Her shoulders were sore, bruised even and so was her back. She thought back as to how she got that way. Last night. With David. Against the walls of her penthouse. The one that she and her fiancé had still shared as of last week. She tried not to think about it, but she couldn't get it out of her head. And her body didn't cease to remind her every time she moved.

"David, this can't ever happen again. I love Jack." She told him pulling her dress up over her shoulders.

"Jack? What's going on with Caleb?" He said zipping up his pants and buttoning up what was left of the buttons on his shirt.

"There's nothing going on with Caleb."

"Whatever you say Erica."

"David, I don't know what you think you saw, but Caleb and I are just working together."

"No wonder Jack moved out. You can't even admit to yourself you want Caleb. Although you never have been able to admit to things like that."

"I don't know what you're talking about David. Finish getting dressed and get out of here."

"You're throwing me out now? Because I gave you what you needed or because I'm right and you don't like it?"

"David, you don't know me anymore. This was a one time thing and we both know it. Now I have a meeting with Jack, so you need to go."

"Oh really? I never pictured you the type to fuck and run. I guess things really have changed."

"Really David this can't ever happen again. And you won't mention this to anyone right?"

"You know I respect you too much to tell anyone about it, no matter how much I'd love the look on Jack's face when I tell him I fucked you against every wall in this place." He said with a wicked grin.

"David." She said in a scolding tone, not liking him actually talking about what they did out loud. It actually made her feel kind of dirty. Although she really didn't seem to mind an hour ago.

"Alright, I'm going. You have my number, just in case." He said with a wink. She opened the door and slammed it shut and rested her back against it, eyes closed. What had she just done? She loved Jack. She liked Caleb. And she just had sex with David.

Her life was a mess. At least she could put last night behind her now. Never again.

He almost couldn't believe what had happened a few hours before. He had gone to gone to see her, just to see if she could help him get his license back. Never did he imagine that he would end up staying all night, and doing what they did.

"David, what are you doing here?" She said when she answered the door.

"I need a favor."

"I already got you pardoned David, you said you'd keep it a secret. You said I was done."

"I know I said that, and I meant it, but things aren't going so smoothly with the hospital board. They won't reinstate my license without PVH agreeing to my practicing there."

"Can't you do anything yourself? You always said about getting things on your own, your male pride." She said frustrated. Jack had told her he couldn't put up with her and Caleb working together anymore, so she had told Caleb she was done with Cortlandt Electronics and that he needed to stay away from her, so that Jack would come back. It had been a horrible day already. She didn't need David making demands.

"Well my male pride is a little wounded as it is. But if I can get reinstated Erica, I swear I'll volunteer at the Miranda Center. I need this Erica. I'm trying to be a better man. Without this, I'm nothing."

"Well right now I HAVE NOTHING David. I don't have time for this or YOU." She said, practically pushing him out the door.

"What is it? Maybe I can help?" He said looking for something he could do to persuade her to help him.

"You can't. Just go."

"I want to help Erica." He said, taking hold of her arm before she walked away.

"You can't help me with this. Get out." She said, a flash of anger coming over her at him for grabbing her arm. She turned and pushed him against the wall. Instead of wanting to kill him she felt something else. She was angry, not really at him, but at Jack and Caleb. And that nothing was going her way.

"What has got you so wound up?" He said looking at her, her eyes staring back into his. She didn't hear any of his words, she couldn't. Her head was empty, numb. She didn't even say anything, instead she kissed him, and hard. He didn't say anything, he couldn't. Her lips were pressed too hard against his. So he just went with it. He kissed her back just as hard as she had fistfuls of his shirt in her hands now, pushing him hard against the wall. It was pretty much a blur after that. He took her and spun her around, pushing her against the wall. He shut the door with one hand as neither of them broke that first kiss. She ripped his shirt open and he pulled her dress off of her shoulders, the zipper undoing itself as he did.

None of it was nice. Maybe he was too rough with her, he thought. It even killed him to think that she liked it that rough. What did he care now? She was after two men and he was, well in the middle of nothing. He supposed last night was just the beginning of good times as a bachelor. Maybe he'd check out a few nurses once he got his license back. But then there was Liza. She was single now and alone. He'd always had a thing for that woman. Yes Liza he thought. He preferred another go around with Erica, but they both agreed. Never again.