My Gray, Your Neon

Chapter Three

"So you guys had sex?!" Susan bursts out, spilling her coffee over the table.

Lily fences off the flying coffee particles with her hand, "I'm telling you I don't remember."

"But you guys woke up together in ONE bed!"

"We both had our clothes on and everything, I doubt anything happened."

"Did you check up on the baby?" Susan asks suddenly, remembering the additional life that's residing inside of Lily.

"Yeah, I just came back from the clinic, it's fine," she says, rubbing her lower belly again.

"Is it hurting again?"

"A little."

Lily turns on her laptop again, she decides to start a journal. Her memory has been failing her these days and writing them down might help a little.

She takes a sip of her tea, the taste of lemon slices and earl grey tea spreads from her tongue to somewhere deep inside her brain. A scene flashes before her eyes, she closes her eyes to remember. She sees herself holding someone's hands and begging him to stay. Her sight, blurred with tears.

Lily opens her eyes again and massages her temples. She might have done something even more embarrassing than she imagined.

A knock interrupts her thoughts. She opens the door. It's Andrew again.

"Hi Lily!" Andrew speaks in his usual cheerful tone and invites himself into the room.

"Hey..." Lily says as she watches him walking around the room like his own apartment. "What is that?" she asks as Andrew places a large duffel bag on the floor.

"Wait, don't tell me you don't remember?" Andrew seems to be shocked.

"You can give me a hint."

"What?! You asked me last night if I could come and stay with you, so here I am, moving in."

Lily swallows, the scent of earl grey is still lingering in her mouth. "I must have been drunk."

"Oh Lily." Andrew closes his eyes in disbelief. "Last time I checked, tea is not an alcohol."

Lily covers her face with her hands, "I don't know what happened, I'm just really out of it these days. I'm sorry."

"Hey, hey, it's ok." Andrew comes over and caresses her shoulder. "You told me everything last night and it's tough going through all these by yourself," he pauses, "I barely sleep at night either so I know how it feels. You know, last night was probably the first night in a long time."

Lily looks up a little surprised, "You too? I also haven't slept so well in ages."

"There, so I'm moving in."

"What?"

"We both need sleep, love," Andrew says and he starts unpacking his duffel bag.

Lily looks in a daze, "So... did we..."

"Sex?" Andrew interrupts with a naughty smile.

Lily nods, somewhat awkwardly.

"Don't worry, we were both too tired for that."