MY ONE NIGHT STAND

WALK OF SHAME. I never experienced that but I'd heard a lot about it from my best friend Billie and some of our friends in college. Unfortunately for me, today was the day I would experience mine. I'd been awake for minutes and just pretended to be asleep, waiting for my best friend's husband's cousin to leave or go to the bathroom or whatever, so I could grab my stuffs and leave. I mean, if I was doing this I knew I didn't want to do it with him watching. I mentally groaned, cursing myself. One night stands weren't my thing and you might be wondering why last night was different. I was too but I was going to blame it on the fact that I was still nursing a broken heart and maybe I'd thought falling into the arms of another would heal me even for a teeny bit. But it didn't. I only ended up feeling stupid and worse about myself. I heard the bathroom door close and soon the shower started running. I sat up from the bed in a haste and went to searching for my clothes which became almost hard to do. Our clothes were everywhere and just the memory of what we've done had me horny again. Focus, Arabella. I found my panties underneath my gown and I grabbed it, putting it on and then my clothes. I zipped up and when I turned, I yelped in fright. He was leaning on the bathroom door, smirking at me. "You scared me, Christian." My eyes made its way from his face down to the V on his stomach. I swallowed. "Were you trying to run?" He asked, ignoring my comment. "It's called a walk of shame." I blurted. He raised an eyebrow. "Really? I was almost convinced this is a 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am'situation." I rolled my eyes at him. "Look, we had fun last night. The s*x was good but let's not forget this was just a fling and it shouldn't happen again." "Why?" He dared to ask after two seconds. Why? Did he seriously ask that? "Well, you're... you're my best friend's husband's cousin and from what I hear you're... a man w***e. So, no thank you." And I barely knew him. I've only heard of him but I only got to meet him last night. Christian laughed, a laugh that reverberated down to my lady parts and I just knew the sooner I leave here the better. "Wow," He breathe. "For a woman who only met me last night you seem to know a lot about my private life." "It's not exactly private if half of Brooklyn has seen it." Okay that came out dirty. The look in Christian's eyes showed me he understood what I meant. Shaking my head and grabbing my purse, I said, " I have to go." And left. The moment I shut the door, I breathe. No more drinking out of control for me again. Because I always did stupid things. ####### "So your Abuela's birthday is this Friday but she wants to celebrate it next weekend. You coming, right?" Mum asked me over at Skype. I nodded, taking a bite of my pizza. It'd been three days and eighteen hours( yes, I counted) since the fling incident and right after I came home and showered and called and texted the ones who did earlier, I took a shower and went on with my life. "Yeah, even though I know the best present I'll give Abuela on her birthday is not show up." I half joked. "That's not true, Arabella." Mum denied but I knew she knew I was right. Growing up, I'd known and felt how much my grandma despised me and I'd grown to live with it but it hurt sometimes that she couldn't love and appreciate me no matter how hard I tried. "Well, I want you there." Mum continued. "Peter is gonna be there and I want you both to finally meet and get along. You're bringing Jeff right?" "Uhh..." I still hadn't told her about Jeff and I. Maybe because my mum hated the guy and the last thing I wanted was her telling me I told you so but then again, she was my mum and I needed to tell her eventually. "Yeah, I guess. Although, he's super busy so he might not make it." Eventually not right now. If mum was happy about that, she didn't show. "Oh, that's too bad. Well, I hope you two make it or only you. I don't care as long as you're there." "I wouldn't miss it for the world, mum." I smiled. We exchanged I love yous and goodbyes before she hung up. The moment the screen went blank, I was overcome by a feeling of loneliness. I'd been with Jeff for years that I'd forgotten what being single felt like. I missed my dating life. I missed Jeff, period. Lying on the bed with a sigh, I shut my eyes wielding sleep to come and in a matter of minutes, it overcame me.