Consequences

Four

Ben

"Emerson?" I asked. I stare at her as her cheeks flush and she says something but I am completely zoned out. I gulp and take in the view in front of me.

Emerson Chapmen standing in front of me. Her hair in a messy bun, loose hairs falling down the sides of her face. My shirt draping over her naked body, giving her a light shield of protection.

"We... We didn't... Did we?" I stutter. I noticed her blush more and guiltily nod her head. I feel my stomach drop. At that moment in time, all I could think about was how Ethan was going to dismember me limb from limb and burn my remains when he finds out.

"I can't remember everything, but I know we had to have done something..." She whispered. I gave her a confused look. She doesn't remember?

"So, then how do you know we had sex?" I asked her.

"I didn't have any clothes on when I woke up. I figured you didn't either so I connected the dots." She mumbled. I quickly looked under the blanket quietly chanting:

Please have clothes on... Please please please!

Nope. No clothes. Not even boxers. I am completely nude.

"Shit." I cursed myself. I let my head fall into my hands as I tried to process what's happening. I slept with Emerson. EMERSON.

I jumped out of bed and slip on a pair of sweats. I turn to look at her and she seems surprised. I am too, but it is such a leap to think we could've slept together before. Well, here we are, straight out of the sack.

Emerson looks extremely sexy in my shirt though. A small part of me thinks that all of it was worth it because of the way she looks right now.

Stop, Ben. You can't be thinking these things. Well, I mean I did just sleep with her so thought are as bad as that, but I still shouldn't be doing either.

"Ben?" Her voice snaps me out of my internal conflict. I move my gaze away from her and take a seat on the edge of my bed. She leans against my desk.

"So... We should probably talk about last night." I said. She nods and takes her hair out of her bun. It falls down her face, stopping a few inches below her breasts. Her long locks frame her face in such a beautiful way, that it turns me on slightly. "Holy shit..." I whispered.

"What?" She asked, looking confused. I shook my head and leaned forward on my knees.

"What do you remember from last night?" I asked her. She jumps up and sits completely on my desk.

"I remember drinking... A lot... and maybe some dancing, but after that it all goes black and I woke up here." She said, looking down at her hands. I nod.

"Yeah, I can't remember anything past the beer pong." I said. Her head shot up at me.

"We played beer pong?" She asked. I laughed and nodded. Her eyes grew wide causing me to laugh louder. She blushed and looked down again.

"So what do we do now? I asked. She shrugged and looked up at me. There was one thing I could tell was stewing around it her brain. "Ethan doesn't need to know..." I said. She looks surprised at my words.

"What if he finds out?" She asked, clearly terrified of her brothers wrath. I stood up hesitantly and walked over to her. I patted her shoulder.

"Then you need find someone to plan my funeral..." I joke, but knowing that I could possibly get the living shit beat out of me if and when he finds out.

She let out a laugh, causing me to smile and I took a step away from her. She hopped off my desk and looked at me.

"I should probably get going." She said. I nodded, moving out of her way. She slipped on her jeans and gathered her things before beginning to walk out of my room. "Oh..." She paused, looking back at me and down at my shirt on her body.

"Keep it." I tell her.

"I can't. If Ethan sees me in it or even finds it anywhere near me, he'll kill us." She said. I nodded and turned around so she could slip out of my shirt.

"Okay." She said and I turned around to fond her back in her clothing. I grabbed the shirt she was holding out to me and threw it on my bed.

"Okay..." I said. We both stood there awkwardly for a few beats before she turned around and took off down my hallway. I didn't take a breath until I heard my front door slam closed.

So many things were going through my head. How the hell did I allow myself to lose control? Where was Ethan when all of this was going on? What happens if he finds out? What is Em thinking right now about this? More importantly though....

Why am I all of a sudden finding myself attracted to Emerson Chapmen?

~

"Wait, you what?" Eve screeched over the line. I pulled my phone away from my ear, letting her shrilled echo throughout my bedroom.

I got home, realizing Ethan must have went home with Maddi. I ran upstairs and immediately called Eve. I had to rant about everything.

"I know..." I murmured.

"Ethan is going to kill you..." She shouted.

"Ethan's going to kill him..." I said back. She let out a sound that could have been a car alarm.

"So, are you guys like... together now?" She asked. I thought the idea was funny, but it was a reasonable question. I mean, for me it because I have a little crush on him.

"No... I think it was just a spur of the moment decision." I told her. I heard her chuckle.

"No one makes a spur of the moment decision to sleep with their childhood crush..." She said.I rolled my eyes.

"Well, no one PLANS it at least." I replied. I finish telling her the rest of our awkward interaction that morning. She told me she had things to take care of. I hung up and ran to take a quick shower. I changed into a pair of light blue pajama shorts and a white tank top. I throw on some fuzzy socks and run downstairs. I get a bowl of cereal and relax on the couch.

I turned on the TV and logged into Netflix. I flipped through the genres and finally landed on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I began the binge.

~

About halfway through the fifth episode, Ethan comes barging into the house. His hair is a complete mess and he looks like he just crawled out of the sewer.

"Well hello sunshine... Rough night?" I asked him. He rolled his eyes and ran up stairs. He came down fifteen minutes later, in his pajamas, and took a seat next to me. He still looked bad though.

"What's wrong, E?" I asked. He shook his head, telling me he doesn't want to talk about it right now. I nodded and continued watch my show. We finished the sixth episode when he finally decided to talk.

"Madison and I broke up." He said. I froze and turned towards him. He looked down at his hands, a frown forming on his face.

"W-What?" I choked.He nodded, to tell me he was serious.

"She cheated on me." He said. I felt my heart drop and I wrapped him up in my arms. He leaned his head against my shoulder and told me the whole story.

How she slept with someone from West, kept it a secret for a year and then when we were at the party, he ran into him. They got to talking and the guy mentioned Maddi's name. He didn't know she had a boyfriend.

"I'm so sorry." I told him. He smiled at me and then got up to run to the kitchen. Suddenly a thought popped into my mind. "Wait... If you guys broke up at the party, where were you all night?" I asked him.

His body stilled at my question and he kept his back turned to me. I got up and went up to him.

"Ethan... What'd you do when you left the party?" I asked him. Finally his mind reconnected with his body and he looked up at me.

"I was with Ben." He told me. My stomach dropped. Ethan just lied to me. Ben was with me all night. I can't call him out though otherwise he'll find out about last night. I don't want him digging into last night.

I guess I'll just have to do some digging of my own...