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“OH MY GOD!!!”
My head was ringing from the yelling before I identified the source. My eyes zeroed in on a blurry figure standing in Sam’s doorway, but it took me a second to recognize who the unexpected visitor was. Red-faced and highly embarrassed, Angel stood there clutching Sam’s cell phone, the battery, and a piece of the broken case that she’d gathered from the floor on her way in to investigate.
Sam sat straight up in bed, pulling the sheet over her bare breasts when she realized we’d been caught. Frantic and too frazzled to think clearly, she leapt out of bed, stealing all the covers and nearly crashing to the floor when her feet got tangled in the comforter. Shocked by the fact that she accidentally left me sitting there completely exposed, I grabbed the closest thing I could to cover myself – a pillow.
Angel hid her face and ran from the bedroom, still yelling, “OH MY GOD!!!”
Sam made it over to the door and slammed it shut before holding her hands to her face. Me? I was already near hysterics. She looked at me, her face red as a fire hydrant due to sheer embarrassment. When I didn’t stop laughing, she picked up a thin book from her nightstand and hurled it at me.
“Shut up! She’s gonna hear you!” Sam whispered, trying not to smile as she crawled across the bed and attempted to put her hand over my mouth.
“You really think me laughing is the bad part?” I asked. “The only thing that could’ve possibly made this any worse would’ve been if I had morning wood.”
Sam shoved my arm again as I got the last of my laugh out. She scooted to the edge of the bed, running her fingers through her hair before preparing to venture out into the living room where Angel sat waiting. Cloaked in nothing but her sheet, Sam managed to fake like she still had a little dignity left.
Angel started explaining and apologizing the second Sam stepped out. “You weren’t answering, and Lamar told me about you and Jason, and I thought you might not be picking up because you were upset, and…I just…OH MY GOD!!!”
It took everything in me not to lose it again as I listened to their conversation.
“It’s fine…really…,” Sam assured her. “I’m gonna go get dressed and we can head out and I’ll…I’ll explain everything,” she added, already taking steps toward the bedroom before even finishing her sentence. She quickly closed the door behind her. Standing against it, her eyes were fixed on the ceiling.
“Come on…you have to admit it’s at least a little funny,” I said, readying myself just in case she threw something else at me.
She rolled her eyes and pushed off from the door.
“I can’t believe that just happened,” she said to herself, gathering her things to shower. Before she could run off, I grabbed her and made her kiss me.
“Stop!” she said, grinning from ear to ear. “She’s gonna know we’re in here messing around!”
Was she serious? “Sam…I’m pretty sure she knows we weren’t in here playing Monopoly before she showed up,” I replied, burying my lips in the side of her neck.
She giggled and pushed against my chest playfully. “Quit! I have to get dressed.” Her mouth protested, but the trace of fight that she attempted to put up dwindled away and I smiled at the feel of her arms encircling my neck when she finally surrendered.
Kissing her one last time, I let go. “Fine…call me when you get back then,” I said, giving her the space she pretended to want.
“You’re not staying?” she asked. “I shouldn’t be out that long; I’m just gonna walk and get a new phone case. That should be enough time to explain all this to Angel,” she said, hinting at a smile, but her statement came across with subtle undertones of a plea.
“I’ll be back; promise. There’re just a few things I need to straighten up at my place, and I should shower too,” I replied.