Regret

Chapter Twenty One- Karma Is A B*tch

"Morning." His voice was raspy, meaning he not long woke up. He gave me a thankful smile when I handed him the coffee, and I made myself comfortable on his bed. I crossed my legs beneath me and was facing him.

"Sleep well?" he asked after taking a sip from the steaming mug.

"I'm running off five hours of sleep and slept in my makeup, but other than that, I slept quite well." I cringed when I mentioned sleeping in my makeup. I was so going in the shower soon.

"Well, considering I had a girl hogging my bed, I slept decently too." I slapped his leg lightly but didn't say anything.

"Finish your drink," I pulled my phone from my pocket to check the time "we have 45 minutes to get ready." I downed the rest of my coffee which was still hot and got off the bed. Xander gave me a look of astonishment when I downed the drink. I put the mug on his desk and walked towards his bathroom, but a thought crossed my mind before reaching the door.

I pulled at the drawstrings of the shorts to undo them, making the shorts drop onto the ground, leaving me in my underwear. I noticed Xander was still on his phone again and frowned. "I'm going in the shower." He looked up from his phone, and his eyes went straight towards my legs. Thankfully the shirt covered my hoo-hah. I took his staring as a sign to turn around and pull the shirt over my head, so I was in nothing but my underwear. "Want to join?" I asked over my shoulder.

Before he had time to get up, I ran to his bathroom and slammed it behind me, locking the door. "Tough luck!" I shouted to him from the other side of the door.

The handle of the door jiggled before he realised it was locked. "Come on, Taylor, you can't just do that." He groaned against the other side and banged on the door.

"I just did," I smirked even though he couldn't see me and pulled off my underwear before climbing in the shower and turning it on. Coldwater blasted over me, making me jump back.

I wasn't in the shower long. I didn't need to wash my hair because I washed it yesterday, but I needed to wash my face and body. When I was finished, I climbed out of the shower and wiped the steam off the mirror. I jumped at my reflection. Mascara was smudged under my eyes, making me look like a raccoon, and not in the hot way that Taylor Momsen pulls off.

I sure did look like a catch with day-old makeup on my face.

I rummaged through some drawers that had some aftershave in and smiled when I found some wipes, I hated using wipes to take off my makeup because it was so bad for your skin, but it was the only thing I had right now. After wiping away as much of the makeup I could, I swigged some mouthwash. I would have to brush my teeth after getting changed because my toothbrush was in my bag.

I wiped some of the water off the floor with a dirty t-shirt in the corner of the room and secured the towel around my body before unlocking the door and walking into the room.

My duffel bag was on the floor by the bed, and I was thankful Xander brought it in here, his closet door was wide open, and I could hear some shuffling.

Xander walked out from the closet in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist and a smaller towel in his hand drying off his hair. "Thanks for bringing in my bag." I thanked him when he looked up and walked over to the bed to look through my bag and pull out an outfit. I decided on some denim shorts and a black crop top that I could pair with my vans.

The Californian weather was still quite warm in the daytime now that it hadn't rained for a few weeks, and I didn't fancy sitting in a hot car in jeans.

I picked up my clothes and made my way to the bathroom, but before I could reach the door, Xander blocked my path.

"You know you haven't apologised for earlier." His arm leaned on the door frame as he towered over me. It only just occurred to me that we were both in nothing but our towels, one wrong move, and I'd be naked.