I woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs. I looked over and Gwen wasn't beside me and the radio wasn't on anymore. I got up and walked out to my small kitchen to see Gwen standing by my stove cooking something.
" Terr, your up." she said cheerfully. Her eyes were still kind of puffy, but not as bad as last night, and her lip looked a lot better.
" What are you doing?" I asked her in amusement. My stove hasn't been used since I bought this place two years ago.
" Cooking us breakfast. You hardly have anything in your refrigerator mister." she said pointing one of the fingers on her broken hand at me. " I had to take your car." she said smiling.
" I'm glad it didn't break down on you." I said thankful. The last time I drove it, which was just down to the Quickie Mart a block away, the stupid thing broke down on me right in front of my apartment building.
" Nope, no problems here. You just have to know how to talk to it." she said smiling. I was glad to see her in a better mood.
" It's good to see you in a better mood." I said, sitting down at the kitchen table. She stopped and sighed.
" Yeah, well, I guess if he doesn't want to see me anymore than there's nothing I can do about it." she said with a distinct tone of sadness in her voice. She looked down at the pan and smiled. " Eggs are done. I hope you like scrambled. They're the only kind I'll eat, and know how to fix." she said, sliding some of the fluffy yellow eggs on the plate in front of me.
" They look yummy." I said laughing.
" Yummy? I don't think guys that are nicknamed 'Rhyno' are supposed to say yummy." she said teasing me. She did that sometimes, but I knew it was all in fun. I got up and went over to her, putting the now empty pan in the sink.
" UGH, ME LIKE EGGS." I said in what she likes to call my 'Neanderthal man' voice. The one I use whenever Rhyno has to say anything on TV. I picked her up and carried her, laughing into the living room where I flopped her down on the couch and layed on top of her. She started tickling me and we ended up wrestling around on the floor. We stopped a few minuets later laughing really hard. My face was inches away from hers. Our eyes met, and she knew that I wanted to kiss her right then. I did, God did I want to kiss her, but I was scared of how she'd take it. I didn't know if it was too soon or what. I only had two girlfriends in my life, and one was when I was five years old. I had no clue what to do. She looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back at her and she leaned in and planted a kiss right on my lips. Fireworks went off somewhere in my head. My heart started beating a million miles a minuet. Every hair on my arms and head felt like it was standing on end. Her kissing me made every inch of my body feel so alive (Not like that!) and aware of everything that was going on around me. She pulled away and was still smiling.
" Our food is getting cold." she whispered in my ear. I got up off of her and helped her up and we went back out into the kitchen. We sat there eating breakfast, talking and laughing just like normal. But nothing was normal anymore. Everything's changed, she's mine now, and I'd never let anyone hurt her anymore.
" Terr, your up." she said cheerfully. Her eyes were still kind of puffy, but not as bad as last night, and her lip looked a lot better.
" What are you doing?" I asked her in amusement. My stove hasn't been used since I bought this place two years ago.
" Cooking us breakfast. You hardly have anything in your refrigerator mister." she said pointing one of the fingers on her broken hand at me. " I had to take your car." she said smiling.
" I'm glad it didn't break down on you." I said thankful. The last time I drove it, which was just down to the Quickie Mart a block away, the stupid thing broke down on me right in front of my apartment building.
" Nope, no problems here. You just have to know how to talk to it." she said smiling. I was glad to see her in a better mood.
" It's good to see you in a better mood." I said, sitting down at the kitchen table. She stopped and sighed.
" Yeah, well, I guess if he doesn't want to see me anymore than there's nothing I can do about it." she said with a distinct tone of sadness in her voice. She looked down at the pan and smiled. " Eggs are done. I hope you like scrambled. They're the only kind I'll eat, and know how to fix." she said, sliding some of the fluffy yellow eggs on the plate in front of me.
" They look yummy." I said laughing.
" Yummy? I don't think guys that are nicknamed 'Rhyno' are supposed to say yummy." she said teasing me. She did that sometimes, but I knew it was all in fun. I got up and went over to her, putting the now empty pan in the sink.
" UGH, ME LIKE EGGS." I said in what she likes to call my 'Neanderthal man' voice. The one I use whenever Rhyno has to say anything on TV. I picked her up and carried her, laughing into the living room where I flopped her down on the couch and layed on top of her. She started tickling me and we ended up wrestling around on the floor. We stopped a few minuets later laughing really hard. My face was inches away from hers. Our eyes met, and she knew that I wanted to kiss her right then. I did, God did I want to kiss her, but I was scared of how she'd take it. I didn't know if it was too soon or what. I only had two girlfriends in my life, and one was when I was five years old. I had no clue what to do. She looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back at her and she leaned in and planted a kiss right on my lips. Fireworks went off somewhere in my head. My heart started beating a million miles a minuet. Every hair on my arms and head felt like it was standing on end. Her kissing me made every inch of my body feel so alive (Not like that!) and aware of everything that was going on around me. She pulled away and was still smiling.
" Our food is getting cold." she whispered in my ear. I got up off of her and helped her up and we went back out into the kitchen. We sat there eating breakfast, talking and laughing just like normal. But nothing was normal anymore. Everything's changed, she's mine now, and I'd never let anyone hurt her anymore.
