An unexpected life

The crazy train

If I had told myself 6 months ago that I would be lying in the penthouse suite of a hotel in Seattle I would have called myself crazy.  If I had told myself that in that penthouse I would be lying next to the most beautiful girl I had ever met I would have dragged myself to the closest hospital and signed myself in. I would have asked myself question number one, where the hell are my friends Jem, Sophie and Hannah to? I mean it must be some sort of witchcraft trickery that only they could make up. Secondly I would have wondered where the money came from to pay for it. Perhaps I had become a criminal in six months because my wage wouldn't ever cover the extravagance. And the biggest question I would have asked is, a girl? Before 6 months ago I wouldn't have ever considered having a girlfriend. As far as I was concerned I was hundred per cent straight. My subconscious had other ideas though, I was as about straight as a piece of rubber. It only took me one crazy drunken night out on holiday to realise that I liked girls too. One girl in particular though, the one that was currently snoring on the pillow next to me. She was beautiful, she had an incredible personality and she had an amazing body... Well no need to get into those sordid details. I need to chastise myself for not keeping my thoughts on the straight (pardon the pun) and narrow. Those thoughts were hard to keep when the bed cover had completely slipped off and she was wearing only red laced lingerie. She stirred lightly but soon resumed her snoring. I wondered how my life had taken a complete U-turn from the boring life I had been living. I had lived in a quiet little suburb with my parents and had driven my VW Beetle to my high street shop job for the last 4 years. I had had the same 3 friends since childhood. Yeah all very boring. This was all of course until Natalie strode into my life leaving a path of craziness behind her all whilst dragging me along for the ride. Not complaining though, I enjoyed being dragged along on this ride, in fact I didn't want it to end...ever. I looked down at my red haired angel, usually her hair was kept up perfectly tidy but bed hair was definitely something she couldn't avoid as it splayed across the pillow. I smiled to myself as she curled up further into a ball and mumbled something inaudible to herself. If or when this ends, that will be the day my life will resume on the boring track it was meant to be on. What would I do then? I don't know.
    
   "Mmmm Lisa.." I suddenly hear Nat mumbling my name and something more audible stopping my train of thoughts dead on the tracks. I chuckle to myself wondering what else she will say. "I love you....Lisa baby." I watch as she throws her arms around herself going back to mumbling something inaudible again, she smiles to herself. She was definitely the cutest thing to watch sleep. I suddenly wondered to myself what I may have said in my sleep on the countless occasions Natalie had taken me home and creepily watched me sleep. The idea unnerves me but I decide not to dwell on it, it obviously has never been bad enough for her to say anything to me if I have.  I look at the clock, it's still only 6am, I have been awake 1 hour just thinking to myself so I decide to snuggle back into bed. "Lisa?" I hear Natalie mumble, this time though I'm pretty sure she's awake. I watch as she attempts to open her eyes.
  "Go back to sleep" I coo. 
   "But I can't sleep without you" she groggily mutters. 
   "Well I haven't been anywhere and plus you're doing a pretty damn good job of sleeping so far" I chuckle to myself. "Lisa baby" I copy her voice almost perfectly. I watch as her eyes shoot open.
    "What? I mean I don't talk in my sleep do I?" she stammers. She doesn't get embarrassed easily but I have obviously found her weak point. 
   "All I want to know is what the hell were you dreaming about. I mean I was obviously in it and the noises coming from you well...it sounded like you were enjoying it" I laugh even more. She pulls the cover from the bed over her head.
   "I'm never going to live this down am I?" she says from under the cover.
   "Nope never" I grin.
   "It was a good dream though" she says and I hear her voice become the cockier Natalie I knew well. "I'm happy to recreate it if you want to know what it was about" she grins as she pulls the cover off of her head. Her grin widens and I soon know why as her hand under the covers comes in contact with my thigh.
   "Cold hands Nat...cold hands" I flinch.  Her eyes widen and she smirks as she moves both hands to my stomach. "Natalie!" I scream.  She suddenly becomes a lot more animated than she had been for the last hour. 
    "I could warm them up. You know I'm always hot for you" she says attempting her seductive voice but failing under the laughs she's trying to hold in.
   "Oh Lisa baby...I love you...mmmm" I tease copying the words she had said whilst asleep. "Oh baby...Lisa!" I scream. I could see her face reddening; it was fun being on the opposite side of the taunting.
    "You've asked for it" she swiftly jumps up from beside me and pins me down before placing her cold hands on my waist.
   "No! You know how much I hate that!" I scream with tears of laughter running down my face. It was true I hated anyone prodding my sides and especially with cold hands too. That was a huge no no. I tried to move from under her but she was pinning me down good. "Oh I give up" I sigh. 
   "You give up?" she questions and I nod.
    "I guess you'll just have to show me what happened in your dream..." I smile innocently.
    "If you insist" she grins. As she moves I quickly flip her onto her back pinning her down.
    "So this is what it feels like to be on the opposite side huh, the all-powerful Natalie overthrown" I smile.
    "I guess so" she sighs. "Except this is a lot like how my dream started. So if you want to carry on by all means go ahead." I groan. "I love it when you get annoyed like that. Your cheeks redden and you get all flustered" she smiles back at me and moves her arm from under my grip and taps my nose. "You'll never beat me you know."
   "Never?" I ask accepting the challenge. I move my head down to hers and run my tongue along her lip. She moves her head up wanting to kiss me but I pull back. "Shame then because I think I just have" I say as I jump up and off of the bed. "I'm getting ready." I can hear her groan as she falls back onto the bed.

After showering and changing into my clothes I decide to walk onto the balcony to take in some fresh air. Natalie was already sitting down on one of the many chairs looking out at the skyline. She looks at me frowning, still obviously annoyed from what happened before. She looks at me briefly before holding her arms open, I walk forward snuggling into her lap. We watch the scurrying breakfast rush hour below and the rest of Seattle that's only just waking up.