Chapter 5 alone

Sleeping on the couch did a real number on my back, walking up to the guest room I grab some of my new clothes and hop in the shower. She’s still sleeping so hopefully, I can get in and out before she wakes up. Scrubbing shampoo in my hair I can’t help but think about how adorable she looks when she’s sleeping. She is going to wake up covered in my scent and that somehow makes me happy. Letting the water wash over my head rising out the shampoo I close my eyes picturing her body and face. Max isn’t helping when he shows me pictures of what he thinks she looks like naked. He is such a perv. Taking a loofah I squirt some of the body wash on it, scrubbing it in till it gets bubbly then washing my body with it, at that moment I heard footsteps heading towards the door. Knowing the steam from the shower has clouded the door if it’s her she won’t be able to see anything. The door opens and I can’t quite tell if it’s her. The person lifts the toilet lid up, placing the seat down before sitting down on it. 

Yup it’s her. 

“ Did you carry me to bed?” She asked sleepy, her voice is raspy and low. 

“ well?” She asks rubbing her eyes 

“ uh yeah I did, I slept on the couch to give you some space.” I answer 

“ You could have just slept in the bed with me.” She mumbled under her breath 

“ what?” 

“ nothing try not to use all the hot water please.”  She says walking back out of the bathroom. 

I finish up my shower, step out I throw on the towel around my waist and walk out to the room. 

“ Sorry I forgot my clothes on the dresser.” I announce 

“ It's fine I’m getting in the shower anyways.” She mumbled walking past closing the bathroom door behind her. I put on boxers,  thermal jeans and black sweatshirt. Sitting on the bed I put on my socks and snow boots. Getting back up I walk over to the mirror connected to the dresser and use the towel to shake my hair as dry as I can get it. I try to wait for her to get out of the shower but after 20 minutes goes by I put my watch on to head out of the room. Just as I open the door the bathroom door swings open and she walks out in just a towel. Her face is flaring red as if she’s embarrassed about something.

“ I forgot I don’t have clothes here.” She whispers clenching the towel in her hands 

“ I can walk over to your house to get some if you'd like?” I asked 

“ My house key is the blue one, on my car keys. All my clothes are in the closet in my bathroom” she explains 

“ Please don’t touch anything or snoop.” She sighed stepping back into the bathroom 

“ I promise. I’ll be right back, lock this door behind me and don’t open it for anyone. I’ll knock three times when I get back with your clothes.” I tell her 

“ Okay hurry I’m cold.” She says with her teeth chattering together. 

“ here” I hand her a sweatshirt that still has a tag on it 

“ Wear this and get back in bed till I get back.” I tell her walking out the door 

The house is quiet so I’m guessing everyone else is still sleeping, looking at the clock on the stove it says 6:30am yeah definitely still sleeping. Grabbing her keys from the counter I walk out the front door, closing it slowly behind me. The crunching of the deep  snow under my feet makes it hard to be quick. Once I get to her house I unlock it pushing the door open. Her house is warm and comforting like my grandparents house, it’s a warm brown color on the outside and warm fall colors on the inside. Her kitchen looks small but that could be because of the tall squared table in the corner taking up most of the room. There's  plants and signs everywhere. Walking toward the stairs the living room  looks just as comfy with a grey couch, glass coffee table and a huge flat screen tv, with plants and knickknacks hanging on the walls and shelves. Heading up the brown wooden stairs there is only one room. Walking in you get hit with her scent immediately. It’s the same fall colors as the kitchen besides the grey fuzzy blankets on the bed and millions of pillows. Her scent is all over the place but mostly in here. 

Walking over to get to the bathroom, I open the closet door. I don’t snoop just because she asked nicely, grabbing a pair of laced underwear and the bra that matched, I pair it with a grey and white striped sweater that seems to twist on one side with a pair of black leggings that feel soft on the inside. She had the tiniest socks I've ever seen picking the long grey ones. I grab her brown fuzzy boots to complete the outfit. Locking her house back up I walk back over to the house. The snow makes it really hard to do anything other than walk. So glad I live where it never gets cold enough for this shit. Quietly heading in, I rush up the stairs to the room. 

*knock*knock*knock* 

She unlocks the door and pulls it open. She looks at me surprised by what I brought. Honestly, I think she could have stayed with just the sweatshirt on. It went all the way past her knees. She goes to the bathroom to get dressed.

“ You did a decent job,”  she says, walking back out. She pulled on the hair tie around her wrist tying  her hair into a low ponytail. She looks herself over once in the mirror before smiling and walking out of the room with last night's clothes in hand. 

Letting out a sigh I rub the bridge of my nose and head out of the room as well

“ It's gonna be a while before anyone else is up, where are you going?” I asked 

“ to the market. I like to get fresh foods for your grams and gramp before they wake up.” She whispers 

“ I can come with you so you don’t have to go alone.” I suggest trying to keep a distance between us but close enough she can hear me still when I whispered 

“ Are you sure? You don’t have to.” She smiles 

“ I don’t mind.” 

“ okay but I’m driving” she winks heading out of the door grabbing her coat off the hook 

“ Why did you not like my driving?” I gasped following her 

“ Your driving was fine. I just like getting some driving in at least once a day” she states 

“ Oh okay.” 

Hopping into the car I cut on her seat warmer and the heat. 

“ uh thanks” she mumbles buckling her seat belt.

“ So how far is the market?” I asked 

“ It's only about 30 minutes away.” She answers starting the engine 

most of the trip was quite beside her answering my questions 

“ Here we are!” She cheers parking the car 

“ Are you coming in?” She looks at me so hopeful 

"Oh did you expect that I was going to just sit here in the car?” I mock

“ yeah I did” she smiles stepping out 

The shopping part took longer than I thought. I didn't let her pay for a single thing which I could tell frustrated her. The  trip back seemed faster than the trip there. I unload the car without letting her carry a single bag. She learned that the hard way when we got done shopping. She insisted she put it away because I don’t know where anything is which is fair. I learned a lot about her over these short few hours. But it doesn’t matter, we leave in a few days and there’s no way she’d leave this life behind, and I won’t force her to.