Overstimulated

Petrichor

(poem by author "j.c")

A strong vibration near her face had Aurora slapping her pillow in search of the source.

"Uuugghhh stooooop. Too early," she croaked, she had a huge headache and her mouth felt like cotton. Her hand bumped the side of her phone and she realized it was ringing. Aurora picked it up with clumsy fingers, blinking the bleariness out of her eyes and groaning.

"Jaaadeee," she whined pulling the phone to her ear. "It's too fucking early," she told her best friend in lieu of a greeting.

"Bitch, do you know how long I've been trying to get a hold of you? It's past noon," Jade's voice sounded like it was booming out of the speaker and straight into Aurora's brain.

"What?" Aurora said, voice slightly stronger. She sat up in bed, pulling the phone away from her face to look at the time. 1:08 pm. She hadn't slept in this late in a while; speaking of, how did she get in her bed? The last thing she remembered was being curled around Erik on the couch.

"Go to sleep, Princess. You're safe."

"Oh, fuck," Aurora groaned, almost fully awake instantly. She took stock of her body, trying to remember when and how she'd got in bed.

"'Fuck' is right," Jade interjected her thoughts. "Can you come open the door? I've been standing out here for like ten minutes waiting fa ya ass." The line disconnected.

Aurora threw her phone on the bed and ran a hand down her face. She was not in the mood for company. She just wanted to clean up the mess she knew was her kitchen and veg for the day.

A loud banging came from her front door again.

"I'm coming bitch, damn!" She swung her legs over the side of the bed and spotted a glass of water and a bottle of aspirin. Aurora stared at them for a second. Did Erik put these here? She popped the cap, shaking out three pills and putting them in her mouth quickly and picked up the glass of water.

Jade was nonstop pounding by the time Aurora got to the door.

"Jesus fucking Christ Jade!" she yelled, swinging the door open and glaring at her best friend. "If Chad calls the cops on us I'm letting them take yo ass this time."

Jade pushed past her and into the apartment, "Yeah yeah bitch, took you long enough." She took off her coat and threw it over the back of the couch revealing her fashionable jeans tucked into her riding boots she had paired with a cute scoop neck t-shirt.

Aurora sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose wanting her headache to just go the fuck away.

"Sorry about my kitchen." She knew Jade was going to complain. "I didn't get a chance to clean it before I passed out last night."

"Whatchu talkin' bout girl? It's fine."

Aurora's brows hiked up. The kitchen was a mess last night after she and Erik were done cooking. She had meant to at least put the dishes in the dishwasher before going to bed but fate obviously had other plans.

She rounded the corner into the space. It was spotless. The counters were wiped down, stove clean and dishes put away.

"Huh," Aurora said lamely, putting her glass on the island absently and staring into the space knowing she probably looked like she was just seeing it for the first time.

"You aight girl?" Jade asked, eyes scanning Aurora's figure skeptically.

"Y-yeah," Aurora answered. "I drank a little last night so I'm a kinda out of it." It wasn't a lie.