Stumble Crash Bang
Mimi laughs her ass off and says, “We have a man down! I repeat. We are a man down!”
Lola laughs hard and yells out, “We’re so bad at this! Best mission ever!”
The sounds of giggles and heels approach my room. I put an arm under my head to elevate it. I want to see what these goofballs are doing. Tina’s first through the door and looks sheepish while rubbing her elbow. That is until she sees Nat, Helena and Nina all sitting on my bed. Then she yells out, “Pajama party!” And literally throws herself onto my bed, hurt elbow forgotten. She belly flops onto my stomach. My body jolts upwards, the wind is knocked out of me and I groan. Tina looks up at me with wide eyes. She rushes out, “Ash, honey! I’m so sorry!” Then she rubs what she thinks is my stomach. Only it’s my cock.
Removing her hands from me, I tell her, “Tina, I don’t think Nik would like you in my bed rubbing my junk. ”
She squeaks then stutters, “No freakin’ way! That was your-? But I thought it was- crud!”
Nina, Helena and Nat fall down laughing on my bed. I look over to the doorway where Mimi and Lola’s bodies shake in silent laughter. I seriously can’t help it. I burst into laughter over how ridiculous this situation is. I’m laughing harder than I’ve ever laughed in my life.
These girls. They’ll be the death of me.
Mimi and Lola come over to my bed and find a spot to sit. As soon as their asses hit bed, the girls all talk, loud and animated. It’s like watching a coop full of chickens clucking.
Just as I think there could be no better place to be than in bed with six women, I realize there should be zero women in my bed. I know how Nat, Helena and Nina got in. How the fuck did Tina, Mimi and Lola get in?
Still lying on my back, I look up at Tina. “How the hell did you get in here, Tina?”
Tina’s smile drops. Her body stiffens and she looks panicked. She looks up through bunched brows as if thinking hard and says, “Well, you see. The thing is…” And I already now she’s full of shit. I cut her off with, “Tina. How the fuck did you get into my place?”
Tina hates what she calls my potty mouth. She narrows her eyes at me and she pokes my chest. “There’s no need for that kind of language, Ghost. I just brought you something is all. Just a gift. ”
Lola chimes in, “I think you’ll love it. ”
Mimi nods in agreement, “Yeah. I’m a hardass but I really like it. ”
Tina’s sweet face smiles down at me and she says softly, “It’s on the kitchen counter. Just open it when you have a chance. No rush. ”
The girls start talking once again. Laughter echoes throughout my apartment. I put both arms behind my head and smile up at the ceiling.
There seriously are worse places I could be right now.
Tina breaks me out of my thoughts by whispering in my ear, so low that no one could possible hear but me. “Happy Birthday, Ash. ” She kisses my forehead and I close my eyes. I’m at peace right now.
Birthday or not, I’m gonna make today a good one.
***
Saturday night approaches quickly eno
ugh. Tonight is my first night out since the Cole incident. I’m heading over to The White Rabbit with Mimi and Lola. I tried so hard to get my sisters to stay at least til Sunday morning just so they could experience a night at the club. The White Rabbit is seriously my most favorite place to be. Apart from my sofa, of course.
Unfortunately, even though they tried to move things around for me, I knew they’d already used up a lot of their vacation time. And with a heavy heart, I said goodbye to my sisters yesterday morning and sobbed like a freakin’ baby as soon as they were gone.
I’m not ashamed of that. My heart hurt watching them go.
The cab driver asks, “Where to?”
Giddy as all get out, we cheer together, “The White Rabbit!”
Mimi takes hold of my hand. “How you doing over there?”
I smile a small smile. “Okay. Just feel a bit weird. ”
Lola rubs my knee softly and says reassuringly, “Well, sure. That’s to be expected. You’ll see, as soon as we get in there, it’ll be like nothing ever happened. ”