Jess returns

Creaking floorboards under the carpet in the corridor caused this line of mental inquiry to end. I jumped at the sound replaced the plug and lube and then quickly, clumsily and painfully kicked the drawer closed just as Jess came back into the room wearing the now soggy towel.

"Sooo much better" she sighed, walking around the bed to sit on the opposite side to me. "You should have one too, if you like?"

"It's getting kind of late now. To be honest I'm not far off being ready to turn in." Jess smiled at my words and replied.

"I'm kind of glad you said that, I'm pretty achey after my shift. But bless you, you've got nothing with you. I saw there's a pack of new toothbrush heads in the bathroom. It's the door on your right. Help yourself and then come back through."

"Nice, thanks Jess. There's...still the issue of where I'm sleeping mind. Is there a pillow or blanket I can have for the couch?" Jess cocked her eyebrow again.

"You can sleep here Steve." said Jess matter-of-factly. "It's not like we haven't shared a bed before." She made a sweeping arm gesture over the bed "It's easily big enough for the both of us, and it's not like any funny business has to happen." Again with that smile. That smile stayed on her beautiful face as she made a great show of ignoring my half-hearted protests in sharing a bed together, flicking on her hair dryer and mouthing that she "couldn't hear me, sorry". I left for the bathroom.