The next morning Andrea woke up before the alarm went off. She opened her eyes and looked at John. She smiled. It felt like old times. Then she looked down and saw his wedding ring. Her smile and happy feelings faded. That reminded her that it was not the same. That John was with another woman now. He'd be going home to her and that was that. The alarm clock went off. Andrea turned it off.
"John." She said softly. "John." "It's time to wake up honey." He opened his eyes.
"Hi."
"Hi." She said trying to hide the sadness in her voice. She sat up in bed
"Andrea, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." "I'm fine." "Really." John sat up.
"Tell me what's wrong baby."
"You'd better get ready to go." John went to turn on the light on the end table next to him. His wedding ring made a loud tinging sound against the glass. He looked down at his ring hand. Andrea could see the guilt in his eyes. He looked at her.
"Andrea last night was-
"You don't have to." "I understand."
"Understand what?"
"That you think last was a big mistake." "It's ok." "I get it."
"No." He held her hand. "Andrea." "I wanted last night just as much as you did."
"I know it didn't mean anything to you."
"Didn't mean anything to me?" "It meant everything to me." "It's not like you're just some random woman." "I care about you." "I know you know that."
"I care about you to."
"I know."
"The one you're with isn't me." "The one you love isn't me." "I'm not your wife." She had tears in her eyes. "I'd hate to say it because that's not how I feel about it at all but technically all we did was have sex." "We had our night it's over and that's it."
"We both know we felt more then that."
"We may have but we also both know this is where whatever we felt last night stops here and now." "You belong with Cassie now, with your family." "That's the way it should be."
"You're my family to."
"No." "Becca is." "I'm not." She got out of bed.
Becca got up to use the bathroom. As she walked past Andrea's room she could hear voices. One of them sounded an awful lot like John. The voices were getting closer. Becca ran to the bathroom leaving the door cracked so she could see.
Andrea stepped out in to the doorway.
"It's all clear." Andrea said. John stepped out beside her.
"Hey come here." They hugged. Neither of them wanted to let go. When they did they looked at each other. John pressed his lips against hers. She kissed him back. She knew she was going against everything they just talked about but she could help herself. The kiss was slow and loving. It just kept going to and going. It broke after a few minutes.
"We have to stop doing stuff like that."
"I don't want to."
"We have to." "You have go to."
"Bye."
"Bye."
From the bathroom Becca smiled.
"Oh my god they were kissing." Becca thought. "I knew they were still in love."
Later that day John picked Becca up to take her to the next city. Andrea was already at work. She was sitting at her desk. There was a knock at her door.
"Come in." She said. Sarah walked in.
"Hi Andrea." "Wanna go to lunch?"
"No I'm not hungry."
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing."
"Come on."
"I did something last night that I shouldn't have."
"What?"
"I had sex with John."
"I knew that would happen."
"It did."
"So?" She said smiling.
"Oh god it was so incredible." "He is so amazing in bed." "He always was."
"Damn."
"This is exactly what I have to stop doing." "John's married." "He's not my boyfriend anymore."
"Is he gonna leave his wife?"
"No and I would never ask him to." "I guess karma does work." "I broke his heart now unintentionally he's breaking mine." "This sucks." She started to cry. "It's not fair." "I love him and I can never tell him."
Later that night John was laying in bed. He was thinking about him and Andrea.
"I have to stop this I'm gonna drive myself nuts." He thought. "Last night was the best sex I've had in years." "What am I doing?" "Cassie loves me." "I love her." "God help me I love Andrea to, so much."