-1Chapter 12
My neck aches from waking up in the bathtub of my hotel room. I'm standing in front of the mirror, thinking about last night with Izzie.
"You look happy; you must've had a good time."
Kelly leans against the door frame, she still has her clothes on from last night. Her light brown curls are slightly matted and her face is still pale. I can't feel like a bigger asshole.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Still a little queasy, I think I'm just going to hang around here today, maybe just watch some TV and get some rest. Do you mind?"
"No, I just want you to feel better. We can stay here today; lie around in bed and watch TV if that's what you want to do. We can order room service later, when you feel up to eating."
"You don't have to stay here with me; you should go see your friends."
"No, I'll stay here with you."
"Alex that's very sweet of you, but unnecessary."
"Kelly, I'm staying."
"Okay."
I climbed in the bed next to her, pointing the remote at the TV. Loud crashing sounds filled the room, a classic action movie.
"Is there anything else on?" She asks me.
"Uh, let's see….." I flip through the channels, she squeals when I land on a talk show.
"I love this show!"
It's an entire hour of a man talking about being in love with his ex-girlfriend, it's very touching. Then they brought out the current girlfriend who ran over his foot with her SUV when she found out. I sigh.
"Alex why don't you tell me about what you did last night?"
"What?"
"Well you obviously don't like the show I'm watching so maybe we could talk instead."
"What do you want to know?"
"Where did you go after the restaurant?"
"Joe's."
"Did you have fun?" I had fun after Joe's.
"Yeah, it was alright." I say
"Who went?" She asks me.
"Just me, Meredith, Cristina, Olivia, Lexie and Izzie."
"Oh." She is too quiet.
"Yeah, they all got drunk and I was left to take care of them." I say.
"You missed them?" something in my voice must've given it away, I did miss them. I'm going to try to answer this carefully. God knows I don't need my foot run over by her SUV.
"I guess."
"They're all gorgeous." Here it comes. "Did you ever date any of them?" Fuck!
"Briefly."
"Was it Cristina?"
"No! Why would you think that?"
"Well I thought maybe you broke things off with her or something, she's not very nice to you."
"She's not nice to anyone, that's just how she is."
Please god let her drop this conversation.
"Oh, so you never….."
"With Yang, no!"
There is a long pause and I think she has gone back to watching TV; I might just be able to avoid any further interrogation.
"So who did you date?"
Fuck, I'm so screwed!
