CHAPTER 2
Annie walked slowly into Auggie's apartment. Sure she had been here before, but never an extended amount of time. She took a deep breath, forcing her attraction to the blind man to be under control. Auggie's voice pulled her from her concentration as soon as the door shut,
"You can just put your stuff in the bedroom."
Annie almost dropped her suitcase. The bedroom?
"The…the bedroom…? What about your stuff?"
Auggie looked as though the answer were obvious,
"I'm on the couch, you have the bedroom. And no, you are not arguing this. My house my rules right?"
Annie sighed, "Fine, but it's still not fair."
"Fair or not, mi casa es su casa."
Annie chuckled and went to drop her suitcase in the bedroom. Auggie called to her from the kitchen,
"You can go ahead and take a shower while I call for food. I'm guessing you've been waiting to shower all day."
"You know me so well. That sounds great Aug. Thanks." Annie called in reply, already halfway into the master bathroom.
20 MIN LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A very refreshed Annie appeared in the kitchen and took her place on a bar stool next to Auggie,
"Which is mine?" she asked, referring to the cartons of Chinese food sitting on the granite counter tops.
"The one in the bag is your sesame chicken, and that carton just next to the bag is the steamed rice." Auggie replied with precision.
"Thanks." Annie muttered before making an appreciative noise after taking a bite, "Compared to the prison food, this stuff is amazing."
Auggie chuckled and kissed her hair, he really had to stop touching her, "I'm just glad you're here to enjoy it." As soon as he did so his inner voice started screaming that that was too much. To back away, and laugh it off, but he didn't, just sat there, happy to hear Annie's contented sigh that soon followed his action. Annie may have sighed, but her mind was going a mile a minute. She knew that kiss on the head probably meant nothing to Auggie, but she loved the feeling it gave her. Her insides warmed, and a small blush crept up her cheeks. Yup, she was definitely in love with her best friend. Oh well, too late to turn back now.
