I shove Arrick off me so hard, so impulsively, he has no way to counteract, flailing and falling off with a massive thump onto the floor on his back, arms out and elbow hitting the coffee table with an enormous thud that sends everything rattling. He groans on the floor as I dash up in a panic and somehow manage to stand on his abdomen.

“Jesus, Sophie.” He groans through the ‘ooffft’ noise as I recoil my legs.

“It’s my parents… I forgot they said they would drop by ...