Emerald
I still couldn't believe he had come all the way to see how I was doing, even though my reaction didn't show it to him, I appreciated him. Getting back into the apartment and heaving a sigh, my emotions started to fall in check and I decided to text him goodnight before going to bed. Obviously, Ken wouldn't like the news so I kept it away from her, smiling at her and conversing, meanwhile my head was some place else thinking of someone else.
Emerald I reduced the volume of the radio playing Breakfast at Tiffany's when it wasn't even fall to talk about December.
Emerald I didn't know what was more frightening-- the fact that I had just told him the truth or how his face lit up like the forth of July. He moved closer to me and adjusted a strand of hair back into my ear. It was unnecessary. I liked it that way but his touch ignited something inside of me.
James
Emerald Entering the house, I rushed to the bathroom immediately, avoiding to see Mimi who I guessed was still asleep in the room. I rinsed my face and dried it with a towel before deciding to take my clothes off for a shower. Every image of how my clothes got off in the first place was a candid memory. His delicate touch and carresse
Emerald A week later, I had blocked James and stopped seeing Devin either even though it was hard and I was being erratic. I needed to be about myself alone. I couldn't go on with two guys on my head, one in which was an ex and I’d recently slept with and decided keeping it from my friend. I had a feeling Mimi suspected something was
EmeraldLater that night, Mimi excused herself to the bathroom and just didn't show up anymore so I decided to call her and apparently she had just gotten really sick and wanted to go home, ditching her partners in from with a bathroom lie.
Emerald “Are you seriously not gonna talk to me over last night?” Mimi asked, cornering me as I was making my way out of the bathroom. She threw her hands in surrender after a while. “Alright fine. I over did it but then... it’s just me looking out for you.”
Emerald If it was the right thing then why did I feel so down?