The Paths We Choose by M. Hollis

Author:M. Hollis [Hollis, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“You had sex again!” Karen says when Lily comes through their apartment door. Just one look at Lily after another sexcapade with Mayte on a Saturday night, and it’s as if they could smell it on her.

“Did she?” Hope turns on the couch to give her a look. “She totally did.”

“Shut up. Don’t you two have laundry to fold or something?” Lily throws her bag on the coffee table and walks to the kitchen.

“We want to know! Please, Lily. I need to live through you, it’s been so long for me,” Karen insists.

“Go find someone to fuck you then.”

Lily almost expects her friends to keep insisting, but Karen gives up and stays on the couch. She’s probably trying not to interfere in Lily’s life again.

Ignoring the chatting and laughing from the living room, Lily opens the refrigerator and stands in front of it. The cold air helps her think after a long walk in the heat outside. God, it is hot tonight. She drinks a whole glass of water with the door still open, not even caring about the electricity bill. She deserves to cool down a bit.

Anika enters the kitchen with her arms full of junk food. “Hey, are the girls bothering you?”

Lily jumps away from the refrigerator and closes the door. She frowns at the amount of food Anika is dumping on the kitchen table.

“Just the usual teasing from Karen. What is all that for?”

Some of the packages fall to the floor and Lily runs to help her.

Anika sends her a quizzical look before kneeling down. “We’re having a party. I thought the girls told you about it.”

She had totally forgotten., too busy with… other things.

“They did. My brain was just too fried to remember.”

“You seem… less angry lately,” Anika says once they are done arranging the food.

Is she for real? “No, I’m not. I’m still angry and annoyed and the same bitchy Lily as always.”

Anika muffles a laugh, raising her delicate brown hands to her mouth.

“It’s not a bad thing if you are not.”

“But I am!”

“Okay, then.”

Lily is about to reply again when Hope and Karen join them in the kitchen. The room is suddenly too packed for such a warm night.

“Why is it so hot tonight? It’s almost 8 p.m.!” Lily complains.

“It’s like the hottest night in Lillac Town in the last twenty years,” Hope says.

Great. This is just what Lily needs. Their friends will be here soon, they still need to organize everything, and she hasn’t even sat down since crossing the city. Lily doesn’t like it when the girls invite people around all the time, but Karen insisted they vote on it and then it just became a habit. It’s as if Karen has friends hidden up her sleeves.

“Is this enough food?” Anika wonders.

“Definitely,” Lily replies. “Let’s just throw everything in the bowls.”

***

After many nights working together to organize the apartment for their usual parties, the girls are used to it. It’s a lot easier now that everyone knows what to do. Anika always remembers the food.

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