Chapter 10

"So you do like me like that, huh?" Noah raised his brow and looked a little too eager. She rolled her eyes and playfully shoved him. "No, I just was put in an awkward situation, and she kept hounding me to get you on this double date, which by the way is totally not a date...but I do kind of need you to go with me." She said it all in one breath and exhaled, staring at Noah's grinning face.

He looked to be too amused with this, which made her more nervous about this whole thing. "I'll go, under one condition."

She was a little scared where he was going with this, but because it was Noah it was going to be something silly. "as long as you promise to wear that." He pointed at the white dress that draped over her bathroom door. She looked in the direction he was pointing at and immediately chuckled. "That's not something I would typically go out with."

"Ah ah," he raised his brow, and she turned to look at him "it's my condition if you want me to go, this you must do." He said it in a Yoda voice, causing Ginny to roll her eyes.

She sat down on the chair closest to her and pushed her hair out of her face. Noah was staring at her as he sat down next to her. "So does this all have to do with Lawson?"

Ginny turned her face quickly to meet his gaze that was ultimately telling her that he already knew the answer to that question. She bit her bottom lip and started picking at the hangnail she had on her index finger.

"I'm sorry, I know that it's not the best circumstance." Ginny eyed him carefully and saw that he didn't seem angry or upset, but he still seemed put out.

He did a half-nod but then turned his whole body to face her "Is he why you canceled on me tonight and had me come over to your room? You know, you didn't need him to invite me over to your place." He gave her a wink; he liked to tease a lot, but this time it seemed like he just wasn't sure of himself.

"So is he going on a date with his ex-wife?" He got a nod from Ginny confirming it and nodding quickly. "And he kissed you?" she nodded once more. "Man this guy is a piece of work."

Ginny shook her head "Look; I didn't invite you to bag on Mike, okay? I just wanted to explain myself and to have you understand the situation."

Noah just shrugged "I'm not bagging on him, Ginny, I just think he's a tool, and I believe that it's unfair that he is stringing you along in hopes of a possible relationship, but he doesn't even know what he wants."

Ginny stood up; she once again went into defensive mode even though everything he was saying was true. The knock interrupted her thoughts, and what she was going to say to Noah about Mike.

She walked over and opened it slightly to reveal a worried Mike that was staring back at her. She turned around to look at Noah who seemed to be curious who that was, but she didn't open it enough to show either party which was behind the other door. She pointed her finger at Noah as if saying 'hold on' and stepped outside, pulling Mike to the side. "What do you want?" she asked with a stern and angry tone.

Mike looked hurt by her tone, but nodded, placing his hands in his jean pocket. He looked fantastic, but that was beside the point, and she tried her hardest to ignore that fact because she was still so angry with him.

She didn't need him to speak to smell the alcohol that was clearly present on him. She sighed sensing he must have been drinking and then thought it was best to come and talk to her.

He looks fantastic, and she hated that even as angry as she was with him, it didn't change the fact that she found him so irresistible.

"I tried calling and texting, but you didn't respond, so I was..." he stopped mid-sentence and looked down to the ground, "I was worried," he admitted and met her eyes once again "I'm sorry, I should have told you-"

"Mike stop." Ginny interrupted him unsuccessfully.

"When it comes to you, I just don't know what to do...you look wow, you look beautiful." He briefly scanned her up and down, and she could feel her cheeks flushing knowing that this was his alcohol intake talking.

"Stop." She moved forward and put her hands on his shoulders, and watching as he stared at her fully and looked down at her lips. "I will get you a room, but you need to sleep it off." Ginny wanted to let him continue saying whatever it was that he had on his mind because she figured 'drunk Mike' would probably say more than his regular self, but she didn't find that fair.

So instead she told him to hold on as Ginny went to get her coat, which was her telling Noah that she had to take someone home real quick.

She sat Mike down and told him to stay acting as if he was a dog; he did as she instructed him to do and watched as she walked back in her room.

Noah was looking down at his phone and stared at her with hesitation as she emerged. "Hey, I have to go somewhere, I am so sorry, I was the one that called you over here, but this can't wait. I'll text you, okay?" She saw his sad face as it dropped, but he nodded regardless.

"Can you wait 5 minutes before you exit." Ginny turned as she grabbed her coat, and saw the way he stared puzzled. She gave him a quick smile before returning to where she left Mike, sure enough, he was still sitting where she left him.

His hands had now been firmly placed on his forehead as he slouched down, it looked like he was going to throw up, but it was just the way he sat. She put her hand on his back and whispered 'let's go' and she did her best to help him up, almost unsuccessfully but it worked as he stood up and she led the way.

The elevator ride was exciting that was for sure, he wouldn't stop mumbling at how her jeans were making him go crazy and continuing to say 'damn, you look mighty fine.' she just nodded along with him since that seemed to be the only thing that worked right now to calm him.

She called Amelia before exiting the elevator, and she was thankful she was staying in this hotel too as she met her in the 2nd-floor lobby.

"Oh thank God," Ginny said, waving Amelia to hurry up. Amelia stared back and forth and opened her mouth, closing it and opening it again but nothing came out "What the hell is going on?" She said looking at how Mike was continuing to mumble words that made no sense.

Ginny gave her a wry smile, but she didn't need to say much for Amelia to sigh and say "Well, I guess I can see why you called me. I can just imagine the media tomorrow if they saw him like this, they would have a field day. So he just needs a place to crash?" Amelia continued staring at Mike and widening her eyes as he put his hands inside Ginny's jean back pocket, apparently copping a feel. Ginny's eyes grew wide too, but she just patted Mike on the shoulder and Amelia gave her a weird look.

Ginny could tell she wanted to say more, but she just gave her a quick smile "Okay, well he can stay in my room."

Ginny shot her a look and hoped that it wasn't obvious that she didn't like that idea. "Um, no offense Amelia but I don't think him waking up in your room would be a good idea."

She hoped that didn't come off as possessive as it sounded "he can't stay in my room because I have company over."

Amelia's eyes grew wider once more "Ooh Noah, huh?"

Ginny could tell Mike was now paying attention, and she hoped he would not remember that tomorrow "uh huh." not wanting to say much more than that. She was lying, Noah was technically in her room, but he was leaving so Mike could stay in hers, she just could not imagine what that would like the following morning, so she thought best against it.

Amelia sighed, seeing that Mike was looking worse and worse "I'll go get him a room, I'll call you with the number and send up the card, okay?"

"Thank you so much, Amelia." Ginny saw as Amelia shook her head but smiled, this was not part of her job, but she did it without questions asked.

"You have the most amazing skin." she shot him a warning look and was thankful that Amelia wasn't here to hear him say the stuff he was saying to her. His hand still inside her back pocket, every so often his hand would shift a little making it a little harder to not want to lean over and kiss him.

The card for his room came with a young guy that showed up 5 minutes later, and she didn't know how Amelia did the stuff she did in such a quick manner. The guy didn't say a word, handing the card over and giving her a nod before leaving. She just shrugged and noticed it was on the 3rd floor, luckily a floor below hers so she knew there might not be a chance to run into Noah and was glad when she made it to his room without any hiccups.

This whole situation with Mike was almost becoming routine at putting him together again when it came to him drinking.

She sighed as she helped him into the bed and stared as he said a few more inappropriate things and then quickly drifted to sleep.

Grabbing a glass of water and placing it on the desk next to his bed, she grabbed his phone out of his pocket and set the alarm on there and put 2 Ibuprofen next to the water. She leaned down and kissed him on the forehead; she wasn't sure what possessed her to do so, but seeing him sleep peacefully was enough.

TBC...

A/N: Okay, so I hadn't expected to write another chapter so soon after that one, but I just felt the need to write. Hope you enjoy and as always thanks again!