An uncomfortable dream is pushing April to avoid Will but he is insistent on helping her through school. After an awkward accident at her apartment Will sees April an a compromising way encouraging thoughts about her that he didn't fully believe were even there. Who will break first and admit that there is a physical connection between them?
April was grabbing her coffee from the vendor outside of the hospital before heading into work. She was still on the night shift and still juggling school. Her last two exams had been successful thanks to her colleagues and she was preparing for her last test before her cumulative finals. The vendor was so used to April purchasing coffee from him before and after work that he just prepared a small cup of coffee the way she liked like clockwork. They would exchange money, a nod, and April would be off to work or speeding home to study and do homework. She was determined not to ask for anymore help from Maggie or Will. Especially Will. After having that dream lately she had found it hard to look him in the eye. The dream aroused her she couldn't deny it, her body sure didn't, but she couldn't decide if it was because Connor was in the dream or if it was Will's presence. The easy decision was that she didn't have too much time to really dwell on it. The harsh reality was that April kind of needed to let off some steam the kind that involved another human lying on top of her. She hadn't been with anyone since Connor. Just then a horrible idea invaded her thoughts "I wonder if he's been with anyone…I wonder if he's seeing Sam?" April's face sunk and her eyes started to fill with tears.
"Hey," Will's voice snapped her out of her dread.
"Hey," April said looking down and away.
She didn't want him to study her face too much and his vicinity to her reminded her of the dream, her cheeks started to burn as she began walking towards the hospital doors. Will's eye caught her avoidance and he matched her steps toward the hospital entrance.
"I feel like I haven't seen you in a while; how's everything going?" Will asked looking forward.
He was hoping if she didn't look at him she would feel more comfortable divulging what was wrong.
"Things are good. I'm still really busy especially with finals coming up in the next couple of weeks, and I have the last course material exams in a couple of my classes before the end of the year cumulative finals. It's a bit overwhelming but I'm dealing," April had regained some of her composure that she lost moments before.
"Well, I'm still here if you need anyone to bounce ideas off of," Will said reassuringly.
She needed to bounce off something alright. April's face felt flush again.
"Will, that's really kind of you, but you and Maggie have done enough for me. I really can't ask for any more of your time," April answered still looking at the ground as they got to main doors of the hospital.
"April, you aren't taking any of my time. I'm offering, and I like hanging out it gives me something to do besides staring obsessively at my excel financial spreadsheet for hours," Will said with a laugh.
April burst out laughing at the idea of him at home doing that; eyes bugged and crazed.
"I'm free tomorrow afternoon," April said.
It was kind of a jerk move she knew he worked relentlessly and that Thursday was really his only day or night to do anything but she was hoping he'd say no until she washed her mind of them kissing.
"Okay, you want to start early?" Will answered without hesitation.
April's eyes widened for a second and with a phony smile she answered.
"Yeah, great."
….
April was trying her best to clean up around her house. The weeks of studying, work, sleep, and repeat had left her apartment a total mess. Will would be arriving soon and she was doing her best to make sure he had a clear spot to sit at either her table or her couch. The knock at the door was definitely Will who was always punctual so she yelled for him to come in so she could finish cleaning.
"Hey," Will said watching April get a hold of the chaos in her house.
She was zipping around; throwing away junk mail, and putting things back to their rightful places as quickly as possible. He set down the iced coffees he brought over and smiled at her.
"Hey Will," she said with a sheepish smile at the mess, "Should we get started?"
Will nodded as he sat on the couch. April went to the table and sat down. She cracked her book open and fired a series of questions at Will. He stood up to pace a bit while he gave the answers and shot questions back at her about why the procedures were done the way they were done. He picked up one of the coffees and brought it over to her. He walked behind her still answering a question and bent down over her shoulder to place the coffee down. April could smell his cologne; cedar and orange zest filled her nostrils.
"How about this?" Will said and placed another one on her neck.
April flinched quickly knocking the cup over into her lap. The coffee hit the floor splashing brown liquid all over the wall and on Will's clothes.
"Whoa!" Will yelped.
"Shit! Oh my god I'm so sorry!" April moved quickly to the kitchen to grab Will a towel.
When she turned around his t-shirt was partially soaked sticking to his chest and showing peak-a-boo outlines of the splendor underneath. April darted her eyes away.
"I have a stackable, if you want I can throw your clothes in so they won't stain," April said embarrassed to look at him again.
"I didn't exactly bring a change of clothes," Will answered his cheeks were flush at the thought and at April whose skin was glistening from the liquid.
"I think I have something that will fit you," April said while walking to her room.
She emerged with a pair of sweatpants, a tank top, and the hoodie he left at her place.
"You left this here," April's cheeks were fully flushed now at thought of smelling Will's hoodie.
Will went to her bathroom to change, when he emerged April was gone. He walked over to her room with his clothes in hand. Her door wasn't fully closed again. Her room was a nightmare; there were clothes everywhere, on the floor, and amiss the piles of laundry there was April. All the way down to a pair of lace panties; her braless toned back catching the light to give definition to her all the grooves, muscles, and curve of her backside. She turned around but she was looking down at the pile of clothes for a bra and a shirt. Will turned away quickly but he had already seen all of her. Those two perfect breasts smooth and perky; her velvety nipples, all that glowing brown skin reflecting off the light.
"Jesus…. c'mon Will that's creepy, don't be a creep," he thought.
But his body was already betraying him. He could feel the rise in his sweatpants. He took a deep breath in and thought about the digestive system in graphic detail.
"I almost thought about jumping in the shower but I'll do it later," April said walking out of her bedroom with her wet clothes in hand.
She walked over to Will who had his clothes perfectly placed over his groin. He was sitting on the couch almost in a trance.
"Will, I'll take those and throw them in the wash," April said looking at him strangely.
"Oh, yeah here," Will said sheepishly.
He tried to look at her face but his eyes went right to her shirt that formed a well straight down to her breasts he was trying to avoid.
April grabbed the clothes none the wiser and walked them over to her small washer. She threw them in and started it up. She went back over to the table and cleaned up the mess. Will came over to help.
"So whose clothes am I wearing? Have you been using Tindr?" Will teased.
April looked up at him in and rolled her eyes.
"They're Connor's. I should probably get all his stuff back to him at some point," April said focusing on throwing away the soiled paper towels.
"Well that explains why they are so small," Will replied, with some humor in his tone.
He now was wondering when the last time Connor was here and why they hadn't gotten to exchanging things. He was not going to ask though. He felt pretty invasive as it was asking about their relationship. On top of that he was in her house wearing Connor's clothes and looking at his girl naked in her bedroom. The thought made him blush again.
"Okay let's get started for real this time," April laughed nervously.
They covered everything she needed for her exam and built up more of her study guide that Maggie had typed up at their last study session.
"You are more than ready to attack this next exam April; you shouldn't have anything to upset you now," Will said as he took a bite from his sandwich.
They had ordered in again, April's treat for more free help. She was stabbing at her salad when she looked up at him confused.
"What makes you think I'm upset? Exhausted and stressed out but not upset," April said.
"Oh, it's just yesterday you looked like you were on the verge of tears and I thought it was school. I know med school pushed me many times to the brink of tears," Will confessed chewing on his sandwich.
"No that wasn't school that was an intrusive thought, something I have tried my best to pretend isn't an inevitable, but very much is," April said before shoving a tomato in her mouth.
Will's curiosity was gnawing at him again so he asked.
"What's the inevitable?"
"Connor, moving on with someone else, I mean it's naïve to think he could wait for me people don't do that," April said her eyes forward looking at the wall.
The conversation made her lose her appetite. She put the salad on the end table next to her and sipped her water.
"I would've," Will said.
"For Nat?" April asked
"Yeah, hell I did," Will said slowly, "It's not a good feeling at all, seeing the person you love with someone else," Will set his sandwich down.
They were both a pathetic site. April looked over at Will sitting there with a look that mirrored her own; defeat. She raised her water glass.
"Here's to deadlines and-,"
"-Dead relationships," Will said laughing.
His laugh made April break into laughter. They clanked their glasses of water and began the second half of their study session.
The dryer had buzzed to signal its conclusion and April finally had to end the six hour study session. April got Will's clothes and he changed in the bathroom, taking his hoodie with him.
"You know you should probably just mail these to him to avoid any arguments," Will said handing her the folded clothes.
"We didn't argue the last time he was here, it wasn't exactly a verbal encounter," April said thinking to her and Connor's last time.
Will laughed and his cheeks got flushed. His laugh snapped April out of her memory and into what he was thinking.
"Oh," April burst out laughing, "Sorry TMI."
Will shook his head still laughing and left the apartment.
…..
He pushed himself inside her and brought his face down to kiss her lips. Natalie was even more beautiful than he had ever dreamed, her creamy olive skin and luscious lips were more than he ever wanted or expected to have. Every thrust inside of her was a realization of a fantasy, a dream, a moment of frustration finally being eclipsed by this moment. He started kissing her neck when he heard a familiar giggle. He moved his face over to look at her but instead was besieged by a mass of soft wild curls. April was giggling at the kisses he was giving her. He looked down at her round brown breasts which had replaced the olive skin he was appreciating not a moment before. He was taken aback but he stayed inside her. He brought his face down to kiss her, harder than before, the moan was new. He looked again and it was Natalie. "Don't you love me anymore Will?" Will looked confused he smiled, "Of course I do," and he kissed her again speeding up his hips, delighted his dream was back on track. He could tell he was close he kept kissing her until he came. He opened his eyes and it was April again. "Was it everything you thought it would be Will?"
Will's eyes flashed open and he sat up, his body trying to escape the wet spot in his bed.
"Christ," Will hissed.
He felt like a fourteen year old unable to control couldn't remember the last time this had actually happened to him. He stripped the bed and threw the sheets in his hamper. His redressed his bed and got back in. He laid there awhile the images of him and Natalie pushing to the forefront of his mind, but then just as quickly as he was closing his eyes and thinking about Natalie there was April naked, beautiful, skin glowing, tits perfect, and smiling at him. He would always open his eyes when images of April flashed into his thoughts. Her body was more real to him than Natalie's; he'd actually seen it and now here he was in bed thinking about touching it…being inside of it.
"No Will you two are just friends."
His heart rate finally came down and he fell asleep.