Meanwhile, Lexie was relaxing watching an old Frasier re-run, she couldn't help but think about Hunter, but he was probably back at his hotel "apologising" to Joanie. It was almost four, she sighed as she would have to be up at seven to fit in some gym time before breakfast. Smelling the smoke on her clothes she decided to go for a quick shower, "One less thing to do in the morning," she muttered to herself, suddenly realising that her cousin had yet to return home. "Must have gone home with Jeff." She laughed as she realised she was once again talking to herself. Hopped into the shower, making sure she got the horrible stench of smoke out of her hair.
Her shower was interrupted by a knock at the door, figuring it was just Kris being lazy and not looking hard enough for her key she began to get dressed, as she stood in her underwear, trying to remember where she put her pyjamas, there was once again a knock at the door.
She opened the door and to her surprise it was not her younger cousin, but Hunter, he looked up and smiled. "Hey, I got to my door tonight and couldn't go in, not with you still on my mind." Lex, unaware of the grin that had taken over her face replied. "Or you were just too scared of Joanie sitting on the other side of the door, waiting to kick your ass!"
"Very funny, is your cousin in?"
"Nah, she must've went home with Jeff."
"I see you were expecting me," he laughed, commenting on the fact that Lex had answered the door in her underwear.
"Oh yeah, I just couldn't wait to have you." Lex replied sarcasticly.
With that Hunter stepped forwards out of the doorway, turning Jen and backing her up against the wall. He then leaned forwards and kissed her, Lex instantly pulling away, her thoughts of Joanie sitting back in his room waiting patiently on Hunters return. "She doesn't have to know..." Hunter whispered, as if reading Lexie's thoughts. Lexie, unable to resist Hunters advances, nodded in agreement as he leaned in once again kissing her passionately.
*
Lexie awoke, looking to her left she read the alarm clock, 6.17am, stretching and turning to her right she came face to face with Hunter who had been watching her sleep. "Good morning." Hunter said kissing her on the forehead. "Sleep well?"
Lexie ignored the question. "You should really be getting back to Joanie, I have to get up at seven anyway."
"Yeah," Hunter got out of bed and grabbed his pants. "Hopefully she won't be up, I'll stop off at Shawn's room on the way down, tell him he's my excuse if she's waiting on me."
"That's good, will I see you at breakfast, I told Adam and Jay I'd go with them."
"Yeah, I'll text you when I know what Joanie wants to do, she wasn't too pleased with me and you last night, so she may not want to see you first thing in the morning."
"Alright, we'll be meeting in the lobby at ten." Lexie replied groggily.
Hunter, nodded as he kissed her goodbye, grabbing his jacket, he walked to the door and left.
"What a night." Lexie said to herself as she let out a yawn, she promptly fell asleep after all she had to get up in half an hour.
At 9.45. Lexie rushed into the hotel lobby, her sleeping late had caused her to go to the gym late which had then caused her to now be running extremely late. She saw Adam and Jay sitting in the lobby, she called over to them, she'd only be five minutes, after all she wasn't late for breakfast, not yet anyway. As she was entering the lift, Jeff caught her eye, chatting to Adam and Jay, noticing she was heading upstairs he shouted over "Tell Harper I'll wait on her here with the guys."
As he turned back to his conversation with Adam, Jennifer felt intrigued. Where was Kris last night then? Jen thought to herself...
*
Kris heard a persistant tapping on the door, causing her to wake up from her lovely sleep. She opened her eyes and was met with darkness. She turned to her left and glanced at the alarm clock. It wasn't even seven AM yet. She groaned and let her head flop back on the pillow. Her eyes sprung open again as she suddenly became aware of two things.
1. She wasn't in her own hotel room.
2. There was someone in the bed with her.
She froze, but the knocking just would not stop. She could feel his - she knew it was a guy thanks to the faint and somewhat annoying snoring - arm underneath her body, and could feel his leg pressed against her thigh. She suddenly felt sick. She hoped that was his leg. She thought back to last night and remembered feeling sleepy as she watched a cable movie with Shawn. Had she fallen asleep on his bed? She glanced to her right and noticed Shawn sleeping peacefully by her side. She kicked herself. She had been too alcohol fueled to remember much of last night. But her and Shawn hadn't slept together... had they?
Realising that whoever was at the door wasn't gonna go away, Kris slowly got out of bed and made her way to the door. Realising she was in one of Shawn's t-shirts, she suddenly felt very self-concious as she unbolted the door. Whoever was on the other end was certain to get the wrong idea.
She opened the door and squinted out into the light. "Hunter?"
Hunter looked surprised to see her there. "Harper? What the hell are you doing in Shawn's room?" His brow furrowed. "This is Shawn's room right, I mean, Lexie's down in-" Hunter cut off and gulped. "I mean, I thought you guys were on a floor below this?"
Kris nodded slowly, still too tired to properly listen to what he was saying. "Yeah, we are. I was making sure Shawn got home okay and we were watching TV. I must have fallen asleep." Kris glanced back into the room, Shawn was still sound asleep. "Want me to wake him for you?"
Hunter smirked. "No thanks, just tell him that if anyone asks, I was with him last night."
Kris frowned in confusion. "Um, okay. Oh, and Hunter?"
Hunter turned back to her. "Yeah?"
"Can we keep this between us?" She asked sweetly. "The last thing I need is some rumour going around about me on my second day with the company."
Hunter thought to the night he had spent with her cousin. He would be in a lot of trouble personally if anyone found out about that. Whatever Shawn and Kris had going on, he would have to keep them both sweet if he wanted to keep using Shawn as his cover. "Sure Harper, I'll forget that I'm even at Shawn's door. For all I know, this is your hotel room."
Kris watched him saunter away, wondering why he had needed a cover. Shrugging, she turned back into the room and noticed Shawn staring at her from the bed.
"It's still early." She remarked, glancing at the clock again. "You should go back to sleep.." When Shawn didn't say anything, Kris climbed back onto the bed and settled down. "If you're not gonna sleep, then I will." She snuggled down into the covers and after a few moments, felt Shawn's arms go round her again. Feeling sleepy again, and not denying how safe she felt in Shawn's arms, she let him hold her.
"Sweet dreams princess." Shawn whispered before she fell back asleep, not a care in the world.
*
Lexie bolted along the corridor till she got to her hotel room. Upon entering the room, thoughts of last night entered her head, hopefully Hunter hadn't left anything behind. Her cousin would not approve. She heard the shower running and rattled the door.
"Where were you last night then?" She hollered.
After a few moments, the water stopped running. Kris stuck her head out from the bathroom, "I was here, where were you?"
"Just back from the Gym, and I think you'll find I slept here last night, I got up early to go get a workout." Kris raised her eyebrows mockingly.
"How do we know who's lying?"
"Well the clothes I was wearing last night are on the bed, if I'm just home then how did they get there." Lexie said, pleased that she had managed to rat out her cousin. "So where were you last night then, I just bumped into Jeff, so clearly you weren't with him." When Kris began to blush, she whistled. "Don't tell me you're cheating on him already."
"I wasn't doing anything!" Kris protested, going back into the bathroom to finish getting dried. "And I'll have you know Jeff and I aren't even a couple. So even if I had slept with someone last night, it wouldn't have been labelled cheating."
"Whatever." Lexie sung, making her way into the bathroom once Kris had left. "I wanna know who's hotel room you stayed at last night, cuz you sure as hell didn't come back here?"
Kris raised her eyebrows once more. "For all you know, I could have snuck in while you were sleeping, and went back out before you got up... why are you so sure that I haven't been here?"
Lexie faltered under her cousins gaze. She tried to think quickly, but Kris was already giggling away to herself.
"Yeah, I thought as much." Kris smiled as she began applying her make-up. "If you must know, I spent the night with Shawn. Nothing happened!" She added as Lexie's eyes widened comically. "I just happened to fall asleep in his room and he didn't want to wake me up. He was the perfect gentleman and we are nothing but friends."
"Hunter told me Shawn isn't the type to just make friends with anyone he meets." Lexie said in suspicion. "Are you sure you guys didn't..."
"No!" Kris said in exasperation. "Jesus Lex, I swear we didn't do anything. You know I tell you everything anyway. Why would I feel the need to hide this huh?"
Lexie shrugged.
"Exactly," Kris finished up with her make-up and made sure she had everything packed. "I have to go meet Jeff for breakfast, I'm already late. Will I tell Adam and Jay you'll be right down?"
"Yes please!" Lexie called from inside the shower.
Kris quickly made her way down to the dining room, glancing around before spotting Jeff sitting with Jay and Adam, two extra spots at the table waiting for them. Jeff caught her eye and grinned, motioning for her to come join them. She was halfway towards their table when someone stepped in front of her, causing her to stop walking abruptly and glance up in surprise.
"Just wanted to thank the little girl that helped me get home last night." Where there used to be anger and contempt, Shawn's eyes now held friendliness and warmth as he stared down at Kris.
Kris smirked slightly. "I ain't no little girl Michaels. But it was my pleasure." She reached up and hugged him tightly, surprising the older man with her show of kindness. "We should do it again sometime." She added with a coy grin.
Shawn grinned back. "Are you offering?"
Noting that Jeff was staring a hole in Shawn's back, she sidled past him. "Maybe. I'll catch up with you later Shawn, have a nice day!"
"Later," Shawn called as she finally made it over to Jeff. Jeff pecked her on the cheek and held out her chair for her. Kris bid good morning to both Adam and Jay and ordered some pancakes and some toast for breakfast. After a few more moments of conversation, Lexie finally joined them.
"Hey guys." She said breezily. Glancing at Kris to see her smirking back at her slightly. "Did you three have a good night last night?"
They all nodded their affirmative. "Get home alright Jeff?" Lexie had to bite her lip as Kris kicked her under the table.
Jeff shot her a strange look. "Yeah, I got home fine. Did you get home okay Lexie?"
Lexie nodded and sipped at her juice. "Oh yeah, I had a great sleep last night."
