Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. If I did, I'd be in my penthouse right now, writing an episode which brings Doug back ;)...I rated it PG-13, just in case...
What happened so far : Susan left from her own birthday party. Doug found her crying on the roof and wanted to take her home
PIZZA AND TEQUILA
"Wow... I haven't been here in a long time..."Doug said as he looked around in Susan's apartment. „Yeah, last time must have been my Christmas party"
"I guess so."
They walked over to the living room and sat down on the couch. „Beer? Wine? Tequila?" Susan asked.
"Tequila would be great."
"Sure. I'll be back in a minute" Susan stood up and headed for the kitchen while Doug took a look around the living room. His eyes scanned some framed pictures of Chloe and Susie that were placed on the little table beside the couch.
When Susan came back with a bottle of tequila and two glasses in her hand, Doug was still looking at a picture of Susie. "You would have been a great Mom for her."
"Maybe." Susan poured the tequila into the glasses and handed one of them to Doug. He raised his glass and smiled at Susan. "Happy Birthday!"
Susan wondered why out of all the people she knew, Doug was the one who she spent her 30th birthday with. They had been good friends all along, but she and Doug had never been that close before. Susan wished her best friends Carol or Mark would be by her side right now, but Mark was far away in Milwaukee with his family. He had planned to come to Chicago for Susan's birthday, but since a few of doctors at the hospital he was now working at had called in sick, he had to step in for them and couldn't make it to Susan's party. And Carol who was on the graveyard shift this night was probably at home sleeping until she had to go back to work in a few hours.
However, Susan couldn't say that she didn't enjoy Doug's company. In fact, she was more than glad that she'd brought him over. He really cheered her up and made her feel better.
"I'm starving....how about some pizza?"Susan asked. She hadn't eaten anything since lunch, and was now ravenously hungry.
"Great idea. I didn't have anything for dinner today. How about sharing one of those family-size ones?"
"Okay. What kind of pizza do you want?"Susan reached for the phone and dialed the number of her favorite pizza service.
"Oh, I don't care. Whatever you like is fine with me, too."
Susan smiled and ordered a large pizza. By the time they delivery service arrived, Susan and Doug both have had a couple of tequilas each and were not so sober anymore. "Pizza!" Doug exclaimed when Susan came back with the pizza. She sat down on the couch again, put the pizza box between herself and Doug and grabbed a slice of pizza. It didn't take them long to polish off the whole thing.
Some tequilas later, they were both sitting cross-legged on the couch, laughing and joking all the time.
"I feel a lot better now,"Susan said with a smile on her face. "Laughter is the best medicine after all," she spoke up.
Doug laughed, but then he shook his head. "No. Tequila is even better," he said, pouring some more alcohol into their glasses.
They
quickly emptied their glasses and refilled them again. By now, both
of them had had way to much alcohol and were no longer fully aware of
their actions...They laughed about everything and nothing at the same
time and were having a blast.
"You know what? I'm actually
having a good time...Doug... I'm so glad you didn't leave me all
alone... you saved my birthday" Susan smiled and lay her head
down on Doug's shoulder.
"Well, I'm glad I stayed with you... I haven't had so much fun in a long time," he replied and gently touched her cheek.
For some minutes they sat there, side by side, looking at each other, without saying a word. Doug slowly leaned forward, moving his face towards her face. Susan instinctively closed her eyes when their lips met in a short and soft kiss. Realizing what just happened, Susan backed away from him and stared at him in wonder. She glanced into his warm, deep brown eyes without saying a word. Eventually, she brought her arms around him, pulled him closer and kissed him back. Before long, Susan found herself exchanging passionate kisses with her best friend's ex. But she couldn't think about Carol right now, as his touches and kisses made her forget about everything else. Susan let her fingers run down his back while Doug began to undone the buttons of her blouse... Without thinking about what she was doing to Carol and Mark, Susan discarded her clothes and let him love her...
....TBC....