"And why is that?"
"You're going to be mad at me."
"What are you guys doing?"
"We ran a few errands and then I finally convinced my tightly wound brother to go to a bar. But, we both know how he is..."
"Can you please just bring him home?"
"In a bit."
"Rob, I'm serious. Bring him home right now."
"Don't be such a party pooper, Penny. We're having fun! If he's too drunk to fuck you when we get home, I'll be happy to stand in. Don't you worry."
"Stop being gross. Just bring him home safely, okay?"
"You have my word, sugar tits."
"You're drunk too, aren't you?"
"Mhm."
"You're impossible."
"You're impossible!"
"And you're seriously not going to let me talk to James?"
"Professor Hunter is currently unavailable. Please leave a message at the beep." Rob made a farting noise and the line went dead.
Addiction - Chapter 35
Sunday
"Penny."
I immediately opened my eyes. James face was a few inches away from mine. "You're okay?" I reached my hand out and ran it along the scruff on his jaw line. "Thank God you're okay."Ow.I had fallen asleep on the couch waiting for him and my back ached.
"Of course I'm okay." He had a huge smile on his face.
I looked down and saw that he was on one knee by the side of the couch.Oh my God. Oh my God!I sat up.
"Penny, I love you so much."
He's proposing!My heart was beating out of my chest. I hadn't missed my chance. He was asking me again.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Oh, you thought..." He laughed. "No." He laughed again. "I just dropped my cell phone." He picked it up off the ground and stood up. "I said it would be romantic. This is hardly romantic."
"Oh, no, I didn't think you were proposing." I had thought he was proposing. For a brief moment when I was talking to Melissa last night I had come to that conclusion. I thought he may have called Melissa to ask her for my ring size or something. But then it seemed like he was just out getting drunk. I had been so worried about him. But when I woke up and saw him on one knee I thought maybe he really was just planning on proposing. I could feel my face turning red. I was so embarrassed.
"I was going to go get breakfast. I just wanted to see if there was something in particular that you wanted."
"I was worried about you."
"I know, I'm sorry. I should have called."
"And you shouldn't have let Rob answer your phone."
