Forbidden Love

The Call

Few days have passed since we've lived together in his condominium and I'm comfortable as ever. I got so used to Alex's company. He is really fun to be with.
We have guys' night whenever we have both have no work from the hospital. We always have fun together. I always cook for him and he always loves to eat the meals I prepared for him. I even joked that he might get fat but he says that's impossible because he is working out. And he suddenly lifted his shirt up. One look at him, my heart was stopping. He exposed his ripped six-pack abs.  I was flabbergasted. I tried to compose myself. " Come on, dude, you have abs too!!" I said to myself. I JUST don't want to be left out, and I removed my shirt completely and showed off my six abs too and my muscles.

" Nice!!  dude, we should work out together too." He said.  And I agreed.

As months passed, I feel more completely at home. And the times we hang out got so frequent. We went to drink at different bars and hit on some sexy women. We even had contests on who will have the most number of women who will notice us and talk to us.

Then one day after eating lunch and getting ready to go to work, I got a call. I thought it was Alex. But I was surprised it isn't. It was someone else. I answered the call and heard a female voice and immediately recognized who it was.

"Hey, Teresa!! How are you?! It's been such a long time since I've heard from you!!!" 

Teresa is my friend and colleague. She is my friend for almost 10 years. She is very hardworking and she's always been single. She says that she is focusing on her career.

" Yeah, it's because I've been very busy with work. I have so many cases to handle. But I finally got free time!! Wanna party?"  Teresa said.

I replied. " Yeah sure!! We need to both catch up with our lives. You need to tell me what's going on."  

" Yeah, are you free tonight? Let's go to the bar where you, John and I always used to party." 

I started remembering if I had work and knew that it's my break tonight, then I don't remember making plans with Alex. 

"Ok I'll be there!!!"  And I hung up.

I went and drove to the hospital and before I know it, my shift was over. I went to my car and drove to the condominium. I arrived and went inside and I saw thatAlex is there sitting on the couch and watching television. He saw me and greeted me.

" Hey dude!! Wanna hang out tonight?"

" I'm sorry I can't, I am going to meet my friend." I replied

" Oh, Ok dude. Enjoy. Next time introduce him to me."  Alex replied.

" Yeah, sure, I'll introduce her to you."  

"Oh your "friend"  is a woman? Is she your girlfriend?" He teased.

"Nah,   she's just a friend."  

" Oh come on dude, don't be shy. You can introduce her to me." Alex insisted

" Really, she is just a friend. Besides, she always prefers to be single. She is a career woman. Like me, she does not think much about love." I responded 

" Oh you two are very similar!!! That doesn't do anything, it just raises my suspicions more that she might be your girlfriend. I can't wait to meet her."  Alex said excitedly.

" Sure."I said as I dismissed his joke. "I gotta go. See you later!!" 

I went and exited the condominium and went inside my car and drove to the bar to meet Teresa.

After a few minutes, I've arrived and went inside the bar and started looking for Teresa.
I caught a glimpse of her, she is surrounded again by men. Well, I can't be surprised by it. This scenario is very familiar to me. Teresa is really sexy and very pretty. She is not only intelligent, she is good looking too. In fact, she has the perfect vital statistics and she is tall like a model. That's why I don't get why she is still single till now. "No man can ever melt this ice queen."  I smirked at the thought.

 I approached her, she is wearing a sexy purple dress with her cleavage showing. No wonder those men are eyeing her.

" Hey, Teresa!!" I said as I went closer to her. 

I was caught off guard when she pulled me closer to her and embraced me.

" I'm sorry but I'm already taken. " She said.

And the men surrounding her immediately looked at me with envy and anger. 

"Too bad!!! Damn, she is really hot. What a waste!!"  I heard a man said.

And they all scattered and went to look for another hot chick.

Then she let go of me.

" Thanks Ken!!!"  

"Sure, no problem. I'm used to it. I'm used to pretending that I am your boyfriend. Although, if those guys know the truth they'll go nuts."  I replied

" How are you? Do you have a boyfriend now?"  I asked her.

" Nah, no time for that. Like I said, I have so many cases that I am handling and I'm just taking a break now. I don't have time for that. I won't be hanging out with you if I already have a boyfriend. " She said

" I see. Good luck finding a man that will understand a workaholic woman. Hahahaha."  I teased her.

" Look who's talking. What about you? Aren't you single too?"  She replied.

"Hahahaha I'm single because I chose to." 

" Oh come on Ken, I know we're both workaholic."

" Nope, I'm not hahahaha" I denied 

" How about you? How's it going?" Teresa asked

"I'm good, I recently found a new friend and I am living with him because his place is near the hospital that we are both working." 

"Nice!!! That's good to hear!!" 

He says that he wants to meet you. 

"Really? Now I'm curious about him. Introduce him to me next time ok?"  Teresa said. 

" Yeah, sure."

 And we talked and updated each other of our lives and nothing has changed. She never changed. She's always focused on her career. Just like me. That's maybe why we're friends. We drank until we got tipsy and I offered to drive her home but she declined. She says that she can manage. Knowing her, I knew she can. She's always been the responsible and capable one. 

We then bid our farewell and agreed to hang out again and asked me to introduce to her my new found friend.