“Nathan! What are you doing?” She asked
“Come on baby, you know you want me” He said grabbing her wrists.
“Stop it! You’re drunk and don’t know what you’re doing”
“Listen bitch, I’m gonna make your wildest dreams come true” He said, pinning her against the bed.
“No! Get off me! Somebody help me!” She said.
“Shut up! No one needs to hear you scream……”
Kristen sat up in bed, sweat and tears pouring down her face. She quickly jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom. She turned on the faucet and splashed her face with cold water, crying the whole time. *What am I going to do? I’m never going to be able to get through this. Not alone anyway.* She thought. She turned off the faucet and leaned against the bathroom wall, holding her knees to her chest and leaning her head on her knees.
AJ had heard the commotion and went into the bathroom to see what was going on. He found Kristen sitting there, crying her eyes out.
“Kristen, are you okay?” He asked concerned. She just sat there and cried harder.
“I had a nightmare…..about what happened….six months ago” She said in between sobs.
“Shhh, come here. It’s gonna be alright” AJ said as he hugged Kristen.
“Can you just hold me for awhile?” She asked, calming down a little.
“Sure, just as long as you try to sleep” He said but she had already fallen asleep.
AJ slowly picked her up and carried her into her room. He placed her on the bed and then laid down beside her. He then moved the covers over the top of the both of them. Kristen stirred in her sleep, moving closer to AJ.
“I can get use to this” He said to himself smiling.
*Meanwhile*
Amy could barely sleep. All she kept thinking about was Brian and the kiss. *I have Josh, I don’t need Brian. Right? This is so hard. I can’t talk to Brian, I’ll just ignore him. That’s it, I’ll ignore him. Easier said then done.* She finally just gave up and went to the bathroom. She walked in only to find Brian walking in at the same time. He was wearing a wife-beater and plaid pajama pants and she was wearing a T-shirt and boxers.
“Brian….what are you doing in here?”
“This is my bathroom….plus I couldn’t sleep”
“Oh. I guess we’re sharing it then. I couldn’t sleep either”
“Oh. I can wait if you need to use it”
“It’s okay, I just wanted to get a drink of water”
“Me too. Listen, I’m sorry…about what happened tonight” He said.
“It’s totally understandable. I mean you have a girlfriend, right?” She said.
“Actually, I just broke up with her, and you have a boyfriend, right?”
“Right, so I mean we should just be friends and nothing more”
“Absolutely. We kissed because of the tension that’s all…..” He said, trailing off as they both walked closer to each other.
“Exactly……..” She said, trailing off as well.
They were both inches away from each other. Brian took her chin into his hand while he put his other hand at the small of her back as their lips met for what seemed like a third time that night. He then took his hand from her chin and wrapped it around her back to meet the other hand, bringing her closer to him. Amy, on the other hand, was playing with the curls at the base of his neck with her hands as the kiss had deepened. He began to kiss her jawline and then nibbled on her earlobe as his hands were finding their way under her shirt.
“What do you think you’re doing?” She asked.
“What are you talking about?” He asked .
“I can’t believe you. What do you think I mean?” She said moving away from him.
“We were making out and the last time I checked, it takes two people to do that”
“I didn’t know making out involved letting your hands venture under my shirt!”
“Well, I’m sorry if I scared you but you didn’t seem to have a problem before”
“There was never a ‘before’ so I suggest you get your facts straight. You can also forget this ever happened” She yelled.
“Fine, I guess I’ll forget it ever happened like I forgot everything else happened”
“You asshole! Don’t you dare talk to me that way”
“Then stop blaming all your problems on me” He said.
“That’s it!” She yelled and punched him so hard he fell to the floor.
“Owwww! You bitch, how could you do that?” He asked covering his eye.
“Would you like me to demonstrate again because believe me, I’d be glad to!”
“I’m going back to bed. A lot of good getting a drink of water did” He added sarcastically, walking back into his room.
Amy fell to the floor and sobbed. *Why am I doing this to myself? I should just forget about that asshole. If only it were that easy.* That made her cry even harder until she couldn’t cry anymore, falling asleep on the bathroom floor.
Brian was trying his hardest to go back to sleep, but couldn’t considering what just happened and his eye was throbbing with pain. *I’ll just go in and apologize. That’s all I have to do, apologize. This is going to be hard* He walked into the bathroom and noticed that Amy had fallen asleep on the floor. He could see she had cried herself to sleep because her face was stained with tears. He leaned over and moved a strand of hair out of her face.
“What have I done? I am so sorry I ever ruined your life and wish I could take back everything I said to hurt you. It’s just that I like you but it can never happen. Especially since you’re dating someone and I just got over a break-up. I wish this was easier” He said, hoping that Amy had heard at least a part of that but she didn’t move an inch. “It was worth a try”
He then picked her up slowly and walked into her room, lying her down on the bed. He took the covers and pulled them up to her chin. He then leaned down and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
“Sweet dreams” He said and walked back to his room.
What Brian didn’t know was that Amy DID hear the whole thing. She slowly opened her eyes and started to cry once more.
“What did I do to deserve this?” She asked to no one in particular “I wish this was easier too, Brian” Shortly after, she fell asleep.