Happy Monday - sorry for the late post.
Last week was all Valentine's Day - this week will cover the aftermath.
SPOILERS - Scott finally gets the chance to talk to his dad, there is fallout from Spike's Valentine and Maggie and Reese have decisions to make.
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Maggie opened her eyes in a darkened room to the view of long dark hair on the pillow beside her.
What had seemed such a great idea last night now left her with a knot of guilt.
Well done Maggie, you've blown yet another friendship by looking for something more.
That was exactly how it started with Cecelia, one night when too much wine, loneliness and curiosity had ended up ruining the best relationship in her life.
Maggie stared at the back of the head on the pillow beside her. She liked Reese, she really did. They had hit it off right away. At the beginning all they ever did was compare notes on Bianca. Maggie often wondered if Bianca's ears were burning the amount they would talk about her; all their regrets, all their joys; all that had made them fall in love with the sweet young daughter of Erica Kane.
Gradually the new friend's conversation moved to other subjects and Maggie and Reese discovered they had more in common than they thought. They liked the same music and had similar taste in food and politics…
Gradually Maggie had come to see Reese as someone other than another of Bianca's exes.
And Maggie was attracted to Reese. She was beautiful and smart. In a way she reminded her of Bianca a little, they had the same poise; the same ability to be terribly serious one minute and full of fun the next.
Maybe she should put last night in the category 'just a bit of fun between friends' and draw a line under it, swearing never to do it again.
But whatever happened they were going to have to talk about what happened last night at some point…
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Reese was staring at the wall trying not to move. She heard Maggie moving behind her and was putting off the moment they would have to talk to each other and process what had just happened last night.
Maggie had been a good friend to her over these last few months and friends were getting in short supply. Reese hadn't been a very nice person after the divorce and not many of the friends she shared with Bianca had taken her side. That had been one the worst parts. Bianca hadn't just taken her children, she had taken a great chunk of her life.
Maggie had started out as someone understanding to talk to and then…
She was drawn to Maggie. There was something in her manner that maybe reminded Reese a little of Bianca and the life she had lost after the divorce. Maggie certainly had Bianca's sense of fun and oblique humour. She could be fearless but there was a part of her that was fragile sometimes, her past was no less rosy than Bianca's had been, and Reese was reminded that it was nice to be the protector.
Maggie was also very attractive.
Reese sighed. She couldn't lie here forever.
She and Maggie would have to talk sometime…
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