Her cheeks were warm as she finished her fifth vodka and cherry coke. She was drunk enough stumble, but sober enough to make it to the door when the door bell rang. She smiled at her best friend and welcomed him in.
"Are you drunk?" He said, noticing her wobbly walk to the kitchen.
"Probably. I finished the rest of the vodka."
"Mel, that was more than half a bottle. I'll make you some coffee."
She shrugged and smiled. "Dylan the party pooper."
He smirked and scooped the coffee into the filter, then started the pot of coffee. Dylan sat down next to her at the kitchen table, "So what's the occasion?"
"I'm not pregnant!"
"Of course you're not," he laughed, "you've never had sex."
She stuck her tongue out, "Fuck you!"
He laughed, "Not on your team, remember?"
Mel rolled her eyes. Sometimes she forgot Dylan was gay. They flirted so often and everyone always asked if they were together. She pushed the idea out of her head, though. He was gay! Nothing could ever come of it. She was just drunk.
"I just needed to drink," Mel admitted, "rough day."
"What happened?"
"A few days ago I went out to a bar for Tiffany's birthday. I met this guy, Alec. He was really nice and sweet and handsome. He kept buying me drinks and I kept taking them. He offered to drive me home after a while, and I said yes. We ended up fooling around and then having sex."
Dylan's eyes widened. "You lost your virginity to some guy you met in a bar?"
"I'm not proud of it. Anyway, I went out with him for lunch and it turns out the condom broke while we were doing it."
"So when you said that you weren't pregnant you weren't kidding..." He put his arm around Mel and pulled her in close, "Thank God though."
She smiled, "Yeah."
The coffee pot stopped bubbling and they knew it was done. Dylan poured her a cup and they drank until the pot was empty.
"Right good that did." Mel said, "Now I've gotta pee. Go meet me in my room, it's cold down here."
Dylan made his way down the hall and into his friend's room. Posters of bands and movies covered the white walls. He sat down on the king sized bed, his favorite part of the room. It was one of those beds that reminded you of home and you could get comfortable in any place. He had slept over more than a few times. It was practically his second home.
Mel stumbled into the room and climbed into the bed. "That coffee did nothing except make me awake. Dylan," she snuggled up to him and rested her head on his shoulder, "can we cuddle?"
Dylan laughed, "Sure. Do you want me to put in a movie before we get too comfortable?" Mel nodded and he got up from under her and put in the movie Moulin Rouge. It was their favorite movie to watch together. He went back to the bed and Mel took her spot back on his shoulder. He put is arm around her.
A while later the movie ended.