"Where do I keep your wet clothes," I heard Uche ask himself when we were in my room. He finally found a place to keep it in the bathroom.
"Come here," He opened his arms for me when he was about to leave. I went and hugged him, loving the smell of him, and the feel of him too.
He locked the door to my room and went and opened my room's window."Are you leaving through the window?" I had to ask.
"Yeah."
"But why, the door's just right there." I pointed at the locked door.
"I don't trust you'll close it after I leave. Your aunt might come in if she knocks and you don't answer tomorrow morning. She might come in and see you hungover, or worse, still sleeping. She'll know you went out. So don't unlock it. Okay?"
I didn't really understand most of the words he just said to me but I nodded.l after he said 'okay?' because I was feeling sleepy.
I looked out my window to watch him climb down. He was almost near the ground when he felt. I gasped and lost the sleepiness in my eyes.
"Are you okay?" I whispered and waited for him to get up and look up at me with a thumbs up.
He was lying, he definitely wasn't okay. He limped out of our yard and I couldn't see him again but I waited by the window. I waited till he started climbing up his own window. He got in and turned to me.
"Good night," he mouthed. I looked at his arm, he was trying to hide it but I'm sure he hurt it when he fell. I waved goodbye to him and fell on my bed to get some sleep, but I didn't feel sleepy anymore.
I got out of bed and went to my window. I couldn't see him anymore. He had probably fallen asleep already; I didn't know he was sleepy. I went back to bed and stared at the ceiling, different thoughts occupying my mind till I fell asleep.
***
Saturday morning.
"Julie! Come put your clothes in the dirty basket so I can wash them, or you'll do it yourself later!" My aunt banged on my door and woke me up.
I sat up on my bed and rubbed my eyes to get the sleep out, and then it came; a pounding headache. Shit. I held my face in my palm for a while till it reduced then I got out of bed and drank some water but it started again. I should ask my aunt for aspirin or some other painkiller.
I went to pee in the bathroom and caught a glance of myself in my mirror. I looked like shit. My hair was all over the place and my eyes looked like they could fall into my head at any moment.
I ran my fingers through my hair to try and rearrange it to look better. I shouldn't have drank last night; the headache is not worth it at all. I was still fixing my hair when I realized I was wearing something different from what I wore to the party last night.
I was wearing Uche's jacket and just my crop top inside. I wondered how for a second before it hit me; the memories from last night.
I slapped my forehead when I remembered splashing in the water earlier this morning.'Let's have sex' I remembered saying that but couldn't even remember what led to that conversation.
Oh my God, what other crazy things did I say to Uche yesterday. Uche! His arm! I quickly ran to my window to check if I could see him but he curtains were obstructing the view to his room.
I picked up my phone and rush to the bathroom with it.
ME: [Babe] I texted while peeing.[You awake yet?] I asked even after seeing her wasn't online.
I began to contemplate between calling him or not when my aunt knocked on my door again.
"Julie!"
I groaned and dragged my feet to the door.
"Where are your clothes? I haven't got all day." She asked with a sense of hurry but then she paused at looked at me like she noticed something strange."Are you okay?" She asked and I answered automatically at first.
"Yeah!" My reflex defense self answered but then I remembered I should ask for painkillers."Actually, uhm, no. No, I'm not. I've got a slight headache." I lied. There was nothing slight about the pounding headache I felt in my head.
"Okay, I'll get you something. Get your clothes out and meet me downstairs." She said and left. I checked my phone after she left. Uche was still not online.
"Aunt, I got the clothes," I said when I got downstairs.
My aunt took them from me and pointed to the two pills on the dining table."Take both and have some water after. Nick will be down soon to make breakfast."
"Okay, thanks." I told her and went and took the pill.
Nick came downstairs looking all brand new and having me confused as fuck because how? He was drunk before I was last night and he looked fine.
He stopped when he saw me, looked around for his mum, and when he didn't see her, he took a seat at the table and continued on his phone.
I was hungry but I didn't know how to tell him his mum wanted him to make breakfast for us. I didn't want to start any problem with him today.
"Nick, make breakfast." My aunt came back and told him before heading upstairs.
"What?" Nick looked up from his phone.
"Make breakfast," My aunt repeated halfway through the stairs.
Nick hissed and went to the kitchen. I saw him break some eggs, so I went to help."What should I do?" I asked but he didn't answer, he just began to whisk the eggs.
I just stood there and watched him school grumpily for some time till he decided to speak to me."You went to the party with Uche last night?"