Inevitable

Hangovers

I woke up the next morning on my side facing Henry. He was on his back and I had my arm and leg draped over him. Surprisingly, I didn't feel terrible. I was so grateful to Henry for taking care of me last night. I wanted to do something nice for him. I very carefully lifted myself off of Henry's body and slid out of bed. Thankfully, he stayed asleep. I grabbed my phone and saw that I still had 2 hours before I needed to be at work.
I tip toed out of Henry's room and down the hallway to the kitchen. No one else was awake yet. I opened the fridge in search of something to make for breakfast. I found eggs, a green pepper and an onion. I could make an omelet. I know Henry liked that.
I found everything I needed to cook in the cabinets. I started chopping the vegetables trying to be as quiet as possible. As I was whisking the eggs, I heard a door open. Henry appeared in the doorway with his hair sticking straight up and his eyes all squinty. He was only wearing a pair of shorts. He looked delicious.

"What is this? Are you making breakfast?"

"I'm making you breakfast. You got stuck taking care of everyone last night. I wanted to do something nice for you."

He walked over and kissed the top of my head. I poured the eggs into the pan and sprinkled in the veggies.

"Go sit down. I'll call you when it's ready."

He left the kitchen and I pulled out the coffee while I waited for the eggs to cook. As soon as the coffee started brewing, I heard someone walking down the hallway. Jess popped her head in the kitchen looking a little rough.

"Coffee?"

"I just made a full pot. Do you want some eggs? I'm making an omelet for Henry. I can make one for you too."

"No thank you. Don't mention eggs to me right now. What the hell was in that punch last night?"

"Lots of vodka."

"How are you so chipper? You drank just as much as the rest of us."

"I stopped pretty early on. And Henry made me eat some pizza and take some ibuprofen before I went to sleep."

Jess grabbed a mug and poured herself a cup of coffee. After adding some creamer, she went back down the hall to Nick's bedroom. The omelet was finished so I put it on a plate and put it on the table. Henry was laying on the couch looking at his phone.

"Honey, your breakfast is ready!"

"Awwww sweetie, you cooked for me! You're the best."

I walked back in the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee, added sugar and creamer and took them to the table. I placed one in front of Henry and sat down next to him.

"Aren't you eating?"

"I don't have much of an appetite yet. I'm good with coffee for now."

"This is delicious. Thank you so much! How are you feeling?"

"Better than I deserve. I'm sorry again for being such a handful last night."

"No complaints here. Especially after what happened in the bathroom."

I could feel myself blush. Now that I was clear headed, I couldn't believe I did that. It was so unlike me.

"Yeah that was....different."

"It was fucking hot. I look forward to doing it again."

"I'll never drink that much again. It was stupid. But yeah, what happened in the bathroom was a lot of fun. You bring out that side of me."

Nick walked into the room interrupting our conversation. He looked even rougher than Jess. He barely even looked at us before going into the kitchen and pouring a cup of coffee and walking back to the bedroom. Henry finished his omelet and tried to take his plate in the kitchen but I stopped him.

"I'll clean it up. Just relax."

I went into the kitchen and started washing the dirty dishes. I felt Henry come up behind and wrap his arms around my waist.

"I love you."

"I love you Henry."

"Meet me in my room when your done so I can properly thank you for breakfast."

A little while later, we were laying in bed wrapped in each other's arms. I had to get up soon and get ready for work. For now, I was right where I wanted to be. Henry was stroking my bare back while I traced the outline of his abs with my finger.

"I wish you didn't have to go to work today."

"Me too. But it's going to be crazy today since it's the end of the semester."

"What do you want to do tonight? I think Chris said something about having people over here tonight. Do you want to go get dinner and then we could come back here and hang out."

"Okay. That sounds good."

"Em, I've been thinking a lot about summer and what if you moved in with me here? You could get a job and maybe take some classes. That way, we wouldn't have to do long distance."

I lifted my head and looked at his face. He had a serious expression on his face. I couldn't believe he just asked me to move in with him even if it was only for three months.

"Henry I can't. Its not that I don't want to but I made a commitment to my neighbor. I can't screw her over like that."

"I'm sure she could find another college student looking for summer work. Think of how great it would be. Chris is going home for the summer so we'll have this room to ourselves. You could come to some of my shows. And we could be together every day. I feel like we just got started and I'm not ready to let you go yet. Please Em, don't go."