Thorns Before Roses by Hanna Ruthie

Author:Hanna Ruthie [Ruthie, Hanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-12-30T06:00:00+00:00

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My eyes open to the sound of the door shutting. I groan at the sunlight hitting my eyes.

“You’re such a baby,” Josie says, shutting the curtain for me.

It blocks out the light and my growl turns to a relaxed smile as I settle back in. The bed bounces where Josie sits down. She reaches over me for the remote and turns the television on. I’m awake now, too invested in… well, her.

“What are you doing?” I grumble.

“What’s it look like I’m doing? I’m watching TV.”

I groan again, rolling over on my stomach. “It’s too early.”

“It’s ten o’clock.”

I grumble into my pillow as Josie crunches on something next to me. The soft sound of the television drifts to my ear.

“What are you watching?” I ask.

“Cooking channel.”

“Never too early in the morning for cupcakes huh?”

Josie pokes my side with her finger. “Geez you’re even more grumpy than usual in the morning.”

“I’m tired,” I complain.

Josie snorts a laugh. I roll back over, swinging my arm over my eyes.

“Where did you go?” I wonder.

“Twenty questions this morning are we?”

I pull my arm away from my eyes to look at her. She looks fresh, awake, ready for the day.

“What are you doing? What are you watching? Where did you go?” She repeats my questions to me, raising a brow.

“Sorry for being curious,” I mumble, switching my glance to the TV. She put some pansy baking show on.

“Don’t be a grump,” she says, pushing my shoulder gently.

I narrow my eyes at the television, watching a woman wisk something furiously.

“Well?” I ask. “Where’d you go?”

“Breakfast.”

Shit. I look over at the clock. It’s past ten o’clock.

“What time did that little fucker say breakfast was?”

“Matthew!” Josie scolds. “I hope you’re not talking about Alex. He’s so nice. I saw him this morning and he told me we get the room for free.”

“Only because he likes you,” I mumble.

Josie shakes her head at me. “Don’t be ridiculous. He’s like ten years older than me. Plus, he saw us come in together.”

I look over at Josie. She looks down at the half eaten apple in her hand and clears her throat.

“Not that we’re… you know… together. But Alex doesn’t know that.”

Josie looks over at me just in time to catch me roll my eyes.

“What’s that look?” She asks.

“He’s totally into you,” I reply.

“We talked for two minutes. How could he be into me?” She asks like it’s the most ridiculous concept.

“He likes the way you look,” I shrug.

“Matthew,” she laughs. “He saw me this morning. Like this. How could he like me like this?”

“You look cute, that’s how.”

Josie looks down again, blushing furiously.

“Oh don’t act like you don’t know it. You should know better, wearing tight leggings and a big baggy sweater like that.” It’s fucking adorable.

Josie scoffs at me. “These are my pajamas!”

I shrug, looking back the TV.

“And anyways,” she says, frustrated. “I brought you up some stuff.”

She points across the room to a plate on top of the mini fridge. There’s an apple, a muffin, a bagel, and a banana.

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