Chapter seven: How could it be a mistake?

The sunlight streamed through the window and fell upon Lilly's face; she groaned and blearily opened her eyes. It took a few minutes to realise where she was and then she remembered why she was now lying naked next to her equally naked partner whose arm was draped over her waist. She slid out from under his arms and after grabbing some clothes, made a beeline for the bathroom.

Stepping into the shower, she sunk down the floor, allowing the water to wash over her. She and Scotty had made love...twice... and although at the time she was lost in the passion, lost in his kisses, his touch, now in the harsh light of day all she could think about was that it was all one huge mistake. Her tears rolled down her cheeks, washing down the drain as the shower poured over her hunched body.

Scotty sighed happily and opened his eyes; it had been a long time since he'd woken up this satisfied. The sex with Lilly last night had been fantastic; it had been all he could do to keep from making too much noise. The last thing he wanted was for one of his parents to come barging in on them. Glancing at the clock, he saw it was still early. A grin played on his lips as realised that if he woke Lilly up then, maybe they'd have one more go around before they went down to breakfast.

Rolling over however, he found himself all alone. Frowning, he sat up and glanced around for his boxers, finally finding them on the other side of the room, still lying where Lilly had thrown them in the heat of passion. He crept out of the room and across the hallway to the bathroom, he could hear the running water and figured she must be in the shower, thinking that maybe he'd join her he tested the door but he found it lock.

"Lil" he called softly "Hey open up it's me" but the door remained lock and Scotty gave up returning to his room to out on more clothes.

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Lilly came down to breakfast, hoping that Scotty would be in a similar mindset, that last night was a humongous, colossal mistake and it was one that they would never repeat. But the look in his eyes when she sat down beside him, told her that he was on a completely different wavelength.

"Mornin" Scotty whispered too her

"Hi" Lilly replied, immediately staring into her bowl of porridge to avoid looking directly at him. Maybe she should make up some sort of excuse and head home early, have a few days to think before they went back to work, maybe give Scotty time to realise that it wasn't gonna happen again.

Scotty's hand reached under the table and squeezed her tight, making her leg jerk violently, slamming into the table top.

"Sorry" She apologised quietly to his family, who were all looking curiously at her "Leg cramp"

Scotty looked at her, confusion etching his face. He had to be imagining it; there was no way that she could be flipping out about this. She seemed to enjoy last night just as much as he did, if the way she had pulled a pillow over her head to muffle her moans of ecstasy or the way her fingers had dug into his back had been any indication. But she was definitely making a point of avoiding his gaze and any attempts to make physical contact.

After breakfast, Scotty followed Lilly up to their room and as soon as they were alone he closed the small gap between, and with her back to him, he began trail kisses down her neck as his hands stroked her hips.

"Don't Scotty" she mumble pulling away from him.

"It's alright Lil, everyone is downstairs, and they won't hear us" Scotty said replacing his hands on her waist. He was about to lean in to kiss her shoulder, when she pulled herself out of his grip and whirled around to face him.

"I said don't" she snapped and his brow furrowed in a combination of confusion and frustration.

"What's going on Lil?" he wined

"Last night..." she sighed and turned away from him "...Last night was a mistake Scotty"

"A mistake?" he parroted and he could feel the anger beginning to swell in his chest.

"Yes, a mistake" she confirmed, still not looking at him as she started to pack her suitcase. Scotty could only stand there, in complete silence as he watched her gather up her clothes. Finally he crossed the room, putting himself between her and her suitcase.

"So you're telling me...that, us making love...was a mistake"

"Scotty, just drop it okay" Lilly said and she tried to get around him but he had her bag covered.

"No I will not drop it Lil, we had sex it wasn't like it's against the law or anythin"

"Scotty, it shouldn't have happened, we're partners do you realise how many regs we broke" She sighed dropping her clothes back on the bed "If Boss found out he'd have our asses."

"Is that all that matters to you?"

"This job is all I've got Scotty and I am not going to throw it away over something this trivial"

It had felt like Lilly had stabbed him in his chest "Trivial?" She could see something that looked like pain, flash in his eyes but the sooner she recognised it, it was gone.

"Yes, there is no point Scotty...this" she gestured between them "Us...it will never happen...not in a million years"

"Well that's just great Lil" he said sarcastically "So I don't get a say in this at all?"

"There is nothing to talk about Scotty...last night will never happen again...there is no point when nothing will come of it and it will only end in tears"

"I can't believe you're doing this again" He said

"Doing what?" she asked feeling her own anger beginning to rise in the face of his fury.

"Giving up on a relationship before it even begins" Scotty replied

"What relationship Scotty...we not even together" She snapped

"Well at least I've been in a relationship that lasted longer than five minutes" Scotty replied

"What's that supposed to mean" Lilly yelled back.

"It means that at least I am willing to try...at least I don't use the past as an excuse not to let people get to close to me"

"Yeah well at least I don't lie to people and say that I dating someone when I am really not" she screamed back. Scotty saw red and before he could stop himself he'd he was yelling at her

"You know you have spent years trying not to be your mother but you've ended up exactly like her" Scotty scathed "All you need is a bottle of vodka and you'd be a spittin image"

The bedroom door banged open, Mike, Allie, Rosa and Ramiro were standing in the doorway, staring at the two partners. Scotty realised he'd gone too far; he saw her lip quiver and could see tears shimmering in her eyes.

"I've gotta go" she said and she grabbed her bad and pushed past his stunned family, who's eyes were fixed on Scotty. He ran his hand threw his hair and sat down on the bed, wishing he could turn back time and take back the last thing he'd said to her.