He woke up alone.  He should more than used to it by now. So why did he feel like sulking? Lifting his head, he looked at his dick standing proud in its habitual early morning state. Soren would have made one hell of a remedy for the early-morning-woody. Perking his ears to what must surely be Soren moving about in the bathroom, he got out of bed determined to enlist the doctor's help in curing his ailment. Opening the door to the bathroom he leaned against the doorjamb and admired the view.

Soren was bent over the sink bushing her teeth. She had a towel wrapped around her hair, and another one wrapped around her torso. In her current position, it was doing terrible job covering her ass.

"What are you doing out of bed?" he asked. He sincerely hoped he didn't sound as whiny to her ears as he did to his. Swiveling her head her eyes traveled up and down the length of him. Taking in the sight of his very obvious arousal, she arched her brow as if to say 'Good morning to you too.' Spitting the toothpaste out and rising her mouth she asked "Would you rather I ravish you with legs hairy enough to give you rug burn, and the breath that could melt gundanium?"

Walking up behind her he pressed his erection against the exposed cleft of her butt and started nipping at her neck and shoulders. "There are ways to work around such things." He murmured against the back of her neck. "With a little creativity and determination." He removed the towel from her hair and fisted his hand in the damp ringlets.

"Well you certainly feel determined." She said tilting her head to give him access. It was then he noticed the long bruise on her back from hitting the door jamb last night.

"I'm sorry about this." He said softly. Gently caressing and kissing the discolored skin. "I should have been more gentle."

"It's not so bad, and it was worth it. And I'm sorry about this." She flashed him her dimple and pointed to his shoulder.

Looking at himself in the mirror he saw the scratches and bite mark she'd left on him. When the hell did those happen? He tried to sift through his memories of last night. He felt vaguely cheated that all he could recall was intense passion and need followed by mind blowing pleasure. Whatever broke loose from him last night didn't allow him a clear head.  Well he would just have to make sure he paid more attention today.  

Just as they were about to continue with what they were doing, they both heard the very distinct sound of a key in the lock of her front door and someone coming in.

 "HEY SOREN! ARE YOU READY YET?" Yelled a young man's voice.

"IF WE HAVE TO WAKE YOU UP AGAIN, I SWEAR I'M GOING TO SHAVE YOU BALD!" was a young woman's voice.

Soren's hands flew to her mouth and her eyes became impossibly round. "Oh my god!" she whispered urgently "I'm so sorry, I totally forgot they were coming today!"

"Who was coming?" he whispered back using the towel still hanging in his hand to wrap around his waist. He suppressed the urge to go out and strangle whoever had interrupted them.

"My family!" she squeaked.

He was about to say 'Your family?' when two young women and a man that were coming down the hall stopped dead and stared at them in shock.  

"HOLY SHIT!" was the youngest woman's response.

Judging by their apparent ages they had to be Soren's sisters and brother. The shock of their sudden presence had certainly gotten rid of his hard on, but it was still painfully clear what they were doing to everyone.  As much as he was hoping for some freak meteor to strike him dead at that moment, a small part of him was grateful it wasn't her parents.

"Uhhh... Kendall, Celina, Eric, this is Trowa. Umm Trowa these are my sisters and brother."  She said quavering.  "I don't suppose you could all wait in the living room for a moment would you?"

They grudgingly left and she shut the door to the bathroom. Once the door was closed she bust into paroxysms of laughter.

"I don't see what's so funny about this." He said irritably.

"I'm… sorry. I'm… sorry." She gasped. "It's either that… or die of embarrassment."

"Why are they here?" he tried not to sound petulant, but he was having difficulties handling the feelings inside him at the moment.

"I was supposed to meet them for breakfast before work today. We all have such weird schedules that we book whatever common time off we have to spend together."

"What about your parents?" for some reason that question was important to him.

"They're probably on their way." She answered soberly.

Well shit. Accepting his fate he started to remove his towel. "What are you doing?" she asked urgently. As if afraid someone else would walk in.

"Getting ready to take a shower. You should go see to your family before I change my mind and make you join me." He didn't really want her to go, but he needed some time to get his head on straight. If he was ever to salvage the impression he'd just made he's need to think clearly. So far, if Soren was anywhere near him he stopped thinking; clearly or otherwise.

She leaned forward to give him a quick kiss. "I expect a rain check for earlier."

"Count on it."

Trowa tried to regain some of his usual calm under the hot jets of water. No matter how hard he tried, Nanashi refused to cloak him in his comforting façade. What the hell had gotten in to him? Blowing off his certification, getting involved with matters that don't concern him, and making hot love with a woman he'd known for only a few hours? Almost everything he'd done over the past few weeks was out of character for him and yet he couldn't see himself doing anything else. It was like he was compelled to do so.

His head snapped up under the spray at that thought. Perhaps compelled was the right way to describe his behavior. His mind went to the two women hiding somewhere on earth. Could they be controlling him somehow? How would he know if they were? It was obvious he wasn't himself, but what did they want with him? His mind explored several possibilities.

Could they be using me more than they eluded too for their own survival? One small detail kept getting in the way. They were connected to Duo and Quatre, and Trowa refused to believe they would allow anything that could be harmful to him. On the other hand, maybe he was over thinking this and this was a big twisted version of a blind date. His friends' way of fixing him up with someone now that they were all happily involved.

Shutting off the taps he toweled off noticing that Soren brought his clothes and a fresh towel in for him. It would be just like his friends to set him up. Duo and Quatre would definitely pull something like this. Heero and Wufei wouldn't, but Trowa doubted either would bother stopping the other two.

By the time he was fully dressed he was convinced that he'd been set up and annoyed that he fell for it. Now what was he supposed to do? The thought of rejecting his attraction to Soren was ludicrous. Anna would have known exactly what to look for in a prospective mate for him.  Walking into the living room his eyes went directly to Soren. She was flushed, although he couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment or anger. What was he going to do about her? On one hand he was tempted to reject what his friends had done out of principal. On the other hand she just felt so right. Even now standing in the same room as her she didn't feel close enough.    

Pulling his gaze form her he saw that her parents had arrived. It was obvious what they'd been talking about. Very conscious of the eyes watching him, he walked over to stand next to her lacing the fingers of her hand with his.

She turned to look up at him. "You've been invited to breakfast."