Unexpected Encounter

Rushed

Words in BOLD in between "quotation marks" represent thoughts of characters.
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James woke up to the sound of banging on the door. He got up from an unfamiliar couch, and found himself in an unfamiliar room. He soon remembered the night before.

"Alex? Alex, please talk to me! I know you're in there!"

He walked over to the door, and opened it. The man on the other side took a step back, and eyed James from his boots all the way up to his head.

"Who the fuck are you?"

The man at the door clearly knew the girl that lived in that apartment, and clearly not the strange man in it. James gave him back a look, and responded,

"Nobody, you?"

"I'm Alex's boyfriend. What are you doing in my girlfriend's apartment? Huh?"

He barged in, pushing James aside.

"Alex?! Who the fuck is this guy?"

Alex walked out of her room with a sleepy look on her face which quickly changed to anger when she saw her ex-boyfriend.

"Harry? What the fuck are you doing here?! We're done! Didn't you hear me when I kicked your naked ass out of my apartment?"

"Al, I came to apologize. I know what I did was wrong but-"

"WRONG?! You were having sex with another woman, Harry! In my house! MY HOUSE, HARRY!! ON MY FUCKING BED!!!"

"I still love you."

"GET OUT! I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT!"

Harry stopped trying. With a sad look on his face, he walked out. Without hesitation, Alex slammed the door behind him, took a deep breath, and sat on her couch. The tall and gruesome man was still standing by the door. All of a sudden she realized,

"Oh my God.. *looks at James* I am so sorry about last night! I don't know what came over me, I-"

"You were drunk, it happens."

She looked down as her cheeks went red.

"But I kissed you... and... and..."

"Again, you were drunk. I'm just gonna go now. You're okay, your ex is out of the house, so yeah.."

"C-can.. can I make you breakfast?"

She said it so shyly that it compelled James to let go of the doorknob, and humor her by asking why.

"Well... you saved me from being raped... And then you didn't take advantage of me while I was drunk... Plus I... did those... things to you... It's the least I could do to thank you... and to apologize..."

"... Well, when you put it like that, who am I to turn down free food?"

She sat there for a while, and then realized that she was keeping him waiting.

"Er... Do you drink coffee?"

"Yeah, with milk, two sugars."

"Don't just stand there! Please, have a seat.."

The dark haired man with bright eyes moved to the small table in the living room as Alex rushed to the kitchen to get the coffee going.

"Do you want anything else?"

"Some jalapeños would be nice if you got'em."

She came out of the kitchen, and stood there unsure of what to do next.
She then realized that she wasn't wearing any pants.

"Oh my God!"

She exclaimed, pulling her shirt lower while looking at James. He simply signaled her with his hand that he didn't care about waiting for her to go put something on. Alex rushed to her room, and came back out with the same shirt she slept with and a pair of jeans.

"So... Mr. Jimbo, was it?"

"Eh... Just James is fine. You must be Alex."

She went back to the kitchen.

"That's right... Wha- what do you do for a living? I was told you were quite well-known."

"Nothing at the moment... Speaking of work, aren't you late for yours?"

Alexandra looked at the clock on her wall, and started saying "shit" repeatedly as she ran to her room, changed into her work clothes and then stopped at the door.

"The coffee's ready, milk is in the fridge, I'm sorry, I gotta go, make yourself at home!"

She slammed the door, and went off to work. James just sat there quietly after going to the kitchen, and grabbing his coffee, and going through the fridge to see if he could find anything he'd like to eat. After he was done, James washed his cup, and anything else he used, and thought of what to write Alex as a "thank you" note.

"Thanks for the coffee... Yeah, that should be enough."