Best Friends are Forever.

Chapter 11

Jason woke the next morning to the sound of a car starting somewhere out front.  When he looked around he realized the TV was still on, with the DVD player in standby mode.

He looked down to see AJ curled up under his arm still sound asleep. He took the time to marvel in the feel of her snug up against his side. She sat with her knees drawn up listing to the side barely resting on his thigh. Her head was resting on his chest and he could feel her deep steady warm breaths threw his shirt. Even though he knew he was going to have a kink in his neck, he knew this is the most comfortable he has ever been.  He couldn't believe he was really here, in this position with her. He shifted slightly to kiss the top of her head (which at this time is all he really had access to) only to startle her awake.

AJ jerked her head up and felt the impact as she came awake. Followed by a deep growl. Taking only a minute to realize where she was and who she was curled up next to she looked up to see Jason holding his mouth with his free hand. He pulled the hand away slightly and she could see the blood oozing out of his lower lip. "Shit, first aid kit" was all she said before leaping up and running to the half bath to grab the kit she kept there. Running back into the living room she kneeled in front of Jason and moved between his legs. She had to pry his hand from his mouth to gently clean his lip and chin with some gauze. Then she inspected it to make sure there was no major damage, she noted that the blood had already started clotting and the cut was no longer bleeding. Then without thought she kissed the injury, almost like she would do for one of the kids.

As their lips made contact she realized what she did and felt the wash of guilt when Jason sucked in a hissing breath. Looking up into his eyes she said. "Sorry" then busied herself with cleaning up the first aid mess.

Jason laced the hand without blood on it in her hair and urged her back to him. Before their lips made contact again he said "I don't mind the pain. It reminds me that this is real and not a dream" Then brought his lips down onto hers.

As her head swam she placed her hands on his thighs to steady herself and felt his muscles bunch. This time Jason broke the kiss himself when she started to slide her hands forward up his thighs. Resting his head on hers he said “As much as I would love to continue this I think I better go wash up before I make a mess”

When she pulled back and looked at him confused he lifted the hand he had over his mouth earlier. It was not so much as covered in blood but there was enough to be messy had he not remembered.

Pursing her lips together AJ sat back on her heals allowing Jason to get up. After three steps He turned with a confused look and asked. “Um...Where do you want me to wash this off”

Chuckling she got up, grabbed the first aid kit, and led him through the kitchen to the half bath in the dining room. While she put the kit away in the small cabinet behind the toilet, he looked in the mirror. “To bad it's not Halloween” He said as he inspected the damage and washed his hands. Before he could ask she handed him a wash cloth to clean his face off as well. Then, stepped out to wait for him, in the dining room.

When he stepped out of the bathroom she was leaning on her dining room table with her legs crossed in front of her.

Looking at him she asked “Why is it when we were in High school we didn't feel or act even remotely like this was going to happen.  It was almost like we had no...”Signing quotations with her fingers “romantic or intimate feelings towards each other. And now, in the space of only a few days, we can barely keep our hands to ourselves”

Jason stood with his hands in his pockets thinking for a moment then walked over and leaned on the table next to her, crossing his legs as well.

“I don't know to be honest. We both seemed to have these paths set out for ourselves and for some reason they didn't involve any kind of in depth relationship between us. I think we were too busy seeing each other as friends to notice that there could be more than that. I do know, for me at least, that changed that day in your bedroom.  I think that is why all the women I dated had something wrong that eventually gave me a reason to end it with them.”

“What about Amber?” she asked.

“I think she saw what we didn't and chose to capitalize on it.” He said after a few moment of thought. “I am not entirely sure she didn't get pregnant intentionally.” 

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly before he said “Everything that has happened in the last seven years, I think is more the reason.  It has been so long sense we saw each other as friends that it is easy to see each other as a something other than friends.

They both stood there in silence for a few minutes till Jason sat in the chair beside him then took AJ's hand and pulled her into his lap and linked his arms around her while she folded her hands in her lap, and snuggled into him.

“Did you know that at least once in high school both our sexual preference was called into question because we were...now it was his turn to use the quotations sign “Just friends”

AJ chuckled and said “I kind of figured that when Bethany Stout asked me on a date. I told her no then asked why she bothered. She said because I was the only other girl in school who wasn't chasing you to be my boyfriend so she figured I had to be playing for the other team.”

“I know mine got called into question right after I turned down Carly Stine but that quickly washed over when I asked out her twin sister Cameron”

AJ laughed and said “Sorry to tell you but it came back right after you dumped her three weeks later.”

“Oh, well that explains a lot then” He chuckled “At the time I wondered why Mike Sinclair was the sudden so pally with me.” Laughing at the memory he said “I didn't find out he was gay till after graduation.”

Both sat in silence letting past memories swamp them. A sudden grumbling caught both their attention and they both looked down at Jason's stomach.

“I can only assume you're hungry.” AJ said with a smirk then moved off Jason's lap and took his hand pulling him back into the kitchen. “I could make you some eggs. Or I have left over doughnuts from Friday.”

Jason smiled then frowned. “As wonderful as that sounds I need to get back to my house and get some stuff done before April gets home this evening.”

She looked down at their hands and after a few seconds he lifted her chin with his finger and asked “Are we on for Wednesday?”

As she nodded her head he added “Remember, no kids”

Moving closer he lowered his lips to hers and kissed her gently then raised his head and said “I think I will go out the back way so as to not incriminate us to our neighbors.” Kissing her one more time he gently released her and went out the back door.