Age Is Nothing But A Number

Chapter Nine

I woke up cuddled up to a naked Maudy and that's when what happened last night played over and over in my head.

I f****d my best friend...shit!

She looked so peaceful sleeping there. I slowly got up and sat at the edge of the bed.. I closed my eyes and I could hear her begging me to do it, her telling me not to stop, asking me to keep going. Until she pulled my hair tight when she had her o****m.

God!

I opened my eyes and shook my head. I shouldn't have done it. I shouldn't have let it happen..

First thing I did was go inside the shower and bath. Every time I closed my eyes last night's events kept replaying. I sighed.. God how could I be so stupid. Maudy is my best friend... She was like a sister to me.. She was a sister.

I got out of the bathroom when I heard my phone ring. Of course when I reached it, it had already stopped ringing and surprisingly it was an unknown number.

I dialed the number back and a woman answered, "Hey...."

"Umhh hey... just missed a call from this number..."

She laughed, "and I thought maybe you was sleeping or maybe avoiding me... Then I remembered you don't have these numbers... did I wake you?"

Of course it was her, I involuntarily smiled, "Well hey to you too...no I just took a bath... and how many numbers do you have woman?"

"Really? A bath?" She asked sounding a bit surprised, "Did you see what time it is?"

I shook my head as if she could see me and then mentally hit myself after realizing I was on the Phone, "Umhh....what time is it?"

"It's past five.. I just came back from my shift and I thought I should call you...and I guess to my luck you are awake..."

"Past five?" I asked shocked and she laughed, "and you said are not going anywhere... but bathing at five in the morning.. wow.. nice..."

I laughed, "Umhh yea I'm planning on going to see someone so since I couldn't sleep I decided to take a bath..."

Nice lie.. God.. I had no idea it was this early.. but then I should have known coz this i***t is still sleeping and she has work today...

"Lucky someone that got you bathing at five... anyways I'm going to sleep now... if I don't wake up just know I'm dead..."

"I'll ask your not husband Mike to wake you up don't worry..."

She laughed, "okay... it's good knowing you are alive.. coz I swear I saw your drunk ass drive last night..."

I nodded, "Yea my friend wasn't in any state to drive... besides, I got a kiss that woke me up outside at the parking lot... totally made me sober up...."

She cleared her throat, "look I have to go.."

My heart dropped.. I shouldn't have mentioned the stupid kiss... "yeah sure.." I hang up without even waiting for her response...

I sighed starting to get frustrated. Katherine was seriously f*****g me up, one moment she's flirty and sweet, the next she wants to go.. one moment she's kissing me and another one she wants me to look for another doctor.. hot and cold and hot and cold.. it was just Pissing me off...

"Hey....?" I was startled my Maud's voice, I turned to her, "Hey...."

"What's up? Are you okay?" She asked and I nodded.. She furrowed her brows, "Where are you going?"

I looked at me and then at her, I was still naked from bathing and she still was naked from... well you know...

"Nowhere... why? Do I look like I'm about to storm out of here naked...?"

She laughed, "No idiot... you look clean... like you took a bath..."

I looked at myself again and then laughed, "Yea I did... I couldn't get back to sleep so I thought bathing might be good..."

She looked at me for a while as if trying to read what was on my mind. I smiled and applied lotion on my body and then put on the tank she had before we had s*x last night...

"Are you okay?" I asked and she smiled, "I'm great... and I think I know why you couldn't get back to sleep... what happened last night..."

"Do we have to talk about it now? Like now now?" I asked.

She nodded, "so you can be free yea.. I know you probably feel guilty or have regrets about what happened.. but don't, I am okay.. so don't even try to worry.... I was f****d up last night and I am so glad you were here.... and to boost your already f****d up confidence, you gave me more than one orgasm.... I didn't have to fake it..."

I found myself laughing at her last sentence... She was still crazy and she was still my best friend.. I should stop feeling bad for what happened. She seemed okay... as long as she was okay, then I was okay too...

"Anyways who was on the Phone? At five in the morning..."

I smiled a bit, "Katherine.... She just came back from work..."

She pushed me down in bed before getting up, "look at you smiling like an i***t and calling each other at 5 in the morning... you know I think you should ask her out on a date now that you guys kissed..."

And with that she went to the bathroom...

I sighed, was asking Katherine on a date a wise thing? I mean the woman was hot this minute and cold the other one. What if she doesn't want me there, what if she wasn't interested at all.. I don't think I could take rejection...

Just then, my phone rang taking me away from my thoughts, a little part of me was hoping it was Katherine but of course you and I know it wasn't. The woman literally went to sleep over an hour ago, so she couldn't be awake...

I quickly answered without checking the caller, "hello"

"Hey babe..."

"Chloe... Hey.."

"How are you? You been quiet..."

I sighed embarrassed that I honestly have been quiet, "I just been fighting with my demons... I'm going through some staff and I just keep on messing things up..."

"Messing things up?" She asked, "What's up?"

I looked over the bathroom door and heard that the shower water was still on. "Umhh I can't say that over the phone babe... I was going to call later and find out when I should come..."

"Oh yea that's actually why I called... you are needed pretty soon..." She said and my heart dropped, I couldn't pretty soon.. I needed to meet up with Katherine and ask her out on a date and then leave knowing for sure that she is mine...

Fuck.... I did not just think that..

"How soon is soon babe..."

"in a week... you have to be here on Monday...."

"Fuck...." I groaned, "babe I still got a lot of staff I wanna do..."

"Presentations are starting and you know you gotta be here... I'll email you all the assignments so you can prepare alright..."

"You know if...."

She cut me off coz she already knew the line, "...if you loved me enough you'd marry me...? That's your daily song... it's getting old, try something new.."

I laughed, "I love you too babe... you are the best..."

"And how are you holding up?"

I smiled, "pretty good... and you..."

"i have to admit I'm missing your annoying ass.. but I'm good.... but please just pack and come already..."

I nodded with a sigh, I was running out of time, "I'll do that babe... thank you okay... later..."

"I love you too by the way... enjoy your day..."

She hang up and I put a pillow over my head and screamed as loud as I could...

"Dude what the f**k?" Maudy said and I furrowed my brows..

"Why are you making noise...?"

I smiled, "nothing... I just fucken hate my life right now..."

She went to her wardrobe and took out her work clothes. They were already ironed. She was a neat freak this idiot...

"What happened?"

"I have to go back to New York....Soon if I might add.."

"Now you are thinking about your girlfriend..."

"She's not..."

"Yea I know.. but soon she will be..."

I rolled my eyes at her and she put on her clothes... She had her own mind. I was too coward to talk to Katherine about this. Very scared.. She might not feel the same way.

"So what are you doing today i***t?"

I shrugged, "get a few things before heading back to New York..."

She nodded, "okay.... I'm going now... so....."

"Drop me off at the rank I'll go home and spend today with my sister.."

"What about Katherinaaaa?"

"Shut up... what about her?" I said a bit sharply, this was very difficult for me and not knowing really was bothering me.

She lifted her hands up in surrender, "okay sorry... let's go...."

I rolled my eyes as my bestie took her staff and we got out. We got inside her car and she started driving. She made noise again about me asking Katherine out on a date, I mean I saw her point and I wanted to do it.. but it was just difficult not knowing where I stood with her and I was terrified of rejection... I don't think I'd be able to take it.

I bit my goodbyes and went home. My sister came running to me as soon as she saw my enter the gate, you'd swear the kid was 8 years old.

I smiled and embraced her with a loving hug, "Hey you...."

"I missed you..."

"But I was here yesterday...."

"Oh yeah... but still I did..."

I laughed as we made our way inside the house. "So where are...."

"The police officer and the wife... gone shopping.. God mom and dad don't want me leaving the house it's boring... I need to go see my friends.. in two weeks we will be going back to school..." She complained and I laughed.

I made my way to my room and she stood by the door as I changed to comfortable clothes...

"So... what you asked about yesterday..."

"Aha...?" She said..

"Wanna tell me something?" I asked this looking at her now. She looked a bit hesitant at first but then sighed, "No... look I'll go get..."

"Come here..." I cut her off as I sat on my bed, "come sit with me.."

She came and sat. I took in one deep breath, "kid, if you wanna tell me something feel free to do so okay... nothing you say will ever make me love you any less... you are my sister and I'll always be here for you...."

She pulled me into a hug, "thank you so much.. that means a lot..."

I smiled, "you mean a lot to me. So your well being comes first okay... so anything.. talk..."

She got up, "I'll go dish up for us so we can chill.. if you don't have plans..."

I looked at my watch, it was around 11am. I didn't have plans coz the only plans I was planning on having got ruined when I mentioned a stupid kiss. So I shook my head and tried to smile at my little sister, "I'd love that..."

We bonded, played 30 seconds and a few other games. She asked me if I had a boyfriend and I figured she hasn't realized that I'm gay.. I said no though and didn't go into detail with it.

The day went by pretty fast and my parents were glad to see us together bonding. I broke the news about going back to New York. Maa Sophia wasn't happy at all, she said she wanted me to stay longer and as much as I wanted I couldn't. I had to finish so I'll graduate.. for her, but mostly for MY mom....

When the night came I had a hard time getting some sleep because my best friend and Katherine were literally on my mind. I couldn't stop thinking about the woman and I couldn't stop thinking about what my best friend said...

Maybe... just maybe I should go ask her on a date and then I'd take it from there...

...

Two days later of not talking to Katherine even on the Phone, I was driving to her workplace. I sighed, I felt so f*****g awful. Like a stalker now. Why couldn't I just leave her alone. It was really tiring but I liked her.. so much it hurt when she didn't talk to me.

When I got out of the car I saw a BMW C5 get out, there was an old woman there, Katherine's age. I smiled at her but she didn't even look at me... 'bloody moody woman' I said before going in.

"Thandy?"

"Bianca hey... is Kat in..."

She looked by the office and then at me, "Yea she is.. but I don't think she's in a good mood... Like..."

"I really need to see her please..."

She nodded a bit slowly, "just make sure she's okay..."

I slowly walked to her office and knocked. No one answered so I walked in slowly but was startled by her asking,

"Thandy? What are you doing here?"

I said the first thing in my mind, "I came for the scans..."

She furrowed her brows at me and I felt my palms getting sweaty and my throat going dry as nerves kicked in, "Okay screw the scans.. I wanted to see you.."

"Oh?"

"Yea..." I said and then looked around, God, my whole body was almost shaking with nerves.

"So... here I am... what did you want?"

"Umhh... just to see you.. I'm going back to New York soon..."

"Oh..." She sounded a bit disappointed, "how soon.."

"I'm flying in four days..."

"Wow... that soon?"

"Yeah... so I came to check you and for the scans to make sure I won't die or I'm not bleeding internally or anything.."

She got up, took a brown envelope and then sat back down. All this while I was standing there.

"Okay... I checked your scans yesterday and...." She stopped and looked at me, "aren't you going to sit down..."

I shook my head no, "I'm good.. just go on..."

"Right.... so the headache is normal I'm sure you are not experiencing it as much lately.." I nodded and she continued, "the neck took a notch, you are swollen inside, it's nothing big.. I'll give you something for it..."

She then handed me the envelope with the results and a paper, "Bianca will give you what I prescribed for you there okay.."

I nodded.. God this was over now I had to say it... I looked at her and she was now writing in another paper but as I looked closely I realized it was nothing to do with me..

Ohh, so she was working. That was my queue right, it was a sign that I should leave.. I sighed feeling a bit defeated..

She lifted her head up and gave me a questioning look, "anything else?"

I shrugged, "No... I suppose...I'll go then..."

A little part of me was hoping she's stop me but of course she didn't. She just went back to her paper. I turned around and she spoke, but it wasn't what I was hoping she'd say,

"Have a safe flight... to New York..."

God! Okay... I was going to say it, I don't care how she will take it... I'll just say it and if she isn't interested I'll block her on everything I had her..

I slowly walked towards the door, I held the door knob and turned to her, "Katherine...."

"Yes...?" She responded pretty quickly.

Here goes nothing....

"Okay... look I don't do this, last time I did it I got f****d over and promised myself that it will never happen again... but you'll hear about that in the future, right now I wanna ask you.... ahh fuck..."

"Do you need water?" She asked calmly and I shook my head no, "I'm good... I just need to get this out of my system or I'll die...."

She laughed, which was a good sign I suppose or she was laughing at how idiotic I was acting..

"Okay... then let it all out..."

God!

I took in one deep breath, "okay I just wanted to ask you something, I'm not sure if you are interested or what but I was hoping that you would... I mean will agree to go out on a date with me before I leave...." when I opened my eyes she was standing right in front of me just looking bluntly.

"Listen I know we don't know each other but I'd love to get to know you better and just talk about you or me. I wanna know you beyond the fact that you almost killed me...." I said and she ached her brow at me then I fixed my last sentence, "I mean we almost killed each other.. oh God I'm talking a lot and you are just standing here looking at me it's so scary...."

"You talk a lot....Can you shut up already..." She ordered me and surprisingly I stopped rambling and kept quiet. She held my chin and pulled it towards her..

Before I could register what was going on her lips were on mine as she kissed me slowly. The darn butterflies again in my stomach jumping with joy..

God she was kissing me.. wait did this mean? That she was saying okay she'll go out with me.. was this a yes? I mean she hasn't given me a straight answer..

She pulled away and looked at me.

out of instinct I started rambling again, "you haven't said yes... to going on the date with me.. I mean I'd understand if it's short notice and...."

She was staring at me in amusement, I sighed a bit tired, "I'm talking a lot again aren't I?"

She nodded her head.

I sighed, I was still nervous, "can you shut me up... I'm a bit nervous..."

She smiled and pulled me closer again...