Aaron's Sake

"Wow," said Tyler, obviously satisfied by what we had just done.

"I agree." I said with a pant. I got up from the bed and grabbed my bathrobe from the door, covering my recently revealed body. I threw him his clothes which were scattered across the floor and headed to the bathroom.

After Tyler was clothed, he walked in and stared at me while I brushed my teeth. When I finished, I noticed he was giggling silently.

"What are you laughing about?" I asked.

"You just had probably the best sex in your life, and you decide to go brush  your teeth?" He answered, still giggling a bit.

"And whats wrong with that?" I asked, a little annoyed.

"Oh, nothing, nothing at all..." he snickered on his way out of the bathroom, and down the stairs.

I followed him down about 2 minutes later, after I had combed through the prominent knots in my hair.  The little "workout" we had just had, made me a little hungry, so I decided to make microwaveable popcorn. Despite the fact it was 4 in the morning.

While I waited by the microwave, Tyler sat at the table, tracing the circled in the wood. We were both silent as I opened the bag, poured it into a bowl, and buried it in parmesan cheese. It wasn't until we had finished half the bowl, when I decided to say something.

"We are going to have to talk about this Tyler..." I ssaid in a whisper, but I knew he heard me, because he sighed.

"I know, Rose. It's just-" Tyler tried to find the right words,"you know what this would do to Aaron..."

"Of course I know, after all, he is my boyfriend." I said, the guilt almost suffocating me.

"Well, he's my best friend, and I want it to stay that way..." He said, clearly trying to think of a solution in his head.

Again, silence enveloped the room, and all you could hear was the was the chewing of popcorn and the ticking of the clock.

"Should we tell him?" I asked, barely making a sound, scared to hear the answer.

Tyler deliberated on this more a moment in his head, and shared his answer: "No."

"Then what do we do?" I asked, scared of Aaron finding out anyway, and never speaking to either of us again.

"We will pretend it never happened," Tyler said, "and it will never happen again, for Aaron's sake." I could see the disappointment on his face about it never happening again, and I could feel it on my face as well.

"Deal." I said simply, holding our my hand for him to shake. He shook it, and that was that. Now all we had to do was get through monday at the cafe (where we all worked) and it was smooth sailing...