Free (Sequel to Through The Dark) Complete

Chapter 33

When Julie woke up, it took her a moment to realize she wasn't in Jaime's arms.  He'd been the only one she'd cuddled with for months.  Before she even opened her eyes though, she recognized the smell of the one she was laying with.  It wasn't Jaime.  She looked at the clock.  Holy shit.  It was afternoon already.  She didn't think she had slept that long, that hard, in well, a year.  She gently pushed herself up off Harry's chest and sat up.  She was thirsty.  She grabbed the bottle of water from the night stand and finished it.  She still needed more.  She got up gently, so she wouldn't wake Harry and walked towards the kitchen.

"Well, look at you, sunshine."  Jaime said.  "You look well rested and not at all hung over.  How is that possible?"  He gave a smile when she started blushing.  "Oooohhh, does that mean a certain hot boy is going to be coming out of your room anytime now?"  He clapped his hands together.  "Did he take away all the pain?"

"Jaime.  Not the time."  Julie said smacking him lightly on the back of the head as she walked by.  "Next time, it will be harder if you can't behave."

He rubbed the back of his head.  "Ugh, not nice, my head is killing me.  You know, I told him he could stay with me last night, er, this morning; maybe I would be less hungover.  Worked out all the alcohol, ya know, kinda like you."

Julie shook her head and grabbed some water.  "Didn't happen, Jaime.  Not that it's any of your business."  She took a drink and set it on the counter across from Jaime.  "But he did tell me you offered, very kind of you."

"Oh, he's talking about me?"  Jaime winked at Julie and then took a drink of his coffee.  "Well, that's not a fair comparison, you've already had him.  But, I guess I'm not sure if that would be easier, or harder, to turn him down.  I mean, knowing how good he is, it could be more difficult to turn down."  He twisted his lips and looked up at the ceiling.  "Yeah, that'd be hard.  Knowing how he made your body feel.  To say no."  He looked at Julie.  "So, how'd that go?"

Julie rubbed her face.  "Jaime.  That's enough.  But it wasn't hard at all.  Some of us don't have to have sex with every hot guy we see."

"Well that's a shame it wasn't 'hard', JJ."  Jaime raised his eyebrows.  "I'm sure it could have been if done properly.  Plus, you'd already had sex with said hot guy, why not again?"

Julie groaned.  "Well, first you know it's more complicated than that.  Second, that's not what I meant, and you know that.  And third, I don't know why I bother trying to have a conversation with you."

"Oh, beautiful, you can have conversations with me, just mostly about sex.  With hot boys."  Jaime said sassily.

"Shut up, Jaime."  Julie rolled her eyes and focused on making a cup of coffee.  "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Because I was hoping to see a certain hot guy this morning.  Figured there was a good chance of running into him."  He said sipping his coffee and eyeing Julie over his mug.  "And I was right."

"You can leave now.  Then you wouldn't see him.  Works for me."  She said.

"What works for you?"  Amanda said shuffling her feet slowly walking into the kitchen.  "Ugh, can I have coffee, too?"  She whined.

"Oh, Harry stayed in JJ's room last night, and she's trying to convince me nothing happened, ya know, other than actual sleep."  Jaime filled Amanda in.

"Ah," Amanda said looking over at JJ.  "Well, Jaime, with that one, you know it's possible.  Although, she has had a hard time turning him down in the past.  Like the first time they stayed together, and when he came here drunk after they broke up.  She regretted both, but it still happened."