I wake up to the warm sheets of my bed. My eyes are heavy, my throat dry, and suddenly the memories of last night are flowing back to me. I almost feel more relaxed, as though I have let go of a lot of tension, which I suppose I did.
I sit up in bed and rub the stained tears off my cheeks. I look around and everything looks the same. My pants and shirt have been removed. Did Helga leave last night? Or this morning? I completely knocked out last night.
I move the sheets off me with a lighter heart and bring my feet to the wooden floor. I hear something rustling in the other room and pad over to the closed door.
"Good…. morning," I say after gaping at Helga only wearing one of my big shirts and some black underwear that fits her great.
She turns her neck around to smirk back at me while she's trying to make a pot of coffee. Her hair is loosely curled now and it looks even better than it did last night.
"Good morning. Sorry if I woke you," she says and turns around again to mess with the pot.
"You didn't. Also I love waking up to this," I say and move to wrap my arms around her waist, pressing into her backside. Her smells like some fruity smell that I like.
"To what, exactly?" she asks even though I'm sure she knows.
"To this," I say and lift up the shirt some to grip her hips and feel her warm, soft skin. "You here in my kitchen, making coffee, wearing this…" I say and grab the elastic of her panties. I glide my finger slowly across and her warm skin that instantly becomes hot.
She nervously laughs and pushes my hands away. "It's too early for this," she smiles and turns to face me. "How are you feeling?" she asks and rests her palm on my cheek.
"I feel good. A lot better actually. Thank you for listening," I say honestly.
"I'm glad. I want you to be comfortable enough with me to feel like you can tell me anything," she says.
"I do. I trust you," I say and lean into her palm.
"Good. Now let's eat breakfast, I'm starving," she says and I smile as I watch her find her own way around the small kitchen.
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The weekend goes by quickly with me seeing Helga for a little bit and the other parts included getting some alone time. I have a lot of thoughts about my grandparents and I hesitate wondering to call them or not.
Right now, I am sitting on my couch with my phone in my hand debating what I would say if they did pick up.
My phone ringing jump starts my heart and my eyes open wide searching for the source on the screen. It's a call from a number not saved in my phone.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Arnold, it's Carter!" his voice booms through the phone. I instantly cringe.
"Oh… hey," I reply.
"So I was talking to Coach and he says we should practice together for both of our benefits. What do you say?"
"Um… aren't we kind of on different levels? You're more trained than me," I say.
"But we'll be in the same tournament! It will be good for us," he says.
"What would you get out of it though? Since you're already better than me," I reason.
"We haven't hung out in a while so we can catch up! How's that sound?"
"Well what day are you thinking? I'm sort of busy during the weeks," I lie. I really don't do anything besides go to the gym and hang out with Helga and sulk at home. I should get a job or at least a hobby.
"Any time you have open! I'm cool with anything." He sounds genuine and I don't accuse him of being a bad guy. I just know what he is capable of when he gets in his mindset to destroy everything in his path.
"Okay well maybe if I see you tomorrow we can figure something out," I say. I don't think I am thinking but overthinking is stressful.
"Sounds cool! See you tomorrow," he says excitedly.
"Have a good night, Carter," I hang up.
I head over to the bedroom, send Helga a good night text, and go to sleep.
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"I have good news!" Helga greets me early this morning. I just woke up and her pounding on the door earlier gave me a headache.
"What's that?" I ask and reach up in the cabinet to get her a coffee mug.
"Well last night the manager of the CD store called me to remind me to come in early today and he said since I worked as a waitress in high school, I'll already be getting paid more than minimum wage!" she says with a big smile on her face.
"Wow that's great. That will be easier," I say and pour her a mug.
"I know! Looks like that dumb job of serving annoying customers actually paid off," she says and I hand her the mug.
"I didn't know you were a waitress," I say and sit down with her at the table.
"We barely talked in high school," she reminds me.
"I know. So when do you have to be there?" She's wearing jeans and some old t-shirt which I don't think is her uniform.
"In like half an hour. It's not that far from here, only about three blocks over," she says and wraps her hands around the mug.
"Okay, maybe I can stop by after practice." I don't want to tell her about Carter's call since she is in such a good mood and I don't know how she would react to that news anyway.
"Okay but I don't want to talk for long. It is my first day," she says before she takes a sip.
"Is that what you're wearing to work?" I tease her and play with the sleeve of her blue t-shirt.
"No, Football Head. He said they'll give me a shirt to wear there and I can wear any pants I feel comfortable in."
"So, you don't have to wear this shirt," I say and lightly graze the skin underneath the sleeve.
"Well I will to walk over there," she says and pushes my hand from her arm but keeps it in her hand.
"This shirt is old, Helga. C'mon I'll give you a better one," I say and play with the tatters on the collar with my other hand.
"Your… your shirt won't fit me," she says. Her cheeks are lightly flushed and I can tell her throat is dry.
"Let's see if we can find one," I say and stand up from the table to pull her into my room. She's quiet but I want this. I feel like I haven't kissed her in forever.
She shuts the door behind us and I instantly grab her curves to push her back on the bed gently. My hot, starving mouth meets hers and it lights up my senses. I sneak my hands under her shirt to touch her hot skin and she tangles her fingers in my hair.
Her tongue glides along with mine and she lays back on the bed so I am hovering over her. I take the old shirt off as I said I would and have to take a peek at her chest. Looking at it only drives me more and I kiss her more forcefully.
"Arnold, I…" she starts to say but I cut her off.
She giggles lightly which is an incredible sound.
"I have to go soon," she says and stops me by holding me up by my chest.
"Five minutes," I say and lean towards her again but she gets up from the bed and puts on her shirt again.
"Five minutes will turn into an hour," she smirks and I watch her walk towards me. I open my lap and she sits on it.
"Maybe we can hang out after though. Tonight? We could watch a movie," she offers and I just shake my head yes.
"I'll see you then," she says and kisses me one last time before she gets up and heads off to work.
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My sweat is dripping off on the locker room floor and I am trying to get my breathing down to normal. I wipe my forehead with my towel and take a sip of water and try to stretch out my legs.
"There you are!" I hear Carter's voice say and I turn around to see him in the flesh.
"Yup, I just finished with Coach," I say and stand up from the bench.
"I just saw him and he told me you guys finished so I hoped I could catch you before you left. So did you find out a day you could spar some time?" he asks. I don't know why I don't feel like he is trying to be sneaky or anything. I think he just genuinely wants to hear about how I have been doing.
"Um, tomorrow? What time is better for you?"
"That sounds great! I like to work out in the mornings if that's okay with you."
"Around what time?"
"How about we go at nine? Unless you're up for a six am workout," he chuckles.
"Nine sounds good," I laugh.
"Great, I'll see you tomorrow then," he says.
"See ya," I say and he exits the locker room.
Maybe I should get Helga's opinion on this? She knows him better than I do. I'll shower then go and see her at work.
A/N: I apologize for taking so long. I'm going to get back on track now and update regularly. In other news, I just went to my first concert on Thursday and it was awesome! Have a good weekend!
