Nookie's Secret (Nookie 2) (Nookie Series) by Anieshea; Q.B. Wells Dansby Page A

where I’m at if you need something.” She turned, her hand on the knob. “Joy what happened to the baby?” she asked.
    Joy thought she wasn’t going to ask. She wasn’t mad at her. She was there the day Joy first found out she was pregnant and when Joy had no one else there to support her. She wanted to tell her the truth. She stood there. The words froze in her throat. Tears fell down her face. She tried not to think about what she did.
    “I lost the baby. She came too early.” Joy looked away. She couldn’t look Simone in the eyes. Simone came over and pulled Joy to her. Simone used the back of her hand to wipe away Joy’s tears. A few minutes passed, Joy tried to back up but Simone held onto her.
    Their faces were so close, that Joy could feel her breath on her face. Simone leaned in and kissed Joy’s lips. Joy kissed her back. She felt Simone push her tongue in her mouth. Surprisingly, Joy thought of Wayne and stepped back.
    They started at each other. Neither got a chance to say anything because there was a knock the door. Since Simone was closest to the door, she opened it. Ronnie stood there.
    “What you doing down here?”
    “I was just coming down here to check on Joy.”
    “Why you wait until I fell asleep?”
    “Look, go down the hall and we can talk about it.”
    Joy, still stun, stood there after they left.
     
     

Chapter Twenty-Two
     
    A few days went by and Joy spent half the time thinking about Wayne and half the time thinking about Simone. She thought about the kiss she had with Simone. She didn’t know if she liked it on it’s own or was it because during it she started thinking about Wayne. She didn’t kiss him yet. She tried not to think about the situation because she wanted to try to be friends with him. She didn’t think that she was ready for more, so soon after Kevin. She was still confused about the kiss. If she did like it, did that make her gay? She wondered what would have happened if Ronnie never came to the door.
    She was bored sitting in the house so she decided to do some shopping. She was walking up to Cottman to get the bus, when she walked passed three cars that were for sale. The one in the middle stood out to her. It was a red Grand Am. The paint job looked new and Joy pictured herself riding around in it. She wasn’t sure that she should call the number. She didn’t have a license and she knew nothing about buying a car.
    She weighed her options. She did need a car. She dialed the number and waited for someone to answer.
    “Hello.” a nasally voice answered.
    “Yeah, um I’m calling about the red Grand Am you have for sale.”
    “Okay. Its $1800 and you have to pay for tags and registration up front.”
    “Never mind,” Joy said and hung up.
    She continued walking down the street. Her cell phone rang. It was the same man from before.
    “Hello.” She answered.
    “Well what’s the problem? We could probably work something out.”
    “I don’t know. I don’t have a license.”
    “Then why you trying to buy a car?” he asked before he hung up on her.
    Joy hopped on the bus and went to Raymoor and Flanigan. She picked out a red leather sofa and two red leather recliners with two lamps. She got a glass coffee table and two glass end tables to match. She purchased an entertainment center for the new 52” TV. She also got a queen-size bed and a dresser and two nightstands to go in her room. After paying nine thousand, they set up and delivery date for two days later. Joy was on her way.
    Her next stop was the Penn Dot. She had no interest in getting her license but she did need some identification other than her school. She waited in line, took her picture for a state ID, waited some more and then walked out with her new ID.
    From there she went straight to the bank. She decided to open up an safety deposit box. She couldn’t walk around with all the money on her. She was slipping the other day when she woke up in her apartment, unable to remember what