyes locked on Ken.

“Athena.. this is my friend Kenneth. He spent the night here.” I say, grinning at Ken, who seems utterly confused.

“Ken, this is my best friend, Athena.” My voice is quiet, trying to suffocate the laughter that’s trying to attack me.

“Oh, hey. I’m Ken. Nice to meet you.”

“Uh. Oh, H-hi, I’m Athena…”

I jerk my head to the side, signaling Ken to go into the kitchen. He does what I say.

“Uhm, yeah. He. Is. Hot.” She whispers to me, with a look of ‘holy crap are you fucking him?’ on her face.

“Uh, Thanks?” I respond, chuckling. “He kissed me last night and-”

“Did he fuck you!?” She responds, cutting me off.

“What?! No! He just kissed me! Let me finish for once!” I can’t hold my laughter back, as I try to keep quiet and laugh at her reaction.

“Daaamn, Mads, you better keep him.” Athena says, giggling.

“I know, I’ll try. Now go put your stuff away upstairs while I talk to him.” I tell her, and she grabs her stuff and runs upstairs, and I walk into the kitchen.

“Sorry about that.” I tell Ken. “She’s a little uneasy when it comes to hot guys.” I say, smirking at him.

“Well you should tell her that this hot guy is in love with this hot girl.” He says playfully, as he pulls me into him and kisses me.