Drinks 'n Dares

Something Unexpected

Chapter Three – Something Unexpected

Claire's POV

I knew something was wrong before I even opened my eyes. Not because of my throbbing temples though. It wasn't the fact that the bed I was lying in was most definitely not mine, either. (I could tell because my bed was doubly cursed with being small and lumpy and this bed was neither). It was the presence of a large naked man lying in bed next to me realise that something was very definitely not right. Cracking open one eye I immediately winced and shut it again. Wherever I was there didn't seem to be curtains. Consequently the glaring morning light was making my eyes water. Preparing myself I opened my eyes and lifted my head of the bed.

The look around confirmed my suspicions. I was so not in my own apartment. I wasn't even in Carla or Kira's apartment. I was in a large bedroom with faded crème wallpaper and a varnished wooden floor. The furniture in the room consisted of the king size bed I was lying in, a large desk against the opposite wall and a book shelf that ran along the entire left wall. On the right wall was a small set of French doors leading to a very small balcony. The balcony was only large enough for two outdoor chairs and a person to stand and admire the view, but it was enough. I'd found the culprit. That was where all the light was coming from. I sat up, with every intention of getting out of bed and closing the curtains. But next to me the large naked man groaned and reached out for me. I froze and as quietly and gently as I could, lifted the blanket up and eased onto the floor. He didn't move. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is bad." I muttered, standing still next to the bed. "This is very, very bad."

Because looking at the man in the bed next to me had made me remember the event of last night. Or most of them anyway. Carla, Kira and I had been out at our monthly Drinks 'N Dares night...and then I'd accepted a dare? Yes. I'd been dared to pretend to be some guy's ex...Jon's ex. But then he'd... What had he done? I rubbed my fists against my eyes, trying to rub the sleep out of them. But something scraped against my eyelid causing me to wince.

"Ow." I grumbled. "What the-"

I stopped dead. Because the object scraping me was a ring. An engagement ring. The engagement ring that Jon had given me. Oh God. I groaned as the rest of the night came flooding back to me. I'd gotten engaged to Jon, a guy I didn't even know. This would absolutely kill my mum. And if my family knew my dad would absolutely kill Jon. Good thing they lived a few hours away from Nelson. There was no need for them to know anything. Right.

Carefully I looked around the room. My heels were scattered next to the bed and my clutch bag was sitting on his table. I grabbed both and turned to leave...but stopped and looked back at him. Jon still looked as incredibly attractive as I remembered...but had I actually slept with him? I mean, sure I was drunkbut still. I had strong moral beliefs when it came to things like that. I didn't think that a bit of alcohol would override that. Or would it? Oh my god...what if it had? What if I'd slept with him? Frowning, I looked down at my dress. If I had done something untoward I wouldn't be fully dressed still. And although I was shedding gold sequins everywhere I was without a doubt still dressed.

"Thank god." I said to myself.

"Honey?" Jon grumbled from on the bed. I squealed and ducked down so that he wouldn't see me. I heard rustling of sheets and then twin thuds as he hopped out of bed.

On the outside I was frozen to the spot but inside my brain was racing at a million miles an hour. What would I do? How would I get out of this? Jon finally appeared around the bed and glared down at me.

"Hey, how did you get in here?" he demanded. "Who are you?"

Very serious situation this. Unfortunately all I could think was 'Thank God he's wearing pants'. And he was. He had apparently just taken off his shoes and shirt and crashed in his pants. Yay! He wasn't naked! So we almost definitely didn't do anything and-