Tack didn’t stay silent.
“Seen a lot, done a lot, met a lot of people. Most of ‘em, I like. Some of ‘em, I don’t. Some of ‘em, I hate. But did so much and knew so many, the unexpected is rare. I color your world, you give me the unexpected. We’re now totally balanced, Red. You didn’t know it but you had the upper hand. Now I know what I give you, it means as much as what you give me, we’re on the same level. And I like it like that.”
He was kind of freaking me out.
And, contradictorily, he was kind of not.
Either way, I couldn’t deal with this hungover.
“Stop talking, Tack.”
“I will when you assure me you took in what I said.”
“I took in what you said,” I replied quietly.
“Are you processing it?”
“I’m hungover, Tack.”
“You got the day to process it. You also got the day to get over that hangover. Tabby says she’s cookin’ tonight which means you’re on the back of my bike tonight and spendin’ the night at my place.”
My heart was pumping fast and my stomach was roiling.
“You’re talking about food again, Tack.”
“Pack a bag.”
“Okay.”
“No, I mean pack a bag.”
I blinked.
Then I asked, “Pardon?”
“You’re gonna be spendin’ lots of nights in my bed in the mountains, babe. Come equipped to do that. I’ll load the saddlebags on the bike.”
My mind was whirling.
“Tyra, did you hear me?”
“Saddlebags. Come equipped. Tabby making dinner. I heard.”
“Good.”
“Coffee, Tack.”
“Right.”
“And aspirin.”
“You got it, baby.”
He touched his mouth to mine and I concentrated on not hurling as he rolled and angled out of bed making it shift and sway in a way that was supremely nauseating. When he was out, I rolled to my side, shoving my hands under my cheek and concentrated on his fantastic body as he yanked on his jeans finding this helped you forget you were hungover, if only for seconds. Still, it worked.
What worked better was, once he had his jeans on, him turning to the bed, bending over, putting a hand into it, arm straight, other arm stretched to me so his hand could come to his jaw and his thumb could sweep the apple of my cheek.
Yes, during that maneuver, I totally forgot I was hungover.