Xandra with an X

Everything is Fine. Everything is Great

Kicking my feet in the water I exhale the smoke before coughing just a bit. I don't get high a lot but I very much enjoy it. Boris got us some weed today so now we're just laying in the backyard, feet in the pool, relaxing.

"We had a stats quiz due today." Boris slightly laughs.

"I did it already." I take another hit.

"What the fuck when?" He sits up.

"When you were still passed out this morning. Don't drink like that if you can't handle it." I tease.

"Oh well. One zero won't kill me."

"You have like three zeros." I use his arm to pull myself up while I laugh. I love how my body feels like a bag of feathers when I'm intoxicated in any way. The inside feels light and fluffy but all together my body is heavier, like I have a weighted blanket on.

"Whatever. How were sales today while I was out?" Boris had a few "meetings" today. After he brought back the weed, loads of snacks, and sidewalk chalk. I requested the chalk of course.

"Good." I nod. "$200 just today, the $150 from yesterday. I think I'm gonna get Xandra something special."

"Like what? A vibrator." He laughs.

"No you nasty!" I shove him away from me. "A necklace, a bracelet, or maybe new baking stuff."

"What's the special occasion?" Boris finishes off the joint and throws it behind while I lay back down.

"Haven't you been paying attention stupid? Friday was Valentine's Day."

"No I don't pay attention to that crap." He laughs.

"Not that we're anything romantic, we just flirt and stuff obviously, but I do live here rent free and have been since the beginning of January."

"Well there's your excuse."

Later Xandra calls me complaining that she misses Popper and prefers her own baking to the shit they serve at hotel. We don't get to talk very long because Larry is in the shower and won't be long. She scolds me for getting high, promises to punish me when she gets home, and tells me she picked up a surprise today. I pray to God its something kinky because I just think that's so hot. The woman I'm living with went away with her boyfriend, but still bought me handcuffs? Or a gag? How could you not find that extremely sexy?

"Larry will be out any minute so I'll text you later, sweetheart. Goodnight."

"Night."

I don't like that every conversation Xandra and I have has to be tailored to Larry. Larry has a meeting at 6 am my time so of course I set an alarm so Xandra could call me. I want to talk to her as much as I can. If he's in the shower, fell asleep already, even if it compromises my sleep schedule I always do it. I don't know why Xandra doesn't just break up with him. This is her house and she'd be perfectly fine financially, and she'd have me. So what's stopping her?

Does she still love him? I hope to god not.

The days are dragging by as slow as they possibly can. On Sunday Boris and I go out looking for a gift and find a really nice mixer. Its rose gold colored, has about six different speeds, and cost $80. It's supposed to be one of those really nice ones that last a quite a while and Xandra needs one. She only has an old hand mixer that she's probably had forever. I wonder why she hasn't gotten herself a new one yet?

Monday Boris and I clean the whole house top to bottom after class. We rid all the evidence of drugs and alcohol so I wouldn't get in a ton of trouble. Larry probably wouldn't care, but once again this isn't Larry's house. I vacuum the carpet in the living room, the stairs, the upstairs hall, and my room, then mop the kitchen, foyer, and bathroom floors. Other than that we just had to straighten the pillows, fold some blankets, run the dishwasher, and take out the trash. It wasn't a whole lot, but I was exhausted afterwords.