Two Souls Ch. 01

"Why do you have all this, Kat? Cameras, an alarm system, a guard dog."

"Protection dog. I just - want to be safe. I came from a bigger city, where this stuff is kind of required. Besides, I grew up with mother who took me to the gun range when I was about Sonya's age, gave me a pellet gun and told me to hit the center of the target as many times as I could."

"Why in heaven's name would she do that?"

"She told me a woman should be able to protect herself. She did it against my father's wishes, but I'm glad she did. I've been handling guns since, and it's saved my life more than once. Americans really hate Hispanic people - especially if we say anything in Spanish for any reason."

"Aren't you a citizen?"

"Yes. Barely, but yes." I replied uneasily. I glanced out the window.

We were quiet for a while before she asked in hardly a whisper, as if afraid of my answer "Do you mind if I stay? She's asleep, and I - I don't want to risk waking Nate up. He'll have passed out by now."

"He won't be angry if he wakes up without you there?"

"He doesn't work, so he won't be up until early afternoon. I'll just tell him I went shopping. I always do over the weekends."

"Whatever works for you." I almost leaned over and kissed her - almost. I barely stopped myself.

Dolt; she's going through enough, and is taken. Stop falling for a woman who's not single!

"Well," I cleared my throat and sat up. "I should get to bed."

"Y-yeah, uh, thanks for having us. Good night."

"Sweet dreams, beautiful." I couldn't stop the last word from coming out, and tried to be casual going to my room. I nearly slammed face-first into the closed door, making Serenity giggle.

"There's a door there." She let out a tiny giggle.

"Yeah. Yeah, I forgot. It snuck up on me, see, and wanted to make me look like an idiot."

"Well tell the door it isn't your fault you can't stop staring at your neighbor's big tits when she isn't wearing a bra."

Malidito infierno.

Flushing red as a cherry, I somehow made it to my room without hitting the door this time, shut the stupid thing and locked it. The only reason I didn't grab my vibrator was I didn't know where the fuck it was among the myriad of unpacked boxes. I knew I'd find it tomorrow, preferably before we started drinking.