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chapter 5

-Well, that sounds like a perfect ending of this evening, Howie said one silent moment later.
-Yeah. So call the drivers.
Everyone started to look for their cell phones and I went to AJ.
-Maybe you should give me your car keys.
-You can�t drive.
-You can�t either.
-There�s no problem, Brian came to us. -AJ, just call Keegan to pick you up. You can come to get your car at tomorrow.
-He has a night off.
Oh wow. What a mess. Like he didn�t knew when we left that he was about to have few glasses of wine. And I didn�t even have the driving license.
-Let�s just call the cab, I suggested.
-AJ. You can�t go home in that state by a cab. You know what a hullabaloo will come out of that, Brian reminded. -You�ll just gonna stay over. Lee dear, in what condition are our guest rooms?
Leighanne came to us.
-The other is fine. One is under repairs and in one...
-My wife has secret artistic projects in that, Brian threw his arms around Leighanne. -So one of you just has to sleep on the couch.
-That would be me, I said as fast as I could. -Really. I�m used to sleep in strange places.
-Our sofa isn�t that weird, Leighanne laughed.
-If I can�t go home it doesn�t matter where I sleep. Lady should always have a chance to pick but this time you�ll take the room, I sleep down here.
-No, I�ll stay here and you go to upstairs.
-Gash, if it�s that difficult we make two beds upstairs. OK?
I think that either of us were comfortable with that decision but Brian was our host. So we just nodded.

I went into a guest room and looked around. So that was Brian�s idea of two beds? Leighanne came to the door.
-I�m sorry. He didn�t remember that it�s a indivisible king-size bed.
-Yeah, right. So would you give me a blanket, I�ll sleep downstairs.
-So what you�re saying is...?
-That I don�t sleep in here?
-Oh, Leighanne said. -I thought that maybe you and AJ...
-What? I laughed. -Oh now. We can�t stand each other.
-Well, that�s it then. We assumed that you just wanted to keep it as a secret.
-Trust me Lee, there�s nothing going on between me and him.
-So why can�t you sleep in here then? That bed is wide enough for two person.
-OK. If AJ doesn�t have anything against it.
-I�m sure he doesn�t. Do you need a pajama?
-If you got some old T-shirt. That would do.
-OK. I�ll bring you some.

I was in bed. AJ was out on the balcony having a cigarette. I stared the roof. The mood was very uncomfortable. AJ had been about to leave downstairs but I convinced him to stay, that it would be rude to bother Lee since she went to bed earlier that Brian and AJ who were talking downstairs.
-I wont bite you, I had said.
-I�m not so sure about that, AJ had replied. And went out.

Moments later he came back in, closed the door and climbed into bed.
-So you had something to do with the fact that Maddy left so early?
-Partly yes.
-She�s a sweet girl.
-Everything I�m not.
I didn�t say that to get any compassion. But obviously AJ took it like that.
-That�s true. She�s beautiful, polite, knows how to act.
I couldn�t help getting tears into my eyes. I tried to hold them back but you know how it goes, once you start to cry it doesn�t even matter why you�d started, you just can�t stop.
AJ turned to see me.
-Oh, I didn�t mean it like that.
-Sure you did! I mumbled.
-Anna. You are a great girl. For someone else.
-And what makes you think that I even would like to be your girl after the way you�ve been treating me?
-What? What do you mean?
-Never mind.
I turned my back on him.
-No. Tell me what you meant.
-Just let me sleep would you?
AJ gave up. But I couldn�t sleep. I kept crying silently until I fell asleep.

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