2. Regret.

Jessica woke up in a hotel room laying in a bed by herself. She looked around not recognizing her surrounding in the same instance realizing she was naked. She quickly pulled the cover over her as if someone was there to see her.

"Hello?" She yelled out. Her head was booming and her memories from the night before were all over the place. She slowly got out of the bed as she walked through the double doors seeing that this had to be a presidential room or something. It was huge. She didn't see anyone as she spotted her phone on the couch. She went to it as she wrapped the sheet around her more. She had 15 missed calls from Alexis and 4 text messages from her. All recent. Just as she was about to call her back, Alexis was calling. She quickly answered as she brought her hand to head, as a slicing pain went through her head. She needed water and Advil ASAP.

"Girl, where are you?" Alexis questioned. "I don't know!" Jessica let out. "A hotel, with a booming headache and a dry ass mouth." She looked around seeing the refrigerator, going over to it hoping there was a water in it. She drank way too much last night.

Alexis laughed. "Girl, you were supposed to meet me down here an hour ago."

"What?" Jessica was super confused. Was this planned? She found a water and quickly opened it and drank it. Alexis sighed as she sat in her car. She'd been calling and texting Jessica for the last hour.

While Alexis ended up kicking it with Xavier for the night, Jessica spent her night with Mateo. "Girl, last night we said we would meet back up at nine in the morning."

Jessica rubbed her head as she headed back to the room to find her clothes. "Alexis I don't remember any of this."

"So wait, do you remember anything from last night?" Alexis knew she got drunk but she didn't think she was that drunk. She damn sure wasn't acting like it.

Jessica slid her dress on as she put Alexis on speaker trying to think back to last night. She remember sitting in Xavier's section and talking to Mateo. He made her laugh and he was fine as hell that she remembered. She remembered drinking, a lot. The last she remembered was leaving the club with them. "I remember leaving the club, that's it."

Alexis got wide eyed. "Okay bitch, get your ass down here and we'll talk. I'm in my car." With that she hung up as she waited for Jessica. A text came through from Xavier as she smiled. She really was feeling him on the low. He gave her great conversation and though they spent the night together he didn't even try to have sex with her and she liked that.

Meanwhile Jessica checked around the room to make sure she had everything and grabbed the water she had been drinking before walking out. She quickly made her way down seeing Alexis sitting in the drivers seat with a smile on her face as she was texting on her phone.

She quickly got in the passenger seat, "do you have any Advil?" Jessica asked as she laid her head back on the headrest and closed her eyes. Alexis looked over at her. "I might," she reached over opening her glove department. Jessica was in luck because a bottle sat right there. She handed it to her as Jessica took out two and washed them down with water.

Alexis started driving off as she headed to Jessica's house. "So tell me what the hell happened last night." Just as she said it something she didn't remember earlier came to mind. She kissed Mateo, no she was kissing him. A full make out session in the hotel room that she was just in.

Alexis peeped her face, "you good?" Jessica nodded as she swallowed. She had sex with a stranger, that she definitely pieced together. "I stayed with him?" She questioned. She didn't know why it was just now hitting her. Alexis gave her a slow nod, "we left the club and you and Mateo, that's his name right? We're all googly eyed. Pretty sure you were both drunk. But the way the two of you were holding yourself none of us thought y'all were that drunk. But you got me thinking I read that wrong."

Jessica nodded. "Very wrong, or maybe not at that moment. Because I remember leaving and I remember him making me smile, but I don't remember the hotel."

"Well," Alexis continued. "They asked if we wanted to hang, I looked at you but you and Mateo were like lovesick dogs," she laughed lightly. "So I said I guess we can kick it, we asked if you two were cool to kick it and the both of you easily gave a yes. We rode together and they rode together, with some other girls." Alexis rolled her eyes as she said it. "But they were with other guys so I'm sure they all had a girl too but anyways once we got there you went to his room with him and I went to the room with Xavier, and we said we would meet back up in the morning around nine even though they left at like eight or so."

Jessica nodded her head as she took it all in. "I think I had sex with him," she said lowly. "Bitch what?" Alexis smiled, Jessica wasn't smiling though. It was never on her list to have a one night stand. Sex with a stranger? Not her thing. And the fact that she could only remember bits and pieces didn't help. "I woke up naked. Why else would I wake up naked?"

"Wait, so you don't remember?" Jessica shook her head no. "I remember us kissing on the couch," just as she said that another moment from the night before popped in head. They were full out naked, his eyes closed and his mouth open in ecstasy. She was riding him. They definitely had sex. "Jessica!" Alexis called out.

Jessica looked at her, "we had sex. I remember some parts." She put her hands on her head. "What the fuck did I do?"

"Jess calm down, it's okay."

She shook her head. "No it's not, me and Dwayne have only been broken up for a week and I've already had sex with somebody else. And a stranger at that. I don't even know anything about him. I don't even know if we used protection." Tears started to fall automatically making Alexis feel bad. Alexis had her fair share of one night stands and she never felt like that afterwards.

"Girl, it's okay. It's not the end of the world. It happened, move on. You enjoyed yourself last night and that's all that matters. You can go get tested if that makes you feel better and we can pick up a Plan B. It is okay Jess, people do this all the time. It is not the end of the world."

Jessica sat in silence as she got herself together, maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if she could actually remember doing everything. But only bits and pieces were coming to her.

Alexis pulled up to her place and parked the car. "Jess are you going to be okay?" Jess nodded her head as she opened the door to get out. She quickly made her way to her apartment as Alexis called out. She ignored her and kept walking, pausing before she got to her apartment door as Dwayne stood their looking stressed out.

"D-Dwayne," she stuttered out. He looked at her as his eyes lit up. "Jess, baby. I'm so sorry." He let out as he started walking towards her. She froze as he wrapped his arms around her. "Can we talk?" He questioned.

"Jess!" Alexis called out as she walked up. Quickly freezing as she saw Dwayne. "Oh, sorry. Just call me later." Jess looked over at her and nodded as she walked towards her door, unlocking it.

Dwayne followed her in, locking it behind him. All of her guilt quickly eating away at her. "Do you mind if I shower? Or is this urgent?"

He looked her up and down realizing that she clearly went out the night before. Slight jealousy taking over him as he thought about the potential guys that tried to get at her. He was a fool over his. "Yeah, go ahead."

She quickly made her way to the bathroom and stripped down, letting the hot water beat down on her body as she tried to wash away the thoughts and memories of the night before.

Once she finished she lotioned herself and threw on some spandex shorts a cotton t-shirt and she put her freshly washed her in a bun on the top of hair. She walked out to see Dwayne watching TV with a beer in his hand, he kept a pack of beers at her place.

She sat down on the couch opposite of him as he looked over at her. He looked so good to her. It was obvious he had just got a fresh cut. He smiled, he loved the sight of her just as much as she loved the sight of him.

He sat the beer down and muted the TV as he put all of his attention on her. He was a fool to have ended it with her. He said he was going through a lot, and truthfully he was. He was stuck between being with the girl who accepted him flaws and all and loved him like he had never been loved or going back to the mother of his child, Jessica didn't know this of course.

He had a four year old daughter and at one point him and the mother of his child were at a really bad place but lately they'd been good, really good. So good to the point that he slipped up and slept with her while with Jessica. He felt so bad about it he cut sex off with Jessica, they hadn't had sex in a month. But sadly all that did was make him have sex with with his baby mother more. He tried his hardest not to, but when someone threw themselves at you it wasn't always easy especially when the feelings were somewhat mutual.

In the process their bond grew stronger again to the point she brought up them trying again. And with him wanting to create the family he never had for his daughter he was down for it. So he ended it with Jessica, but he loved the shit out of her so he knew he couldn't just end it so he said he needed time. And in the time he took away for Jessica and spent with Brielle, the mother of his child he was quickly reminded why the two of them didn't work out before.

Jessica broke the silence as he just sat their staring at her. "You have enough time to yourself?" Dwayne bit his lip as he nodded his head, "yeah." He sighed as he looked down for a moment before looking back up at her. "You're like my missing piece, my balance, you bring peace to my storms and in this week I've realized that. Even in the mist of our own little storms, without you it's like chaos."

A part of Jessica smiled on the inside. "I want to be with you and I don't want you to ever think I don't." He finished. "I want to be with you too." Jessica let out.

He smiled, "good, now come give me some loving. I missed your ass." And he did miss her, that much was true.