About Tomorrow... by Abbi Glines

Author:Abbi Glines [Glines, Abbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Published: 2020-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

sixteen

November 13, 2019

My alarm went off and rudely woke me up. Yawning, I reached over and turned it off then stretched. On my second yawn and grumble about having to wake up, I smelled it. A fire. Sitting up, I stared at the fireplace in front of me and the fire roaring in it. What the heck? My room was warm as I tossed the covers off me and slipped on my house shoes. I was still wearing yesterday’s clothes, a pair of stretchy slacks and a blue sweater.

Creed had put me in bed. I looked back at the fire and then headed for the door. Was Creed here? I hoped so because if Creed hadn’t started the fire, I had a very thoughtful intruder that I hoped hadn’t warmed me up to kill me.

Stopping at the top of the stairs, I heard the crackling of the fireplace downstairs and I smelled coffee. Slowly, I made my way down, almost convinced it was Creed but prepared if it wasn’t. I should probably be armed, but I didn’t think about grabbing a hairbrush to whack over someone’s head before I started down the stairs.

When I reached the bottom step, I turned right into the living room and sighed with relief when Creed was sitting on the sofa with a cup of coffee in his hand watching the television. He turned to look at me and smiled. “I hope I didn’t wake you starting the fire in your room.”

“Uh, no, you didn’t,” I replied, not sure if it was rude to ask him why he was here or if he’d stayed all night.

He nodded a head toward the kitchen. “I made coffee.”

Was it okay he had stayed the night? He obviously hadn’t slept in my bed. The other side was untouched like it was every morning. We were friends. We’d slept in the same apartment in Boston. Griff was there though. We had been alone here, but it wasn’t the same.

“I couldn’t figure out how to lock your door without the key last night,” he said.

“Ooooh,” I replied, understanding dawning on me. “So you stayed? Please tell me you slept in the other bedroom and not on the sofa.”

“Nothing was wrong with the sofa. It slept good.”

I covered my face with my hand. “I am so sorry I fell asleep on you. Thank you for staying.”

“Like I said last night I’ll get over it,” he replied then winked…again. He needed to stop winking. No man should look that good when he winks. It’s not fair to females. Especially those of us who have boyfriends that they love.

“I’ll make you breakfast,” I told him, hoping I had time to do that and get a shower before I needed to leave.

“I’m good. Go get ready. I’ll head back home,” he said standing up. “Rachel will still be asleep, and I will have some peace until I leave work.”

“I hope she doesn’t hate me for keeping you all night,” I said.

The right corner of his mouth lifted in a half-grin.

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