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{18} Mine [Series 1]

EIGHTEEN:

© All Rights Reserved - 2012 S. M. Palmer

♜♖♜ COLBY ♖♜♖

TEN MINUTES LATER, KOREY COMES downstairs. He's wearing basketball shorts and a black T-shirt. He comes into the kitchen and pours himself some coffee. "Where's Keira?" he asks me.

"Still downstairs sleeping."

"Oh." He sits down beside Stefani. That's when Keira comes upstairs and sits on my good leg. "Hey, baby," I reply. "How did you sleep?"

"Mm, good," she answers, rubbing her eyes. "How long have you been awake?"

"Few minutes," I answer.

She smiles at me.

Gently, I rub her back and then kiss her shoulder as she takes a bite of my toast. When I'm done with breakfast, Keira puts my plate in the sink for me. "Thanks, baby," I comment.

"You're welcome. So, are you excited or what? It'll be your 18th birthday in like a day."

"I'm freaking pumped."

She smiles at me. I enter the living room and sit down on the love-seat. She comes into the living room and sits down beside me. I put my hand on her left knee and start rubbing it gently.

That's when her phone rings. She grabs it and answers. "Hello? . . ."

She doesn't even answer them, she just clicks her phone off. "Who was that?" I ask, glancing at her.

"Milo."

"Oh."

She exhales a deep breath. "I'm going downstairs to do something. I'll be back up here in a little bit."

I nod.

She kisses my cheek and goes downstairs. Korey turns his attention to me. "Now y'all are sharing a room? You may be my best friend, but why are you sleeping in the same bed as her? Have you had sex with her?"

"Fuck no, man! I don't even sleep in the bed, I've been sleeping on the couch."

"Whatever, man," he answers.

I get up and go downstairs. I find Keira sitting on the couch on her laptop. When she hears my entrance, she closes it and turns to me with a sad expression on her face. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

I smile at her. She comes over to me and steps up on her tippy toes to kiss my lips. "I love you."

"I love you too, baby."

After lunch, Keira and I go to sit on the porch swing. "So when are we going back to school?"

"I don't know," I answer, shrugging.

She smiles at me as I gently kiss the side of her head. "Colby, let's go inside and start packing our bags."

"Okay."

Helping me up, we go inside and downstairs to the basement. I sit down on the bed, while she goes into the closet to get out my duffel bag. Then, she starts picking out clothes to pack.