Chapter 7: What About Your Phone?

Rae awoke to the smell of something sweet coming from her kitchen. She and Maureen had ended up falling asleep on the couch in all of their clothes with the pizza boxes, popcorn, and ice cream bowls still on the table. She opened her eyes and immediately closed them, blinded by the light streaming through her living room window. She turned over, her back to the window, and tried again to open her eyes. "That's better" she thought. As her eyes adjusted to the morning light, she saw Maureen in her kitchen cooking breakfast. Rae assumed she had already showered because she was wearing fresh clothes. She reached over to the coffee table for her phone to see what time it was. "Damn it" she thought as she remembered, "no phone". She noticed that everything from the night before had been cleaned up. She didn't even want to think about how early it was. She got up without saying anything and went through her room and into the bathroom. She stripped out of all her clothes and took down the braid that was still in her hair before throwing it up into a messy bun. She turned on the shower and waited a moment for the water to heat up before stepping in. She relaxed as the water came down on her back, beating away all the tension in her shoulders. After standing under the water for a couple of minutes, Rae quickly washed up, rinsed off and got out of the shower. When she was dry, she started her after shower routine: wash face, brush teeth, moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, put on deodorant, and finally put in her contacts. She forewent the last task and opted for her glasses instead.

She left the bathroom and went to her walk-in closet. It's a pretty nice sized space which Rae always said was way too big for her. She didn't shop enough to have enough clothes and shoes to fill the small room. She opened her dresser drawer and pulled out a blue underwear set, then another drawer to pull out leggings, and pulled down an oversized Giants sweater she'd stolen from her step-brother. She got dressed and gathered her dirty clothes, throwing them into her hamper on her way back out to the kitchen. She took a seat at the bar and watched as Maureen finished cooking their breakfast.

"Well good morning sunshine" Maureen said giving an oversized smile.

"Good morning" Rae replied in a not so enthused tone. "What time is it?"

"It is eight thirty."

Rae gave Maureen a blank stare. "Come again." she said leaning closer so that she could hear her better.

"Eight thirty...well eight thirty-one now. What?" Maureen noticed the look Rae was giving her and she knew she was about to get a speech.

"Maureen, it is Saturday. Why are you up at eight thirty on a Saturday? More importantly, why am I up at eight thirty on a Saturday?" Araeyah stood up and started to walk around the island to stand next to Maureen at the stove. "Oh, I know. It's because my house guest decided to wake up at the butt crack of dawn and fill my loft with the sweet smell of...what are we having..."she asked looking into the oven, "cinnamon rolls." Rae finished closing the oven.

"Homemade...just for you. And I'm making cream of wheat and hash browns too. All your favs." Maureen added hoping to earn some brownie points.

"Awww. Thanks." Rae said kissing Maureen lightly on the cheek. "I'm going back to bed now" she said before turning on her heels and heading in the direction of her bedroom.

"Raaeee" Maureen called after her sounding like whiny child causing her to whip around. "No Maureen. This is not ok. This is my "be a bum" weekend and I do not get out of bed before noon on these weekends. So thanks for the breakfast. Please save me some. I'm going back to bed now." Rae turned and walked across the room before Maureen called after her, "What about your phone?" Rae stopped just short of her bedroom door. "Huh, my phone" she thought. "Olivia...and of course my phone." She turned back around. "You're totally right. My phone. I need that. So I'm gonna go get dressed and when breakfast is done we'll have some and then we can get out and about and start our day. First stop is to visit..." Olivia she thought, "your dad's precinct and find my phone and then who knows. We'll be spontaneous."

Rae practically sprinted into her closet. When she got there she was like a deer in head lights. "What am I gonna wear?" she thought to herself. She quickly settled on a pair of white shorts, a black off the shoulder Rolling Stones shirt and black studded ankle boots. She went into her bathroom and put in her contacts before applying a bit of black eyeliner and mascara. She took her hair down out of the bun. She threw her head forward and then back again before jostling her hair, which had curled slightly, letting it fall where ever. She had after sex hair but she liked it and she thought Olivia would too. She walked out of her room back to the kitchen where Maureen was already eating.

Maureen looked up and saw Rae as she entered the kitchen. "God, she looks sexy" she thought to herself instantly blushing. her thinking things like that about her friend, her gay friend, made her a little uncomfortable. she knew it shouldn't but it did. She looked away and pushed the plate and glass of soy milk she'd made for her across the bar.

"Sooo..." Rae said as she sat down. "What do you think?" she asked pointing at her outfit. "I was going for a cool rock chick kinda look?"

"Well you achieved this hot sex kitten kinda look" Maureen thought. She cleared her throat before looking up at her friend. " You look great...as always."

"Thanks!" Rae ate quickly and put both their dishes in the sink. They both grabbed their bags and headed out the door. They walked down the stairs and out of the building to Rae's car. Araeyah noticed a change in Maureen from the chipper attitude she had earlier. Opening her door she looked over the top of her car at her friend, "Are you ok?" she asked concerned. Maureen looked back at her and gave her a small smile. "Yeah of course. I'm good." Maureen quickly got in the car hoping to stop anymore questions. Rae got the message and got in the driver's seat deciding she'd let it go...for now. They pulled out of the parking lot and headed towards the police station.