Chapter 178: Second City
Saturday, January 14th, Evening
The door opened behind her; the tip-off was the sound of the key in the lock. She turned to see the door open and who walkthrough. With a smile, Kay turned back to the book she was reading.
The woman that came through the door still wore her work clothes. Ivy put her keys in the bowl on the side table by the door. She walked over to where Kay was sitting, leaned over, and kissed her.
When she straightened up, she handed Kay her smartphone. Kay took it and looked up at Ivy.
"Order whatever you want with my usual, I really need a shower," Ivy said.
"Okay," Kay said, and looked at her smartphone, "From where?"
"The apps already open," Ivy said as she headed towards the bathroom.
"What's the password?" Kay asked.
"Month and day of our first date," Ivy said, as the door to the bathroom closed.
Kay stared at the smartphone for a long moment. Next, she counted on her fingers and nodded. It took her two tries, but she got into Ivy's smartphone. Kay nodded with approval at the choice of the restaurant. Ivy even made it easy inputting what she wanted. Kay added to the order, making sure the address was correct and placed the order. Kay put the phone down and leaned back in her chair.
The next moment Kay could remember is hearing the sound of Ivy closed the bathroom door.
"Do you want tea?" Ivy asked.
"No, but I can use another bottle of water?" Kay said.
"Okay," Ivy said, "Did you order dinner?"
"Yes, I did," Kay said.
"How many attempts did it take you to get into my phone?" Ivy asked.
"Two, because my damn big fingers hit the wrong button," Kay said.
Ivy came out of the kitchen. Kay noticed her hair was still wet enough to have it plastered to her head, and she combed it back. She wore a Chicago Bears' jersey with a number Fifty-four on it. The jersey was so long it covered her shorts.
Ivy kissed Kay, and when she pulled back, she looked Kay in the eyes. "Blaming your fingers again?" she asked.
"Yeah, they're too big for smartphones," Kay said.
"I like your big fingers," Ivy purred.
"I know you do," Kay said, and they kissed again.
Ivy pulled away and put a water bottle down on Kay's table. Ivy took a seat on the sofa, pulling one socked foot up to rest on the sofa cushion.
"Tease," Kay said.
"You know it," Ivy said, "It's all about the anticipation."
Kay laughed, "I'm so use to hit it and quit it," she said.
"Well, you've not dated the right people," Ivy said, "I make it worth your while."
"I guess I'm going to have to find out," Kay said.
Ivy smiled, "I guess you will," her smile changed. "After dinner."
"Awe, do we have to wait?" Kay asked.
"Yes, I'm starving," Ivy said.
"They didn't feed you at work?" Kay asked.
"No," Ivy said.
"How was work, anyways?" Kay asked.
"Crazy busy," Ivy said, "How was your day? Or days since I didn't see you yesterday?"
"Today is better than yesterday," Kay said, moving her right arm, "The shoulder didn't hurt as much."
"So, anything else exciting?" Ivy asked.
"I heard from my sister yesterday?" Kay said.
"Which one?" Ivy asked.
"Ellie," Kay said.
"Which one is Ellie, again? Is she the all too bubbly cute high school girl?" Ivy asked.
"No, that's Sawyer," Kay said.
"So, is she the doctor?" Ivy asked.
"That's Candi," Kay said.
"Oh, Ellie's the writer," Ivy said.
"If you could call her that," Kay said, "And she's also my twin sister."
"So, what did she want?" Ivy asked, ignoring Kay's shade.
"She needed to talk about a bad experience she had recently," Kay said.
"So, she got the healthy mental trait," Ivy said, "I'm surprised you're related."
"I wouldn't go that far, it was serious enough though she needed to talk," Kay said.
"What happened?" Ivy asked.
"Not sure of all the details. Ellie didn't share or couldn't share everything. But, basically, a friend of hers tried taking liberties and pushed too far," Kay said.
"Was she…" Ivy started to say.
"No, someone thought they were closer than they are," Kay said.
"Okay, how?" Ivy asked.
"Ellie puts herself out there, and it makes people think they're closer than they are," Kay said.
"Ellie's an extrovert?" Ivy asked.
"I guess you could call her that," Kay said.
"So, if Ellie's the extrovert twin than you're the introvert twin," Ivy said, "It makes so much more sense now."
"Well, I wouldn't call Ellie a true extrovert," Kay said.
"Whatever, so what's the gist of the conversation?" Ivy asked.
"What about anticipation?" Kay asked.
"It doesn't always work in stories," Ivy said, "Cut to the punchline."
"Well, I might have a visitor sooner or later," Kay said.
"Sooner or later?" Ivy asked.
"Sooner probably more than later," Kay said.
"So, you're going to have a visitor, where are you going to put her?" Ivy asked.
"I figure where your cute little ass is sitting," Kay said.
"Awe, thanks, you think my ass is cute," Ivy said.
"That I do," Kay said.
"So, speaking of travel, I got that week off," Ivy said.
"Good, I could book the flight tomorrow," Kay said.
"That's good, where are we going to stay?" Ivy asked.
"There are some good hotels," Kay said.
"Good hotels, mmm, how would you know?" Ivy asked.
"Just ask around," Kay said.
"Right," Ivy said.
Before Kay could respond there was a knock on the door. Kay shook her head, stood up, and went to the door. Kay opened the door and collected their dinner.