Secrets & Lies

Chapter Sixteen

They stood there in the cold kissing until Johan come back out of the house.  With a final goodbye Gia went inside. She closed the door slowly unable to look away from his perfect face.  When the door finally clicked closed Gia leaned her back heavily against it and stared across to the stairs.  She quickly looked around wondering where Janice had disappeared to, but Gia realized that she must have already gone up to the flat because she didn't see her anywhere in the common room or dining room.

    Alex walked along side Johan back to the car only looking back over his shoulder twice. 

"So how was she?" Johan asked crudely.

"I think I might be in love!" Alex responded breathlessly.

"No shit?" Johan said surprised.

"I know odd isn't it, but she was different, she was just so amazing." Alex gushed to his friend really believing what he was saying as he thought about what would be the polite amount of time that should pass before calling her and asking her out again. 

"So what are you going to do?" Johan asked.

"I'm going to marry that girl." Alex said with a laugh.

"Well not me."

"You didn't have fun?" Alex asked his friend.

"Oh we had fun enough, but I wouldn't say that my plan was to spend the rest of my life with her after screwing for one night."

"Just for fun then?" Alex said with a wink.

"Exactly the way it should be." Johan said as they got back into the car and he started heading back to their apartment.

    Gia climbed the stairs up to her flat hoping at least Diane would still be sleeping.  She just didn't think she was up to giving Diane all the intimate details of the most magnificent night of her entire life.  Gia stood outside the door and took a deep breath and said a silent prayer of hope.  But when she opened the door there they were all three of them sitting, waiting and talking.  Diane and Anne were sitting on the sofa and Janice was in one of the chairs.

"You're back!" Diane screeched.

"Janice was regaling us with details about her hot steamy Swede and how they did it four different times.  What about you and the other one?" Diane inquired.

"He was really nice." Gia answered cryptically as she slowly removed her coat and hung it up on the coat hook.

"Did you steal his shirt?" Anne asked shocked.

"Nice work!" Diane applauded.

"I didn't steal it he gave it to me. I just didn't want to look like a slut wearing the same outfit as last night." Gia explained.

"Good plan.  We could all learn from you on that." Diane said pointedly looking at Janice as she made the statement.

"So tell us about the sex." Diane demanded.

"There is nothing to tell.  We mostly just talked.  He is very interesting, funny and so sweet." Gia gushed.

"How did you get his shirt?" Janice asked.

"Well while we were waiting it was getting pretty late, and I started getting sleepy so he offered me his shirt and bed.  So I accepted." Gia explained.

" And..." Diane prodded.

"And nothing." Gia answered.

"So you're telling us you were half naked in that gorgeous man's bed and you didn't take advantage of him?"