Page 57 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

“Yep,” I reply with surety, and then, because I want to get him out of his own head, I add with a smirk, “I need to get underwear. I had to go commando.”

“Fuck,” he groans as he drops back slightly, still holding my hand, and his eyes go to my ass.

I burst out laughing, and he smiles, this time it reaches his eyes. Mission accomplished.

He moves so he is walking next to me again, and we make our way through the store until we get to the underwear, I grab a lot. I don’t want to run out again, and I love pretty underwear. I pretty much get every style that you can think of, apart from the thongs that are just string. I find them uncomfortable and would rather go without any underwear, and I don’t get any of the full women’s boxers. I don’t like the feel of them on my legs under clothing; it pretty much becomes the only thing I can think about until I can take them off, so they are a no-go.

I also get some great big comfy underwear because sometimes that’s all I want to wear, and for when Aunt Flo visits.

At one point, I decide to leave the cart and just throw stuff into it instead of trying to get it through the tiny aisles and risk knocking shit over. Raiden is looking highly amused.

“I’m going to stay with the cart. You have at it,” he says, and I nod, already on a mission.

I meant what I said about wanting to get this done quickly, so it's only a few minutes before we are heading to the main clothing part.

“I only need to grab a few day's outfits, and then we can get out of here,” I say.

“Don’t forget we have the poker game and the trip to the training academy on Monday. I don’t know if you need to get some stuff for those,” Raiden reminds me.

I pause in trying to find my size, “What day is it?”

“Friday,” Raiden replies, with a slight frown as he pulls out his phone and then nods, “yeah, it's Friday, so much has happened, and our sleep schedule has been all over the place, so I wasn’t sure if it was.”

“Me neither, that’s why I asked,” I reply. “That means the poker game is tomorrow.”

I don’t wear anything special to the games, but I do try not to look like I’m going on a job when I go to the bar, so instead of black everything, I tend to mix it up with a blue pair jeans and some nicer boots, although I always make sure I can still kick ass in them because I need to do that more often than not when I’m at Sully’s.

I grab a few pairs of jeans in varying colors. A variety of t-shirts that I like, and a couple of plaids, some nice boots, and a cute jacket. Throwing in a couple of hoodies and some PJs, I look over the very full cart and have a momentary panic about how the fuck I’m going to afford it before I remember the little black card I have that has more money on it than I have ever seen in one place, well, one legal place.

Chapter Nineteen

Neith

Old habits die hard, and I think it is going to take me a while before I stop worrying about how much things cost and if I have enough money to cover it.

“I’m done,” I announce.

Raiden’s eyebrows rise, “Really? That was really quick. Are you sure that you have everything that you need?”

I nod, “Yeah, I’m pretty sure that I do. I have enough to keep me going for a few days and probably longer since I got a bit carried away. It’s been a long time since I could buy myself new clothes.”

“You deserve to go a little crazy,” Raiden adds. “We could go to a different store. Just to have a look around and see if there is anything there that you would like?”

“I’m really done. I need coffee and food. I will go crazy when I shop online, that’s where I really shine,” I chuckle, steering the cart toward the checkout.

When we get to the till, and it's time to hand my card over, I can’t help but feel like my card is going to bounce. It’s happened to me before, and it’s fucking embarrassing, I hate it. Of course, it doesn’t do that, and I let out a sigh of relief when everything goes through like it should.

Raiden grabs the bags before I can protest, and then immediately takes my hand in his again, making me smile. I like this, I have never really been a hand holding kind of person, but I could get used to this, it’s nice.

“We need to get you a phone,” Raiden says as we walk out of the store and glances down at me, “Griff has messaged me four times already, reminding me that I need to make sure that you get one.”

I smile, “He does realize that a phone would have been completely useless in the other realm, right?”

Raiden smirks, “Yeah, I’m pretty sure he gets that. He just wants to make sure that you can get hold of us easily if you need to and get hold of anyone else you want to as well, like Sully.”

“Yeah, that would be nice.” I reply, thinking of a few people that will need to have my new number. “Lead the way and point me in the right direction when we get to the store too. I have had the same phone for years, and that was a second hand one, so I have no idea what I’m looking for now.”

“I can help with that. It’s probably best if we just get you the same model as ours. Are you okay with that?”

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