Author's Note: It's pretty obvious that things are going to happen between Annie and Auggie. But in real life I believe in total honesty in a relationship so this chapter is just conversation. I just really wanted to get it up for you guys because it's finished and because If I included it in the next chapter it would be a really long chapter.
The next chapter will definitely be M rated so stay tuned. I'm just as excited to see how it turns out as I'm sure you guys are.
Thank you again to reviewers and favouriters and subscribers. I'm writing this for your guys.
Annie took a deep breath. Why had she just told Auggie that she'd had another dream? Why had she kissed him? She was supposed to be getting over Ben. It must be the wine. Maybe she'd had more to drink than she thought.
But no, she wasn't dizzy; she didn't feel drunk. Maybe a bit of a buzz, but not drunk enough to be kissing strangers, not that Auggie was a stranger.
She couldn't believe that she was about to tell Auggie about the dream, but she'd already gone to far. She'd already committed herself to telling him the truth and now she couldn't go back. "Before I tell you, you have to promise things won't be weird between us. You really are the only friend I have right now."
"It was a dream Annie, you can't control your subconscious." He said confused. "I promise, no weirdness." She couldn't imagine what he was thinking right now. How horrible he must think she was to be kissing him so soon after Ben had died.
"Could we sit down?" She looked up at him hoping to gauge his reactions, but she was unsuccessful.
Instead of an answer he touched the back of her hand and held her arm leading her to the couch as if she were the blind one. The gesture was not lost on her. She was glad that he was there to guide her through this.
"Well the dream started the same." She started awkwardly. She felt so childish about all of this. It was like Auggie had said. It was just a dream. She didn't have control over her subconscious. She was glad though that when she paused, Auggie put an arm around her. She settled back into him comfortably and continued.
"Ben didn't die though, there was a swat team that surrounded the helicopter and Ben got out and was joking with them saying something about me falling for it. It felt like they were all laughing at me, and I ran inside, but then I was in the DPD and everyone was pointing and whispering, they were all staring at me… Everyone except you of course."
She had to think carefully about how she explained the next part. She didn't want to seem like a complete pervert or anything.
"I went into your office and you hugged me and said you were glad I was okay… Then… Well you kissed me. But it wasn't like a soft kiss. It was pretty intense. And then suddenly we weren't in the DPD we were here in your apartment. Um… you… I mean we…well let's just say it was memorable and quite vivid. Is it okay if I skip that part of the dream? It's somewhat embarrassing."
"It's okay Annie I… wow we really. Was it… good?… I mean of course it was. Oh shit I mean I'm gonna shut up now. You continue. You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to." Auggie went through a full range of expressions as he said all of this: from caring to disbelieving to cocky and then embarrassed. Annie just found it endearing.
"Well anyway we were you know… but then I was back in Sri Lanka and it was you being shot and I was yelling your name but you were still dying in my arms." As she finished she started to cry a little, it wasn't full out sobbing or anything just a slow stream of tears on her cheeks.
As if he could see her tears, Auggie reached over and wiped her cheek with this thumb. "It's okay Annie. It wasn't real. I'm right here. I'm alive." He was so sweet. Annie didn't know what to do. She was not over Ben, not by a long shot. So why was she doing this? Why had she kissed Auggie?
"Look Auggie." She said quietly. "You're my friend; my best friend. With moving and traveling I've never really had that before. You have no idea how important you are to me, how much all of this means to me. Who else would let me stay at their place while I'm practically on the run from the government?" She laughed a bit at that. "I'm not over Ben, and I can't explain my dream. But I shouldn't have kissed you. I'm sorry." She barely even registered what she was saying. She just tried to be as honest as she could. Auggie deserved at least that.
"Annie. I understand." Auggie said. "I don't think I've gotten over Tosh or Liza. Neither of those relationships ended well. But there was something there just a few minutes ago in the kitchen. You can't deny that. Look it's not just you, I would have kissed you myself if I didn't expect to get slapped for it." He chuckled, turning cocky again. "I'm flattered that you had a sex dream about me. Really." He raised an eyebrow.
"Har har." She responded sarcastically. "I don't know why I had that dream, but we can't do that. Neither of us is ready to deal with romance. We both have trust issues." She couldn't believe she was actually having this conversation with Auggie.
"You're right." He said. "This is not the time for romance." He realized that he was still holding her. He sat back on the couch with his arm still behind her shoulder. "Oh. And Annie."
"yeah?" she responded.
"You're my best friend too. Why else would I be hiding you from the government?" He joked. She was touched at his simple joke.
"Thanks Auggie." She said. "I'm glad I've got you on my side." She leaned over and kissed his cheek.
Auggie was tired and it wasn't long before both he and Annie were yawning. They'd put a movie on, but barely paid attention to it, talking about all sorts of things, avoiding of course topics such as Ben, Tosh, Liza, and Them.
Auggie was actually quite happy with how things had turned out. He was really, honestly flattered that Annie had dreamt about him. It was good that they had actually talked about it instead of brushing it under the carpet. He dealt with enough secrets all day at work. He could tell that Annie had made a clear decision to tell him the truth. He made that same promise to himself.
He couldn't lie. He was attracted to Annie, he had been since the first day he'd led her on her introductory tour. But neither of them was ready for a relationship. It was just then that he realized the predicament they were in. He hadn't really thought about sleeping arrangements.
"um…" He said as the movie's credits rolled. "I hadn't really thought about sleeping arrangements." He admitted.
"I'll take the couch it's fine." Annie said.
"This couch is really uncomfortable though." He protested. "My bed is huge, I don't mind sharing. As long as that doesn't make you uncomfortable." He hoped she took him up on his offer. He'd napped on his couch before, being too lazy to go to his bedroom, and that had been a mistake. The last thing he wanted was to have Annie stay the week just to end up with permanent back pain.
"I guess we can share." She said hesitantly. "It'll be like all those slumber party's I never went to."
"Maybe later we can braid each others hair." He continued with her joke and was rewarded by her laugh. He quickly stood up and held out his hand. "Let's go to bed."
He pulled her to the bathroom and dug in the drawer for a new toothbrush for Annie. He always kept a few in the drawer in case he had female company, although he hadn't really been on a date since Liza. They brushed their teeth together in silence.
Auggie headed to his room and grabbed two pairs of sweat pants and one tee shirt from the drawer. He passed Annie one set of Pjs and took the other pair of sweat pants for himself, and changed in the bathroom. It wasn't that he was particularly modest, but he didn't want to make things weird for Annie.
When he was done changing he just walked out of the bathroom. Not like it really mattered if she was done changing or not. He realized that he was going to have to do laundry soon, with Annie there, he was going to run out of sweat pants. He could hear rustling clothing so he assumed that Annie was still changing.
"Hope you don't mind, It's not like I can peek." He said.
Author's Note: So I know this bit of conversations doesn't particularly scream we're about to have sex, but I'm really kind of making things up as I go along. My original plan for this story up to this point was all of three sentences and I've strung it along for six chapters. I'm sorry, but I want it to be at least a little bit believable.
As much as I love it when characters jump into bed together and declare undying love for each other, I can't bring myself to write it.
The next chapter will be M rated. It will be the first M rated thing I've done and I'm trying to strike that balance between not to childish and not to pornographic. Wish me luck.