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6 ~ Pillow Talk

"Who's covering my shift?" Corrie asked.

"Me."

"Aw, I'm sorry. Is it busy there?"

Eli balanced a pile of books in his arms as he talked on the phone in the back room at BookLovers, "It's not too bad. How are you feeling?"

"I feel better. But now I'm just bored. I've been stuck at home all week, it's pretty boring."

"It's better than being at work."

"True, I can't watch Jerry Springer at work." She paused, "Will you come over after your shift?"

Eli recognized the tone in her voice, "Sure. I'll be over around ten."

~

As he left the store that night Eli jogged eagerly to his car. He cranked the stereo up and tried not to speed. Corrie had been off work all week sick with a bug and he had not been able to see her because it was contagious. The week had been long and boring, more hours at the store had been a bit of a distraction but he hadn't noticed until now, as he turned the corner on to Corrie's street, how badly he wanted to see her.

He parked the car, walked up the steps, let himself on to the porch and knocked on the door. It quickly swung open and Corrie pulled him inside. "My mom isn't coming home tonight," she said as she pushed him up against the door and kissed him.

"Well hello to you to. Who do you think I am, your love slave?"

"Not yet."

"I take it your not sick anymore," Eli said as she ran her fingers through his hair. "Not that I would mind catching whatever you had."

"I'm all better I swear," Corrie grabbed his hand and led him towards the stairs. He had been to her house before but never left the first floor.

"What are you wearing?" Eli asked, first taking notice of her outfit since he had come in the door.

She laughed loudly and did a little spin at the top of the stairs; she was wearing a pair of boy style underwear with a lightning bolt on the backside and a small black t-shirt. "I just had a bath before you came over, I didn't really see the point in putting on pants. Do you like it?"

"Well yea, it's even better than Saran Wrap."

They walked down the hall and through an open door. "This is my room."

Eli paused in the doorway, distracted by all the clutter. There was a long dresser sitting under the sloped ceiling, the top was covered in books and photographs. A desk had been pushed in to the corner, there was a computer on top and a stereo next to it that was playing loudly. A huge CD tower stood next to the desk, CD cases spilled out of it and on to the floor. There were posters on the wall from movies and bands. The closet door was open showing clothes on hangers and shoes covering the floor. In another corner there was an empty painter's easel and a side table covered in equipment.

"Stop staring at my room, I'm trying to seduce you," Corrie said as she tugged his jacket off him.

The bed was in another corner, placed on an angle. It was covered in pillows and a colourful bedspread that looked like it was from the seventies.

"I know I shouldn't have made my bed since we're just going to mess it up, but my room was a sty and I figured I better clean up the place." She smiled and watched as he took everything in. "Eli, you're supposed to kiss me now."

He nodded, "Yea. Sorry."

"That's okay," Corrie said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again. "I've been thinking about this ever since I spent the night at your house and when I got sick I thought I was going to go crazy."

"I missed you this week." She pulled at his t-shirt and he lifted his arms so she could get it over his head.

"I missed you too."

~

"What was it like when your parents got divorced?" Eli asked quietly.

Corrie frowned and bunched the pillow up underneath her head. "Is this your pillow talk? Eli after what we just did, you really want to talk about my parents' divorce?"

"I kind of feel like I was cheated, I'm only meeting you just now," he explained. "I want to know everything about you."

"Everything?" Corrie smiled. Eli nodded. "Okay."

She told him how her parents had gotten married very young, her father was still in law school and her mom got pregnant pretty much right away. While her dad focused on school and an internship at a prominent attorney's office her mom was at home with the baby in a place where she didn't really know anyone.

"When I asked her about why they got divorced she told me that she was sick and tired of taking care of him like he was her second child. My dad was a great lawyer but in other areas of his life he was a scatterbrain."

So her mom asked for a divorce, Corrie's dad left for North Carolina where he was actually from and for the most part all they heard from him was a monthly cheque. Her mom then went to school and became a nurse.

"I visited him once when I was thirteen, just in time for his second wedding. I didn't like my stepmother or her kids. Truth be told, I kind of just felt like she was in it for the money. That was the last time I saw him in person. I went back for his funeral but it was really awkward. I inherited more money from my dad than she did and she wasn't too pleased."

"So I guess you were right about her being in it for the money."

Corrie nodded, "Unfortunately."

"What did you do with the money?"

"Well let's just say that I don't need to worry about things. It just feels weird having it you know? How can I be excited about having all this money, when you consider the way that I inherited it? It doesn't seem right." Eli pulled her closer. "I used a bit for college and for my car. But for the most part it sits in an account. I don't want to seem ungrateful about it, but I don't think I deserve it, we rarely saw each other."

"But he wanted you to have it."

"Yea, I know." She sighed and pushed a piece of hair out of her face. "Do you ever wish that your mom and dad were still together?"

He shook his head, "Not anymore. I did for a little while, right after my dad moved out. But now I'm okay with all of it. Now I know that it was the right thing to do, they're much happier now."

"What's it like having a stepfamily?"

"Well, I know I complain about it a lot. But it's really not that bad. Lilly's really cool, she compliments my dad and she mellows him out. Then again the male to female ratio in that house is totally out of whack."

Corrie laughed, "You are sort of outnumbered."

"Man, my sisters are so weird. Thank God my dad lets me live in the garage or else I would never have an ounce of privacy."