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The sound of clanging and thudding caused my eyes to flicker open and I frowned as I spotted the swirl patterns on the ceiling above me before I remembered that I wasn't in my own bed, I was in Alex's bed. I sat up and looked around, noticing that he wasn't beside me and realising that he was clearly making breakfast due to the sounds I could hear. I climbed out of the bed dressed in Alex's t-shirt and headed into the en-suite, grabbing the bottle of mouthwash on the sink to swoosh around my mouth before I headed to the kitchen.
'Good morning.' I quickly spat the mouthwash into the sink and spun around, smiling as I saw a grinning Alex leaning against the door frame in only his boxers. 'Sleep okay?'
'I sure did,' I replied, nodding back.
'Great,' he chuckled. 'Well, bacon is almost done and I'm just here to ask how you like your eggs.'
'Scrambled, please,' I replied.
'Got it,' he said, giving me a wink before he disappeared again.
It had been a nice night with Alex. After eating our Chinese, he'd shown me to the en-suite where I took a shower, refraining from wetting my hair, and put on the white t-shirt and boxer shorts he'd left out for me. When I'd got back into the room, he was sitting up in the bed putting on the TV and signalled for me to join him. We'd lay watching some action movie for an hour or so before Alex grew tired and turned off the television, laying down in the bed and turning off the lamp. He'd pulled me in close to him and hugged me tightly as I waited in wonder to see if he would make a move on me. I had mentally prepared myself for it and become a little excited to finally take a further step with him, but it never happened. Alex fell asleep and I lay there for a few hours trying to get comfortable with his heavy arm laid on top of me in the boiling hot bed before I eventually passed out.
This morning, I wasn't feeling disappointed or unimpressed by him. If anything, I felt flattered. Most guys would take the opportunity to have a girl stay the night and make it the night for sex to happen. Not Alex. Alex had respect for me. Alex was genuine and wanted this to really work. He was showing me that he wasn't just with me for the sex. He wanted to take things slow and I had to remind myself that I wanted that too.
'Wow, smells amazing!' I exclaimed, as I passed by the kitchen and headed to the table to sit.
'Thank you,' he replied, as he placed my plate in front of me and then sat down opposite with his own.
I thanked him and smiled down at my plate of bacon and eggs before a ringing sound made me look up.
'Oh, yeah!' Alex said. 'I think your phone has been going off a lot this morning. I didn't want to bring it to you and wake you up and I didn't want to invade your privacy by answering it either so I just ignored it.'
'Oh, that's okay,' I said, getting to my feet and heading to where my coat was hung up. I hadn't checked my phone at all since arriving at Alex's apartment the day before. I had been so distracted with having fun with him that my phone hadn't even crossed my mind and now I was worried thinking my mother might have been trying to get in touch.
