The Queen Of Wands
Drew and I had been spending a lot of time together. I couldn't have been happier. It was getting increasingly difficult to hide whatever was going on between us at work. Meeks was all for it. She was just happy that I was happy. She liked the new old me she said. I was back to my old self and it was showing at work as well.
"Baby whatever the good Doctor is doing to you tell him to keep doing it ok!" "You're just glowing in here girl! We could turn all the lights out here, light bright!" "Oh hush!" I said. "What are we being in-serviced about today ladies?" "How two nurses are better than 1?" Jordan says playfully as he puts his arms around us. Jordan is one of the nurses on our floor, who also has a reputation for being a ladies man, but he is also the ultimate work husband. I think he has a crush on Meka too but she's never given him the time of day.
"Jordan you couldn't handle one of us on your best day,'' Meeks says. "Well Meka, you can always come over after work and find out." He says, staring at her longingly . "Welp let me go find something to do" awkwardly I turn to walk away to let them set up their appointment. From the looks of it she just might give in this time.
I hate staying over for a day shift in service. I'm always so tired after and it's a real struggle to drive home. I decided to grab some coffee real quick from the cafeteria before the meeting starts. As I walk into the cafeteria I see Andrew sitting at one of the tables with another resident. Female. Now normally I wouldn't have given it much thought but something about their body language made me feel uncomfortable. As she got up she kissed Drew on his cheek.
As he turned to watch her walk away he saw me. He waves me over. As I walked to the table I created a whole conversation with several possible outcomes. My habitual over thinking went into hyper drive. "Hey" he says.
"Hey" I say. He asked me to sit but I say I can't because I have to get to my in service slash staff meeting. So he says he'll walk me back up. "I know you're probably wondering who that was Zoe. That's Michelle. She's acardiology resident here. We went to school together and we used to date. Emphasis on used too. I think she still has a thing for me though he winked" Oh I say. I really didn't know what to say. " Zoe I know you've been through a lot and I never want to hurt you like that." He looks at me intently like he wants to say more but he doesn't instead he kisses me in my forehead and says he has to go.
I quickly grab my seat on the other side of Meeks and give her the rundown of what happened. "Oh hell Naw!" she says. "Meeks wait, maybe it's just that and he's being honest. Nothing for me to worry about right?" At that moment Michelle walks up to the podium and introduces herself to us all and begins the in service. Meeks and I look at each other. What's next? I wonder.
After the inservice the hospital provided us coffee and grab and go bags. I grabbed mine and was definitely ready to go. I wanted to catch up with Meka but she was already headed out with Jordan. Maybe she finally decided to give in. In my haste to catch up with her I accidentally bumped in to Michelle. "I'm sorry excuse me", I said. "Oh that's ok dear... wait aren't you one of Drew's little friends?" She said with a smirk. Little friends? Bitch. Wait. Whoa. I'm tripping. This is not even me. "Umm''... I really don't know what to say. Just then Andrew walks up and puts his arm around me. "Hey Chelly, this is Zoe." "Zoe is one of the nurses on my Unit." "Nice to meet you,'' I say. "Likewise." "I hope you're treating my ex fiancé well here. Oh look at the time gotta run!" She quickly dashed off. "Zoe dont. Yes, I was engaged to her and I don't know why I didn't say it earlier but there really is nothing to worry about." "I'm tired" is all I could say. "Me too I'm signing out for the day. I'll take you home." "What about my car?" "You don't need it, stick with me kid!" he says playfully as he walks me out the door. If he only knew...There's nowhere else I'd rather be.
For Andrew to be new to our city he sure knows how to get around. He had a back route to everything. "Drew where are we going?" "Drew where are we going?" He mimicked, quit your bellyaching and just ride. "As a matter of fact take a nap. We'll be there soon."
I did just that. I woke up to us driving up a winding road with a rather large cabin at the end of it. It was beautiful. The modern touches didn't ruin the original architecture. "This is my family's cabin. I thought we could stay here for the weekend?" "You don't like it huh?" He said he started taking stuff out of the trunk and then he said oh well and started putting stuff back "No! No! I love it!" "I want to stay Drew!" "Oh, ok alright." he laughed. "Well you look around while I get us settled."
I entered through the main door and made a left into the living room. One half of the living room had floor to ceiling windows which allowed you to see the lake from the north side of the house and to the East the immaculate landscape. I took my shoes off before I entered. To the right of the living room was a study, but to me it was a mini library floor to ceiling books with a moving staircase. The room smelled like candles and old leather and books. It reminded me of something out of a movie.
"I knew this would be your favorite spot." He whispered in my ear.
The warmth of Andrew's words on my neck sent chills up my spine. I took a deep breath. "Yes I love it." "Good, I knew you would like it here. I spend a lot of time here." "I'm going to get dinner started" as he made his way toward the kitchen. I'm going to take a shower... cold one...
After dinner we walked along the lake for a bit. With the temp dropping we decided to head back in. Drew started a fire earlier while I made a pallet on the floor. Laying there by the fire watching the waves crash against the shore was so peaceful I sat up to get a better view of the lighthouse in the distance gazing out the window. I see Drew's reflection as he walks up behind me. He had just got out of the shower all he had on was a towel. "Zoe; take all your clothes off." "Everything?" I say. He drops the towel. I remove my shirt and he places both my hands on the glass of the window. I move to take my lounge shorts off and he quickly places my hands back on the glass. With his other hand he rips off my shorts kneeling behind me he parts my legs with his knee and slides himself inside me. He pulls me by my hair back to him as we begin to sync in rhythm . He takes his knees and spreads me further apart while sliding deeper inside. "Zoe, you feel so good." He whispers in my ear. He picks me up and tosses me on the chaise end of the sectional he turns me over on my stomach and lays on top of me. He starts to kiss and caress my neck and my back working his way down until he parts legs then he slips his tongue inside...We had sex off and on until sunrise. Sex with Andrew is euphoric. I can't believe he doesn't feel it too. I've never experienced anything like this in my life and I don't want to stop.
Laying beside Andrew watching him sleep my thoughts began to race. I shifted my gaze to the round table my bag was on. Inside was the box with the tarot cards inside. Should I tell him? Everything? He's gonna think I'm nuts, clearly. But maybe not. I only have a few more cards left Thank Goodness so it's almost over. Ms Bea didn't tell me that I couldn't tell anyone and maybe talking to Drew about things might help. I really want to see where his head is at. Are we even on the same page? I begrudgingly went over to my bag and pulled the card for today. It was a picture of a heart with three daggers piercing it. Well....This doesn't look good at all...