Drew was reluctant to depart Beth on Saturday evening, however he hadn’t felt comfy asking if he may keep the evening. They weren’t there but. Apart from, he needed to work the subsequent morning. Along with her work schedule, Sundays and Mondays have been her solely days to sleep in. He didn’t need to take that away from her simply to fulfill his personal egocentric need.

His residence was darkish when he arrived residence. He should have forgotten to activate the skin mild in his haste to get out the door. Turning the important thing within the lock, he pushed open the door, and flipped on the sunshine.

The sight that greeted him was not what he’d anticipated. His buddy, Shawn, was curled up on his new sofa with a blanket draped over him. “Shawn?”

Shawn rolled his giant physique to face Drew after which sat up slowly. It was solely then that Drew observed a number of empty beer cans beside the espresso desk. “Hey. You’re again.”

Drew shut and locked the door behind him. “What occurred?”

“My previous girl kicked me out. Stated I’m afraid of dedication or some shit.” Shawn ran his fingers via his hair, inflicting it to stay up in all instructions. “Do you assume I can crash right here for a number of days? I begin my rotation tomorrow, so I received’t be capable of search for a brand new place till Friday.”

“Certain. No matter you want.”

“Thanks.”

Strolling into the kitchen, Drew realized he nonetheless had Beth’s record in his hand. He shortly folded and tucked it into his entrance pocket. The very last thing he wanted was for Shawn to get curious. Belief was one factor, however he didn’t need to need to misinform his good friend. He additionally wasn’t able to put his sexual preferences out within the open to be scrutinized.

“Had been you out along with your woman tonight? The one you have been telling me about?” Shawn requested.

Drew took two glasses and stuffed them with water. He had no thought how a lot Shawn had needed to drink, but when what he may see on the ground was any indication, his good friend was going to be feeling it tomorrow.

Handing one of many glasses to Shawn, Drew sat down a number of ft away on the recliner. “I used to be. And earlier than you ask, it went nicely. She’s making me dinner Monday evening.” He couldn’t disguise his pleasure about that, so he didn’t even strive.

“I’m joyful for you. You deserve it.”

“Thanks.”

They have been each quiet for a number of minutes.

“I hope you don’t thoughts that I used the spare key you gave me,” Shawn mentioned.

“After all not. I gave it to you to make use of in case you wanted it. You clearly wanted it tonight.”

Shawn gulped down half the water in his glass. “Yeah.”

“You need to discuss it?” Drew requested. Shawn had actually listened to Drew’s girls troubles through the years.

“Not a lot to inform.” Shawn shook his head and downed the remainder of his water. “I used to be over at Mickey’s serving to him arrange a swing set for his women for many of the day. Got here residence round 5 and Jill had my luggage packed and ready for me on the door. Every thing was wonderful final week. I don’t know what occurred.”

“Did you point out she’d been out of city or one thing?” Drew requested, making an attempt to assist his good friend make sense of what seemed to be the top of his relationship. Shawn and Jill had been collectively since Drew had been a firefighter—longer.

“Yeah. Her sister’s been sick, so she was in Denver serving to deal with her sister’s children. She bought again late final evening. I hoped we’d get to take a seat down and revel in a pleasant night collectively earlier than I went again on rotation.”

Drew didn’t know what to say. “I’m sorry, man. I actually am.”

Shawn nodded and regarded across the residence. “Are you certain you don’t thoughts me crashing right here for a number of nights?”

“After all not. We’re each on obligation tomorrow, then between sleeping and having dinner at Beth’s, I received’t be right here a lot Monday both.”

“I owe you.”

“Pfft. What number of instances did you save my pores and skin within the final seven years?” Drew requested.

His good friend laughed. It was good to listen to.

“Precisely. So don’t sweat it. Crash right here so long as you want.”

Contemplating it was happening eleven, Shawn helped Drew clear up a few of the muddle and downed a number of ibuprofen earlier than climbing again on the sofa. After ensuring every thing was locked up tight and that the lights have been out, Drew made his approach into his bed room. Solely then, with the door closed, did he fish Beth’s record out of his pocket.

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