The Love Inn

5.Heart strings.

Alex's pov

As we stepped out of the elevator , I noticed that she put a big space between us as we walked up to the receptionist and she was also avoiding eye contact. I chuckled as I notice her change in attitude but immediately she turned to look at me I put on a straight face cause I wouldn't want her thinking that I was laughing at her state in the elevator when I am laughing at how cute she is acting.
We stood in front of the receptionist and I decided to take the lead in explaining the situation so that it could be sorted out in time.

As I step up to the receptionist I noticed it wasn't the same overly excited girl but a stuck up flirt as when she sees me she unbuttons her shirt to show more cleavage but I could care less because of the seriousness of the situation and I also don't go for desperate women who make it obvious in a sick twisted way that they are into you , so I just go straight to the point so that she can address our issue and get things sorted out soon. "Excuse me, I ordered a room under the name Roger can you reconfirm that for me please". She replies "ah yes Mr Rogers and Mrs Rogers is what is here sir, is there a problem " she asked in an all too sweetly fake voice while she sends a glare in Emily's way. I laughed in my mind when I realized that she thought Emily is my wife. I then said to her "yes there is in fact a problem the booking was for Roger and then this young woman here booked a room for a Miss Roger" ending my statement with an air quote around Miss with my fingers so she could fully understand. The fear and shock that appeared on her face was priceless when she realized the mistake ,she then began typing on the system like it is the cause of all problems.

After a few minutes she looks up at me with a pained expression on her face and the words she utters next is enough to make me almost loose my balance. "I'm so sorry sir there is no other room in the hotel at the moment ". I then asked her just to confirm my fears even though within me I knew the answer ,"what do u mean by there is no other room? ". "Sir I mean that the rooms in this hotel are fully booked because of the winter storm that is approaching " she says while biting down on her lower lip . I buried my hands in my hair trying to relieve some tension building up in my head but that doesn't seem to work. It's not like I can't share a room with her, I've shared rooms with different women before but the problem is I have never shared a room with a woman I'm not going to sleep with . Emily then steps up to the receptionist and asked if the room can be switched with another that has two beds at least, but the receptionist told her that as of this moment there was none available .

Third person pov
Emily turns to the man she realizes she's going to be stuck with and tries
to figure out how their sleeping arrangements will be , but she sees that he's lost in thought at the moment possibly thinking about the same thing. She clears her throat believing it would bring him out of his reverie and thankfully it does. "What are we going to do? " she asks him. He told her that he himself had no idea on what needs to be done.

Back in their hotel room Alex and Emily both stand in front of the king size bed wishing it would split in two and save them the torture they are going through right now. They turn to each other and stare for a few seconds thinking someone would back up for the other person but they both realize that neither of them is backing off. "You can have the bed" they both say in unison. Alexander then says to Emily "you can have the bed since you came in first, I'll just sleep on the couch ".

Emily then replies "no I can't make you sleep on the couch, you take the bed I can manage the couch I have a small frame after all ". They argue back and forth about who should take the bed and who should sleep on the couch ,but Emily got tired of their arguing and blurted out "Why don't we both share the bed". Alexander turns to stare at her like she has grown two heads for suggesting such but he sees that she isn't joking and think it's not that bad of an idea as they would both be on a comfortable bed and not a cramped up couch. "You can use the bathroom first I'm just going to go downstairs to get some change of clothes from my car" Alexander says. On his way back up to the room after taking his clothes, he goes in to find that Emily is still in the bathroom and he gulps down hard already feeling uncomfortable but as she steps out all of that feeling disappears and he begins to feel like himself again and he wonders why he feels a sense of calmness when she's around him.

After changing his clothes, Alex comes out of the bathroom and sees Emily laying of her side of the bed and he wonders how she can feel so comfortable sleeping next to a complete stranger whereas Emily has her beating fast and her palms are sweaty despite the cold weather. Alex and Emily both lay on the bed facing different directions and a few minutes later they say a polite good night to each other but none of them are able to sleep that night.

I'm sorry for the very late posting guys, I've had a lot on my hands from exams to babysitting duties to taking care of my siblings, I know it's not an excuse though but I'm sorry. I promise my book TLI would only get more interesting from here and I hope you all stick around till the end and please don't forget to like and comment if you enjoyed this chapter or if you have a suggestion, question or correction to make. Thank you all so much for your love and support.