Rory spent the next day wondering if he'd just destroyed a perfectly good friendship. Or worse, he wondered if Amy remembered any of it. Had he really been that guy? Had he really been the sort of person to take advantage of a drunk girl? Rory's stomach turned at the thought. He went through it in his head over and over, analyzing every single move he'd made and every word she'd said.
He decided to call her in hopes that it would clear his head. "Hi, Amy... How are you feeling?" He didn't want to sound too worried or not worried enough. He didn't know what he ought to really say or how.
"Ugh! I feel like shit" Amy answered sounding very groggy and hung over.
"Great.." Rory whispered wondering if she was resenting him already.
"How are you feeling?" Amy asked equally worried that Rory saw last night as a terrible mistake. Her mind raced with all the horrible things Rory could be thinking of her. She wanted him so much it frightened her. She'd started out just doing it for the fun of it. But the more she thought about how good it felt to have him inside her; the more she couldn't help feeling like she was falling in love. Love was a scary thing for Amy to contemplate. The word carried far too much weight and she could feel it sinking down like heavy stones to the pit of her stomach.
"I'm ok" is all Rory replied with making Amy grind her teeth in frustration. She's known Rory all her life and she knows him well enough to know how passive aggressive he can be.
"Is that a good ok or a bad ok?" Amy asked.
"Can you come over?" Rory asked.
"When?" Amy wanted to jump up right then and there and run to his house but she wasn't about to show it.
"Could you come now?" Rory's voice was low and quiet and it drove Amy mad with worry.
"Yeah, sure" Amy drove over to his place and her worry increased to the point that she could feel her heart race in her chest. What if he wanted her over in person because he didn't want to break any bad news over the phone?
Rory wanted to tell her how much he loved her, how sorry he was for the way things happened and how he understood if she never wanted to see him again. He just needed to see her in person. Especially if this was going to be the last time they spoke. Rory stood at the front porch and watched as Amy pulled up and got out of the car. "Amy, I..." Rory gets cut off.
"Wait, before you say anything I have to tell you that I love you ok?" Amy sounded slightly angry even though she was confessing her love. "So, think whatever you want of me but understand that I did what I wanted to do."
"I was worried what you'd think of me" Rory half smiled realizing that although Amy was acting defensive she had said she loved him.
"This whole thing is ridiculous. Rory, I want you to take me out to dinner sometime." Amy put her hands on her hips. "And for the record, I'm not the kind of girl that fucks on the first date" She winked making Rory smile. It was a relief since he'd looked so sad and scared not more than 5 seconds ago.
"So... this is a date?" Rory asked wanting to make sure they had officially jumped over the 'just friends' line into boyfriend and girlfriend territory.
"Yes!" Amy nudged him. "And don't think just because we've been best friends since I was 7 that you're allowed to get lazy. I demand to be shown a good time." She joked.
"We've only been dating for 5 seconds and you're already nagging me with demands." Rory smiled at the ground as he joked with her. Saying 'we're dating' out loud felt so good.
"I demand you kiss me" Amy took him by the shirt collar and kissed him as they stood on the front porch.
"Oh my god!" A familiar voice interrupted them. "It's finally happening! I knew it would but you had me worried for a minute there."
"Hi, Mels" Both Rory and Amy waved at their friend as she started walking up to them.
"Congratulations, you two!" Melody put her arms around her parents shoulders and hugged them tight. "So how did it finally happen?"
"Umm..." Rory looked at Amy a little embarrassed.
"We sort of got drunk and hooked up at Jeff's party last night." Amy admitted with a shy smile on her face.
"Eeww! That's not romantic at all. I'm so disappointed in you!" Mels ran up to Rory's front door. "Does Brian know? He's going to love this." Melody opened the front door and started walking in. Amy and Rory ran in behind her.
"Whoa, wait. You're just going to tell him I'm dating Amy right? You're not going to mention the part where we got drunk and slept together at a party full of underaged teenagers are you?"
"Rory, you honestly think I would do something so reckless?" Mels gasped with a mockingly shocked expression.
"You stole a bus" Rory gave her a look.
"You're a nice guy, Rory. But you're incredibly good at holding a grudge." Melody smiled as she put her hands on her hips.
"Ahem" A voice by the kitchen door made the trio spin around. "So that's why you came home so late last night." Brian sipped his tea.
"Dad! How long were you standing there?!" Rory turned red.
"Whole time. Heard the whole thing" Brian couldn't help but chuckle at his son's open mouthed expression.
"Oops" Amy looked up at the ceiling embarrassed.
"I should ground you for drinking underaged." Brian shot him a stern look. "So after your date's over you're coming straight home. Understood" Brian couldn't keep a straight face any longer.
"Yes, sir. Completely and totally understood. It will never happen again." Rory smiled realizing he wasn't in trouble. Brian went upstairs leaving the kids alone in the living room.
"What do you mean by 'It will never happen again'?" Amy whispered to Rory.
"I meant the drinking, Amy. Not... the other stuff" Rory whispered back a little uncomfortable by Mels presence.
"Oh, sorry. Mummy and Daddy are talking grown up stuff. I'll be in the kitchen" Melody walked off with a giddy smile on her face.
Rory put his hands around Amy's waist. "So now that we're alone.." He leaned in and gave her a surprisingly passionate kiss. He noticed the pleasantly surprised smile on Amy's face. "And I guess I don't have to tell you there's more where that came from" He added with an uncharacteristically mischievous smile.
Amy chuckled "Who are you and what have you done to Rory Williams?"