If Atem Lived in my Head

Bad Decisions

      "I'm so tired of this." I vent yanking off my shirt. Atem whirls around and faces the wall as I throw on one of the very few party dresses I have.

"Nuni, what are you doing?" Atem asks, his face in the corner of the wall.

"I'm going out with my friends tonight to a club. The kids are at their dad's house, mom is passed out and I don't have anything I have to be doing right now and all of my friends are going to the same club and three of them offered to pay for me and pay for my drinks and there's nothing holding me here."

"But you don't like to go out like this." Atem says.

"You can turn around." I tell him. he turns and freezes at the sight of me as I put my large hoops in and drape a medium sized necklace over my shoulders.

"Nuni." Atem looked me up and down, his cheeks turned red. "What... what are you wearing?"

"A very Pinterest outfit." I tell him.

"Pinterest?" He repeats then his eyes widen in understanding "right, that thing you're always showing my pictures on."

"Yep." I pull on a pair of four inch strappy sparkly heels and tousle it with some moose. My favorite bold lip, a touch of mascara and a bit of eyeliner.

"Nuni, is this a good idea?" Atem asks me standing in the bathroom doorway. I narrow my eyes at his flawless eyeliner.

"How do you do that?" I demand throwing my eyeliner down.

"Will you let me help?" He offers.

"Please." I let myself fall back and Atem is using my hands and he actually doesn't look that out of place in my dress and he's standing well in my heels. Something even a lot of girls can't do. He takes the eye pencil and draws the line, my eyeliner has never been sharper.

"How!" I exclaim smiling. I throw my arms around him, he feels more solid than before.

"I'll take that as a thank you." Atem chuckles.

"Yes, one hundred percent it's a thank you." I press a kiss to his cheek and I feel him. I swear I feel his skin. Not just his presences but him, like a person.

I step back and he's smiling at me, he places his hand on my cheek "you look beautiful." He whispers.

Maybe I'll just stay in with, Atem. I think, his hand is warm on my skin. Not like overwhelming but a nice warmth.

"Nuniiiii!" Mom's voice grates on my nerves and any idea of staying in flies out the window with the rest of my sanity.

"Lets go." I grab Atem's hand although the gesture is useless, the millennium puzzle around my neck drags him along with me anyway. I hesitate at the door.

"Do you want to come?" I ask,

"What?" He looked at me confused.

"I shouldn't have assumed you wanted to come with me, Atem, I can leave the puzzle here and then you don't have to spend all night with me and my friends."

"Nuni." Atem looks at me straight faced "That is the dumbest suggestion you have ever made to me, you're not going anywhere without me."

I narrow my eyes at him "look, your highness." I mock him "I don't need your help or your protection, got it?"

"I know you don't." he says not batting an eye. "I'm not suggesting that, but I need you to keep me safe." He says.

"Me?" I ask.