She said it more as a question and less as a statement.
“Sure, let me go put on some shorts, and I’ll be right back.” I ran across the hall and put on the first pair of shorts I could find. Then I went back to her room where she was standing up and grabbing Zeus’ leash.
“Thanks for coming with me to take him out. I just don’t really want to be alone right now.” She sniffled. I hoped like hell she wasn’t going to start crying again. I couldn’t stand the thought of that beautiful face shedding tears of pain again.
“No problem, I get it.” We walked toward the front door, and I grabbed my smokes off the kitchen counter.
Making our way outside, Zeus quickly went and did his business. He then came back over to me, and he starting jumping up on my legs for me to pick him up. He did this often, and I had to admit the little rat was cute.
“So, Sydney, you want to talk about that nightmare you were having?” I asked with confidence because I knew I could handle anything that she would tell me. She was looking down so I wasn’t able to see her eyes. There was no doubt in my mind that she was contemplating how to answer me.
“Really, it’s no big deal, Damien. It’s just something that happened not too long ago, and I still have nightmares.”
I wondered what happened. If I knew the fuckers full name, I could have my brother, Justice, do a background check on him. Justice was a police officer, but he was up for detective. I couldn’t think of a guy who worked harder or deserved it more. If he lived with Sydney, there would be no doubt in my mind he would know what happened to her. He had such a way of talking to victims. I didn’t know for sure if she was a victim, but there was something deep down that told me she was. Call it a gut feeling or whatever, but I knew it to the depth of my bones.
“I want you to know you can tell me anything. I’m here for you.” She looked at me this time, and I let my eyes hold hers. I wanted her to know that I was serious.
“Thanks, but I’m fine.”
I took a drag off my cigarette and blew it out.
“So you want to stay up or go to bed?” I threw my smoke out into the parking lot not even bothering to put it out. “I got some good sleep, so I’m actually pretty awake.”
“What? No skanks entertaining you in your bed last night?” She took Zeus from my arms and started walking up the stairs, but I could see a slight smile peeking out from behind her hair.
“As a matter of fact, no. I actually took the night off.” I knew this would piss her off, but I had to go there. It was too much fun to piss her off even if some of the stuff were lies. I had pretty much grown to love the banter between us. It kept me on my toes. “Your friend Mags gave me enough to satisfy me for a few nights.”
“Well, I would hope so. You two were up all night going at. Never mind the roommate who was trying to get some shut-eye.” She rolled her wicked eyes at me.
“Oh, come on, now. We weren’t that loud.” I honestly didn’t think we were loud.
“You were loud and she moaned like every fifteen seconds. It was flat out ridiculous. I love her to death but seriously. She needed to put a lid on it.” We walked back into our apartment and she set Zeus down. The way she bent over and her ass curved into the air made my dick grow a little hard. I don’t know how I’ve gone from just wanting a piece of ass to wanting more, but I couldn’t take the chance of ruining our friendship.
It was time for a serious topic change. “Breakfast or bed?”
She looked at me in contemplation. “Bed. But I have a favor to ask.”
A favor? This was getting fucking good. “Yeah?”
She pulled her bottom lip between her teeth and chewed on it for a second. That bottom lip looked delicious and my dick did a little happy dance in my pants. Thank fuck she didn’t look down and notice I had a semi.
“Well, would you mind just sitting with me until I fall asleep again?” She had a pitiful look on her face.
“Sure, but no funny business.”
“Ha ha. Funny Damien.”
I woke up with a start to find myself completely wrapped around Sydney. Her tight little ass was spooned to my front, and I had one arm draped across her. If she found us like this, she would go fucking ape shit crazy. I quickly untangled myself from her and moved to the other side of the bed. It amazed me that we had a huge ass king sized bed, but still had gravitated to one another and entangled together. She was so small and was curled up tightly in her corner. Fuck. It must have been me needing to be closer to her. Even in my sleep, I wanted to be near her. I won’t lie—I liked it. It felt good to feel her tight little body next to mine. I was surprised I wasn’t rock hard. Usually, when I woke up with a chick in my bed, my cock was solid. But there was something about her that was different. I don’t know… I guess special.