In Sickness and in Health

[Jessica Andrews]

Jess felt herself slipping in and out sleep. She was so tired and barely felt like she could move. As Tommy carried her up the five flights of stairs, she felt motion sickness so decided to open her eyes so her body would know what was happening. As they got to his place, she was set back down on her feet. She put her hand up and steadied herself against the wall so she wouldn't fall over. She took a few slow breaths to calm her body down and by then, he had the door open already.

She immediately sat down on the first thing that she saw which was the couch. She really did feel like crap because of this. They were supposed to go out and have fun and she ruined the night because of her selfishness. She curled up into a ball on the couch, laying down on her side.

She looked up at Tommy and frowned, "I'm sorry for ruining your night." She finally said and then sighed. She felt miserable physically and emotionally. She was never drinking alcohol again... okay that was a complete lie but whatever. "You didn't get your blow job," she said with a defeated laugh "I'm sure that taking care of me wasn't in your plans for the night."

[Tommy Reynolds]

Tommy followed her in, though he would have rather carried her. When she settled on the couch, he went and got a glass of water. "My blow job is irrelevant... I'll just jack off later," he teased and then walked over. "Come on, let's get you situated..." He set the water down and lifted her up, moving her toward the bathroom. Turning her around, he rested her against the sink, fixed his toothbrush and handed it to her.

"Don't move," he commanded and went to grab the water. Bringing it back, he set it on the sink and pulled a bottle of asprin out of the medicine cabinent. "Do you want something else to sleep in?" he asked, kneeling in front of her and removing her shoes while she was balanced against the sink, one hand on her hip to keep her from keeling over when he lifted her foot off the ground.

[Jessica Andrews]

She laughed at his comment and then was glad when he picked her up. Walking from the door to the couch took every last ounce of energy out of her. When he handed her his toothbrush she thanked him and then got to work on her teeth. She ended up brushing her teeth and her tongue two times and used his mouth wash three times. She put everything back where she found them and then listened to his command and stood where she was, leaning against the sink. She ended up washing her face, figuring that the cool water would feel good on her head which it did. She rinsed her face off on a towel and then took two asprin from the bottle and chased it down with the glass of water.

When he asked about what she'd sleep in, she figured that saying she slept naked wouldn't be appropriate. "Please? I'm dying to take this dress off," she laughed. "A tee shirt and boxers are fine. Anything but this dress." She steadied herself on the sink as he took off her shoes for her. She had never saw him like this before, it was actually really touching to her.

[Tommy Reynolds]

He looked up at her, still on his knees and smiled. "T-shirt and boxers coming right up," Tommy said an slowly stood up. Leaning over, he kissed her forehead. "Take your asprin." He turned and went into his bedroom, grabbing a plain tee and a pair of boxers out of a package. Throwing them over his shoulder, he went to the bed and turned it down for her.

"You take that asprin?" he asked, walking back into the bathroom and helping her out of her dress. Gently, he redressed her and brushed her hair out from under the shirt. "The beds ready whenever you want me to take you to it."

[Jessica Andrews]

She laughed at him and nodded her head, "Yes Daddy. I even drank all of my water see?" She said holding up the empty glass with a smile. She held up her arms to make helping her out of her dress much easier than it would have been. After she was dressed in the oversized boxers and shirt, she took off her jewlery and put it on the sink. She gathered all of her hair together and put it up in a pony tail with the hair tie that was around her wrist.

"I'm ready for bed time," she said with a laugh and held out her arms so he could pick her up again. As he did so and brought her over to the bed, she crawled in under the covers. She made sure she was completely to one side of the bed so he would have enough room to fit. "Are you coming to bed now or are you going to jack off first?" She asked with a smile remembering his little comment from before.

[Tommy Reynolds]

Tommy laughed at her and lifted her off the sink. Once she had settled in, he walked to her side of the bed and tucked the blankets in around her. "Hmmm, yeah. A little porn and a yank session is in order," he replied half serious and then leaned forward, kissing her mouth passionately. "Don't wait up," he said and stroked her cheek. "I'll bring you some more water."

Grabbing the glass from the bathroom, he went to the kitchen and got her more water. Setting it on the nightstand, he clicked off the lights and went to his livingroom. Turning on the tv, he clicked through his cable channels one after another. Surfing for porn was a lonely game. With a sigh, he clicked until he found something with a girl that looked a lot like Jessi.

[Jessica Andrews]

She laughed at his comment and actually felt guilty for not being able to stay awake long enough to give him what he wanted. His kiss caught her off guard but she didn't mind it, obviously. She curled up in bed and suddenly felt alone. She wanted him to hold her and didn't know how to feel about that. When he came back with the water, right before he clicked off the lights she sat up, "Tommy?" She waited for him to look at her and then she smiled. "Thank you, really. I don't know where I'd be without you and I mean it," she smiled at him and then even though she was suffering, she leaned up to give him one more kiss on the lips. As soon as the lights were turned off, she closed her eyes and soon fell into a deep sleep.

[Tommy Reynolds]

Jessi's affection was torture to him. However, he wasn't able to bring himself to do what he'd set out to do. Turning of the TV, he sighed and tossed the remote onto the coffee table. After a few minutes, he got up and went into the room. Laying ontop the covers, fully clothed, he watched her sleep. Part of him was scared to doze off, fearing she might be sick in the middle of the night and choke to death. So, he just stayed there like that... Watching her even as the sun came through his blinds.

[Jessica Andrews]

She felt a bright light hitting the back of her eyes which caused her to grimace and that's when she noticed the insane headache. "Holy shit," she mumbled keeping her eyes shut. She grabbed her head in agony and rubbed her temples with purpose. She could only remember bits and pieces of last night but every time she tried to think about what happened, her head would ache even more so she didn't bother. She slowly opened her eyes after several attempts and what she saw caused her to jump up, not a good idea with that bad headache of hers. "Fuck!" She cried out holding her head again in pain. She wasn't in her room. That's when she heard Tommy's voice. She gasped and jumped in one motion causing her to fall off of the bed and land on the floor.

She immediately looked down at her body to make sure that she wasn't naked. She wasn't. She was wearing clothes, his clothes. Well, that was a good sign. That's when part of last night flashed through her mind. She remembered them dancing, she remembered a Britney song playing and she remembered... uh oh. Seriously, that song needs to start coming with a warning: CAUTION this song may cause you to wake up in someone else's bed the next morning. Listen with extreme caution.

She wanted to panic but she couldn't. I mean out of all people, she was glad she ended up in Tommy's bed and not a strangers which had happened many times before. So what was there to worry about? She had no memory of them doing anything other than kissing. She did remember that she wanted to, but wasn't sure if anything happened. She grabbed her head again and groaned. She saw the water on the night table and drank some of it down. Rubbing her temples with her eyes shut she asked, "How much did I drink last night? My head is killing me." She frowned and laughed awkwardly, "Oh, good morning by the way."

[Tommy Reynolds]

"Are you ok?" Tommy asked, before Jess went into a complete panic. His eyebrow shot up, disappearing behind his hair. Then she hit the floor. Slowly he crawled over and looked down at her. She was downing the water and then looked at him. "You finished an entire bottle of bourbon," he replied and sighed. "Clearly you have no recollection of what happened." With another sigh, he got up and went into the bathroom.

The asprin was still on the sink, so he grabbed it and went back. Handing it over, he sat on the edge of the bed next to where she was seated in the floor. "Nothing happened between us... to my great dismay. I was so worried about you that I didn't even get to polish off before bed. AND you ran off my potential hook up last night." A smile crept across his face and then he stood up, going back to the bathroom where her clothes were. He brought them back and set them on the bed.

"You can sleep longer if you want... I'll be in the kitchen." And with that, he went into the other room and put on a pot of coffee. His emotions had him bouncing from irritation, regret, sadness, self-loathing, and guilt. Instead of stressing, he went over to the couch and turned on the TV. If Jessi wanted breakfast, she could ask her boyfriend to make it for her. Or she could stop to get something on her way home.

[Jessica Andrews]

Okay this was starting to make sense, downing an entire bottle of bourbon might have this side effect on you. When he came back she got herself two asprins and chased them down with water. When he gave her a rundown on what happened, she felt guilty all over again. "I did? Sorry about that," she said referring to his potential hook up. She also felt guilty for him being worried about her but didn't voice it. He seemed irritated that she didn't remember last night, but the problem was that she did. Well, she remembered some of it. She did remember what his lips tasted like.

When he left her, she debated whether or not she should call Danny. There was a good chance that he didn't call her or didn't stop by last night to visit. So maybe calling right now wasn't such a great idea. She looked at her clothes on the bed and knew that she would have to take her infamous walk of shame when she went back to her apartment. Normally, if this was a stranger she would have been long gone. But this was Tommy so she couldn't just up and leave. Plus, she didn't want to.

She walked out of his room and saw him sitting on the couch. "You know I do remember most of the night. Just a few things are fuzzy," okay it was more than a few but whatever. She sat down next to him and wondered if he would make her get dressed and leave. She wanted to take the chance anyway. "I remember dancing," her mouth instantly formed into a smile which she couldn't control. That was weird. She bit her lip so she wouldn't look like a smiling fool. "And then I remember throwing up. Sorry about that, by the way," she gave a little smile and actually did feel bad about it. "You know you could have left me on the side of the road or something. I'm a big girl, I would have found my way home. Then you could have went back inside and found that girl that you wanted to 'bend over your couch and fuck' if I remember correctly," she laughed.

[Tommy Reynolds]

Tommy turned down the TV when she came into the room. The Today Show was on and he wasn't really paying attention anyway. He shifted to face her more on the couch when she sat beside him. "You don't remember anything past vomitting?" he asked, feeling a little upset that his valiant efforts to take care of her had gone un-noticed. "And there's no way in hell I would have left you on that curb by yourself," he added as an after thought.

Standing up, he went for coffee. Once he'd fixed hers the way she liked it, he returned an handed her her cup. "According to you, my potential fuck was STD infested, so I guess it was a good thing." He took a sip of his coffee and then rested it against his knee. "Though, you could have just been saying that because you secretly wanted t fuck me." He winked and then laughed.

[Jessica Andrews]

She shrugged her shoulders at his question, "A few things." The thing that was sticking out most was when they kissed. But obviously she wasn't going to say that. She smiled at his comment but then frowned. She wondered if Danny would have left her on the curb. Was it bad that she was doubting her own boyfriend? Probably. But she couldn't help it right now. No one had ever done anything like that for her before. Well, no guy. Most of all, he didn't have sex with her while she was passed out. She knew for a fact that a thousand guys would have, but not Tommy.

She thanked him as he handed her the coffee and blew in it before taking a few sips. "STD infected? Well jeez, I guess it's good that I stopped you then, huh?" She laughed. She smiled at his next statement and shrugged her shoudlers, "Probably" she admitted and then turned her gaze to the TV and drank more of her coffee. She wondered what he would do if she kissed him. The problem was, she didn't have an excuse to. Last night the excuse was she was drunk. But now that she was sober, she couldn't do it without feeling guilty.

[Tommy Reynolds]

"Do you want something to eat?" he asked, feeling the silence growing more awkward by the minute. "I could fix you something or run for bagels?" he proposed and leaned forward, setting the coffee cup on the coffee table. Standing up, he returned to the kitchen to see what he had exactly. There was stuff to make pancakes and cereal, but everything else was for dinner or lunch type meals. "All I've got is cereal and pancake stuff." He told her, bent over looking in the fridge now.

When he rose and looked over at her, his stomach turned. Not in a feeling of disgust, but one of nerves and longing. They had been so close the other night and all he wanted was her right then. She had looked down at him with such affection the other night, when he was knealt at her feet, removing her shoes. Yet those moments were lost forever. What had she been thinking then?

[Jessica Andrews]

Normally she would have just said cereal was fine, but she wanted to spend more time with him. "I'm really craving pancakes, if you feel like making them," she lied. She was really craving him, but again, she couldn't say that out loud. This was probably the most awkward situation ever. She shouldn't feel this way about another guy when she had a boyfriend, right? Wasn't this wrong? She didn't know, she's never had these feelings about another guy the entire time she's been with Danny.

She wasn't used to guys making her breakfast. Okay, she wasn't used to guys making her anything. She cooked everything for Danny but didn't think negative of it. She just figured that's what she was supposed to do. "Do you want me to help?" She asked politely. "I'll even make them for you if you don't feel like it."