After my long discussion with Dani, I left the living room to take a shower. I'm considering everything we have discussed Andrew while hot water falls on me. My main objective is to relax, nevertheless, the hot shower only makes me desire him even more. Revives the memory of how warm his body is and creates new ones, as to how delicious he would be under it.

All this talking and thinking about sex left me starving. I took my phone and head my way to the kitchen, distracted by my hunger, I haven't seen the new message displaying on the screen from an unknown number.

Hi Kelsey, it's Steve. I hope you have arrived home safely yesterday. I was wondering if you would like to have a drink with me tomorrow night?

Me: Hi Steve. Sure, I will love to.

I tried to be polite, but not to look too excited about it. What Andrew told me yesterday remained in my mind. I keep asking myself if Steve is inviting me on a date or just to have drinks as friends. If it was a dinner invitation would be obvious, but drinks are open to discussion. I didn't have the courage to ask about it tough. I prefer to let it like that, I like the guy and I could use a friend, just hope he has the same intentions.

Steve: Cool :) we can leave directly from college if it is ok for u?

Me: ok! See you tomorrow then!

Dani is already in the kitchen, happily singing a song by a band I don't know. She is good at discovering new good bands no one knows.

"Hope you don't mind, I put a frozen lasagna in the oven. It should be ready in fifteen".

"Oh, God bless frozen dishes! Sure, I don't mind I'm too tired to cook something else anyway."

I and Dani had dinner together discussing our favorite topic: people and why they behave in a certain way. I know it is weird. But we enjoy trying to understand people and the reasons they act the way they do. Why they are selfish, why they have chosen this and not that, etc. We believe everything has a reason, and of course, Dani as a good psychology lover adores figuring it out. My excuse is I do it to please her, but the truth is I really enjoy doing it as well, and it is truly my curiosity that drives me doing it. Tonight, our focus is, of course, on Andrew's behavior. The possible reasons why he is such a player. We haven't analyzed the reason why he is so bossy, hope it will be the next topic. We decided it is probably because of a broken heart he could never recover from. Too cliché to be true though, however, so far, we have barely acknowledged the guy. The reality is we know nothing about him, our entire analysis was based on the discussion Dani has heard between him and the desperate girl.

I sleep early after dinner, waking up in the middle of the night feeling sore. The terrible pain that keeps visiting me once a month came again. It is a strong colic ache; it seems my period is coming. I usually have strong cramps one or two days before my period. It is the reason why I usually keep a strong painkiller inside my cabinet on the right side of my bed. I take the last one before going back to sleep, trying to keep in my mind I have to buy another one tomorrow.

I wake up feeling better, the sun shines again after a dark night of pain. I prepare myself and go straight to class, no time caring about if I'm looking pretty or not. My little friends, the cramps, come back in the middle of the morning, making me almost scream in pain during lunch break. I decide to go to the college nursery to have some painkillers. I'm already at a pain level allowing me to stay only in a squishy position if I want to avoid an acute wave of pain attacking me.

"Oh, hon take these." The college nurse told me, giving me some painkillers with a glass of water.

"Thanks," I replied breathless, with a grimace of pain. It was so strong; I was afraid to take a long breath and make it even worst.

"You know what?" The nurse said she is an old lady, always smiling with a grandma aura. "Go back home, it looks like you are in a lot of pain, it will do nothing to stay. Just tell me which are your afternoon classes, and I will make a note to give to your teachers". I'm not in a position to discuss, neither I am someone who loves classes that much.

"I have Energy with Mrs. Wats and then soccer practice with Coach Muller".

"It would be crazy to go to a soccer practice like that. Go home hon, I will take care of informing your teachers".

I walk out and head home, I waste no time and go directly to bed to sleep the pain off.

Waking up again, I see a red horizon through my window. The sunset is ongoing, it reflects in my white room turning it in beautiful orange.

The painkiller effect must have ended it, I shrink myself in pain realizing it was what woke me up. I have no hesitation to take another pill. Before my hand even reaches the cabinet to search for a painkiller, a feeling of déjà vu comes remembering me I took the last pill last night. I want to scream. Fuck, I'm dying here.

I remain in bed and call for medicine delivery, the pharmacy informs me they are really busy, having only one delivery guy working today. Unfortunately, they won't be able to deliver my painkiller in at least two hours. 

 My desperation makes me cry on the phone, begging the guy to give me a priority. 

He had no mercy tough. I'm screw, I wish it was a woman who has picked up the phone, she would for sure understand.

I go take a shower to find if it eases the pain, setting the water as hot as possible. It could be burning me, but my womb is already doing so much damage to me I couldn't feel anything else. I hoped it could distract me, yet it didn't work.

I need someone who can buy a painkiller for me, no way in hell I would be able to go to the pharmacy or wait two hours for delivery. I put my dark blond hair in a bun and wearing only my pajamas I decide to ask my brother's help. Dani has classes Thursday nights, she usually arrives late, I can't wait for her.

I still have the keys, so I enter the apartment directly searching for Charles.

"Hey, Char?" I called him after passing through the door, almost crying in pain.

Scanning around the living room, I face Andrew, working on his notebook on the dinner table, in all his glory, wearing only grey sweatpants. I must be really in pain to not even check him out. He raises his eyes from the computer to look at me.

"Where is Charles?" I ask in a hurry looking him in the eyes.

"Hello to you too Kelsey." He answers me calmly analyzing my facial expression.

"Sorry, I really need Charles, is he here?"

"No, he had something with his work tonight".

Damn, it is not my day. Thinking about the possibility of a painkiller materializing in front of me in case I concentrate enough, I turn around grimacing, preparing myself to leave the apartment. Before I could reach the door, I feel a hand in my arm preventing me from moving.

I return found myself face to face with Andrew, who has a concerned expression on his face.

"What happened? Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just not feeling well." I'm not going to tell him I have menstrual cramps.

"You sure? It looks more than that. What do you need from Charles?" He is watching me intensely, I feel like he already knows what I'm feeling without even telling him like he is sort of seeing through me. 

I calm myself before responding.

"I just wanted him to buy a painkiller for me. I tried to call the pharmacy delivery, but they won't be available in at least two hours." I spoke failing to block the pain in my voice. Damn, I'm just being attacked by a strong wave of pain now. I keep my hand on my stomach as it could protect me from it.

"Tell me what you need, I will buy it".

I gave him the name of the drug I'm used to buying expecting him to leave and go to the pharmacy. He takes his phone instead and soon he is on a call.

"Hey man, how are you?" I can't hear the response on the other side of the line.

"I'm fine too, look I need a quick delivery again, can you come really fast?" I think the guy has agreed so I heard him requesting my painkiller and giving our address to the person.

"So, we will receive your painkiller in fifteen minutes. Go sit on the couch, I'll be right back." He tells me heading to the kitchen.

He comes back ten minutes after with a cup in one hand and with something looking like a cloth on the other one.

"Here." He says giving me what I think is a cloth. In fact, it is a hot cloth, not a big of a difference.

"Put this on your belly under your pajama."

I do as he says

"And drink that." He said giving me the cup, which I imagine contains tea.

"Thank you, it was the pharmacist who told you what to do?" I ask taking a sip of my hot tea.

"Oh no, I have a younger sister who used to come crying in my room once in a month." He said showing affection. I could comprehend he loves his sister with just this sentence. I didn't think he was able to have feelings for someone.

"Oh," It's all I said blushing, realizing now he knows I'm having menstrual cramps. I try to hide my blush from him, when the doorbell rings at the right time, helping me hiding it.

Andrew gets up and in no time, he is opening the door greeting the delivery guy.

"Hey man!" The delivery guy greets with a big smile "You are changing your habits now? You have always ordered condoms to be delivered in a hurry, I think is the first time I deliver something else to you." He finishes giving a package to Andrew.

Andrew turns to look at me uncomfortable with what the guy just said. I didn't know what to respond after that, or even what to think. He is for sure a really active guy, there is no doubt about it. 

At least he uses protection.

I search for my money in my nonexistent pajama pocket, I had nothing with me. I left my wallet at home.

"Shit! I forgot to take my wallet. I'll be right back." I said getting up rashly.

"Don't worry, it has already been debt from my credit card," Andrew respond in a hurry making a sign with his hand for me to return to the couch.

"Thanks, I will give the money back to you then."

"No need Kelsey, you can give me another time. Just stay on the couch and take one pill." He said giving me the package. "Here, take it."

"Well, thanks, man." Andrew returns his attention to the delivery guy; "I think you just save a life. Unnecessary comment about the condoms though." Andrew said giving him a quick man hug.

It seems they are close, really close. Do they know each other only from deliveries? I keep wondering, how many packages of condoms have Andrew bought from this guy?

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