9 Shock and disbelief

Emma had a dream where she was fighting a three-headed monster with a three-edged sword. And then from nowhere came a tall, handsome knight, wearing an armor that had been polished to perfection.

He joined forces with her and they both fought the monster together. When it was destroyed, they came together and shared a magical kiss to the delight of their family and friends who cheered them on by singing and clapping in the background. After which they rode together on one horse into the sunset.

'What a silly dream!' Emma who was not fully awake thought and giggled with her eyes still closed. Reveling in the memory of the kiss she shared in her dream over and over again.

Pity, it was just a dream. A dream she didn't want to wake up from. She wanted to spend all day lolling in bed, just thinking about the handsome knight who made her feel hot tingling sensations down in her vagina.

The kiss they shared was indeed magic. She was so smitten that she now referred to him in her mind as 'my knight in shining armor.' And he looked so familiar... She wondered where she knew him from. Wondered why he looked so familiar and why she couldn't recall where she knew him from.

Emma finally opened her eyes and immediately close them back because the room's bright overhead light had shone directly into her pupils.

'Ughh!... Why is it so bright in here!?' She groaned inwardly with frustration towards Diane who always likes to sleep with the light on. Emma wanted to shout for her to switch the damn light off but she knew shouting would be a wasted effort since her friend sleeps like the dead.

She tried opening her eyes again. This time, slowly squinting them open to get her pupils adjusted to the brightness. She finally could see her surroundings when she opened her eyes wide... And then she opened them wider because she was shocked!.

"Where am I!? She asked herself frantically looking around her. "This is not my hostel room!?" She said again, closing her eyes immediately.

'Am I still dreaming? She wondered silently to herself. 'If this is truly a dream then I wish my knight in shining armor would show up just one more time.' She thought, then it suddenly came to her.

'Now I remember him!' She exclaimed in realization. 'I know I've met him before.' She said to herself, happily unraveling the previous night memories

She wanted to get drunk because she needed to forget the betrayal and disgusting show of shame between Diane, her best friend, and Daniel her boyfriend.

It was at the bar that she met her knight in shining armor. She giggled at the look on his face when she referred to him as her grandma. One thing leads to another and they started kissing.

The kiss they shared was out of this world! She has never been kissed like that before in her life. Then she recalled he asked if she wanted to get out of there and she answered yes!...'

Emma's eyes suddenly flew wide open at that realization. 'He asked me if I wanted to leave the bar with him and I answered yes!?' She thought in disbelief to herself

She was appalled when she recalled leaving the lounge with him, kissing and cuddling each other on their way to the Lakes hotel. Now she remembered entering the room, the frantic kisses, and how they both struggle to take each other's cloth off.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" She exclaimed several times and suddenly sat up in bed out of shock. Immediately she sat up, she felt light-headed and laid back again. After some minutes that she felt the dizziness had passed, she slowly sat up yet again.

"I'm in a hotel room... And I'm naked!?" She whispered that fact to herself in disbelief. She peeked under the duvet like she wanted to be sure that she was truly naked from the waist down.

"Oh my God! What have I done!?" She gasped. "How did this happened!? I wasn't even drunk, so how did I end up going to a hotel room with a stranger for goodness sake!?..." She continually murmured to herself in astonishment.

Suddenly, she hurriedly got down from the bed on shaky legs and made a beeline for the bathroom, barely having the time to squat in front of the toilet before she let loose the content of her stomach.

She felt nauseous, weak, and depressed. Her legs were still shaking when she unsteadily moved towards the huge bathtub and sat inside perplexed, hugging her knees close to her chest.

She opened the faucet and watched as warm water gushed out, till it filled the tub to the brim. The memory of the kiss she was reveling in forgotten as she tried to figure out how her life could be so messy all of a sudden.

'Was I drugged!? She asked herself with a frown of concentration etched into her forehead. 'But who would want to drug me? Nobody knew I was going to be at that lounge at that time, even I didn't know myself... I just found myself entering inside...

And he couldn't have done something to my drink because he arrived at the bar after I've had like four shots... Or could it be the kiss? Could I have lost my mind as a result of the kiss!?...'

So many thoughts running through her mind but non made sense. What she was sure of was that it all started with the kiss. She remembered walking inside this room with him but nothing after that.

'Maybe we didn't do anything. He might have left when be thought I was drunk...' A tiny ray of hope flashed in her mind.

'But if we didn't do anything, then why was I naked? Why was my vagina sour!?...' She debunked the idea herself?

She slowly brought her hand towards her vagina, and tentatively felt around its entrance with a finger, checking if it was truly sore or she was just imagining it.

"Yeah! I'm sore alright." She confirmed her fear. After some time, when the bathwater had completely gone cold, she stepped out of the tub and grabbed a towel, wrapping herself in its warmth.

She walked out of the bathroom just in time to see a white linen-covered trolley being pushed in by a young, beautiful lady that had room service Joy engraved on her shirt.

"Good morning ma'am." She warmly smiled towards Emma and deftly started arranging the food on the small dining table. When she was done she reached inside her apron and brought out a clasp closure manila envelope.

"A package for you ma'am." She smilingly extended the envelope towards Emma

"Oh... Thanks" Emma said as she received the package, wondering what was inside and from whom it came. When room service joy left, Emma got dressed and moved towards the table where divinely delicious aroma had been wafting from into her nose.

Under the plate, warmer was a full English breakfast of toast, eggs, baked beans, bacon, and sausages. Plus beverages options of coffee and tea.

The food looked delicious and inviting but she knew she couldn't eat anything as her mouth tasted metallic and her stomach still felt queasy. She put the lead back on the plate, took a bottle of water, and drank it in one go.

The envelope was plain. There was nothing written on it about where it came from. Emma opened it and checked the content.

Inside were another two separate envelopes and a stapled handwritten note. One of the envelopes was white and Emma could see through it. It obviously had money in it.

She removed the pin holding the note together and read what was written inside...

{Here's some cash. Hope it's enough to cover what you charge per night... And the smaller envelope contains morning-after pills. Guess we were both too drunk to remember protection.}

The note flutter out of her hand...

'What I charge per night!?' She thought aghast. 'He thought I was a prostitute!?'

Emma grabbed for the second envelope and Indeed it contained different morning-after pills. She plopped back onto the bed and felt her stomach knotted painfully.

Staring into space, she recalled her grandmother's stern warning that she never failed to remind her of all the time...

'Ayinke, wherever you go... Whatever you do, always have it at the back of your mind that you are a special being. It is detrimental to your health and future to have sexual relations with any man that is not your husband.'