Chapter Nine;
Only I know
Kalea 'Ruth' Kingston
New York City, New York
Kalea and Skylar had made plans to go out to a restaurant which apparently also had a great bar. They'd decided to meet at Skylar's apartment and leave together to make it to their 9:30pm appointment. Sighing, Kalea stepped out of the taxi and began making her way up the stairs. She was dressed completely out of her comfort zone but this year was the year of changes.
She knocked on the door, quietly expecting Skylar to open the door. The door swung open but it wasn't Skylar, instead it was her twin sister. Kalea watched as Sky's eyes trailed all over her body, she suddenly felt very conscious of how she looked. Avoiding eye contact, Sky moved out of the way to let Kalea in before shutting the door.
"Skylar said she'll be ready in 10 minutes." Sky explained, "You can chill in the living room."
She led Kalea to the living room before sitting on the sofa to the right of the one Kalea sat on. Her hair was let down, as puffy and as frizzled as usual and she was only dressed in a baggy T-shirt with some sagging, black sweats.
"You look good." Sky suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence. The TV wasn't on and there was no music playing, they were just sitting on the leather sofas and Kalea was fiddling with her nails.
Her eyes shifted to Sky before she replied' "Thank you."
Kalea pulled up her green, cropped top before leaning back on the sofa. She was also wearing leather pants in the shade of a light greenish-beige. Although she wasn't a 100% sure if what she was wearing was appropriate, it was one of the most well-reviewed outfits on the app she on for outfits.
Now that she was alone with Sky in the living room, she could feel the leather pants start to stick to her skin. The girl made her nervous and Kalea was in denial as to why.
The tension was thick and heavy, nothing could lighten it. As much as they tried to hide it, both women felt it just as badly as the other. Each of them fighting every instinct in their body telling them to stare at the other, telling them to close the gap between them...telling them to cross that line.
Kalea swallowed thickly, feeling her eyes betray her as she glanced at Sky from the corner of her eyes to see that she was already staring.
"How are you finding...finding the reading?" Kalea broke the silence, her voice was low and she'd stuttered slightly. Her strong resolve was slowly crumbling as time went on. Sky could see that Kalea had been feeling the exact same thing as her, if not stronger.
"It's aight." Sky shrugged, her face painted with a blank expression, "Y'all be safe out there." She continued before getting up and walking out of the sitting room, Kalea watched as she moved her sweats around slightly.
Just as Kalea was about to relax, she could hear Skylar walking over as she hummed 'On tha line' by Yeat. She couldn't really sing it since nobody really knew what Yeat was saying.
"Girl you look so good!" Skylar exclaimed, "We have to take pictures and post them." She equaled as she rushed over and pulled her phone out.
As the two girls hurried out of the apartment after taking pictures and posting them, Sky scrolled through instagram and saw their posts come up. Her gaze lingering slightly on Kalea.
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Hours went by and Skylar was getting drunker and drunker with every passing second. Kalea only had two drinks and called it a day because she knew that she threw up easily so she didn't even want to force it today. However, this didn't make it any less enjoyable for her.
Skylar and Kalea talked for hours about their goals, their fantasies and just idle chat. The conversation flowed easily between the girls despite the four year age difference. Kalea found that Skylar was very mature for her age.
To be running a business and for it to be successful was a feat in itself. Whereas Skylar was doing it all at the age of 21. Kalea admired her greatly for that.
"It's always been us against our parents, you know?" Skylar started to ramble, she was incredibly drunk, "Especially since Sky came out as lesbian and I dropped out of high school. To them it was one failure after the other."
Kalea nodded, "I get that. I had a massive fear of disappointing my father when I was growing up. It made me grow in this shell that I'm only just now beginning to chip away."
"I probably would've been exactly like that if it hadn't been for Sky. She was fearless, even in the hard times. It may look like I'm the mature one but Sky was the strong one through it all." Skylar sighed, taking a shot of tequila, she made a face as it burned down her throat.
"She seems fearless." Kalea replied shortly and honestly.
Skylar nodded slowly and sadly, "Maybe too strong. I don't think I ever see her feel anything other than lust or being high."
Kalea let what Skylar said sink in before she rubbed her friend's back, who seemed like she was on the verge of passing out. Checking the time on her phone, Kalea called an Uber and helped Skylar walk to the outside of the restaurant.
It was 1:09 am and they were now just going home. Kalea felt like it was too late for her to travel home so she was planning to sleep on the couch like Skylar had insisted before she got white girl wasted. Once they reached their stop, Kalea dragged Skylar out and thanked the driver before groggily carrying her up the stairs.
When she knocked on the door, Kalea noticed that Skylar was moving around a lot and just as the door opened, she threw up on Sky.
"What the fuck?!" Sky shouted, making Skylar groan as Kalea gasped.