Ever since her head came to rest on top of her pillow, Beth hadn't been able to fully fall asleep. No… for the good part of the last couple of hours she has just been laying immobile on her side, dozing in and out of a light slumber while time moved around her with continued speed.

By then she was starting to feel uncomfortable; her arm was tingling, her head was hurting a bit and she even felt like going to the bathroom; but because she could feel the weight of Phil's arm resting against her hip, she didn't dare to move.

It was just that… well, to start things off, she was very aware that Phil always had a hard time falling asleep and she didn't want to wake him up; after all she was almost sure that he was in a deep sleep and the last thing she wanted was to disturb him.

And second and probably the one thing that she wanted to prevent; she didn't want him to wake up because she wasn't sure what she could say to him. With a clearer head, she was embarrassed at the way she reacted the previous night and trying to explain her motives would only lead her to talk about things she has been denying for a while.

Things like feelings and stuff…

True, if Phil was sharp on the perceptive side, he should know by then; after all, if it wasn't because her feelings for him ran deeply than a close friendship, she wouldn't have easily fallen into his arms as she did a few hours ago.

But she did; he touched her and she was lost, he kissed her and she was doomed. Hell, even now that passions were satiated and the heat of the moment dwindled down, she was still feeling weak for him.

Sure, maybe that was because he was right behind her, his skin pressing against hers and his soft breathing caressing her shoulder. Ah, and that was without saying that she could still feel the essence of him inside of her, menacing to escape if she decided to get up on her feet.

Closing her eyes and biting the inside of her cheek, Beth breathed out.

She didn't know why she let things happen that night, but if she wanted to keep a nice strong hold on her sanity, she couldn't allow her acts to be guided by impulses anymore.

The first two times had been okay because they had a purpose, but now that their goal of conceiving a baby was fulfilled, there was no reason for them to keep sleeping together.

They were not lovers… they were friends and friends didn't have sex with each other just because the need was there. No…

Besides she wasn't the type of woman Phil was attracted to. That was something she couldn't forget. He never showed any kind of interest in her beyond friendship and things were not going to change now.

At least not while she was pregnant.

Blinking her baby blue eyes open and staring right through her window, the blonde woman cleared her throat; for a while she remained like that, but then she slid out of bed and made it to her bathroom.

Once there, she relieved herself and after taking a quick shower to wash out the scent of him that somehow got permeated on her skin, she wrapped her nakedness with a towel.

Freshen up, she made it to her mirror and taking a look at her reflection, she bit hard on her lips.

No… there was no way he would take notice on her while looking like that. True, he was the one that initiated the things that happened between them that night but that didn't necessarily mean something. He was a man, he had a need for a woman and she was there… nothing more than that…

"Hey."

Jumping startled, Beth gasped and placed a hand over her chest. She hadn't been expecting for Phil to show up at the door of her bathroom and her surprise showed up in her reaction. "Jesus, Phil… don't scare me like that."

"Sorry," He said unapologetically as he rested his back against the door frame. "Are you okay?"

Nodding and blinking a few times, Beth dropped her hand to the sink and looked at him through the reflection in the mirror.

He was just standing there, eyes on her, arms crossed to his chest and his hair tousled from sleep. She also took notice that he had the decency to put on something before walking to her and even though the boxers were riding so low that she could see his hipbones clearly defined underneath his skin, at least he was wearing something.

"Yeah I'm fine; I just needed to stretch a bit.

Nodding, Phil blinked slowly. He was looking all serious, or maybe that was his sleepy face, she wasn't sure…

"Come back to bed, I have a few hours to spare before I have to go."

Turning around but without taking a step towards him, Beth bit on her lips and sighed deeply.

"Why did you do this?" The question was out before she could weigh the consequences of his answer and she just had to hold her breath.

On his part, his lips curved into the shadow of a smile and he arched an eyebrow. "Why did I do what?"

Running her hand through her blonde hair, Beth closed her eyes and shrugged. "The thing with the baby; why did you say yes when I asked you?"

Tilting his head to the side, Punk went back to look at her serious. "Beth, my mind is all messed up so just tell me what you want to know clearly."

"Did you feel like I was forcing to say yes to this?"

Snorting, Phil walked to her and wrapping one of his hands around her waist, he grabbed her chin in his hand. "You wouldn't have been able to force me into having a baby with you even if you wanted. Beth, I think we talked about this; I said yes because I liked the idea. I'm in my thirties, I always kind of wanted to have a child of my own and who better to be the mother than you?"

Shrugging, Beth looked away. "I don't know, a girlfriend perhaps?"

Out of the corner of her eye, he saw the way his lips curved into a grin. "Ha,"

"Alright so you don't have any right now but what about later? You'll probably meet someone and I don't know… maybe you'll want to have a family of your own." And she said that because she was sure that he was going to find someone with whom he was going fall head over heels with and when that moment came, she and her baby would pass to a second plane.

Not that she should mind, after all the first thing that she told him when she threw the proposal his way, was that he didn't even had to be a part of the baby's life if he didn't really want to.

"I have a family right here so why would I want to have another one?"

Blinking rapidly, Beth looked at him. He was looking at her with all the intensity of his olive green eyes and for a moment she lost the ability to speak.

"But anyway, now that we've turned this into a session of questions and answers, do you care to explain what happened earlier on?

Groaning, Beth covered her eyes with her hand and then she took in a deep breath. "I don't know… I told you this pregnancy is making me over emotional and I just…" Blowing out a breath, she shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I'm just confused."

Using both his hands to cradle her face, Phil tilted her head towards his. "Confused about what?"

"About all of this… about us. Things just got so complicated, and then you come and touch me and…"

Before she could finish, Phil leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers gently.

"And then you do things like this and…"

Interrupting her once again, Phil kissed her, lingering a while longer and then pulling away.

"Phil…"

"Let's go back to bed, it's too early to talk about this so why don't we rest and leave this talk pending?"

Closing her eyes, Beth shrugged. Yeah, maybe they should leave the talk for later, right in that moment her mind was still clouded and she didn't want to say something that would embarrass her even more.

"Okay,"

"Rad," He said grabbing her hand and urging her on. "Come on."

Beth went with him, hoping that their talk could wait at least a few days; enough so she could put her mind in order and come with a clear conclusion about what she was really feeling for her best friend…