The Flashbacks

Chapter Eight: Girls' Night In

            Ryan took the kids over to Ethan's house so that we could have a girl's night in at the house. I felt guilty because Ethan got suspended for a week without pay. I was setting up the foot baths when Sarah went over to answer the door. Elyse smiled, holding up two bottles of wine when Sarah opened the door.

"Ethan sprang for the good stuff." She put them down on the coffee table where I had the wine glasses already waiting.

"Ethan bought the wine for tonight?" I asked her once we were all settled on the couch. Sarah made a charcuterie board for tonight and we were just going to stay in.

"He's still worried about you." Elyse smiled and I bit back a smile of my own. Ethan cared about me. I couldn't wait for our first date.

Alex's POV

I was up watching a movie with Luna on the couch. She was having a hard time sleeping and she was crying a lot. I think she just missed her mommy. She was leaning against me, drinking juice out of a sippy cup. Her cheeks were still wet with tears. It wasn't even 9 yet so I'm sure as soon as Elyse got home, she'd probably go to sleep. Someone rang the doorbell and I got up slowly so that she wouldn't fall over. I opened the door and Ryan was holding up Elyse. He had gone home about an hour ago.

"Elyse and Steph really enjoyed those bottles of wine." He told me with a small smile.

"Allleeex!" She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck. She was having a hard time holding herself up.

"I got her now. Thank you, Ryan." I closed the door once he was heading down the walk to his car. "Come on, let's get you to bed." I pulled her into the house and she stumbled on her feet.

"Come on, Lunes. Let's go to bed." Ethan finally came in the front door. He was filling out paperwork at the station all day because of what happened. Luna willingly went with him. "Good luck." He told me when he saw Alex leaning on me. I gave him a small smile and watched him take Luna to her room.

"Have I ever told you how handsome you are?" Elyse asked, her words slurred, when I picked her up to take her to the bedroom. I kicked the door closed quietly.

"All the time, sweetheart." I put her down on the bed and she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me in for a kiss.

"I love you." She told me when I pulled away. "Let's have sex." Before I could stop her, she was trying to pull her sweater over her head. It got stuck in her hair and I tried not to laugh.

"Elyse, you're drunk. I love you too but we're not having sex right now." I got her hair untangled from the sweater and tossed it to the side. I grabbed her pajamas from the dresser and she had already started taking off her jeans. When she tried to stand up, she almost fell over. I dropped her pajamas on the bed and caught her.

"Don't you think I'm sexy?" She asked, flipping her hair. I couldn't help but smile. She was adorable.

"Of course I do, Ely. You're the sexiest woman in the world to me. I just want to wait until you're going to remember this. You can't consent if you're drunk." I grabbed her pajama shirt and she shook her head, not letting me put it on.

"I want your shirt, Alex." She hiccupped and I smiled, pressing my lips together.

"Okay, sit down." She sat on the bed and looked up at me, waiting expectantly. I pulled my shirt off and she put a dollar in the waistband of my jeans. It was taking all of my self-control not to start laughing. I pulled my shirt over her head and made sure she got her arms in the right holes so that she wouldn't break her arms.