Silk by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Literary Collections, General, Short Stories, Anthologies, Romance, Contemporary, Anthologies & Literature Collections, Genre Fiction
Amazon: B00KB8LW1M
Barnesnoble: B00KB8LW1M
Publisher: Heidi McLaughlin
Published: 2014-06-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Conner meets me in the morning, whispering in my ear that he’s going to kiss my cheek to piss off Adam. We exchange email addresses, and I promise to keep him posted on our timeline on the off chance he can meet up with us when we reach Australia. In what seems to be great a personal strain, Adam manages to shake his hand and wish him well before we leave.

Crossing Zambia by car proves to be an adventure all on its own. The speed our driver goes varies from what feels like fifteen miles per hour to a time trial for NASCAR. At one point, we’re stopped indefinitely as a herd of puku blocks our way. I look over at Adam, who’s hanging out his window, camera in hand, taking pictures.

When we finally make it to the Kapani Lodge, all I want to do is get into our room and collapse into bed. That’s until I see the room setup. The beds, while separate, are right next to each other with only an area wide enough to walk in between them. Maybe if they each had their own mosquito netting, it wouldn’t look so intimate. Tonight and the two following it, Adam and I will be underneath the same net.

Suddenly feeling less tired, we make our way to the outdoor deck. I’m relieved when I see the menu with so many Western courses on it. Adam is adventurous and orders a local fare while I have a hamburger and french fries.

After dinner, we watch the sunset before going back to our room. I decide against telling my dad how this room is laid out. I know he assumes it’s a suite with two separate rooms like the Royal Chundu. I get ready for bed first while Adam tries in vain to get a wireless signal.

He gives up, not wanting to keep me up, as he swears at his laptop under his breath. I’m pretending to read a book as I watch him walk from the bathroom over to our beds. He’s shirtless, his basketball shorts hanging low on his hips. My mouth feels dry as I forgo my farce of reading, setting my book on the nightstand instead.

He starts untying the net around my bed first. He struggles with the first knot, his abs right at my eye level. He must notice I’m watching him.

“If you want to help, you can untie the netting around my bed.”

I gulp, getting out of bed and making my way over to the far post of his bed. We work in parallel, moving from post to post, until we meet in the middle. He holds his netting up, so I can pass under it. He checks the edges, making sure there aren’t any gaps, before getting into his bed. We lie there, each on our side, facing each other, neither moving to turn out the light.

I break the silence. “Kinda feels like we’re camping, doesn’t it?”

He looks up at the tent-like netting surrounding us.

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