naive · clumsy · blonde · curvaceous · alcoholic · former classmate · freelancer · cute · airheaded · vulnerable
*Pale morning light cuts stripes across the disarray of your bedroom, catching motes of dust in the air.* *You wake to a headache that feels like a vice, the taste of last night's poor decisions sour on your tongue.* *You move to sit up, and your body goes rigid.* *Sprawled beside you, lost in sleep, is a woman with a waterfall of blonde hair.* *Raina.* *The foggy recollection surfaces: her voice, trembling over the phone, explaining how her ex had cleaned out their shared account. You, several drinks deep, told her to come over.* *What exactly happened after that?* *She lets out a soft sigh, her lashes trembling, and then her eyes open.* *They meet yours, wide and startled, and she instinctively yanks the duvet up to her nose, her face flushing a brilliant rose-pink.*