“The blue … what was the name for that one?”
“Well, I called it Smurf blue but the bottle said Razzleberry.”
“What’s this one called?”
She plucks at a piece of her green colored hair. “Enchanted Forest.”
“I think we could come up with better names,” I comment, finishin
g my coffee.
“Probably. What would you call this one?” She points at her head.
I press my lips together, thinking. “Green Goblin.”
She snorts. “Good one. Although, that’s probably copyrighted.”
“Fuck, well, I tried.”
She smiles, and it makes me ridiculously happy to see her smile. There aren’t a lot of people in the world that I care about their happiness, but she’s probably number one. She doesn’t smile or laugh enough. Sometimes a darkness creeps into her eyes, and I’ll do anything to make it go away.
She finishes her breakfast and stands with her dirty dishes. “I’m going to go shower,” she says.
Nova. Shower. Naked. Wet.
I’m so fucked.
“Mhmm, yeah,” I mumble, trying to cover up the fact that an intense fantasy is playing out in my mind.
She heads into her room and grabs some clothes before she goes into the bathroom.
I force myself to finish my food and coffee, although I can taste neither at this point.
When I finish, I clean my plate and cup. My eyes stray over to my messy bed and I itch to bust into the bathroom, grab Nova, and have that second round.
A knock on the door disrupts my thoughts.
“What the fuck?” I mumble to myself. Nobody ever comes here unless it’s food delivery, and we rarely do that—plus, we also just ate breakfast.
I cross the few feet to the door and look through the peephole.
Dammit.
“What are you doing here?” I ask as I open the door.
“Well, hello to you too, Jacen,” Thea slurs, coming inside.
“Sorry,” I mumble. “Hello.”
“That’s better.” She smiles.
“Why are you here?” I ask. “You never come over.”
She heads straight for the black leather couch and sits down, making herself at home. “As you know, Halloween is in a few weeks.”
“Four,” I answer. “It’s in four weeks. That’s a month, Thea.”
She waves away my words. “We’re having a Halloween party.”