Page 63 of Derivation

“Okay. Great. Thanks,” she replied.

“No problem.”

“Sarai, we’re in the garage!” Arlowe yelled then, probably from the kitchen.

“Why?”

“Vi just texted. She’s coming over with Stella. Gabi, are you free?”

“I’m about to take a shower.”

“And after that?”

“Sure. Why?”

“Vi wants to talk about the hardware.”

“It’s Sunday. Can’t we have one day off?” Sarai asked, and as she did, she let go of her towel.

It had all happened fast. The towel hadn’t been tucked in well enough, and one end of it had begun to fall, but even with how fast it had happened, Gabi had had a split second to consider her next move. She could’ve let it fall and gotten a glimpse of Sarai’s naked body a mere inches away from her own, or she could’ve reached out and stopped it from falling. She’d opted for the latter, but in that short period of time, the only way that she could think to stop it from falling had been to reach out where the end of the towel had been moving to catch it. Having done that, though, she ended up with one of her hands on Sarai’s right breast.

“Uh…” Gabi let out.

“Sorry,” Sarai said, taking the towel and tucking it back into place, which more or less forced Gabi’s hand off her body.

“No, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to–”

“It’s fine.”

“What are you two talking about?” Enya asked.

Gabi had been startled by her and jumped back against the wall. Her robe, which had been tied at the waist, nearly came undone, but Sarai’s hand had jumped, too, and she was currently holding the two ends of the belt together to keep Gabi from being naked this time.

“Jesus,” Gabi said.

“Hey, are you three coming or not?” Arlowe asked, reappearing in the hallway.

“Yeah. Are you coming?” Enya asked.

“You knew Vi was coming over?” Sarai asked.

“She texted all of us.”

“I was in the shower,” Sarai explained while Gabi was too focused on the fact that she’d just had her hand on Sarai’s boob and Sarai still had her hand on her belt.

When her brain started working again, Gabi took control of her belt, and it made Sarai drop her hand.

“Gabi’s taking a shower now,” Sarai added. “And I need to put on some clothes. I’ll be there in a minute.”

“I really only need you a little bit,” Enya said. “It’s more about whether Gabi can come.”

“Well, why is Violet driving her ass over here when she didn’t even know if Gabi was free?” Sarai asked.

“She wanted to come for breakfast anyway,” Enya answered. “She and Stella are picking up bagels and coffee for us.”

“So, she misses us, too,” Sarai said. “It is both adorable and frightening how co-dependent we are with each other.”

“We’re not co-dependent; we just like each other,” Enya said before she walked by them. “I’ll be in the garage working until they get here.”