My eyes fluttered open, gazing at my blurry surroundings as they came into focus. I suddenly became aware that the room was not my own. The walls were decorated with neon lights and statues, certainly not my room at my cousin’s. I rolled on to my back and stared up at myself in the mirror over the bed. I noticed a body lying next to me and felt fear and dread build in my stomach. I slowly reached over to uncover the sleeping person, shaking slightly. I pulled the green comforter back with one yank, revealing a blond head.
My heart rate quadrupled, and I looked under the blankets to find myself in an oversized Nirvana tee-shirt. Panicked, I shook Nick roughly, hoping to wake him from his normally deep sleep. His eyes opened groggily, slowly widening when he saw my perturbed face.
"Where the hell am I?" I raised my voice, sitting up in the king size bed.
"Steph, I can explain…" He started, his face flushed softly.
"You better damn well explain! I know for a fact I didn’t wear this to the club!" I stated loudly, referring to the black tee shirt.
"Well, I… umm, well…" Nick stuttered helplessly, fidgeting uncontrollably with the sheets.
"Spit it out Carter!" I yelled, making him duck his head slightly. He looked up at me with those eyes that you can stay mad at and my face soften.
"Well, you were falling asleep on me in the club and Theresa and Aj looked like they were too busy to take you home and I didn’t wanna leave you at Aj’s by yourself. So I brought you home with me, and I thought you freak out more than you already have if I put you in one of the guestrooms. So I let you sleep in here with me, so you’d at least wake up to a familiar face." Nick explained, licking his sleep-swollen lips slowly and brushing bits of hair from his face.
"That still doesn’t explain about my clothes." I muttered, remembering I hadn’t worn anything under my tank top or leather pants to the club.
"Well, I knew you wouldn’t be comfortable in leather pants so I, um, gave you my favorite Nirvana tee-shirt and you got changed in the bathroom." He said softly, a casual blush rising to his face.
"Umm, if I was half asleep, there is no way I could have gotten out of those pants…"
"Okay, I helped, but I didn’t look, I swear!" Nick protected himself, keeping his eyes downcast.
"So you undressed me blind?"
"Alright, I looked, damn it." His face was glowing a shade of pink-red and he refused to even look up at me.
"It’s alright, I guess, Nick. At least you helped me get out of those damn pants." I tried to smile but I was too embarrassed to.
He just looked up at me disbelieving that I was not completely flipping out. He actually succeeded at a smile and brushed some dark hair from my face. Before I even knew what happened, Nick’s mouth covered mine. I jerked away immediately, not sure what he was doing.
"What did you do that for?" I asked, scooting away from him slowly.
Nick suddenly grabbed me around my waist and pulled me to him, until there little space left between us.
"Why are you acting like this?" I stared at him in mild surprise at his question. My mouth opened and closed soundless.
"Because your confusing the shit out of me. You have been contradicting everything I’ve ever thought about us. You’re fucking with my mind and feelings until I don’t know what I feel for you anymore…" I murmured, keeping myself from looking into his eyes.
Nick cupped my face in his hands and made me look up at him. "If I tell you how I feel for you, you have to tell me exactly what you feel towards me. Okay?"
I sighed deeply and nodded against his palms, preparing myself to tell the truth, no matter how it affected us.
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Theresa woke slowly, shuddering in the chill of the room. She reached over for her blanket and felt a muscled arm. She cautiously turned over to see Aj’s sleeping face. A smile crossed her lips as her eyes traveled down his naked body. He was resting on his stomach keeping Theresa from seeing anything indecent. Her hand still rested on his strong arm, tracing down over the ink theater mask printed on his arm.
Aj stirred from sleep and peeked out one eye, noticing Theresa’s smiling face and allowed his eyes to drink in her beauty. He let his eyes roam over her face and down to her shoulders. He jerked his gaze back up when he realized she was nude. Suddenly memories and feelings flooded his head from the previous night.
Theresa sighed and moved closer to Aj’s lean body. But when she felt her bare hip brush against his, she became aware of her nudity. She felt her face get hot as images of last night played in her mind. Her face immediately met Aj’s and noticed his eyes regarding her intently.
"Morning…" He muttered, trying to keep a calm face, even though hers was rapidly growing hot.
"What did we do last night?" Her voice was hoarse from last night, making her cough abruptly.
"Umm, well, we both got a little wasted and I think we had sex." He explained smoothly, knowing that they had actually gone all the way.
"Hmm, you think! Well I think you’re right." Theresa voice raised slightly, tears of panic and humiliation flooded her eyes. Aj slowly wrapped an arm over her and allowed her closer to him for comfort. Her hot tears rained over his chest, making his heart ache painfully.
"Theresa, it’s alright, calm down. It’s…" He started but shut his mouth when she sobbed harder. He stroked her hair until she calmed down enough to speak again.
"How can you honestly tell me to calm down when I’m just a rebound for you after Amanda?" She stared up at him with wet baby blue eyes.
"You’re not a rebound after Amanda. This wouldn’t have happened if somewhere deep inside of us we wanted it to." Aj tried to smile, but found it was impossible. He had fallen for her, but how could he have done this to her?
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"I’ll say it first, then no matter what you say, I’m always gonna be your friend. Okay?" Nick said, still not releasing me from his strong arms. I nodded, yet wanted to run away. I was so scared of what he had to say. He smiled and kissed my forehead and began, "Ever since I met you those six years ago, you’ve been the only girl I dreamed of. And now that I’ve gotten to see you again, I’ve fallen in love with you all over again."
I fought back the tears welling in my eyes and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, keeping him as close to me as I could.
"Nick, when I first came back here, I had feelings for someone, then you started screwing up everything I ever thought and made me fall for you. I just didn’t want to ruin the friendship we have. You mean to much to me to risk screwing up everything."
Nick pushed me away from his shoulders and wiped the tears off my cheeks, a few tears sparkling in his eyes as well. He kissed me gently, slowly, deeply. His hands helped me onto his lap, as our tongues twisted and writhed against each other. My fingers tangled in his soft blond hair, holding him to me without a thought of what we were doing. But when his hand slipped under the tee shirt I wore, I pulled away from his mouth.
"That was really nice…" I murmured breathlessly, nuzzling my nose against his cheek. He caressed my arm and exhaled next to my ear.
"It could get a lot better…" His lips met my neck and for a brief moment I wanted to let him do anything to me. I wanted to feel his hands on me, his lips all over me, his hot… My thoughts stopped there and I shivered, feeling his lips pushing down the neck-line of the tee shirt. His hands were slowly pushing my tee shirt up over my bare hips when I stopped him again.
"Nick, we can’t do this now. It’s too sudden for me. I mean, I’m sorry but I can’t…" His lips silenced me, comforting and startling in the same instant.
"I understand… I want it to be special too and I agree it’s too soon." He smiled softly at me and kissed my nose. "What do you say we go check on Bone and Trease, she was certainly giving him hell last night…"
"Yeah let’s go…"
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