Falling

T E N

This good boy is Milo :)

When I get home from April's house, I enthusiastically throw myself face first into my bed. It was practically calling my name.

But after a few seconds of laying there I realize that it's Saturday and that I'm supposed to babysit my aunts kids for her while she goes to a doctors appointment at noon.

Begrudgingly, I drag myself out of bed and run the shower letting it heat up while I undress.

As I'm shampooing my hair with my fancy salon shampoo that my mom gets on discount courtesy of her cosmetology license, I begin thinking of the events that took place last night.

Pretty much all I can remember is dancing with the girls and having a great time. I can remember the first hour or so but the rest is drawing a blank in my mind.

Yikes, Katelynn. You need to be more responsible. Don't drink more than you can handle, I scold myself.

I begin thinking about how we might have gotten to April's house. And why I wasn't wearing a shirt. I mean, it's normal for me to remove my shirt or pants while sleeping, sometimes they annoy me and I'd rather sleep in a sports bra and panties. It's a bad habit that I need to break. But my shirt was already removed before I got into bed, otherwise it wouldn't have been on the desk.

I think that I'd rather not know the story of how I became shirtless while drunk.

***

After my shower, I continued getting ready by blow drying my hair and doing my makeup before getting dressed.

I decided that I didn't want to waste a cute outfit on babysitting so I settled with a white knotted tank top, black athletic leggings, a light pink jacket and my white adidas running shoes.

I call this my mom look.

Knowing that I would need all the caffeine I can get in order to survive the afternoon with these kids, I stopped to get coffee on my way to Aunt Aubree's house.

I pull into the parking lot of my favorite coffee shop in town and the only coffee shop in town.

Aroma Mocha.

Also known as my happy place.

The drive thru is lookin' pretty nuts on this fine Saturday morning so I'll just stop being lazy for a few minutes and go inside to order.

I'm happy to see that there's not many people in the cafe, since I'm socially awkward and I don't like crowds. Especially when I'm slightly hungover.

I walk up to the counter and wait for someone to come out and take my order. After a few seconds of waiting a pretty blonde walks out of the back room wearing an apron tied around her waist. She looks up at me and starts to get flustered.

"I'm so sorry, have you been waiting there long?" She asks apologetically.

I smile kindly and shake my head, "it's okay, I just got here."

Her smile mirrors mine with a hint of relief and she asks, "what can I get you?"

"Can I get a blonde vanilla latte, please?" She taps on the register screen and I take the time to examine her face. She has pretty blonde hair, cut into a cute a-line style and it's slightly wavy. She has a cute button nose but prominent cheek bones and full lips. Her eyelashes are what some may call short but they were thick and coated in a few swipes of mascara. She's naturally really pretty.

"That'll be $4.99." She smiles up at me and I hand her my pink debit card. She swipes the card before giving it back to me with a copy of my receipt. I shove the card and receipt into my wallet before dropping it into my handbag. "I'll have that latte right out." She says before getting to work on my drink.