Still Rattled by Charles Jane

Author:Charles, Jane [Charles, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jane Charles

It’s been a week since I’ve seen Kelsey. A full, fucking week. We’ve talked, but it’s not enough. I miss her. I want to cuddle with her. Kiss her and just immerse myself in everything that is Kelsey. I also want to know what the hell is wrong. I know something is up. Her conversations are too guarded, and she’s evasive. She might say it’s nothing, but I don’t believe her. And, I won’t until I look in her eyes.

It can’t all be worrying about finals. Those are done. Over. But, she sounded just as strained when I talked to her earlier. Something is up, and I want to know what the hell it is.

Mary lets me into the apartment, and I go straight into Kelsey’s room, closing the door behind me, with no lingering in the common area.

She’s coming out of her closet and pulling on a sweater and stops when she sees me. I had thought to kiss her, thoroughly, holding her close to my body, but what I see in her face and eyes, cools all desire. “What is wrong?”

Kelsey shakes her head and looks away. “Tough week.”

It’s not exactly a lie. Her face is drawn, eyes dead and there are circles beneath from lack of sleep. Her body is tense.

“Why has it been so tough?”

She still hasn’t looked at me, but grabs some boots and sits on the bed, pulling them on. “I’d rather not talk about it.”

I run through everything in my mind from the moment she walked into my room to get her tat until our last conversation.

She’s shutting me out. I thought we were beyond that.

Is it more. Is she done?

What the hell had happened this week?

“I’d prefer we do.”

She looks up at me. “Can’t we just have an enjoyable day?”

“As if you could enjoy anything,” I grind out.

“Alex, please…”

“Please what? Not care about you? Not want to know what is wrong?”

“I’ll handle it.” She grabs her jacket. “Now let’s go.”

I block the door. “We aren’t going anywhere.” At least not until I have some answers.

“Why are you doing this?”

“You’re the one hiding something, or holding back.”

“I told you, I don’t want to talk about it.”

“And I am not about to ignore the fact that something has you upset.” I moved closer and grasp her hands. They are as cold as ice. Is she sick?

“Let’s just celebrate your success.” She gives me a smile, but it doesn’t quite reach her eyes. “Fame looks good on you.”

I don’t return her smile. “Don’t change the subject.”

“Can’t we make tonight about you?”

“It’s never going to be about me. It’s never going to be about you. It’s always going to be about us. And the me wants to know what is going on with the you, so that we can fix it.”

Her eyes water. “Nobody can fix this. Not you, me, we or us.”

My heart sinks. What else can’t be fixed? “Tell me.”

Kelsey takes a deep breath and looks down. “I don’t have a student teaching position anymore.

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