Noah

“Wow, I guess that I’ve got a lot of work to do to keep up with you.” I laugh as I wrap my arms around her.

“More the other way around. It reminds me of back in the hotel, the wedding… the time you told me to keep away from you.”

I shake my head because that’s not exactly the way I remember it. If anything, it was more the other way around.

“You told me that it wasn’t a good idea. Your mom and Terrance had just gotten married, and you told me that it was best we didn’t take it any further.”

She moves away from me. “You know nothing about women.”

Apparently not, because that's what she told me. I never knew that there was double meaning in it. How was I supposed to know? She would call and make sure that I wasn't at the same events as her. It was pretty clear that she wanted nothing to do with me.

Not anymore.

“Just going to the bathroom. Be back in a minute.”

I want to tell her not to be long. It’s as if not feeling her body next to me has made me feel cold again. I wake up alone a