Night Life

Manny stood outside the hotel room, key in hand. After a few minutes she unlocked the door and walked in.

"I was wondering when you were going to come in."

She looked up and saw Jay a few feet away from the door. She closed the door, "Yeah, I was just thinking about some things."

"In the hallway?" He walked closer and brushed some stray hair out of her face, "Everything ok?"

"What are we doing?"

"Talking?"

"That's not what I meant."

He sighed, "Then, what do you mean?"

"I mean," she walked over to the window that over looked the city, "we see each other at a club, a few days later we get drunk and sleep together and I invite you to come back to Toronto with. We're sharing a bed. You're constantly on my mind. What the hell are we doing?"

He took a deep breath and walked over to her. He put his hand on her lower back, bringing her closer to him, "I don't know what we're doing. I know that's not very reassuring, but I figured we could just see what happens. I thought that would be what you would want to do. What happened when you went out?"

Manny's deep brown eyes looked in to his soft blue eyes, "I saw Emma."

"Must have been an earth shattering conversation."

"You need to see her."

"Why? Emma and me are over. We've been over for over a year."

Manny looked away, "That's not why you should see her."

He sighed, "Am I going to have to guess?"

"She has a son, Jay. He's going to be 5 months."

Jay stepped away, doing the math in his head. He let out a slight laugh, "No. You're kidding me."

"She would have found out in September of last year. Tell me she's mistaken. Tell me she has the dates wrong. Tell me you guys broke up before then."

"Why would it matter to you?"

"Even if Em and me aren't as close as we were, she's still my best friend. And she's pretty damn sure that you're the father of Justin. And I like you. I like you enough to think that I want to be with you."

"Manny, I'm sorry, but I need to leave."

She frowned, "That wasn't the response I was expecting."

He walked back over to her and kissed her forehead, "I just need to take a walk, ok?"

Manny nodded and Jay left the hotel room.