Stay to Apologize

You hesitate for a second, and in that moment, Griffin catches your eye.

“Oh crap, I’m so sorry,” you say, and a look of utter confusion crosses his face. He stops mid thrust, Rachel startling at your voice and rolling off him to see you, and then—

“HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK!” Griffin’s screams are mighty loud. “WHAT WERE YOU DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!” He has gone bright red in the face.

“You told me to come by, and I knocked, and…”

“CHRIST YOU IDIOT HOW COULD YOU THINK—”

“Calm down, Griffin,” Rachel says, placing an arm on his shoulder, but he shakes her off, and you suddenly realise that they’re still naked, and that in particular, Rachel isn’t covered by the sheets, and damn is she hot….

“C’MON, THERE’S NO WAY THAT THIS WASN’T INTENTIONAL,” Griffin shouts. You’ve been distracted, letting the door shut behind you, eyes glued to Rachel’s slick-sheen form, and though Griffin’s too flustered to notice, Rachel catches you staring, and then she winks at you… what??

“Dude, no offense, but I have no reason to be watching the two of you go at it,” you say, but Griffin shakes his head, getting out of the bed. He seems like he wants to be getting physical, but Rachel pulls him back onto the bed.

“Griff, Alex’s is right, he probably just came up ‘cause you told him to, and that was all,” she says.

“Look, I’m super sorry for what happened, can we all just move past this,” you say, and while Rachel emphatically nods, Griffin’s still tomato-faced, and he’s shaking slightly on top of his sheets…

“Get out,” Griffin says, and Rachel gives you a small wave goodbye, her lips quirking upwards in a confusing manner.

“Yeah, I’ll uh… catch the two of you later,” you say, and immediately regret it, given how you just caught them… you can’t make your way out of the room fast enough.

What just happened? You rush down the corridor back to your work in the lounge, but all you can think of is the embarrassment and Rachel’s nude form, and that is… not good. It’s not that you hadn’t realised she was attractive before, it’s just that she dresses reasonably modestly, and for the first time, you’ve seen her glorious body on full display, and she has most definitely got it, whatever it is, and now you’re staring at your work with your heart still hammering and she’s still stuck in your head.

You stare at the pages of notes laid out in front of you blankly. You had gotten up to take a break, and you ended up getting much more than you bargained for. You open up your laptop, idly scrolling through Facebook, wondering to yourself what you should be doing next, not just work-wise, though that’s important, but… how are you going to handle yourself the next time you’re around Griffin, or for that matter, Rachel?

You turn back to your work and start to pick at it again, but find yourself unable to focus for more than a few minutes at a time. Even though Griffin told you to come back to his room and find him, you couldn’t possibly do that after what just happened, and the image of Rachel’s naked body flashes through your mind again. You do your best to push it out of your mind; she’s his girlfriend for heaven’s sake!

You stare back down at your notes, the handwriting barely decipherable to your tired eyes. It’s been a long day. You’re done with this. You slowly pick up your things one at a time, packing them into your bag, and head back to your room. It’s time to sleep.

On the way back to your room, a final thought lingers in your head. Why was the door even unlocked?

Rachel +5
Griffin -15