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5. A Kiss Is just A Kiss

Rory woke up in a hotel bed the next morning, without having any idea how she had gotten there. All she knew the moment she opened her eyes was that she had never had such a headache before. What had happened? Why did she feel so bad? And above all: Where was she?

„Looks like you're back!" she heard a female voice from behind her.

She turned around, which made the pounding in her head even worse, and saw Steph sitting in a chair next to her bed.

„Back to where, if I might ask?" was all Rory was able to get out. She really needed some water, but first of all she needed to know where she was and why.

„Wow, I didn't think it would be that bad. You're in Las Vegas. At the Aladdin Hotel, to be more specific. You do remember that you went to Las Vegas with me, Colin and Finn and the LDB, right?"

Rory did remember that she had agreed to go to a party as well as the flight to Las Vegas, but she had no memory of the actual party. "Yeah, I do remember that." Suddenly a thought hit her mind. "I didn't get drunk, did I?"

"Oh yeah, you did, girlie, you did. You really don't remember anything?" Steph asked in disbelief. She had often had a hangover before but even if she had gotten really drunk she had always remembered at least something the next morning.

"I do remember having been on the dance floor with you, but just vaguely. But wait, I think I do remember why I was drinking." Rory said and an image of Finn flashed up in her mind.

"Just a wild guess, but maybe because you checked out Finn's ass on the plane?" Steph spoke out what Rory thought. She hadn't really known how to start this conversation with Rory but somehow the words just slipped out. And maybe this was the right way, direct and without any useless nice words. Because Steph knew that talk had to be done.

Rory was totally shocked by the girl's words. So she couldn't think of anything to say.

"Don't worry, nobody else saw it." Steph went on and Rory sighed in relieve. "But I'm afraid I've got to tell you something you won't like to hear. There is more to this story."

The relieve Rory had felt just seconds ago was gone. Steph didn't sound as if she was about to tell a funny story about what she had done in drunken state. In fact, the girl sounded worried. What could she have done that worried someone she barely knew so much?

"But first of all, let me tell you that: I know we don't know each other very well, but you are a great person and I feel like we can get friends so whenever you need to talk about all this, don't hesitate to come to me. I will be there, I promise. Girls gotta help each other!"

Part of Rory was happy to hear this, but the other worried even more. What exactly Steph meant with "all this"?

"I'm glad to hear that. But what is it that you need to tell me?" she asked impatiently. She really needed to know now or she was going to get crazy.

"As there is no easy way to say this I'm just going to say it as it is: You kissed Finn. And I'm afraid to tell you, it wasn't just an accidental lip-lock but more of a 'I wanna get laid by you'-kiss."

The moment these words escaped Steph's lips random memories came back to Rory. Finns body pressed up against hers. His hands in her hair. Their dueling tongues. The feeling of his hardening cock against her stomach. Her desire to get more of him. Damn! She had made out with Finn. And even worse: she had enjoyed it!

Steph looked into Rory's widening eyes and could see that suddenly the memory came back to her. She felt really sorry for the girl, she could barely imagine how she felt that moment. But she also knew that this was the way things were going. Whatever you did, there were consequences.

Rory couldn't stay in bed any longer so she got up, even though her head felt like it was going to explode. "What did I do? What am I going to do now? I can't do that to Logan. Why am I so stupid? I'm a bitch!" She mumbled until Steph got up and pulled her in a hug.

"It's okay honey. We're going to fix it. It's going to be okay, I promise! And you're certainly not a bitch!" A few tears fell down on Rory's cheeks. But she didn't allow herself to start crying. She was the one who screwed up, she couldn't be the one crying her eyes out. It was all her fault.

Suddenly another question came to her mind. "Who else saw us? I mean, if you saw it, there were more. Oh my gosh, someone is going to tell Logan about it."

Steph caressed her back and shook her head. "Don't worry, Ror. Nobody saw you except for Colin and me, and we are certainly not going to tell Logan."

Rory pulled herself out of Steph's hug and looked at her. "Thank you. I don't really deserve all this."

"Hey, don't be too hard to yourself. You were drunk, your boyfriend just left so you were depressed, things like that happen once in a while. It's no big deal. A kiss doesn't have to mean anything. Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss."

It would have been easy for Rory to just agree to that and tell herself that it wouldn't have any consequences. But she didn't. "In the world I come from a kiss stops being 'just a kiss' the moment feelings are involved."

Steph sighed. This was worse than she had expected it to be. "So there are feelings there?"

"I don't really know about that actually. All that I know is that I really wanted to kiss Finn and yeah, a part of me was also willing to go further. Oh my gosh, please tell me we didn't take things further than kissing?"

"Don't worry, nothing more happened. You came back to the party, you went off to the bar because you were so shocked about what you did, you had two more Tequila before Colin and I could stop you and bring you up to this room, where you passed out on the bed almost instantly." Steph explained to Rory.

"I don't know how I can thank you guys."

"It's okay, hun. But let's stick with this whole feeling thing. I know that Finn can be really charming and that he is quite a handsome man. But you can also say these two things about Logan, and you do love Logan, I know that. Whatever you might feel for Finn, it's just a crush and what happened was just a drunken mistake. Stay away from him for a while and I'm sure it is going to go away pretty fast."

What Steph said sounded rational. But Rory knew better. There had been feelings for Finn ever since he showed up at her apartment the morning Logan had left. Sure, she loved Logan and she didn't really want to be with Finn, but she couldn't deny the fact that there was something between them. Something that could cause trouble if she wasn't really careful.

But nevertheless she nodded. "I guess you're right. But don't you think I should talk to Finn about all this?"

Steph shook her head. "I don't think so. Don't take a risk to fall for his charm again. Besides, Colin is there talking to him right as we sit here. I'm sure he's going to make it clear to him that what happened was nothing but a mistake."

And as angry as he was when he saw you two he's probably going to hurt the parts of Finn you had a desire for last night, so you won't have to worry about taking things any further anymore. she added in her mind, but didn't say it out loud.

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