12

Before Nick decided to look at his wrist watcha nd alert us that we had only two hours left before we went to work I had already listened to over thirty dry jokes,researched a whole season 9 of How I met your mother and drank a total of six bottles of beer.

Not that he was boring,not at all!

It's just that I had to distract myself from my guilty conscience that kept pestering me by reminding me that Carrie had been locked in the closet for over thre hours!

Of course,that was one part of me.

The other part of me thought that Carries situation was rather hysterical!

"Don't you think we should take a break from the dry jokes,"I said,getting off the bed for a stretch.

"I would love to go on but if you've heard enough,I'll stop,"Nick said.

"No,that's not what I meant!"I clarified."It's just that there's a lot more other things we could do that wouldn't be as boring as constantly having to listen to dry jokes."

"So my jokes are boring?"he asked and from his tone,I could hear that his spirits had gone down.

"No!"I clarified again."They were the opposite of that! In fact,there's this one that got me real good."

He said nothing and stared at me as if waiting for me to say the joke.

Honestly,I heard nothing. Because all the way through I kept sipping on my beer.

I started moving around the room,making him be under the impression that I was jogging my memory so that I could remember the joke when in fact,I was not.

I stood next to the closet and as I was about to tell Nick that I had not been listening to him,Carrie came to my rescue.

She whispered softly,"Tell him the one about a Mexican who lost his car. It goes like,'What do you call a Mexican who has lost his car?' then he'll tell you Car-los."

"Thanks!"I whispered back.

I opened my mouth to tell Nick the joke and apparently,that was also his favorite.

Damn Carrie has good memory!

I felt sorry for putting her through this but not so much since if it were not for her,I'd have crushed Nick's heart by telling him that none of what he said was listened to by me.

"I really had fun,Maya,"he said after we were both done laughing at yet another dry joke about a watermelon that he made up.

"Yeah,me too,"I responded with a reassuring smile.

"I'd love to do this again some time,"he added.

God,no!

Not again!

Of course I couldn't tell him that. So I opened my mouth and said,"Yeah,that wouldn't be such a bad idea."

"Okay then. Well,I better get going. I have some stuff to deal with before I come in for work. I ll see you later?"he said.

"Yeah, sure,"I answered.

I was heading for my bedroom door when I felt his hand on mine.

Suddenly,he made me turn and that made me bump into him.

I hadn't recovered from that when I felt his arms around my waist when he decided to kiss me.

This time,I behaved like an ordinary girl and kissed him back. This was mostly because I didn't want him to feel bad. And partly because I wanted to see how kissed from guys feel like.

Apparently,there's no difference.

The kiss went on for a minute or so before something very unexpected happened.

If you're thinking that Carrie burst out of the closet and interrupted us,then you're right!

"I think I've had enough of you two now,"Carrie said as she burst out of the closet."You know,I don't know what's worse. Is it sitting inside a closet for three hours or is it watching you two make out?!"

"Carrie?"Nick called with confusion all over his face. "So you were talking to Carrie when I caught you whispering to the closet?"

"Nick,I can explain,"I began."Carrie came over to help me pick an out fit that I would wear this evening when you take me out for ice cream. But now,you showed up early. So I had to do something about her. Right Carrie."

I gave Carrie the 'you-better-agree-with-me-or-I'll-kill-you' look,hoping that she'd play along with the lie.

"Right!"Carrie said."It was just like Maya put it.

Nick let go of me and briefly looked at Carrie and I.

"You were going to dress up for an ice cream date?"Nick asked.

"Yeah! You know me,I'm extra!"I lied.

"I know that now,"he said.

"We'll,it's not like she was going to wear fancy dresses or anything,"Carrie said."She was just gonna wear a pear of jeans and a killer top with killer shoes,an outfit different from the black shirt and trousers that you see her wearing all day everyday at work."

I felt like hugging Carrie right now! Damn that girls a life saver!

"Exactly!"I said.

With that,a smile came on Nick's face.

He looked back at me and said,"It's cute that you were willing to go out of your way to look good for me."

I almost choked at that!

"I had to,"I said,wearing a forced smile that was meant to convince him that I meant what I was saying.

"Look,Carrie,"Nick said as he turned to face Carrie,"I am sorry that we put you through all that. We can make it up to you. No,wait. I can make it up to you. How about tomorrow we all go out for ice cream. You can bring your girlfriend if you like. That way,it will be like a double date!"

I almost choked at that too.

I looked at Carrie who's eyes were almost popping out of their sockets.

Neither of us expected that.

I had to do something fast!

"How about we talk about that later, huh"I said as I made Nick turn and led him straight to the door."I just remembered you had some errands to run before work."

"Totally forgot about that!"he said as he continued to walk away. "Bye Carrie!"

I walked behind him all the way to the door where once we had said our goodbyes and he had stepped out,I shut it and rushed back up stairs to see how Carrie was doing.

She was still standing there like a dummy,eyes still fully opened.

I tried blowing into her eyes but she didn't even blink.

Tried shaking her but she was as hard as a rock.

There was only one thing that I knew would get her started and running;A KISS.

So I kissed her on her lips.

"Do it again,"she said."I think I can feel myself coming back."

"As long as you can talk,that's fine by me,"I said, totally ignoring her request.

"Don't be such a kill joy Maya,"she said,not moving any part of her body except the lips.

"Fine!"I said and kissed her again.

This time,it was deeper than the first one.

I could feel her hand move.

She slipped her hand side my shirt and her soft hands connected with my feverish skin.

Resistance from me?No,not this time!

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