What? He's back? What the hell…"Oh, you."

        "Weird.Who else?"

        I hate Cate right now, she brought him up to my door. I should slap the crap out of her. 

        "Where's he?", Cate whispered, scanning the space her eyes going in the bedroom's direction.

        " Drop the act, he's not here. Brought my bag then left, I guess you know that. 

        Do you want some coffee? "

        She made her obvious pretty face, why did I even bother asking?

        "Wow! So you do know how to make coffee after all. Is someone learning?"

        "Coffee?"

        I gave her a devious look, she destroyed my perfect night.

        "I'll pass. I want to see you make me coffee."

        "Why? It's made"

        I should never have made coffee for Noah, but I did it anyway. Too much for following YouTube tutorials, I made excess.

        "Then, thanks. I'll pour for myself… YOU! "

        Fuck! She knows.

        " You're running away from my question. What happened with you and pretty boy? Haven't you forgiven me? 

        I mean, I'll never take anything edible you give me for a while, but, feel me in. 

        When you poison me I want to know what I died for, otherwise my spirit will stay in limbo."

        " I made him coffee. I was about to take a quick shower, are you staying?"

        "You… wow! It's quite sassy, now he thinks that you're wife material.

        That shower should have come before coffee. Who knows, he might have joined you there. I don't have to tell you how hot it can get in there."

        Didn't respond.

        What did I do? Not that I care, but I made a fool of myself making him that coffee.

        I can't open my mouth and reply, knowing she will pressure me. I don't want to lie to Cate about what I did or didn't do.

        Cate shouted from the kitchen. 

        " That's pretty messed up, even for you B. You can't show concern to them, they get all braggy and toxic my dear. 

        Next time just kiss the confusion out of that kid and take him to your bed. Who has time to wash the damn coffeemaker once they're gone?

        Learn from the best…me."

        Cate knows when to bug me and when to give me space to digest. Only this time there was nothing to digest, and she loved torturing me like this.

        I know.

        He doesn't like me, he's just being nice. I can't exploit his good heart by sleeping with him as Cate does. Maybe she should add him to the list of her conquests.

        But, that didn't stop my heart from beating fast from his confirmation that he would have made love to me. And the weird feeling all around my body.

        How could I face him after the horrible things I had said to scare him away? I can't be like a teenager, contradicting myself in the process, I made my choice. I'll learn to live with it.

        The class is over anyway, I will never have to see him again. In days he will get over it, these things don't last for a week. 

        I have been here before, I'll be fine. 

        "Tell… ", Cate snapped me out of my mind.

        Tell what? That I got scared? That I made the most adult choice for both of us? That I think I screwed up? No! Never!

        "Wanna binge-watch Fifty Shades Of Grey with me?"

        " What's gotten into you tonight, you hate seeing women get hurt. Fuck it, I want to feel something anyway.

        Go hit the shower and I'll order snacks, your treat." Cate said, adjusting the seat to lie back.

        ****

        I walked in when the series Cate was watching was doing its thing in the background. Saw Cate staring at me from the corner of her eye. She looked concerned before starting.

        "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you by sending him here like that. But, you should have given him a chance before chasing him out.

        When I meet guys like him, I always make my agenda known beforehand. I want to fuck them and move on to the next before it gets complicated.

        Bet it already was.

        Don't stress about it, pretty guys like him get over it in a minute. Hot girls like you should get over it faster."

        I nodded as she walked towards me," you think I'm hot?"

        She made a wrong spin, her legs tangled up losing control. I watched as she flew with more gratitude than concern.

        Her butt made contact with the floor and I saw the pain she felt written on her face. I laughed uncontrollably. I mean, she deserves it.

        " Ouch! Fuck you

        B… Aaahhh, my butt", she cried out. I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt.