I look at my brother and see him a new light. He was and maybe still is heart broken. He is looking around the pool house, unable to focus on one thing. I place my hand on his shoulder and he looks at me.
"It's going to be okay."
He shakes off my hand and laughs.
"Hey, I'm supposed to be telling you that."
"Yeah, um, are you going to the doctor with her?"
"I will go with her but I don't think I would go into the session with her."
"Yeah, that's understandable..."
We just look around the room for a couple seconds in silence before Trey breaks it by saying,
"You hungry 'cause I am."
I nod as we both get up and walk out of the pool house toward the kitchen. We walk into the kitchen and see Sandy and Donna sitting at the counter. Sandy is rubbing Donna's back as she has her head in her arms. Trey sits next to Sandy as I pour two cups of coffee.
"Morning."
Donna lifts her head and inspects the room to see who the new comers are. She sees us and just let her head fall back into her arms on the counter.
"Sandy, when is the appointment?"
Sandy opens his mouth to answer but before he was able to say anything you can hear a muffled fuck coming from Donna's direction. Sandy shakes it off as he continues.
"1:30pm. Are you coming as well, Ryan?"
I look up from my coffee cup and look from Sandy to Trey to Donna and back to Sandy.
"I don't know."
"You should come little brother; I need the company in the waiting room."
"What? You're not coming inside with me?"
Everyone looks at Donna, almost forgetting that she was there in the first place.
"Donna, you know those kind of things are personal. Do you really think they would allow someone else in there during the session?"
"Actually I did."
The room becomes silent.
"Forget it, I going to go get ready."
And with that she gets up from her chair and leaves the room.
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I walk into my room and right as the door closes I start to strip down. I let my dress fall down to my ankles as I walk to the bathroom. I step out of the dress and as I reach the doorway to the bathroom I pull down my black lace panties. I pull back the shower curtain and turn on the water, more hot than cold.
I look at myself in the bathroom mirror, as I see the steam fill the room. I look down at my stomach and finger the scar that was left across it. It was still a little sore and it wasn't completely healed but enough that I didn't have to wear a bandage anymore.
I stepped into the shower and right away I felt the hot stream beat down on my back. I turn around and let the water stream down from my head down to my toes. I look down at the shower floor and see the last traces off the blue/black semi-permanent dye wash out of my hair.
I just stand there and feel the warmth of the water hitting my face. My now, auburn hair is plastered down against my head and back, with just one strand on my face.
I hear the door open, I pull the curtain back and it's Ryan.
"What are you doing?"
He doesn't say a word. He strips off his own clothes and pushes me against the wall of the shower. He kisses me hard on the lips as he presses my hips into his. I wrap my arms around him and return the favor. I break away from his lips and whisper in his ear,
"I love you."
There is a knock on the door, I turn around and Ryan is gone. I pull back the shower curtain and it looked like he was never there.
"Yes?"
"Donna…"
It was Ryan.
"Sandy sent me up to see if you were okay."
I slowly slide down the shower wall and pull my knees up to my chest.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
