Her Poison

Chapter 17~ Why Do You Look Like You Killed Someone?

I went back to my hotel room, in order to prepare for the date. After telling Damon the most I'd told anyone on this tour about myself, I felt like maybe I could admit to my friends the origin of of trauma.

How I'd tell them more about my family and myself, I wasn't sure. I hadn't imagined that anyone would care that much about me on this tour. But they did. Harmony and Jon were worried about me.

When I came back they weren't there. They'd probably gone out to eat. So I just did what I had to do. Scrubbed myself clean in the shower, moisturized- I could never go without, and went to choosing what I wanted to wear. The good thing was that when I had decided to leave the family house in Manhattan, I'd folded carefully enough clothes to last me for a long time.

I loved to wear dresses and had some for all occasions, I had one pair of heels, one pair of sneakers and one pair of sandals that I could match with everything I'd brought along. Henceforth I opted for a red silk dress with spaghetti straps and a drooping neckline. The dress wasn't revealing or sexy in the conventional sense. It wasn't even short to my standards since it reached my knees, but the fabric was sensual and soft, begging to be touched. Or slipped off.

As I tied my black heels, I asked myself if I wasn't putting too much effort into a date with a man I was planning to ultimately reject. I shrugged to myself, when I heard my phone ping in the bathroom. I got up to check it out and saw that I'd received a message.

The superior male: I still don't like this, but go easy on him when you tell him I'm the only one that turns you on ;)

I chuckled and shook my head at Aaron's text message. The superior male? Really? That was how he'd registered himself as on my phone? How arrogant!

The superior male: Meet me after your 'date' in the emergency staircase. I'll be waiting. Don't stand me up.
Me: that's no good Aaron. Jon and Harmony will think something's up.
The superior male: Babe I don't give a duck
                                    : Duck*
                                   : You know what I mean.

I laughed and got out of the bathroom, only to see Harmony and Jon speaking in hushed tones.

"Oh here you are. I didn't hear you coming" I tried to smile but it came out forced.

"You look great." It was Jon who said that and my heart thumped in surprise.

"Totally true! You look amazing, Thena!" Harmony exclaimed.

"Thank you guys... I wanted to talk to you about something, so I'm glad you came now." I shifted from one leg to another, I felt nervous.

"No, I- we also wanted to talk to you," Jon told me, "I wanted to apologize for the way I acted earlier today. I realized that some things are private and you have all the rights to not want to share them with us."