No Regrets

Chapter 4

New York City, New York
Raven

I quickly wrapped my arm around my stomach and clenched my eyes together as I sneezed into my other elbow. From the moment I woke up everything just flew left.

"Woah there Ms. lady, is everything alright?" I looked up at Briana who was one of the few colleagues I befriended.

"No. I feel like ass. I fell asleep on the work I started yesterday, I have a terrible crick in my neck, I started my cycle, and to top it off, my allergies are being a bitch right now. So no, everything is not alright Bri." I lowkey went in on her but I can't help it. I'm having a horrible day. She showed a look of sympathy before speaking.

"Well damn. Do you want anything? I have some Advil in my desk" I sighed and shook my head

"Thanks. But I already took some Benadryl a few minutes ago. It seems to not be working." She poked her lip out in a pout.

"Clinton might let you take the rest of the day off, are you gunna tell him?" I shook my head no before proceeding to talk.

"No. I'll just try to stick it out. But thanks Briana"

"You good. Just let me know if you need anything" I nodded and watched as she headed out of my office. It was the last day of the weekday but it felt like the first. I was just ready to get home and back in bed.

I wasn't in the mood to be doing any work. So instead I had my arm still wrapped around my stomach with my head hanging back as I spun in my chair. In addition to wanting to be in my bed, I wanted my mommy to come take care of me. I started to get flashbacks of when my mom used to get my heating pads and let me lay on her lap while she rubbed through my hair until I fell asleep.

"Eeee" I was taken back to reality when my phone rang, making me jump out of my skin. I looked at the caller Id and my face must've shown a clear sign of confusion. I wasn't sure why Dave was calling. We had only been texting for the past 2 days. When I realized the phone had been ringing for a while I quickly answered it and brought it to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Yea can you hear me" loud and clear. The bass in his voice was just beautiful. It's like he had a naturally raspy voice and that was extremely sexy.

"Um yea, I can hear you."

"So I remembered you work at the Ck building and I'm at the Walgreens close by. Do you want anything?" I bit my lip and twirled my hair in contemplation. I really did want some ice cream, but it's kind of early.

"Um actually, vanilla ice cream would be great right now."

"What brand ma?" I don't know why he seemed to be whispering but it did something to me.

"Häagen-Dazs please."

"Of course. Whatever you want. Is that all?" I thought for a brief second and nodded my head before saying yea. "Ight, I'll be there in a few. You don't have any clients or anything right now?"

"No. I'm usually not doing that much on a Friday. I'm just looking at emails and planning right now. Or at least I'm supposed to be"

"Well why aren't you?" He probably thought it was because he called.

"I'm just not feeling too great."

"Damn. I hope you feel better, but no worries. I'm on my way with your ice cream and I'll sit and chat it up with you for a lil bit, ight?" I wasn't sure why I felt so speechless. I wasn't sure why I was even letting him in this easy. I'm kind of so happy it's my time of the month, cause Lord knows what I would have done with him tomorrow. I don't even trust myself alone with him. I'd probably be the easiest girl he's ever gotten to. Just imagining myself in a crazy ass position with him makes me go crazy.