Deceit

8 - Apologies

Yamaris:

Waking up hit me like a sack of bricks and I was severely unprepared for the day's events. Bunny jumped onto my bed and slathered my face with kisses. "It's time to wake up, beautiful!"

I groaned at the raging dehydration headache I had and sat up slowly. Bunny went over to my window and opened the curtains, allowing the sun to shoot inside my previously dark chamber. "How about we lay in bed today?" The sun was too much for me as I grabbed a pillow and put it over my eyes. Working out was the last thing on my mind.

"It's already 12pm, get your ass up and lets go! You've got 30 minutes to get ready." She waltzed out of the room before walking across the hall to wake Biyanca up. The first thing on my agenda was getting some water into me and then I'd worry about the rest.

Trudging down the steps, I made my way into the kitchen where Julio and Harlem were standing and eating cereal. "Morning." I muttered to myself more than them. I grabbed a glass from the cabinet and some water from the dispenser on the fridge before downing the entire glass. My throat was still raw from the alcohol and screaming.

"Good morning," they both chimed before Julio spoke up.

"I'm just gonna say what we're both thinking, you look hit. Even I behaved last night."

I responded hoarsely. "Thanks, Julio." Harlem looked at me with fury in his eyes. I didn't want to go there with him this early. "Sometimes you gotta let go and get wild."

"Fa'sho. I'll be right back, my stomach is giving me the rumbles." He quickly ran into the hall bathroom. I also knew about the after drinking shits.

"So..." I began since Harlem and I were now alone. "About last night..."

"Go ahead and say it, don't drag it out. You were being crazy."

"I know and now I'm the ass. I'm sorry for that, OK? Can we just move on?"

"Of course we can. And if you must know by the way, that was my mama. She wants me to visit her today."

"Now I really feel bad. This is why I don't get drunk anymore." I hung my head and pinched the space between my eyebrows. The pressure felt awful.

"We all have our moments so it's aight. I have my own apology for you too. Krysta kind of drunk dialed the other night and I know that made things a little awkward with us. I promise I'm not dealing with her. I'm not that kind of dude anymore."

"It wasn't even my place, we aren't even together."

"But we could be. What we do is really nobody's business." Harlem stepped to me and placed his hand on my waist. What was happening? "You're just too scared to let me in but I'ma let you know this, I ain't afraid of your brother and I always get what I want." Just as he leaned in to kiss me, we were interrupted by Julio.

"Oh damn, my fault." He grabbed his phone and quickly left the kitchen. It was bad enough that all eyes were on us the night before and now we were getting caught.

"Let's keep things the way they are, I don't want to get too ahead of myself. I'm just not in a position for all of that right now."

"Bet. But just know I can be very convincing." He winked before grabbing his bowl and heading down the steps. After this workout with the girls, I was going to need to do some damage control with Julio.

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Bunny was putting Biyanca and I through pure hell with her workout. It was worse on me since I was the only one who got trashed. As a bottle girl, Bunny was expected to maintain some level of sobriety in order to do her job effectively. We had been alternating between sprints, squats, and butt-kicks and I was about ready to pass out.