Faith was frozen to the spot, her lips burned from that kiss. It was intense. A million thoughts were running through her head. What the hell. He kissed me. He hardly knows me and he kissed me. Then he just went. What does this mean?
The amount she had drunk previously suddenly affected her, a wave washed over her and she fell back against the wall. Just at that moment Shannon had walked outside looking for her.
'Faith, Jesus, are you ok?' he rushed towards her and grabbed her, stopped her sliding down the wall.
'Erm, yeah I'm okay,' Faith tried to get back up and immediatly fell backwards again.
'You are not okay Faith, lets get you to bed, you can sleep in my bed, I will sleep downstairs with the others.' Shannon spoke with such concern in his voice.
Faith tried to protest but couldn't get her words out. She let Shannon lead her through the crowd and up the stairs, she could feel everyone watching her even through her drunken haze, she could feel her cheeks burn with embarrasment. She could feel him watching her. She turned to look at him and saw him sitting in the corner just looking at her, no emotion in his eyes. Blank. Shannon gently tugged her, urging her to carry on walking.
Once her got her to his bedroom, he gently eased her down onto his bed. He cautiously laid a blanket over her and whispered to her he would be downstairs if she needed him. With that he got up and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Faith lay in his bed, her eyes adjusting to the darkness. She knew she drunk too much and it was a mistake but she also know this was partly down to that kiss. It drove her wild with desire and confused her all at once. She felt her eyes getting heavy. And drifted off to sleep with a million thoughts of him running through her mind.
Faith woke up later on, she wasn't sure what time it was but she knew it must be late, it was quiet everyone had probaly fallen asleep. She heard a gentle tap on the door and someone whisper her name. The door slowly opened and Shannon stood there, a glass of water in his hand.
'Hey, how you feeling?' he walked towards her and placed the water on the table next to the bed, sitting down on the edge.
'I've been better.' Faith let out a silent laugh at this, her humor covering her humiliation. 'Look, I'm sorry for...'
Shannon cut in over her.
'Don't be, we all drink a little too much sometimes, hell I know I do. No one is bothered, just concerned.'
Faith let out a small sigh of relief.
'Thank you Shannon. I feel bad, you hardly know me, I was so horrible when we met and here you are being so kind to me.' A tear fell from her eye.
Shannon placed a hand on her shoulder.
'Hey, hey, hey...don't worry, its fine, don't cry.'
'Sorry, drink makes me a little emotional.' replied Faith, wiping the tear away and composing herself. 'I'm fine now.' she let out a small smile, which Shannon could just see through the darkness, the light from the hallway being the only illumination in the room.
Shannon sat there while Faith fell back asleep, making sure she was ok. Once he could see she was, he slowly stood up and made his way towards the door, glancing back at her one last time he smiled. Night Faith.