"Jessie? Jessie? Are you o.k?" a soft voice whispered.

She opened her eyes slightly and found herself lying on a bed in a place she'd never seen before.

"Aww. My eye hurts...where am I?" she asked.

"You're in my apartment."

"Huh? JAMES! Is that you?" she screeched while jumping up off the bed, "oh, I am so happy to see you."

"I'd like to say the same to you, Jessie," he smiled.

There was an awkward silence for a short moment.

"Come here, you," James gestured with open arms.

"Oh, James! I've missed you so much. I've longed to tell you how sorry I was for what I did to you, can you ever forgive me?"

He let her go.

"I'm not sure about that, Jessie. I thought about it for a while, but it's not all that simple. You stole something from me that I'll never be able to get back."

"Is this about your wallet?"

"No?"

"I swear it fell into my bag, I didn't steal it! You've got to believe..."

"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about my innocence...what do you mean, my wallet?"

"Huh? Oh nothing. Anyway, what do you mean by 'innocence'?"

"Jessie, that night when you...you know, that was my...first time."

"What? A hunk like you had never..?"

He looked down at his feet, "Jessie. Do you know how humiliating it was for me to lose my virginity chained to a bed with a women who I knew didn't love me!"

"I...I...I'm so sorry, James, I had no idea you felt that way. Why didn't you say anything?"

"I was wearing a gag, remember? You stole my WALLET? What kind of a person steals their best friends' wallet?"

"James, will you give it a rest?"

He was silent for a minute, "If you'd know I was a virgin, would you have the heart to not have touched me, or would it have made you even more willing to do it?"

"I honestly don't know, James. I don't even remember much of that night. Only waking up in the morning and finding that the only man I'd ever loved had left because of my lack of the ability to control my sexual desires."

"You actually loved me? Why didn't you say so?"

"I think I was disappointed that my search for love was over and I didn't want to admit it."

"Jessie. Did you know that if you had just told me that in the first place and then given me some time, I wouldn't have said no to you?"

"And I wouldn't have had to spend 45 dollars an hour trying to find out what was wrong with me! I wish I could turn back the time so I could tell you I loved you before anything got out of hand."

"It's a bit too late now..."

"Is it?"

They started moving closer to each other, about to have their real 'first kiss,' but the door burst open and they were snapped back into reality.

"Hello, honey, I'm back from the shop," cheered Carol as she shut the door and walked over to them, "Nice to see you awake, Jessie. I bought this for your head. Here, have a lay down."

Jessie was startled about the woman barging in like that, even if it was her home. She lay down while Carol placed an ice pack over her eye, "Thankyou," was all she could say.

"Ohh, you're welcome sweetie," she replied in a high-pitched voice.

She walked over to James and started kissing him, "I missed you, darling."

James was red with embarrassment, "But you've only been gone for 10 minutes...uh...uh...cupcake."

He couldn't stop looking at Jessie. She looked angry. He wondered what would have happened if Carol hadn't walked in when she did. Carol pulled him into another kiss. He made an 'I don't know' face at Jessie while she looked away. She couldn't stand seeing James kiss another woman.

"You know what?" she interrupted, "I'm feeling much better now, so I might just get going. Thankyou for all your help and goodbye!"

She got up and ran out of the apartment.

"Jessie, wait!" James yelled, while starting to run after her.