Chapter 21: Huge beds and One-night stands.

KIKI.

I tossed around in my bed, feeling my headache. I tossed and tossed again. Then, I stopped. This was not my bed. My bed wasn't this large and most importantly, it wasn't this comfortable. So, I peeled my eyes open.

I winced as I opened my eyes to the bright ray of sunlight seeping into the room from the open window. I sat up on the bed slowly as my eyes adjusted to the sunlight. Then, I began to look around the room, panic shooting through me.

The room I was in was very large. It was a very large room that had a set of couches at one end. The bed I was laying on was large. From my estimation, about five people could sleep comfortably in it. And I wasn't exaggerating.

“Where am I?” I whispered, asking myself as I climbed down the bed. And that was when I noticed it. I was no longer clad in my old skirt and office wear. I was now wearing a black colored simple yet beautiful nightgown made of a very lasting texture.

It was nice. It felt nice on me.

I looked around the room, trying to figure out how I ended up in a place like this when something drilled into my brain cells, making my head pound loudly and leaving my eyes to go blur.

“Ouch!” I winced in pain, holding my head. I sprang up from the bed and slipped on the pairs of flip-flops waiting to be slipped on. I still couldn't understand how I ended up in a place as beautiful as this. The design and poshness were what I had never seen before, not even in movies.

I walked over to the bedside table and poured myself a glass of water from the jug. I downed the content of the glass in one gulp, heaving loudly. It must be a result of the alcohol I took yesterday. Yes, I remember getting drunk.

An alarm suddenly went off in my head and I put down the glass and began to check myself. Did I have sex?

Panic shot through me as I checked my panties. I exhaled in relief when I was satisfied that nothing happened. I mean, I should know if I had sex right?

I set my butt down on the comfy bed trying to remember the event of the day before. I remembered being called by the big boss. I remembered being given a promotion. And then I quit and headed off to Julian's.

I stopped going down memory lane at that point. “Julian,” I whispered and my heart went heavy with pain. I felt my heart constrict painfully in my chest and I winced. He had tugged at my heartstrings and deceived me.

Claire.

There was Claire. The one girl I practically grew up with. The one who would do anything for money. Did she betray me for money too? But Julian just got signed.

Whatever reason she had for doing what she did to me, I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to remember it especially as I was in this much pain. They had broken me.

My best...ex-best friend and boyfriend had betrayed me. And that was all there was to it.

As I sighed with a dampened mood, I sighted my bag. I reached for it quickly and took out my phone. Thankfully that it was still there. I was going to ring Rose.

She picked up on the second ring.

“Hey,” She said. I could hear the concern in her voice.

“Hi, Rose!” I smiled sadly as though she could see me. “How are you?” I asked her.

“I should be asking you that. You stomped off angrily yesterday. I was worried.” She explained. My heart clutched together in my chest and at that moment, I felt like hugging her.

“I'm okay Rose. Sorry about that though. Sarah just riled me up.” I told her. “But it's okay,” I concluded. Then my face lit up all of a sudden.

“Hey, I met my marvel superhero. I can't believe he is real Rose." I sounded excited all of a sudden. I was kinda sad that I was almost raped but I'm relieved that it didn't happen.

Rose laughed. I imagined her shaking her head. “You are unbelievable!” She mumbled.

“Rose, I'm serious.” I started, injecting seriousness into my voice so she would believe me.

“Last night, I was drunk. Rose, don't laugh this off cos I was almost raped.” I revealed. She gasped loudly over the phone, shocked.

“Ho-What?!” She stuttered.

“I was drunk and was returning home from the club when two guys cornered me. They dragged me to an alley.” I explained.

“Oh my God, Kiki!” She screamed, alarmed. “Why did you go to the club? You are not a club-goer so what changed?" She asked confusion etched in her tone.

“Julian broke up with me. I caught him tangled up with Claire, in BED!” I said emphasizing more on the last word.

“That motherfucker!” Rose swore. Now, I was the one taken aback. In all my years I've known Rose, she wasn't the type to swear. She was a polite lady who never embraced such words seeing her swear like that made my eyes well up with tears.

“She's such a slut. What the fuck! What kind of a friend is she?” She sounded pissed off.

“I'm fine now, Rose. So I got drunk and was heading home when I got cornered and was pulled into an alley.” I connected the dots for her.

“I'm so sorry Kiki.” She sounded so concerned that it made me feel like jelly.

“You want to know how I escaped?” I asked her and she hummed in reply. "I didn't. My superhero saved me. So, I woke up this morning and found myself in this really large room with an alluring design. I changed from my clothes into this delicate simple nightwear. Can you believe that?" I asked her but the line went still with no reply.

“Rose, Rose are you there?” I asked afraid that I might have been talking to myself all along. When I brought the phone down to check if the call was still on, I found out that it was still on.

“Rose?” I called.

“Kiki,” Her voice was a shadow lower. “You just had a one-night stand!” She deadpanned and my insides got clogged.