All too soon, we reach the apartment, where Alex eagerly unlocks the door with his keys, knocking Charlie out of the way and making him drop his keys. Bending down to pick up the keys and return them to Charlie, I notice the Doctor Who key ring, which makes me smile.
Still smiling, I hand over the keys, daring to look Charlie in the eyes for the first time. I expect him to say thanks and quickly dodge past to get inside but instead, we stand there for a few moments just looking at each others faces.
My heart pounds as the sexual tension between us rises . I am sure that we are about to kiss but we don't get that far due to Alex interrupting us.
"Welcome back," Alex says, gesturing towards the large living space.
"Yeah maybe this time you will remember it in the morning," Charlie's sharp tongue points out.
Reflexively, I coil back into Alex's arms for protection. Building on his role as the superior man, Alex shoves Charlie and tells him to stay out of 'our' way for tonight.
Putting his hands up in surrender, Charlie casually turns around and heads to his own room, only to turn his head to wink at me. The simple gesture causes me to melt inside and want to run after him to catch up where we left off.
Unfortunately, Alex is the one I need to please tonight, not Alex.
"Come on then, babe, lets get busy," Alex whispers into my ear in a deep tone, pulling me down on top of him on the sofa.
"I need a shower," I say, moving quickly out from under him "can you give me ten minutes?"
"Sure," Alex sighs, tiring of my games "freshen up."
I take this as invitation enough to use the facilities upstairs. Hastily stripping down and turning the shower on full, I hop into the boiling cascade of water. While I scrub, I have time to wonder what I should do. Admittedly, the nights I have had with Alex have been… Amazing, but I can't help but feel we are not meant to be together. Not properly.
Click.
The door opens a crack, causing me to cover my body with my arms in defense. If this is Alex again then I don't know what I'm going to do. I haven't had time to decide yet.
"Hello?" I call out uncertainty into the misty shower room.
Stepping closer, the hunky figure emerges from the thick of the steam, revealing his naked body.
My eyes rise from his feet up to his taunt calves, past his inner thighs, momentarily pausing between the thighs and waist before skimming to his face to identify my little visitor.
"Charlie?"