I hoard some weird shit. Ben asked for a bandage this morning after biting a hangnail while we sat in stupid traffic on the bridge and I pawed through my bag, eventually dumping it out in my lap because I couldn't find one. Amongst the usual suspects we counted fourteen lip products, nine guitar picks and a whole stack of unused giftcards.
DAMN. Sephora, I'm coming for you.
Also the Keg. Maybe this weekend?
I finished up my call with Caleb quickly. He called to tell me that the results of his heart monitoring show that he's only healthy when I'm with him. Flattering and frightening. My favorite.
Eventually I found the band-aids in the tin with the Cambia packets and several dozen bobby pins. I'm prepared. He won't bleed out on my watch.
He picked up a lipstick and applied it expertly. So not your color, Benny.
Not yours either. Why did you buy this one?
It was in the Give Me Some More Lip set from Sephora. You can't choose the shades.
You should give me some lip, Bridge.
Right now?
Sure. I think we'll be stuck in traffic a little longer.
Gimme a second to put all this stuff back.
Leave it all out and we'll play hot mess.
That's gross. Such an apt description though.
It is. He laughed. So is that a yes or....?
I loaded the bag back up and whacked him with it but he just smiled and kissed the back of my hand, holding it up against his lips. Then he licked it for good measure and said maybe we should go be a hot mess at home with Loch.
Agreed.
At least now I know where all my guitar picks wind up. You're like my little magpie.
I smile at him but I don't say anything.
You know they're going to say it hasn't hit you yet.
I know. I look at the floor.
Loch is really worried, Bee.
When is he not?
True. But it's only because he loves you the likes of which I have never seen before.
You seem so sure about that.
Why do you bust his balls so hard all the time, Bridge?
Eyes back to the floor. I don't like getting called out any more than anyone else.
We've got a lot of history, Benny.
It isn't his fault.
I know.
So why do you shove him away so hard?
To make room for you.
