Sooner than later

Xander was sitting in his bed looking at his phone when Danny walked in.

"Hey," Xander greeted his friend.

"Hey," Danny replied, groaning inwardly.

Neither of them spoke as Danny grabbed a shirt and a pair of basketball shorts from his bag and left for the bathroom to change. Danny jumped into the shower to wash the scent of sex and Amber off of him. When he came out, Xander had set his phone aside and was sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Hey," Xander said again, staring at the floor before pausing. "I uh— I wanted to apologize. I guess I can see where you're coming from. Molly just got out of a— rough relationship with that asshole Ollie and we kissed like that, and it was right in front of you. I didn't think how you'd feel, but you gotta know, I'd never hurt Molly."

Danny knew all this was true about his friend. Looking back on it now, he realized how stupid he had been, especially when he didn't stop Amber in her room.

"Thanks...and I'm sorry too," he said genuinely. "For all that I did...getting mad like that..."

"Friends?" Xander asked, extending his hand with a small smirk on his face.

"Yeah, friends," Danny replied, taking Xander's hand, feeling worse than he ever had in his life.

The two of them retired to their beds and quickly fell asleep in the early hours of the morning.