“You got a thing for my butt, Sunshine?”
“It’s a good one,” she mumbled.
I didn’t even know that she was checking me out, let alone that she was a fan of my butt. We made it to the bathroom, and she stopped in the doorway.
“You got it from here.”
She nodded. “I’m drunk, not dead.”
I laughed and watched her stumble in and close the door in my face.
Yeah, she was far from dead. “I’m gonna go lock up the house. Grab a couple of aspirin for yourself while you’re in there,” I called.
She mumbled something I couldn’t make out.
I walked back out to the living room, kicked off my boots, and locked the front door. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and a bag of chips she had sitting on the counter. We didn’t have any dinner, and I was hungry.
Reva was sprawled out on top of the bed, face down, when I walked back in.
“Hungry?” I asked.
She groaned and rolled over on her back. “God, yes. There’s frozen pizza in the freezer if you’re feeling frisky.”
I tossed the chips on the bed next to her and headed back into the kitchen. She didn’t have to tell me twice.
Half an hour later, we were camped out in her bed with a pizza between us and a movie playing.
“I think I’m sobering up.” Reva shoved a slice of pizza in her mouth and took a huge bite. A piece of pepperoni stuck to her chin.
I reached over and grabbed the meat off her face. “Uh, sure you are.” If you can’t feel a slab of meat on your face then it’s safe to say you’re still pretty drunk. I had learned that enough times in my life.
She grabbed it from my hand and popped it in her mouth. “No stealing my peppa. Maybe I was saving that for later.”
“You normally go to sleep with a pepperoni face mask so you can snack on it during the night?” I laughed.
She shoved the rest of the pizza in her mouth and flopped back on her pillow. “Why are you Hero?”
She was all over the place. Reva was a talker when she drank. She didn’t always make sense, but she definitely talked. “Why am I Hero?” I repeated.
She waved her finger in my direction. “Why?”
“You done with this?” I asked.
“Why?” Reva called.
I shook my head and cleaned up the pizza and chips from the middle of the bed. I set everything on the nightstand and turned off the lights. Reva was losing steam, and she was going to be passed out soon.
“Roll.” I grabbed the comforter, pulled it back, and Reva rolled under it. I slid into bed next to her, and she cuddled into my side.
“Why?”
“You sound like a broken record, Sunshine.”
She pinched my side. “Tell me why you’re Hero before I fall asleep.”
“I’m assuming you want to know how I got my road name.”
“Ding, ding.”