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"BENEDICT!"
Ben was startled out of his slumber by Louise's high pitch screech. He immediately flopped off of her and glanced back to see what was wrong.
"Why on Earth was I asleep on top of you?" Louise nervously questioned.
Unsure of what to do, Ben gestured toward the empty bottle of wine.
"Wait...I did not drink enough to sleep with you…"
"Well, you didn't sleep with me…. well I guess technically you did fall asleep… with me, but…."
Benedict's awkward rambling was silenced by a pillow being flung at him.
"You did drink the whole bottle…" Ben muttered as he rubbed the stop on his temple where the pillow hit.
"I didn't drink all of it. We did." Louise gestured toward her bedroom.
Ben was completely confused. The look on his face was enough to make Louise explain.
"My friend Mark is staying over with me. Didn't you hear us talking while you took your shower? He drank most of it and didn't feel well so he went to sleep. He made me promise not to sleep with him tonight because he didn't want me to get sick."
"...oh…"
"Yah oh."
"Louise I am so sorry. I've just been confused lately… I don't really know what I want."
"You mean who you want… I understand. I'm sorry too Ben."
"Should I….Do you want me to go?" Ben asked apologetically.
Louise bit her lip. She secretly loved Benedict. Everything about him made her smile….
"No, it's okay. To be honest things haven't been going that well with Mark." And that was the truth. They had been arguing lately and Loo wasn't interested in him anymore.
"Well, I'll go get dressed at least" Ben had only just realized he was only in the bath towel from last night.
"Oh, yeah right" Louise seemed just to have noticed too, but it didn't bother her at all.
Benedict stood and walked to the bathroom, closing the door behind him. He slumped to the floor in defeat.
Fuck, what's wrong with me….
Moments later, he reappeared fully clothed in the same outfit as last night. He poked his head around to find Louise staring sadly out her window.
"Mark left….it's over between us."
"Oh…" he whispered, coming closer. He sat down on the edge of the couch next to her.
She turned and gave him a hug, placing her head in the crook of his neck.
She leaned forward and whispered into his ear….
"I think I love you…."