The next morning I didnt even hear my alarm go off. Some where along the night I must have fallen asleep, I didnt hear Trudy come in at all last night, but woke up to hear calling my name and shaking me.
Trudy: Trey, come on its like 8:30 you need to get up.
8:30. Shit, I slept a long time.
Trey: I'm still tired.
Trudy: You were asleep befire I came in at 9, I think you have slept enough. Plus Grace wants to talk to you, Parker added money to the funding. Dude, you did it.
I pretty much fell out of bed, it was going to be a long day. Grace made me stay in the lab today with Max, one of the links was down and I guess I was supposed to help him try and fix it. I"m sorry, but I am not computer gifted at all, man if its broke, its broke. Buy a new one. But I didnt argue, I was exhausted from the past couple weeks, and to be honest, going out was not something I was feeling up to today.
Max: I cant figure out why it is not seeing the computer. Everything is plugged in right.
Trey: I'll be right back, I think I know someone who can figure it out.
I jogged down the hallway towards the office area. Auggie may be blind but he had a knack for computers and electrical stuff, he was also good with cars and my chopper if I need it. I pushed through the double doors and walked over to Auggies desk.
Trey: Can I borrow your brain?
Auggie: Baby it's yours.
I took hold of his arm and started towards the door.
Parker: Where are you taking him?
I stopped, and glanced over my shoulder.
Trey: I need his brain, we have a broken link in the lab.
Parker: Why not send a tech?
Trey: I would have to find one.
Parker: I can get you one.
Trey: Auggie is fine thanks.
I dragged him along beside me and continued out of the office to the lab, where Max was still failing at finding a way to fix the link. I explained the situation to Auggie and he started to ramble off suggestions to Max. After a few minutes I got a little bored of what was going on, and sat down at one of the desks and fiddled with the computer. Everything here was so high tech, totally different than what I grew up with. Even though Max and Aug were right next to me, I could barely hear them, I was zoning out again.
Dad: Why dont you go outside and make yourself useful?
Trey: But, its storming outside...
Dad: The cows need to go into the barn or they will get sick. Go get it done.
My father leaned back in his lazy chair watching football and drinking a beer. He was already drunk for the night.
Dad: GO!
I felt something hard hit the back of my head and shatter. I yelped in pain and grabbed the back of my head where he had thrown the bottle at me. Looking at my hands, at least I wasnt bleeding... I got in trouble when I bled on the floor.
Parker: What are you thinkin about?
I about jumped out of my seat. I was totally off in my own little word thinking terrible thoughts and he came up behind me. Real smart Parker, thats how you get a broken nose.
Parker: Sorry, shouldnt have snuck up on you like that.
Trey: I was spacing. Why are you up here?
Parker: Brought up a computer tech to fix your link. What are you doing tonight?
Trey: Sleeping.
Parker: Besides that. Want to watch a movie? I have a bunch laying around. And I promise I wont put any moves on you.
He winked and gave me a smile, he was actually really sexy when he did that. I had to admit he was a very nice looking man, kind of short but so was I and put together very well. A movie actually sounded kind of nice I had to admit...
Trey: Ok...
Parker: Great, see you tonight. And dont fall asleep on me this time.
I laughed a little and got up from the desk. Enough sitting for me for a while. Long event short, the link finally got fixed. And I couldnt even begin to tell you what was wrong with it, they were talking computer lingo. Grace spent about an hour apologizing about leaving me behind today and truth was I didnt really care. It was nice to just stay back and relax, and have the entire lab to myself to work. At about 7:00 I was feeling a little bit doozey but I was still pretty determine to stay up for the movie. I went to our room and changed into a more comfortable outfit, a pair of black sweat pants and a tee shirt and walked out the door. I shut it behind me and stood there, looking each way down the hallway.
Trudy: What are you doing?
Trey: Where is Parkers room?
She raised an eye brow at me and gave me the 'what are you up to' look, before pointing to the left.
Trudy: Strait down this hallway, at the cafeteria go right and take it all the way to the end. I think he is at the very end, his name should be on the door I think. Never actually been in it, just seen it.
I walked off down the hallway.
Trey: Thanks Trudy!
Her directions were right on, thank god or I would've been calling her to come find me again. I stood in front of Parkers door for a couple minutes, debating in my head on if I should abandon ship or not. Finally I gave a hesitant knock on the door. I was about to turn around and head back to my own room when the door finally opened.
Parker: Come in.
I walked in and there was a huge tote of movies on the bed, which I might add was like ten times the size of mine and looked amazingly comfortable. I rumaged through the box and settle on Wedding Crashers. He grabbed the box and set it to the side, and popped the movie into the DVD player. I watched him move about the room, and glanced down at the bed. I couldnt help myself, I plopped myself down on his bed and prayed the sheets were clean. It was sooooo comfortable. I couldnt have cared less about the movie at that point, and cutled up into a ball pulling the covers up.
Parker: Comfortable?
Trey: Si.
Parker: Good.
He walked over towards the bed and I could tell he was debating on whether he was going to sit with me, or on the floor. He climbed in over top of me and sat against the wall. I couldnt lie, I was nervous. Comfortable, sleepy, and relaxed, but nervous. The movie started and it didnt take long before I felt myself dozing off. In fact I was so zoned out at the moment, that I didnt feel the bed shift when Parker moved closer to me. I felt him run his fingers through my hair and make small circles on my back. I flinched at first, but truely was to out of it to care. A few moments of him massaging my back and I was out cold.
I woke up thinking that I was in my own room, and quickly realized that was not the case. I felt a warm body behind me, an arm wrapped around my waist and I could feel the breath on my neck. I cranked my neck to look at the clock, 3:42 am. To early to get up, and he had me wrapped like a burrito so it was impossible to wriggle my way free without waking him.
'I'm sure Trudy is going to be all over me about this tomorrow... So much for watching a movie.' I thought to myself. In reality though, it felt nice to be curled up with someone that cared. I knew I would catch hell in the morning, but for now 'live for the moment' right? I tucked myself in closer and he responded by holding me tighter, it wasnt long before I was dozing off again.
I awoke in the morning in the same position I had been all night, I never was much for tossing and turning in bed... To much work. Aparently neither was Parker, because he still had a vice grip on me and was softly snoring behind me. It was 7:04, breakfast was at 8:00 I had to get up and get going. I was so busy thinking to myself that I didnt hear the soft breathing behind me stop.
Parker: Sleep well?
Trey: MmmmHmmmm.
Parker: Good.
Trey: I need to get up...
Parker: Why?
Trey: Some of us around here work ya know.
I gave a small laugh with my sentence, it was all in fun and I didnt want him to take it seriously. He traced a circle around my belly button and let me free.
Parker: You're welcome to shower here.
Trey: My clothes are in my room.
Truth was I had no desire to shower there, especially with him there, and there was no way in hell you could get me back into the same grimey clothes I had slept in. I was surprised when he only nodded his head at me. I gave him a quick good bye and exited the room. It was going to be a long day at work, I was never going to live this down.