More Than A Memory

Chapter 14

Josh woke up the next morning, his head was pounding from the wine. Wine always gave him one hell of a headache. He streched and turned, Ella's back was to him. She was sleeping soundly. He sat up quietly, and searched for clothes, remembering that they were down stairs in a heap in the living room where he had taken them off last night. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. He wrapped a sheet around his waist and started to stand.

"Where you going?" a small sleepy voice asked.

"I need to go to the studio for a bit today." Josh said sitting back down on the bed, Ella was now facing him. Her hair was a tangled mess, her eye makeup smudge all over the bottom of her eyes. He couldn't help but smile at her. She smiled back softly at him.

"Do you have to go?"

"Ya I do."

She pouted out her lip. "I want you to stay with me." she said stretching.

He smiled again softly. "Ella we should talk about what happened here last night."

She pulled the sheets around her chest and sat up. "What do we need to talk about?"

"Well we had sex."

Ella giggled. "Is that what that was?"

"Your not funny." he said smilling big at her. "I just want you to know that I don't regret anything that happened here last night."

"But???" Ella said softly, not looking at him.

Josh sighed. "I am engaged to someone else. You are going to kick my ass when you get your memory back and take off back to Toronto."

"You don't know that. I really like you Josh."

"I am in love with you." Josh said looking into her eyes. "I have never stopped loving you ever, but I moved on when you pushed me out of your life, I cheated on you. I just cheated on Lauren, which isn't fair to her. I should of had more control last night." he said looking down at her. "You make me lose control." he smiled softly.

"So what now?"

Josh sighed. "I don't know."

"I think you need to come back to bed, be late for the studio. Try to help me jog my memory." she said sitting up and moving closer to him. She reached up and touched his face. "Stay for a little longer, then you can go do what you need to do."

Ella moved closer and brushed her lips against his. She pulled back a little to look Josh in the eyes, she smiled at him.

"Woman you are evil." he said before he kissed her.

As he was laying her back on the bed, the phone rang. It was the house phone, no one ever called the house phone. Everyone always called his cell. Josh sighed reached over and answered it.

"Where the hell are you Josh!" Laurned said angerily. "I have been calling your cell for hours, It keeps going to voice mail."

"Shit." Josh said sitting up. "I left it downstairs last night. I overslept."'

"I am almost to the house. Is the door unlocked?"

Josh jumped up. "No it isn't. Why are you coming here for? I have to be at the studio. Give me a few to get dressed I just woke up."

"Hurry up." she said before hanging up the phone.

"Fuck." Josh cursed grabbing the sheet and running out of the room.

Ella rolled her eyes and got up out of bed. She pulled some clothes on and went downstairs. She picked up their clothes and put them in the laundry. She picked up the empty liquor bottles. She went into the kitchen and turned on the coffee maker when the door bell rang. She rolled her eyes and went and unlocked and opened the door. Bennie was barking like crazy at her feet.