The Consequences of Attraction
Chapter 7 - part I
That lunch had been a week ago and Sydney could still rememeber it, and it wasn't something she wanted to remember. Alice wouldn't keep her hands off Michael and her eyes off Sydney. Josh had decided to come back but it hurt Sydney even more because when he did come back he sat on the complete other end of the table from Sydney, so then everyone knew that they were fighting. But that was a week ago, and things between her and Josh were fine again, and in the last week she had had lunch with Michael four times, without Alice and Josh. "Josh, are you coming to the party with me tonight?" she asked him through the door. She was in his apartment and he was in the shower.
"Sweetie remember I told you I had a study group tonight?" Josh asked.
"So I take it that's a no?" she asked back.
"Yep," he replied, "Sorry."
"It's okay," she said, "I'll just go meet some hot guy and replace you." She was just joking.
"Haha, very funny," he replied.
"It must have been funny," she told him matter-of-factly, "You just laughed."
"Yep, whatever," he replied.
"I gotta go get ready for the party," she said, "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Yep, bye." And she left the apartment, to go get ready for the most fun night of her life.
* * * *
"Alice are you coming to the party with me tonight?" Michael asked his girlfriend.
"Nope, sorry I can't," she replied, "Going out with Lane and Emily. But why don't you call and ask Tommy and Eric?"
"No, that's okay," he told her, "I'll just have to make new friends there now won't I?"
"Yep, but I gotta go," she replied, while thinking, 'I'll call Eric and Tommy to ask them to meet him there.'
* * * *
Sydney walked into the party and immediately a drink landed in her hand. She sipped it, and it didn't taste that bad. She looked across the room looking for anyone she knew. Suddenly her eyes locked with a familiar pair of green eyes. She began smiling and walked across the room towards him. "Michael," she said, "What are you doing here?"
"Just having fun," he replied, "You?"
"The same," she said, she looked around him, "Where's Alice?" She internally cringed at the name.
"Oh she couldn't make it," he told her, "How about Josh?"
"Oh he couldn't make it either," she replied. He nodded.
They sat there for a couple of minutes without saying anything, then Michael broke the silence.
"Do you want to dance?" he asked.
"Of course," she replied. He took her hand and walked with her out onto the dance floor, where a slow song was playing. They danced together for the longest time, content with just being in each other's embrace. That was until that didn't satisfy them anymore, Sydney moved her head off of his chest and looked up into his eyes. Next thing they knew, their lips were crashing into each other's, their hands exploring places the other's hands had never been before. They continued kissing for what seemed like forever when they finally broke away only to get a breath of air and then they were back at it. This went on throught the next four songs before Michael said, "Let's go." Sydney nodded just as Michael grabbed her hand and led her out the door to his car.
What they didn't see was Eric and Tommy standing near the door watching the whole scene. "Come on man, let's go," Eric told Tommy.
Tommy nodded and said, "He's dead."
Sydney and Michael were on their way back to his place while Tommy was heading to find Alice.
Part II -
Sydney sat in the passenger seat smiling away. She looked over at Michael who was driving her back to where her car was parked. He looked over at her at that moment and smiled back. They reached the house where the party was and subsequently where her car was. Before she got out of the car he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "We'll definitely have to talk later," he told her.
"Okay later," she replied, "We definitely need to talk about things."
He nodded, "I'll call you later." She leaned in for another quick kiss before she got out and got into her own car to go back to her place and tell Francie everything.
What Sydney didn't know was that Michael was going to go back to his place and tell Eric everything also, only he didn't know that Eric knew what had happened between Sydney and himself the night before.
* * * *
As Sydney walked in, she felt the guilt already coming to surface. She had cheated on Josh, it's not like she regretted it, who would regret it? She knew she needed to talk to someone, tell someone the whole story from the beginning of how she met Michael and what had happened last night. "Francie, you here?" she yelled through the apartment.
"I'm in here Syd," she yelled back from the kitchen. Sydney walked in and Francie saw her face, "Syd what's wrong?"
"I've got to tell you something," Sydney replied.
"What's that?" Francie asked curiously.
"Remember Michael?" she questioned.
"Yeah, that guy that had lunch with us the other day. You know he's really cute," Francie replied.
"Whatever," Sydney jokingly replied, while thinking, 'Really cute? You must mean hot, sexy, gorgeous, then we're talking about the same guy.' "But back to the point. Did I ever tell you how I met him?"
"No, I don't remember you telling me that," she said.
"Okay well I'll tell you then. I was just walking across campus, looking at my schedule, not paying attention and I bumped into someone. When I looked up I got lost in his green eyes. And you want to know the first thing I thought? I thought that he was so hot. That's not normal is it? Especially when you have a boyfriend that supposedly you love."
"Well Syd it's natural for you to think someone else is hot, especially that man. He's definitely not hard on the eyes," she replied.
"But that wasn't it Francie. You saw us as lunch that day when him and his 'I'm the goddess of the world, everybody bow down to me' blonde girlfriend cam over. Did you see how jealous she was?" Sydney asked.
"Yeah Syd I did, and I kinda had to laugh about it, it was really funny," Francie said with a hint of laughter in her voice.
"But that's not it Francie. I've had lunch with Michael four times this week," Sydney told her.
"So Syd? What's wrong with that?" Francie asked, "You were having lunch with a friend, what's wrong with that?"
"But yet again, that's not it. I cheated on Josh last night with Michael. Now before you say anything, let me tell you the whole story. So I asked Josh if he wanted to come to the party last night with me and he couldn't, and I guess Alice couldn't come with Michael. So I got there and was trying to find someone I knew and I ran into him. We talked for a little while, and then he asked me to dance and I said yes. So we were dancing and next thing I know we were kissing, we kissed for like 15 minutes before he asked me if I wanted to leave and I said yes. We went back to his place and I think you can figure out what happened then," Sydney rambled on.
"Wow," Francie replied.
"Yeah, wow," Sydney said.
"What are you going to do?" Francie asked.
"He's going to call me later and we're going to figure it out," Sydney told her.
"Well no matter what you decide I'll be happy for you and I'll be here for you," Francie said.
"Thank you so much Francie," Sydney replied, practically in tears.
"Oh sweetie, it's okay, come here," Francie told Sydney and pulled her into a hug.
"You have to do me a favor please?" Sydney asked.
"Sure, what is it?" Francie questioned.
"Josh is supposed to call me today, you have to tell him I'm not here and take a message, I don't think I can talk to him right now," Sydney replied.
"Okay, I'll tell him you're not here, I'll take the message," Francie answered.
"Thank you Francie, you're such a great friend," Sydney replied in tears.
Part III -
Michael walked into his place wondering if Eric was back yet. He hoped Eric didn't bring Danny or Tommy with him because he seriously needed someone to talk to. He remembered the conversation he had had with Sydney just that morning, and he reminded himself that he had to call her later. 'Wouldn't want to get her mad at me, or forget to call her,' he thought, 'Especially after last night.'
Just then Eric walked in the door, but Michael was so far gone in his thoughts he didn't hear Eric walk in the door or say, "Hey man what's up?"
When he didn't answer, Eric walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. Michael jumped practically six feet in the air. "Mike what's wrong with you? You were zoned out again. What's your problem?" Eric questioned.
"Nothing man, it's nothing," he replied.
"Haha nothing? Yeah right, it's never nothing," he told Michael.
"Okay so you're right, and don't tell anyone I admitted you were right about anything," Michael said, "Promise right now."
"Okay I promise. So what is it? What is this 'nothing.' Come on tell me? Please?" Eric begged Michael.
"I was going to tell you anyways, you didn't have to beg," Michael stalled.
"Mike, come on, you know how I hate to wait for things," Eric replied, "Tell me, tell me, tell me." He really did sound like a two-year-old.
"I cheated on Alice," Michael blurted out.
"Whoa...wait a minute...back up...you cheated on Alice. Who? What? Where? When?" Eric asked playing the inoccence card.
"Okay so I'll answer your questions one at a time. Remember that girl Sydney you met the other day at lunch. Of course, I already told you I cheated on Alice. At a party and back here. Lastly, last night after the party I told you I was going to," Michael answered each and everyone of Eric's questions.
"What are you going to do?" Eric asked.
"What do you mean?" Michael questioned.
"I mean how are you going to handle this? Are you willing to break up with Alice in order to be with Sydney? I mean you can't really be fair to both of them if you're stringing them both along," Eric clarified.
"I actually believe I would be willing to just leave Alice for Sydney. I mean I honestly think it might have been love at first sight or at least attraction at first sight. I know I certainly was attracted to her right away," Michael replied.
"Well I would suggest you tell both Sydney and Alice that," Eric told Michael, "They both deserve that."
"I have to call Sydney later and once we figure everything out then I'll talk to Alice," Michael explained.
"Good luch Mike," he replied, "That's all I have to say. You're probably going to need it."
TBC...
Thanks to everyone who reviewed:
Blondie~~~I fixed the whole big paragraph thing, but I'm glad you like the story.
ailec~~~I fixed the problem, and I'll try to update with at least one chapter a night.
Megan~~~The nile thing was a mistake, I had Egypt written down, but my head was somewhere else when I typed this up.
annabelle~~~I fixed the problem and I'm glad you think this is cool! And I couldn't tell you if they break up with Alice and Josh - it would ruin the story.
abcdefg~~~this is an AU fic, so just imagine that they're all the same age.
star~~~thanks, and I'm glad you'll keep reading :)
thesheeplover~~~I'm glad you like it so much!!
Egyptian Kat~~~I'll continue posting as long as people keep reviewing and when I find time.
jhfortier~~~I will continue, thanks!
Valoriahn~~~thanks :)
Please read and review, hope you enjoyed this chapter 8^)
~nicole~
Chapter 7 - part I
That lunch had been a week ago and Sydney could still rememeber it, and it wasn't something she wanted to remember. Alice wouldn't keep her hands off Michael and her eyes off Sydney. Josh had decided to come back but it hurt Sydney even more because when he did come back he sat on the complete other end of the table from Sydney, so then everyone knew that they were fighting. But that was a week ago, and things between her and Josh were fine again, and in the last week she had had lunch with Michael four times, without Alice and Josh. "Josh, are you coming to the party with me tonight?" she asked him through the door. She was in his apartment and he was in the shower.
"Sweetie remember I told you I had a study group tonight?" Josh asked.
"So I take it that's a no?" she asked back.
"Yep," he replied, "Sorry."
"It's okay," she said, "I'll just go meet some hot guy and replace you." She was just joking.
"Haha, very funny," he replied.
"It must have been funny," she told him matter-of-factly, "You just laughed."
"Yep, whatever," he replied.
"I gotta go get ready for the party," she said, "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Yep, bye." And she left the apartment, to go get ready for the most fun night of her life.
* * * *
"Alice are you coming to the party with me tonight?" Michael asked his girlfriend.
"Nope, sorry I can't," she replied, "Going out with Lane and Emily. But why don't you call and ask Tommy and Eric?"
"No, that's okay," he told her, "I'll just have to make new friends there now won't I?"
"Yep, but I gotta go," she replied, while thinking, 'I'll call Eric and Tommy to ask them to meet him there.'
* * * *
Sydney walked into the party and immediately a drink landed in her hand. She sipped it, and it didn't taste that bad. She looked across the room looking for anyone she knew. Suddenly her eyes locked with a familiar pair of green eyes. She began smiling and walked across the room towards him. "Michael," she said, "What are you doing here?"
"Just having fun," he replied, "You?"
"The same," she said, she looked around him, "Where's Alice?" She internally cringed at the name.
"Oh she couldn't make it," he told her, "How about Josh?"
"Oh he couldn't make it either," she replied. He nodded.
They sat there for a couple of minutes without saying anything, then Michael broke the silence.
"Do you want to dance?" he asked.
"Of course," she replied. He took her hand and walked with her out onto the dance floor, where a slow song was playing. They danced together for the longest time, content with just being in each other's embrace. That was until that didn't satisfy them anymore, Sydney moved her head off of his chest and looked up into his eyes. Next thing they knew, their lips were crashing into each other's, their hands exploring places the other's hands had never been before. They continued kissing for what seemed like forever when they finally broke away only to get a breath of air and then they were back at it. This went on throught the next four songs before Michael said, "Let's go." Sydney nodded just as Michael grabbed her hand and led her out the door to his car.
What they didn't see was Eric and Tommy standing near the door watching the whole scene. "Come on man, let's go," Eric told Tommy.
Tommy nodded and said, "He's dead."
Sydney and Michael were on their way back to his place while Tommy was heading to find Alice.
Part II -
Sydney sat in the passenger seat smiling away. She looked over at Michael who was driving her back to where her car was parked. He looked over at her at that moment and smiled back. They reached the house where the party was and subsequently where her car was. Before she got out of the car he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "We'll definitely have to talk later," he told her.
"Okay later," she replied, "We definitely need to talk about things."
He nodded, "I'll call you later." She leaned in for another quick kiss before she got out and got into her own car to go back to her place and tell Francie everything.
What Sydney didn't know was that Michael was going to go back to his place and tell Eric everything also, only he didn't know that Eric knew what had happened between Sydney and himself the night before.
* * * *
As Sydney walked in, she felt the guilt already coming to surface. She had cheated on Josh, it's not like she regretted it, who would regret it? She knew she needed to talk to someone, tell someone the whole story from the beginning of how she met Michael and what had happened last night. "Francie, you here?" she yelled through the apartment.
"I'm in here Syd," she yelled back from the kitchen. Sydney walked in and Francie saw her face, "Syd what's wrong?"
"I've got to tell you something," Sydney replied.
"What's that?" Francie asked curiously.
"Remember Michael?" she questioned.
"Yeah, that guy that had lunch with us the other day. You know he's really cute," Francie replied.
"Whatever," Sydney jokingly replied, while thinking, 'Really cute? You must mean hot, sexy, gorgeous, then we're talking about the same guy.' "But back to the point. Did I ever tell you how I met him?"
"No, I don't remember you telling me that," she said.
"Okay well I'll tell you then. I was just walking across campus, looking at my schedule, not paying attention and I bumped into someone. When I looked up I got lost in his green eyes. And you want to know the first thing I thought? I thought that he was so hot. That's not normal is it? Especially when you have a boyfriend that supposedly you love."
"Well Syd it's natural for you to think someone else is hot, especially that man. He's definitely not hard on the eyes," she replied.
"But that wasn't it Francie. You saw us as lunch that day when him and his 'I'm the goddess of the world, everybody bow down to me' blonde girlfriend cam over. Did you see how jealous she was?" Sydney asked.
"Yeah Syd I did, and I kinda had to laugh about it, it was really funny," Francie said with a hint of laughter in her voice.
"But that's not it Francie. I've had lunch with Michael four times this week," Sydney told her.
"So Syd? What's wrong with that?" Francie asked, "You were having lunch with a friend, what's wrong with that?"
"But yet again, that's not it. I cheated on Josh last night with Michael. Now before you say anything, let me tell you the whole story. So I asked Josh if he wanted to come to the party last night with me and he couldn't, and I guess Alice couldn't come with Michael. So I got there and was trying to find someone I knew and I ran into him. We talked for a little while, and then he asked me to dance and I said yes. So we were dancing and next thing I know we were kissing, we kissed for like 15 minutes before he asked me if I wanted to leave and I said yes. We went back to his place and I think you can figure out what happened then," Sydney rambled on.
"Wow," Francie replied.
"Yeah, wow," Sydney said.
"What are you going to do?" Francie asked.
"He's going to call me later and we're going to figure it out," Sydney told her.
"Well no matter what you decide I'll be happy for you and I'll be here for you," Francie said.
"Thank you so much Francie," Sydney replied, practically in tears.
"Oh sweetie, it's okay, come here," Francie told Sydney and pulled her into a hug.
"You have to do me a favor please?" Sydney asked.
"Sure, what is it?" Francie questioned.
"Josh is supposed to call me today, you have to tell him I'm not here and take a message, I don't think I can talk to him right now," Sydney replied.
"Okay, I'll tell him you're not here, I'll take the message," Francie answered.
"Thank you Francie, you're such a great friend," Sydney replied in tears.
Part III -
Michael walked into his place wondering if Eric was back yet. He hoped Eric didn't bring Danny or Tommy with him because he seriously needed someone to talk to. He remembered the conversation he had had with Sydney just that morning, and he reminded himself that he had to call her later. 'Wouldn't want to get her mad at me, or forget to call her,' he thought, 'Especially after last night.'
Just then Eric walked in the door, but Michael was so far gone in his thoughts he didn't hear Eric walk in the door or say, "Hey man what's up?"
When he didn't answer, Eric walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. Michael jumped practically six feet in the air. "Mike what's wrong with you? You were zoned out again. What's your problem?" Eric questioned.
"Nothing man, it's nothing," he replied.
"Haha nothing? Yeah right, it's never nothing," he told Michael.
"Okay so you're right, and don't tell anyone I admitted you were right about anything," Michael said, "Promise right now."
"Okay I promise. So what is it? What is this 'nothing.' Come on tell me? Please?" Eric begged Michael.
"I was going to tell you anyways, you didn't have to beg," Michael stalled.
"Mike, come on, you know how I hate to wait for things," Eric replied, "Tell me, tell me, tell me." He really did sound like a two-year-old.
"I cheated on Alice," Michael blurted out.
"Whoa...wait a minute...back up...you cheated on Alice. Who? What? Where? When?" Eric asked playing the inoccence card.
"Okay so I'll answer your questions one at a time. Remember that girl Sydney you met the other day at lunch. Of course, I already told you I cheated on Alice. At a party and back here. Lastly, last night after the party I told you I was going to," Michael answered each and everyone of Eric's questions.
"What are you going to do?" Eric asked.
"What do you mean?" Michael questioned.
"I mean how are you going to handle this? Are you willing to break up with Alice in order to be with Sydney? I mean you can't really be fair to both of them if you're stringing them both along," Eric clarified.
"I actually believe I would be willing to just leave Alice for Sydney. I mean I honestly think it might have been love at first sight or at least attraction at first sight. I know I certainly was attracted to her right away," Michael replied.
"Well I would suggest you tell both Sydney and Alice that," Eric told Michael, "They both deserve that."
"I have to call Sydney later and once we figure everything out then I'll talk to Alice," Michael explained.
"Good luch Mike," he replied, "That's all I have to say. You're probably going to need it."
TBC...
Thanks to everyone who reviewed:
Blondie~~~I fixed the whole big paragraph thing, but I'm glad you like the story.
ailec~~~I fixed the problem, and I'll try to update with at least one chapter a night.
Megan~~~The nile thing was a mistake, I had Egypt written down, but my head was somewhere else when I typed this up.
annabelle~~~I fixed the problem and I'm glad you think this is cool! And I couldn't tell you if they break up with Alice and Josh - it would ruin the story.
abcdefg~~~this is an AU fic, so just imagine that they're all the same age.
star~~~thanks, and I'm glad you'll keep reading :)
thesheeplover~~~I'm glad you like it so much!!
Egyptian Kat~~~I'll continue posting as long as people keep reviewing and when I find time.
jhfortier~~~I will continue, thanks!
Valoriahn~~~thanks :)
Please read and review, hope you enjoyed this chapter 8^)
~nicole~
