Baggage & Buttons by C. J. Fallowfield

Author:C. J. Fallowfield [Fallowfield, C. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00IP1BWSA
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Monday

I woke up as he came into the bedroom, his hair damp from the shower and a small towel around his waist. Even with that nagging drag of my period in my stomach, I could feel myself responding to the sight of him.

‘Morning.’

‘Morning. How are you feeling?’ he asked.

‘Better thanks, the pain isn’t as severe. What time is it?’

‘Six thirty, I promised Doug I’d pick him up to go to the gym this morning. Are you taking the day off?’

‘No.’

‘Seriously?’ He flashed me a glare that took me by surprise. ‘I’d prefer you don’t go out today and stay in bed and rest.’

‘I’d miss at least a week a month if I gave into this Gabe, so I’m going in.’

‘Fine, whatever, just ignore me as usual,’ he shook his head and sighed. ‘Give me the number for your doctors please. I’m making the appointment for tomorrow and I’ll book us into the clinic for tests as well.’ I reached over and grabbed my phone, but the battery was dead, so I sat up and pulled the duvet back. ‘What are you doing?’ he snapped.

‘I need to charge my phone to get the number, the battery’s dead.’

‘Where’s your docking station?’

‘I don’t have a docking station. I just charge it when it’s flat.’

‘Mia. You’ve got no landline, your mobile should be charged all the time. What if you needed an ambulance?’

‘I’d use Lexi’s phone.’ I said with a roll of my eyes and watched as he ran his hand through his hair.

‘What doctor are you with?’

‘I don’t know the name, I’ve only been the once, but the number’s in my phone.’

‘Jesus christ I bloody give up with you sometimes. Give me the damn phone and get back into bed. Where’s your charger?’

‘On the floor behind you,’ I said quietly, he’d really got out of bed the wrong side this morning. He strode over and pulled the phone out of my hand and went and crouched and plugged it in as I pulled the duvet back up to my chin and watched him.

‘As soon as you have a signal you let me know the number.’

‘I can ring and make an appointment myself, I’m not a bloody imbecile thank you.’

‘I don’t trust you to make an appointment Mia, you’ve been stalling dealing with this, so I’m doing it.’

‘You’re very grumpy this morning,’ I observed, but he ignored me.

‘So you really want to have the next two nights off?’ he asked as he dropped his towel and pulled on his boxers, making my pupils expand as I looked at him in all his glory.

‘I think we ought to, plus feeling like this I’m really not the best of company and if I get tired I just get worse. I’ll see you in English later though and we’re spending tomorrow morning together.’

‘Great, thanks,’ he said, rolling his eyes as he pulled on his sweats.

‘I sense a bit of sarcasm.’

‘Really, only a bit? I was actually going for full on sarcasm,’ he replied without looking at me as he knotted the ties around his waist.

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