Hey pal! It's all set up here! My phone vibrated in my coat pocket. It was a text from Jimmy and I was walking over to his apartment in the heavy downpour. It was Friday evening, just gone 5pm in New York City. Our work was cancelled due to the extreme bad weather and Jimmy was alone this weekend so we decided to have a game night, I carried my gaming laptop in a separate bag. We both love video games, and sometimes it's more fun than just sitting around in sweatpants and watching movies, okay maybe not but games was somewhat more entertaining, especially with Jimmy.
I was a writer at TSJM, so I quickly became good friends with everyone, especially Jimmy. He was always that person to welcome you to the group, if you was having a bad day he would always offer a hug or if you had work related problems or even personal problems his office door was always available to you.
I walked into the Gramercy building and into the elevator and pressed the button to Jimmy's floor, I sent him a quick reply telling him I was on my way up. It felt nice to get out of the rain, I'm glad I also had brain on and brought a change of clothes in my bag that was damp. My current jeans were soaked, my hair looked like someone poured a bucket of water over me and felt like I had ponds in my shoes. Ugh I hate this weather! I loved looking out at it from my apartment but walking in it was another opinion... Luckily I lived only 10 minutes away from Jimmy's place.
The elevator doors dinged open and I did a speed walk to Jimmy's door, I knocked twice and Jimmy swung the door open with a huge grin but dropped when he saw just how soaked I was even if I was wearing a thick jacket. "Hey pal, you got a change of clothes?" I nodded yes and Jimmy stepped aside to let me in. His apartment was already so warm. "You get changed in here pal, I'll go make us a hot drink and we can begin" Jimmy said as we walked into his living room. "Amazing, sounds fantastic" I smiled and proceeded to get changed.
All my clothes stuck to me because of the rain but eventually I got changed into sweatpants and a hooded top. Normally this is clothes I'd wear at home but Jimmy's home was also like my second home and it was comfortable.
Jimmy walked back in the living room with 2 cups of creamy hot chocolate and a towel.
I slurped the hot chocolate and let out a loud "aah", something he really hated and I'd do it on purpose in front of him, I waited for my laptop to start up. Jimmy had picked World of Warcraft as our first video game.
After playing online for a few hours we decided to play on one of the consoles next.
After getting a fresh hot drink we got comfortable on the sofa with the fire blazing as it unleashes that beautiful cozy warm feeling in the room. We decided to play Nintendo and the first game was Wii Sports. We played a few matches on the Tennis, giggling if we almost hit each other in the face with the Wii controller, we also couldn't stop laughing at each others Mii avatars.
Then it was time for Mario Kart Wii. Jimmy played as Toad and I played as Yoshi, the first few rounds we were both in fits of laughter, the third round Jimmy kept pushing me over and placing his hands over my eyes causing him to win the race, so the fourth round I decided to get my own back, I set my controller down in my lap and grabbed Jimmy's face with both hands and placed a harsh kiss on his lips, I felt him tense up and drop his controller to the floor, mission accomplished! I smiled widely to myself and raced in front, I quickly glanced back at him and he was sat there with wide eyes and a slight confused expression. I smiled cheekily "that's payback for playing dirty Fallon!" I said while pointing my index finger in his face. A smile crept upon his face, he grabbed his controller then stood up and stood right in front of me so I couldn't see the TV. "HEY!" I yelled while trying to yank him back, he laughed hysterically, I tried moving up the couch and sat where Jimmy was sat but he still moved in front of me. After 20 minutes of this, he still managed to win the race. "Man, you've rigged this damn game!" I pouted and folded my arms across my chest, Jimmy laughed at my childish behavior and gave me a hug, "you're not creeping around me with hugs Fallon!" I jokingly said as we pulled away. He gave me one of his notorious smiles "I swear its not rigged! You're just playing against the pro!!" he said while pointing to himself "also, thanks for that small distraction" he added with a chuckle and wink, I then felt myself blush and remembered I had kissed him, a sudden wave of guilt washed over me, I had no idea what made me do that, I worked with this guy and he was also my friend, "Jimmy I'm sorry about that, I really didn't mean anything by that I'm sorry" my words left my mouth very quickly, like a 100 miles an hour but he started smiling, which was a relief! "Hey I didn't say you did anything wrong...I just said thanks for it" he said while turning the console off. I moved my eyes to the floor and again felt myself blush and feel warm in my cheeks, maybe i was the fire?. Oh well this is awkward.. Jimmy cleared his throat, causing me to look up at him, I chuckled awkwardly and rubbed one of my temple, I felt Jimmy's eyes on me which made me feel even more awkward. "So I know its late but you wanna watch a movie?" Jimmy broke the silence, I nodded my head yes "that sounds great" I made myself comfortable back on the couch while Jimmy placed a random movie in the player and sat down really close to me, Sleepless in Seattle was playing.
After the movie had finished, I made my way to Jimmy's guest room, it was near 4am, the latest I've ever gone to bed. The latest we've gone to sleep has been 1am. After basic hygiene routine I placed one of my oversized shirts on and got into bed. I heard the door to the bedroom open, I looked up and saw Jimmy standing there in just his tight boxers. He walked slowly over to the other side of the bed and smiled down at me and climbed under the sheets with me, "Get some sleep, you're gonna need it when you lose on the races tomorrow!" he smirked, I playfully punched him in the arm and smiled as my eyes closed as I placed my head on his chest and fell asleep to the sound of his heart beating. We definitely are BFF.
