A little more than an hour later AJ and I were ready to leave the club and I began searching the club to tell Emily and Brian about our plans. "I have no clue where they could be," I said to AJ. We had been looking for them for about 15 minutes.
"Doesn't Emily have her cell phone with her?" AJ asked. I laughed,
" That's crazy AJ…why would I call her? She could be twenty feet away for all I know." The crowd in the club had gotten so huge that Emily could have literally been right next to me and I wouldn't have known.
"Just give her a call," AJ insisted. We walked over to the bar and took a seat and I pulled my cell phone from my pocket and hit the number one because Emily was on my speed dial. The phone rang a few times and finally Emily picked up.
"Hello?" Emily said sweetly into the phone.
"Hey Em! Where are you guys?" I asked.
"I'm at Brian's house," Emily said, trying to hide her excitement. "We left the club about a half hour ago."
"I've been looking everywhere for you," I said.
"Sorry," Emily said with a giggle.
"AJ and I are going to leave the club so I just wanted to let you know," I said. "When are you going to be home?"
"I'm probably just going to stay here for the night…our house was so far from the club and Brian was real tired…" Emily explained.
"Coolies…call me tomorrow and let me know what's up."
"Okay, bye!" Emily said happily.
"Bye Em!" I said. I turned the phone off and put it back in my pocket. "Emily's staying at Brian's tonight."
"Really?" AJ asked in shock.
"Yeah," I said, nodding my head.
"Okay…so what do you want to do?" AJ asked.
"Mind driving me home?" I asked. "It's getting late."
"Sure," AJ said. He took my hand and led me out of the club and to his truck. About half way to the house I noticed AJ was practically falling asleep at the wheel.
"Want me to drive the rest of the way?" I offered.
"That'd be great," AJ said, pulling the car over to the side of the road. He got out of the car and walked to the passenger's side as I slid over to the driver's side of the car.
"I think I had a little too much to drink," AJ admitted, holding his head.
"Got a headache?" I asked.
"Yeah, really bad one too…and I'm exhausted," AJ said.
"Well…you know…um, if you wanted you could…stay at my house for the night," I offered, biting my lower lip nervously.
"You sure?" AJ asked, raising his eyebrows. I shrugged my shoulders, "Why not?"
"Okay," AJ said with a smile. "Thanks." We got back to the house about 15 or 20 minutes later.
"I'll show you to the guest room," I offered, heading upstairs. AJ followed me. "My room is just down the end of the hall, okay?" I said, opening the door to an extra bedroom for AJ.
"Thanks," AJ said, walking inside the room.
"Okay…so I'll see you in the morning," I said with a smile as I headed to my room.
"See ya," AJ said.
I walked down to the other end of the hall and into my room. I picked out my favorite pair of PJ's to wear-shorts and a tank top in a cloud pattern-and then walked over to my stereo system. I picked out any random CD from my massive collection and put it on. It turned out to be Godsmack, which was great because I was in a real Godsmackish mood. I walked into the bathroom that joined my room to Emily's and washed the make up off my face and brushed out my hair. Finally, I changed into my pajamas and walked back into my room where I began to unmake my bed, completely unaware that AJ standing in the doorway and watching me. I finished up with my bed and turned around, realizing AJ was watching me.
I laughed nervously, "Whatcha looking at?"
"You," AJ said flirtatiously.
"Oh really?" I asked, flirting right back. "Anything in particular about me that you find intriguing?"
AJ looked me up and down, "It all looks pretty good to me."
I laughed and walked over to AJ, "You look pretty good yourself."
AJ just smiled and pulled me towards him, wrapping his arms around my waist and looking into my eyes and then kissing me passionately. Still kissing me, he led me over to my bed and got on top of me. He pressed his body up against mine, making me fully aware of how excited he was.
I broke the kiss, giggling a little, "Down boy." AJ laughed softly and kissed me again. He ran his hands all over my body and finally removed my shirt, kissing the newly exposed skin. After this his automatic reaction was to remove my shorts.
"Wait," I said, breathlessly. "This is stupid AJ." I pushed him off of me and sat up, putting my clothes back on. I stood up from the bed and took AJ's hand, leading him over to my bedroom door and pushing him out in to the hall.
"I'm sorry AJ…it's wrong. I-I can't do this," I said, shaking my head. I closed the door and stood with my back up against it. I waited until I heard him walk down the hall and then close his door, and then I turned my stereo off and got in bed where I tried unsuccessfully to fall asleep.
*****At the Same Time*****
Emily sat on the couch next to Brian, watching him as he watched TV. She slid closer to him and placed her head on his shoulder. Brian looked over at her, wondering what she was doing.
"I'm cold," Emily lied, looking up into Brian's eyes.
"Oh…umm…want a blanket?" Brian asked. Emily sighed, "No…I'm fine. I think I'll just go to bed."
"Sounds like a good idea," Brian said, turning off the TV. "I'll show you to your room." Brian headed upstairs and Emily followed him. He showed her to her room and gave her a quick hug and then headed to his room.
Emily sat down on the edge of the bed, wondering why Brian showed absolutely no interest in her. She sat there for nearly an hour, just thinking about stuff and finally got up and headed down to Brian's room. She knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in," Brian said. Emily walked into Brian's room. The lights were on and he was in bed, wide awake and watching the small TV that was in his room.
"I couldn't sleep," Emily said.
"Me neither," Brian said with a sigh. "Come here," he said, patting the spot next to him in bed. Emily walked over and cautiously sat down next to Brian in bed.
"Anything good on TV?" Emily asked.
Brian shook his head, "Nothing." He turned off the TV and faced Emily.
"Oh…too bad," Emily said, not knowing what else to say.
"Cold still?" Brian asked. Emily shrugged her shoulders.
"Get under the covers," Brian offered, in a friendly manner.
Emily smiled and got under the covers with Brian.
"Emily?" Brian asked quietly.
"Yeah?"
"Um…if you wanted…you could…you could stay in my room for the night," Brian offered.
"I'd like that," Emily said.
They were both silent for a moment, not knowing what to say or do. Brian finally broke the silence, "Em?"
"Uh huh."
"This probably sounds stupid but…would you…I mean, do think that we could…could we just lie here all night and hold each other?" Brian asked nervously. Emily was silent for a moment, completely swept away.
"Okay," Emily finally managed to say in a barely audible tone. Brian smiled and turned out the light by his bed.
Brian reached out and pulled Emily close to him. He kissed her lightly on the cheek.
"Goodnight Emily," Brian whispered.
"Goodnight," Emily whispered back.
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