CHAPTER 6
JENIFER
I could not have possibly imagined that whole scenario. Damian had definitely been in my bathroom, teasing my body and setting it on fire. Snapping out of my shock, I turned off the showerhead, grabbed a towel and rushed back to my room and there was no trace of a single soul there. Both my windows were completely closed leaving no sign of someone entering or getting out and the same applied to my door.
Shit! What was happening to me all of a sudden? I could not possibly be attracted to my neighbor this much, enough to even fantasize of him every single second? But…his touch back in the bathroom had felt so sensually real. Even the sound of his voice every time he spoke to me while soaping my whole body had not felt like a mere touch of fantasy. But why then had I not seen any trace of him when I rushed out of the bathroom? Was I going insane or something?
The thoughts and confused questions plunged my brain until I got carried away by my sleep. Morning arrived faster than I had anticipated but even as I walked to work, the part I was not prepared for, was facing Ben. After the whole ordeal yesterday, I was not sure of how we were supposed to act. I could not possibly feel anything for him and it was obviously impossible for things to be naturally back to the way they were. Taking a deep breath, I tightened my fur jacket around me while avoiding the slippery path leading to the bakery. Our little town was unfortunate enough to rarely receive sunlight. It was mostly raining and snowing and well, some weird tales of the existence of supernatural creatures had been circulating ever since I was a kid. Yet, up to this day, I’ve never even met a single creature.
Pushing the door of the bakery open, I was unlucky enough to run smack right into Ben.
“Um…Sorry,” I muttered.
“No. You don’t have to say it, you know. I wasn’t looking where I was going and may be you were not looking either. Maybe it was both our faults, maybe it was no ones fault and…now I’m just going to go. Somebody has gotta start the engine and since there is only one delivery guy, which is me then I need to do it, like right now,” he nodded as though he agreed with his own statement. All this time he was avoiding my gaze, not that I was even ready to face him.
“Ye-yeah, you should totally g-go,” I stuttered much to my dismay.
He rushed past me and finally I was able to breath in relief. At least I was not going to see him for the rest of the evening. When I turned my gaze forward, all the women and even Sean in the bakery were totally staring at me.
“That was weird. Did you guys kiss or something?” Christine questioned, her cheek pasted up with some pink icing cream.
“No, they totally f****d. So it’s like it went from being friends to being totally awkward. I know the feeling. You remember Danny? We used to be friends but then we got drunk one night and f****d. The following morning when I woke up-” Sean stated.
“You realized he had a small p***s,” Christine finished for him.
"Wait, how did you know that?” Sean questioned.
“Uh, duh! You’ve told that story a million times,” Christine said rolling her eyes.
I walked past them to the locker room. After getting rid of my coat, I stuffed it into the locker alongside my shirt. Gazing at myself in the mirror attached to my locker bare-chested save for the grey bra, my mind went back to how I had felt- or at least imagined feeling Damian’s hands touching me in the bathroom. His touch had been a delicate caress, possessing me like I was just meant to be his.
“See you tonight Jennifer,” I could have certainly sworn I heard Damian’s voice whispering in my right ear but when I turned around, yet again, there was no trace of him.
I really needed to have a firm grip on my fantasizing because this was getting too much for me to handle. I changed into my work shirt, tied my hair into a messy bun and walked to the kitchen.
“Today you are at the counter Jennifer. Valery called in sick with a sore throat. God knows what that girl had been sucking an entire night,” Mrs. Ballard announced. Did she really have to mention the sucking part really?
“Of course Mrs. Ballard,” I was only half thrilled by the idea of sitting around the whole day just taking and dispatching orders.
The moment she was gone, the two best friends; Sean and Christine were at my neck. Why were they even taking interest in my life when I was barely friends with them?
“So did he have a small p***s too?” Sean questioned.
“What the hell is wrong with you? Ben and I did not f**k or kiss. Nothing f*****g happened okay? He only told me he was in love with m. I mean hiow is it even possible?” I blurted out.
“Oh,” They said in unison.
“Well, so just leave me the heck alone now,” I had no idea why I was getting worked up.
“I’m just surprised you only noticed now, I mean, the poor guy has been in love with you since high school,” Sean stated.