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flopped back and threw my hand over my eyes so I wouldn’t see her reaction as I explained, “Fine, I met someone last night at the party.”
    She looked confused. “What do you mean you met someone? Like a guy ?”
    I lifted my hand and rolled my eyes. “Of course I mean a guy.”
    “Okay, but that doesn’t explain the early morning arrival.” All of a sudden her eyes opened so wide they were like saucers. “Oh my God! You spent the night with him! Since when do you do that kind of stuff? What about Ryan? Who was it? Was he at least hot?”
    I sighed. This was just what I’d been expecting. Her brain was already in overdrive and I was going to have to give her the whole story before she would calm down enough to move on. I knew, I just knew, she’d figure it out.
    “You wouldn’t know him. He’s Angie and Caleb’s roommate, Josh,” I told her.
    “Holy shit, you spent the night with Josh Walker?” She screeched.
    My eyes snapped up. I’d never heard her mention him once and trust me, Morgan always mentioned the hotties.
    She threw her hands up in the air. “Of course I know him, who doesn’t? Besides you, apparently. He’s a revolving door when it comes to women.”
    “I know, Em gave me a warning at the party. Now would you stop freaking out?”
    She sank down on the bed next to me. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to freak out, but this is just so unlike you. What happened? Is this because of what Ryan did?”
    I dropped my head. “I have no idea.”
    Morgan was quiet, too quiet. When I couldn’t take the silence anymore, I told her the whole story, from the time I saw Josh walk into the party right up until I woke up in his bed. When I was done, she was still speechless. She sat there staring at me like I was a stranger. I flopped back on the bed and covered my eyes with my hands. When the silence continued I lowered my arm to look at her.
    She looked incredulous and her eyebrows practically touched her hairline. She finally got control of her voice. “I know you’re upset about Ryan, but that doesn’t explain how you of all people ended up having a one-night stand.”
    I stared at the ceiling and groaned. “I wish I knew.” What was I thinking? He was hot, which caught my attention, but that didn’t mean I had to sleep with him. “Ugh. What am I going to do now?” I asked, turning my head in her direction.
    “Well, I guess, you really don’t have to do anything. You’d never seen him before last night, so most likely you won’t see him again. You can go on—”
    She stopped mid-sentence, her eyes wide, staring at my face. What she saw there I didn’t know. What I did know was the more I thought about it, the more the thought of never seeing Josh again hurt. Forgetting the embarrassment about the ending of the night, we’d had a great time. He was easy to talk to and fun to hang out with, plus we had a ton of things in common.
    She pointed at me. “You want to see him again, don’t you?” she accused.
    I sighed. “When I really think about it, I do. But after what happened last night, I think I might be too embarrassed to face him again.”
    Morgan lay down next to me, turning her head to look me in the eye. “Well, honey, that’s something you’re going to have to decide. Are you too embarrassed to see him, or is it something you could get past?” She closed her eyes and sighed. Taking my hand in hers she continued. “But I have to be honest, Em’s right. Josh isn’t the kind of guy who wants a second ‘date’. He does sex, and usually only once, so in the end you may not have to worry about it anyway.”
    When I closed my eyes at the thought of him throwing me away like that, she tried to comfort me again. “Oh, honey, I’m so sorry. I don’t mean to upset you, but I don’t want you to get your hopes up and get crushed.”
    I took a deep breath trying to get myself together before I spoke. I opened my eyes and sat up. “I know. Thanks for being there for