My One And Only

Part 4- The Morning After

I wake up to the sun beaming through the windows and a huge headache from my hangover. Remind me to never drink again.

When I wake up I feel someone sleeping on me.

What the hell.

I look at the person and see Hardin. Fuck. When I look at him I start to remember everything that happened last night. Beer pong, truth or dare, Steph, Hardin and me watching "Pride and Prejudice".
That is all we did right?

I pick up my phone and turn it on. I see it's 11:30 AM and see I have 28 messages from mom and  and another 20 from Noah. I decide to call Noah first even-though I'm still in Hardin's arms.

He picks up at the second ring. "Hi No-" I start but he cuts me off.

"Tessa are you crazy? I was trying to call you all night long and so does your mom. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I'm so sorry but I told you I am okay. We hung out with friends until late so we stayed here in an extra room."

"You what?"

"We stayed here" I shrug to myself. "what's the big deal?"

"Since when do you go out to parties, get drunk and stay to sleep at a frat party who I guess is full of boys" he yells at me.

"Since never. It happened just once and I don't see the problem"

I'm starting to get mad at him. I know I have no right to be mad because hello, I'm in a bed with another man, Hardin, whom I like. Not that we did anything but still. Wait, did I just say I like him?! what's wrong with me, I have a boyfriend.

When I start to raise my voice a bit, I see Hardin's eyes begin to flutter. Just as I am about to sign him to stay quiet he talks. "What's wrong?"

I groan. Great.

"Tessa who is this?" Noah growls.

"It's a friend. I just went down to the kitchen to get some water." I say and and sign Hardin to stay quiet.

I hear him sigh on the other side of the line. "Look T, I don't want to fight. That's not why I called. I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I'll talk to you when I get back" I really don't feel like talking to him right now.

"Okay bye, love you"

"bye" I say a little harsh and hang up.

Why didn't I say I love you?

After I hung up I turn to Hardin.

"Who was it?" He asks.

"Noah" I tell him as I answer my mothers texts.

"Your boyfriend?"

"Yup" I close my phone and groan.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I think I'll go look for Kim now, we should go back. Thank you for letting me stay here last night. I appreciate it."

"It's no problem" he gives me a small smile that I return.

"How drunk was I last night?" I change the subject.

"Very drunk.."

"Did I do anything bad?"

"Define bad. The worst thing you did was calling Steph a whore. But it isn't bad because it's the truth."

"Good then" I smile at him

I get up from the bed and notice I'm not wearing my dress. I'm in a black shirt—Hardin's shirt. Wait, did we do something I don't remember?

"I have a weird question."

"Shoot" he says, putting some sweatpants on.

"Did we do something last night? It's just.. I'm in a shirt that I guess is yours and you are.. were.. in boxers"

"Yeah" he rubs the back of his neck.

"Omg what? did we-"

He smirks at me. "Relax, we watched TV. That's it."

"You scared me, asshole" I smack his shoulder.

We continue talking and laughing for a while until we hear a knock on the door. When the door opens, we see it's Kim.

"Here you are" she smirks.

"I was looking for you last night but Hardin said you fell asleep."

"More like passed out but yeah" she shrugs. "I'm going to grab a bite with Nate. Wanna join?"

"Yes please, I'm hungry."

"Hardin?"

"Sure, I'm in."

"Great, we are leaving in 10. T, can I talk with you outside for a second?"

"Yeah sure, is everything okay?"

"Yup" she says and I follow her outside.

One.. two.. three.. "nice shirt" she grins. I roll my eyes and she takes it as a cue to continue. "Did you and Hardin sleep together?"

"Yeah."

"Oh my fucking god, what? Was he good? Is it bi-"

"God Kim," I groan. "Not like this. I thought you meant in the same bed, not sex."

"But you do like him right?"

"I have a boyfriend. Remember Noah? Noah Porter?"

"You can have 10 boyfriends if that's what you want but I know you. Therefore, I know you like Hardin."

"I-"

"Don't even try to deny it" she smirks at me.

"Can I go get dressed please?"

"Of course you can. I'll wait for you and mr hottie downstairs."

"Shut up"

I get in the room and see Hardin putting his shirt on. He's so hot. His hair and god, those abs. Tessa what is wrong with you? I scold myself and look away.

I get dressed and head downstairs with Hardin. "They're already in the car.." Peter, if I remember correctly, tells us.

We enter the car and the boys tell us about the place they're taking us to. It's called 'Blind Bob's'. "They have the best burgers in the area" Nate says.

"Great, I am starving" Kim says.

"Same" Hardin and I say at the same time and laugh.

♾

Three hours later, the boys park in front of our dorms. "Thanks for lunch, it was delicious" we thank them.

"You are welcome" they smile at us.

We get out and close the doors. "Bye, we'll see you soon" we tell them as they drove away. I can see Hardin looking back at me and I give him a small smile and a wave.