Losing It by Shay Violet

Author:Shay Violet [Violet, Shay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: shayviolet.com
Published: 2020-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

7

Lucas woke me up by softly calling my name. I stretched and looked over to find a robe folded up on the table next to me.

“It says it’s one-size-fits-all, I hope it works,” he said. “I walked over to Marshalls and it was the best thing I could find there.”

“Oh, I guess you didn’t want me getting dressed?” I asked playfully.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I just wanted you to be comfort-” he began, then he laughed. “Yeah, and that, too.”

“I wasn’t sure what you liked, so I got a lot,” he continued, pointing to two huge bags behind him on the counter.

“We’ll eat what we want, and I saw a homeless dude out by the road, we’ll give him the rest if it’s okay?”

“Was he tall and skinny?” I asked.

“Yeah, taller than me. Like 6’5, maybe.”

“I bet it was Delbert,” I said. “He’s always around. People say he played basketball at FAMU way back when, before he wound up on the streets. He’s generally harmless, but he gets really angry sometimes. I think he self medicates. He has good days and bad days. He hands out flowers to girls on campus sometimes. I don’t know where he gets them. He’s given them to me sometimes. It always lifts my spirits. That’s sweet that you’d want to feed him.”

“Hey, I’ve been there,” Lucas said. “Not the drug part, but back in Juneau there were definitely times I didn’t know what my next meal would be or where I’d lay my head that night.

“Would have been a lot nicer being homeless here in the wintertime than in Alaska, I bet,” he said.

“Yikes, I can’t imagine that kind of cold. I’m a southern girl through and through.”

“You’d be surprised,” he replied. “Juneau is practically tropical compared to some parts of Alaska. It’s not Barrow or Nome, that’s for sure. It almost never gets below zero there.”

“Balmy!” I said, and we laughed.

Lucas divvied up the food from Antonio’s, the Mexican place two doors down from Starbucks. I put on the robe, which wasn’t a color I’d have picked (Pink isn’t my thing), but I was grateful for it and knew he’d done the best he could on short notice. He’d gotten my favorite, carne asada, and I wasn’t the least bit ashamed to eat the entire thing. Losing one’s virginity is exhausting, hungry work!

He ate an enchilada and four tacos, leaving two huge burritos and some soft tacos. He grabbed a bottle of soda from the fridge and a jumbo Twix candy bar from a box in his cabinet.

“It’s my guilty pleasure,” he confessed. “Best candy bar on earth. And do you know where the name comes from?”

“I do not,” I said and smiled. “But I bet you do.”

“It’s a portmanteau for ‘twin biscuit sticks.’”

“How many of the girls you bring in here know what portmanteau means?” I asked accusingly.

Poor Lucas looked shocked. “I… Paris, I promise, I was telling the truth. There aren’t any other-”

“I know,” I said. “But you’re so cute when you’re flustered that I can’t help myself.

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