Chapter Seven:
The next morning, Mallie woke first. She groaned a little as she moved. It was then she realized someone else was in bed with her. She looked over and saw John sleeping. She slowly got out of bed and realized that she didn't have any clothes on. She knew immediately what she and John had done and it wasn't something she expected. She and John were such good friends and they both drank too much so it made some sense that they would end up in bed together. She pulled on her robe and headed to the bathroom. She looked at herself in mirror and sighed. What would happen now that she and John had slept together? She turned on the shower full blast and got in. She stood there as the hot water ran over her. She finished her shower and dried out. She got fresh lingerie out of the closet and headed back into the bathroom and was soon dressed in jeans and a pink T-shirt. She put on some sneakers and headed into the bedroom.
John woke up and looked around the room. He knew he was in Mallie's bedroom. He looked over and didn't see her but he heard the shower running. He moved the sheet and realized he was naked. Just as he did, the bathroom door opened and Mallie walked in.
"Hey good morning." She said when she walked into the bedroom and saw John was awake.
"Morning." He said back.
"So, I guess we need to talk about what happened." She said sitting down on the bed in front of him.
"Yeah, we do but can I shower first?"
"Yeah." She laughed. "You do that and I will go make some breakfast."
She watched him go into the bathroom. She sighed and headed to the kitchen. She got things out to make pancakes. She put on coffee and started to make the pancakes and sausage. She had everything done by the time John came into the kitchen.
"I hope pancakes and sausage is okay."
"It's fine." He sat down at the table and she sat across from him.
"Well, help yourself."
They put the food on their plate and started eating. Once they had, Mallie took the time to say something.
"So, about last night." She started. "It wasn't planned I know that. I know we drank a little much."
"Yeah we did." He looked at her. "Mal, I think we should just chalk it up to we drank too much and ended up together. I don't want this to ruin our friendship."
"It won't." She said softly in a hurt tone. "We can go with that we drank too much."
"Okay." He replied not noticing her tone. "Mal, you're my best friend and I just don't want what happened to ruin that. We have been friends for too long. I think we should forget it happened."
"Don't worry, it won't change things. We will always be best friends." She smiled. "And if you want us to forget it, okay."
"Great." He smiled back as they started to eat again.
Once they were done, John headed out. He had to work that night and he wanted to rest. He hugged Mallie good bye and headed to his apartment.
Mallie cleaned up the kitchen after he left. She did the dishes and then headed into the living room to check her email and see if she had any from work. She sat down with her laptop and started checking email. But her mind kept wandering to John and what happened. Why was she so hurt that he wanted to chalk up the night before as a drunken mistake? Nothing could ruin their friendship even a night of passion. She knew it was a drunken mistake and she didn't know what she wanted out of it. But she wished she knew why it hurt for him to say he wanted them to forget it. She wasn't sure she could forget it. It was an incredible night and one she would never forget. Could she really act like it didn't happen? She wasn't sure but she would do it for John. She didn't want to make him uncomfortable. Their friendship was too important for that.
John arrived at his apartment and headed in. He changed into some comfortable clothes and sat down on the sofa. He turned on a movie but his mind wandered to what happened. He knew it was for the best that they pretend it didn't' happen. He valued his friendship with her so much and he didn't want anything to change that. So, it was better to forget it. But as he sat there, he started to wonder if he could. He never really saw Mallie as anything but a friend but last night when they were together, it was amazing and passionate. He wondered could he now only still see her as a friend. He didn't want things to be weird between them. He didn't want to lose the best friend he ever had. But the question remained, could he really only still see her as a friend? Could he go back to how it was before?
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