Chapter 2

Lexie’s POV

As my eyes fluttered open and the beam of sunlight came through the window hitting me straight in the face. I quickly rolled over and pulled the pillow over my head. Nothing was worse than a hang over and I am sure that is what I am feeling now, the after effects of last night.

After Emily and Eric left the hot tub I found myself alone with Tyler and what did we do, we drank half the night away in silence. Although I don’t remember coming back to my room and as I look under the covers I noticed I am buck naked and somehow, I had gotten this way and the question is how.

A knock came from my bedroom door and the door opened slightly as Emily peaked her head in and asked if I was awake. I mumbled that I was awake and she opened the door and walked in and sat on the corner of my bed.

“Thought you might need this.” Emily said holding up a glass of orange juice and a bottle of aspirin.

Slowly I sat up holding the blanket around my naked body as I took the aspirin bottle from her and opened it removing two and popping them into my mouth as I took the orange juice from her and washed them down. “How did you know?” I asked her.

“I sort a busted my brother carrying you to your bedroom last night.” She tells me and I reach for my head wondering what happened last night.

It had been a long while since I have let myself let loose and drink like I did last night, but it was my last weekend of freedom before I got a job. Plus, I was home not having to worry about much of anything that goes along with drinking out at a bar. But being busted by my best friend as her brother carries my drunk butt to bed was probably not what Emily wanted to see my first night here with her.

“I’m sorry.” Is all I could say to her but she begins to laugh.

“What are you sorry for? Sometimes we all need to let loose.” She tells me and I’m glad she isn’t upset with me and the whole her brother carrying me to bed situation. “Now get your butt up and get cleaned up because I am taking you shopping so we can get you an outfit for your interviews this week.”

“I have an outfit.” I tell her and she holds up her hand.

“I looked in your closet and trust me nothing in there screams hire me. You are in the south girlfriend. The bigshots down here don’t want to see turtlenecks, they want to see a little cleavage and leg.” Emily tells me and I blush at want she is insinuating.

Finally, I agree to go with her shopping and she left the room for me to get ready. As I walked into the bathroom I see my swimsuit hanging neatly over the shower curtain rod and I knew right away I was in no shape or form last night to do that and knew right away that Tyler had to have helped me out of my wet swimsuit last night.

A part of me was embarrassed that he had seen me naked but another part of me wondered what happened if anything between the two of us. Quickly I pushed those thoughts aside as I got a shower and dressed to go shopping with Emily.

Heading down the stairs I stopped once I got to the bottom when I noticed Eric and Tyler standing at the island in the kitchen. I listened in on their conversation and overheard them saying they were heading to the golf course while we went shopping and they were planning on meeting up with us for lunch.

Emily eyes then looked in my direction and Tyler turned and looked at me and I could a swear that he grins for just a fragment of a second before his face went back to his normal expressionless self. Eric kissed Emily goodbye and then pats Tyler on the back breaking our eye contact as they walked out of the house to head to the golf course.

An hour later I find myself in a dressing room as Emily continues to bring dresses and business attire for me to try on and as I look at the price tags, I know this store is way out of my budget. Only two items remain for me to try on and the one I am in love with but too scared to look at the price tag.

Carefully I pull on the red dress that caught my eye when I entered the store and take a look in the mirror. The dress hugs my curves and my breasts look slightly larger as the top of the dress shows just enough cleavage to leave the rest to the imagination. The length hits above my knee and with my dark hair and caramel skin the color looks amazing on me.

As I step out of the dressing room Emily mouth drops as she takes the dress on me. “That is a for sure.” She says as she motions for me to spin around. Looking in the three way mirror I find myself falling in love with the dress and a smile is on my face until I spot the price tag. Two hundred dollars it read and this one dress cost more than my whole wardrobe.

Quickly I ran back into the dressing room and carefully took the dress off and hung it back on the hanger not wanting to damage it. I then moved to the last dress and decided to look at the price tag before I tried it on, so I knew not to fall in love with it like I did with the red one. The price of it was a hundred and twenty dollars because it was marked down.

Pulling the black dress on it too fit me like a glove and screamed hire me. It had a business look to it and would be perfect for my interviews but the price was still more than I was wanting to pay. Stepping this time out of the dressing room Emily looks at me and says, “That is definitely the dress for your interview and I have a pair of pumps that will look perfect with it that you can borrow.”

After looking in the three way mirror, I had to agree with her this dress was the one and even though I didn’t want to spend the money. I needed the right dress and look to land the perfect job so I could afford nice clothes like this.

After taking the dress off I placed it on the hanger and took it to the register to pay for it as Emily called to see how far along the men were in their golfing. When I was done paying, I walked over to Emily as she was hanging up the call.

“Perfect timing. They just finished their last hole and just stopped at the club house for a drink before meeting us.” Emily tells me as we walk out of the store and towards her car. Another expense I will need in the future when I start making enough money to afford one.

“Where are we meeting them?” I asked her as we drove further towards the city.

“Tyler’s favorite restaurant. It was his turn to choose and he always picks the same place every time.” Emily tells me and I couldn’t help thinking about last night again.

Something about Tyler had changed since I had seen him last and I wasn’t sure what it was but something about him now drew me to him. Unfortunately, he was my best friend’s brother and I wasn’t sure how that would go over if there was something between the two of us. Maybe it was all a figment of my imagination. I was looking for something that wasn’t there because I still secretly had a crush on him. Unfortunately, I would always be his baby’s sister’s best friend to him.