OLDER
CONTACT ME
DIARYLAND
2005-08-23 - 3:18 p.m.
I woke up on the couch with Nikki's warmth pressed against my body. I stretched gingerly, trying not to wake her up and tried to pry her arms from around me. Her eyes fluttered open when I moved and she smiled up at me.
"Hey you." She said, still somewhat asleep. "Hey yourself." I wrapped my arms back around her and kissed her forehead. She picked up her head and looked around, "We kind of made a mess here didn't we?" I looked over her and around the room, the contents of my guitar case were scattered all over the floor around us and several couch and chair cushions were thrown about. "Nothing a few minutes of cleaning won't fix. You lay here; I'll take care of it." I untangled myself from her and kissed her one more time as I began fixing the couches and chairs. In between bouts of making out and telling each other about our respective pasts we had had several pillow fights and just ran around the house like a couple of careless teenagers. It felt good to let loose for once. She lay on the couch watching me clean the same way a big cat watches its prey. I sat down on the floor in front of the couch and started resorting the pictures and drawings into the piles they were in before we started throwing them at each other. She sat up behind me and wrapped her arms around my neck. "This might be the only time I'm going to be taller than you." I kissed her hand and kept sorting things. "Since you keep all this stuff in here, where is the guitar that should be in here?" "In my room in Shawston, hanging on the wall next to my closet. I haven't played in years and doubt I could if I tried." "Oh I think with some practice you might be all right." We both turned and looked over the back of the couch towards the bathroom to see Parker walking into the living room with wet hair. I got up from the floor, jumped over Nikki and the couch and ran at him. He caught me in a hug and I hugged him back. "Parker, when the hell did you get here?" We stepped away from each other and walked into the living room. "The Priest found me this morning and brought me here. I didn't know he could drive let alone had a car or a house out here even." Nikki cleared her throat rather loudly as I sat down on the couch next to her. "Shit, where are my manners. Parker Daysian this is Nikki, Nikki this is Parker." They shook hands and exchanged hellos. "The Priest didn't tell me a lot about what is going on, so anyone want to fill me in?"
