The Colors of Us

fifteen

           Hushed speaking was what woke me up the next day. I turned over to see Giovanni at the edge of the bed talking on the phone. It made me wonder if I'd missed breakfast with Justice if he was up and having phone conversations already. To check, I reached over for my phone and raised it up for the time: 7:15 am. I was still in the green so I shot a text to Justice to let me know whenever he was ready then I sat my phone back down.

The sound of it hitting the dresser made Gio glance over his shoulder. When he saw that I was up, he gave me a smile and pulled at my foot. It was his way of saying goodmorning without interrupting whoever was on the phone. I took my foot from his hand and climbed from the bed to get my personal hygiene bag. I then disappeared into the bathroom to start my morning.

For starters, I looked way better than yesterday. The bags underneath my eyes weren't as bad but they were still there nonetheless. I first brushed my teeth then followed my morning skin routine. In the midst of me patting my face dry, Gio stuck his head in and looked at me thru the mirror.

"How'd you sleep?"

"I feel pretty rested so I'm guessing good." I opened my vitamin e oil and began putting drops on my face. "What about you? You were up pretty early."

"I was kinda in and out but I'm not tired."

"Why were you in and out? Too cold because it was cold in here last night."

"Nah, you were crying in your sleep. I kept thinking you were up but you wasn't."

I looked over at him. "I was? I don't remember having a dream."

"Well something was happening. I'm glad you were able to sleep though because these right here." he pointed to my under-eye bags. "Need to skedaddle."

"So is this going to be an everyday thing? You coming for my appearance?" I then applied face cream.

He laughed. "Nah, I'm messing with you. But I was thinking we all go out for breakfast."

"Justice invited me to breakfast. Apparently he wants to apologize to me face to face and talk." I told him.