"Ugh." She grumbled as she rolled to her side and burrowed herself deeper into the fluffy quilt that was covering her body. She sighed happily when she found a comfortable spot in the large bed and was just about to drift back into unconsciousness when a sigh made her freeze. Her eyes snapped open and she stared into the walk-in closet that was just a couple feet in front of her.
This was not her apartment. Those plaid shirts were not hers and neither were the black Converses that were lying randomly by the side of the bed. The bed shifted underneath her and a warm body was pressed up against her side. A warm, naked body.
Shit. She cursed herself silently, she had done it again. Usually when this happened, she was gone as soon as the guy fell asleep, but apparently she had let herself fall asleep, too. She turned her head slightly to look behind her and came face to face with the cutest guy ever, and apparently the guy she slept with last night.
She squinted a little and groaned lightly as the side effects of a major hangover started to set in. She took in the sight of the brunette who was snoring lightly into the pillow that was rested beneath his head. What was his name again? Kevin…Kyle…Kris. That's the one. She remembered because he had made it a point to tell her that it was spelled with a 'K', not a 'Ch'. Kris….Kris something. She was fuzzy on the last name, but that really didn't matter. She would be gone before they could have a confrontation anyway.
She slowly lifted herself from the bed and untangled herself carefully, trying not to wake the sleeping cutie. She remembered Adam telling her that he was from the South, Alabama? Mississippi? She wasn't sure, but he was a southern boy with a cute drawl that she loved. That was one of the main reasons Adam had introduced her to him, that and apparently he was her type. Cute? Yes. Brunette? Yes. Funny? Yes. Friendly? Oh yeah.
She couldn't deny that she was extremely attracted to him as she dressed herself in the jeans and tank top that she had worn last night. Too bad they wouldn't see each other again. She had made sure that they didn't trade numbers and made it a point to not talk too much about their personal lives. Things always got messy when you talked too much.
As she finished lacing up her boots, she grabbed her jacket and looked around the small bedroom making sure she wasn't leaving behind any evidence that suggested her and this Kris guy had even met each other. Finding the room clear of any of her belongings, she glanced at the still sleeping man one last time. He was really cute. Too bad things hadn't been different.
She softly closed the door behind her and made her way out of the small apartment, trying to remember the way out seeing as how she was pre-occupied the night before when they had come in. Finally finding the door, she opened it and stepped out into the brightly lit hallway and made her way to the elevator at the other end.
She had no clue where she was, so as soon as she got outside she looked for a street sign. Lexington and 12th. This meant she was on the totally opposite side of town that her own apartment was. She groaned and hailed a taxi, which wasn't exactly easy on a Thursday morning in L.A.
When one finally stopped, she directed the Israeli driver to her apartment complex and settled into the seat thinking about the Southern cutie she left back at his apartment. Her phone ringing brought her out of her daydream and she pulled her phone out of her pocket, without looking at the ID she answered it already knowing who it was.
"Yes, Adam?" she smiled when she heard him yelling at Drake about his snakeskin boots he had just bought a week ago in Italy.
"Good morning, doll." Adam said brightly after he huffed at Drake, "So, I wake up this morning and you're not in your room. Which, in my opinion, only means one thing. You slept at his place." Adam said smugly and she could just imagine the smirk that was on his face.
"You know this is your fault, right?" she said annoyingly and rubbed her forehead, before digging in her purse for some Advil, "If you would have just let me be and not have fed me all those shots last night, I wouldn't have been so tired and wouldn't have fallen asleep."
Adam huffed, "Whatever. So, is he awake yet? I wanna talk to him." He sounded just a little too excited in her opinion.
"I left before he woke up. I'm in a cab, on my way home as we speak." She deadpanned and Adam whined a little.
"Alliiiiii, Why do you always do this? You looked like you where having a good time with him last night, and I could tell that he really liked you." Adam sounded like a 5-year-old who was just told that he couldn't have a puppy.
She rolled her eyes, "Adam, you know why. And I was having a good time, and I really liked him, too. But, you know I can't. Besides, didn't you tell me that he just got out of a relationship, too?"
"Marriage, Alli. He was married. And he hasn't exactly been in any other relationship since then, or before then for that matter. He married her right out of high school." Adam explained to a somewhat bored Alli.
"Who marries right out of high school?" Alli asked as she paid the driver and got out of the taxi, "And to the first person you have ever dated? Everyone knows those relationships don't last."
"Alli, he's from a small town in Arkansas where everybody knows each other. There wasn't much of a variety."
"Well, apparently there was for his ex, didn't she cheat on him?" Alli asked, starting to remember some of the details that Adam had told her about Kris before he introduced them.
"Yeah, with his best friend. Well, ex-best friend. I currently hold the title of best friend with him now." He announced proudly, Alli could hear the grin and she rolled her eyes as she pushed open the door to her apartment complex.
"Whatever, look I'm downstairs, I'll see you in a couple minutes." She said, waiting for the elevator.
"Okay, see you soon." Adam said hanging up. She laughed out loud when she heard him start yelling at Drake about his boots again before the line went dead.
Finally, the elevator doors opened and Alli walked on to it, pressing the 23rd floor and relaxing against the wall as the small room moved to the top floor of the building. When the elevator jolted to a stop, she walked out the doors and just a few feet to the left before opening the door to the large, 3 bedroom, penthouse apartment she shared with Adam and his boyfriend, Drake.
"Ugh, seriously? Go to your room if you're gonna do that." She said as she spotted Adam groping Drake on the large, black couch that sat in the middle of their living room. Apparently, they had forgot all about the boots, which were thrown near the closet, and moved on to more important things. Well, at least that's what Drake would say.
"Alli, go shower and get dressed. We have a plane to catch remember?" Adam said in between kisses that Drake was showering over him.
"Ugh, man. I completely forgot about that," she huffed and kicked her boots off, "Do I have to go? Can't Brad or Cassidy go with you instead?"
"We already had this conversation. Drake has work and Brad and Cassidy have that big ball this weekend for gay rights. Besides you promised." Adam pointed out as Drake smothered his neck with kisses.
Alli rolled her eyes and walked past the gross couple to the kitchen grabbing a bottle of water and heading towards her room, "Fine, but you owe me." She called out.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Adam called back, but it was muffled my Drake attacking his lips again.
Alli sighed and peeled off her clothes from the night before, stripping and walking into her joint bathroom. She really wished she hadn't made that promise to Adam, if it's one thing Alli hates, it's breaking promises. She turned on the water and checked the temperature before climbing in and shutting the glass door behind her.
She sighed happily as the warm water rinsed her body clean of the night before, making it all just a distant, fuzzy memory now. Hopefully this plane ride across the country wouldn't be too bad. Adam had bought them coach tickets, so that was a plus. She didn't even know where they were going, somewhere in Arkansas-maybe. She didn't know. It was a wedding for a family member of one of Adam's friends. Apparently Adam was considered family and had to be there, with a date, which is where Alli came in.
All she knew was that Adam was the only one she would know and she was more than likely going to be introduced to a million and one people. Great, let the fun begin.