PART 1 - Yearnings
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Opening his eyes, Brian immediately knew he was in a strange place. Following that realization, he noticed an unfamiliar arm draped across his bare chest. Then a splitting headache dominated his awareness. "Dude..." he moaned, lifting a hand to his forehead.
Only half-asleep, Stacy stirred beside Brian and nuzzled against his chest. "You okay?"
Brian blinked in surprise at the fact that he was in bed with Stacy, and from what he could tell they were both naked. "I think I'm hung over..."
Stacy grinned against him. "Lightweight."
Looking around, Brian came to the conclusion that he was in Stacy's bedroom, her old bedroom at her parent's house (Stacy had been living in an apartment with her best friend Miley for the last nine months). What he wasn't sure of was how he ended up in bed with Stacy, naked, or why she seemed so cool with it. "What happened last night?"
"I threw a party and we got really drunk." Stacy answered sleepily.
Brian tried to remember. "Did we...?"
"Did we what?" Stacy pressed, amused.
"Did we sleep together?" Brian whispered.
Stacy chuckled against Brian's chest, "Well, we're in bed together aren't we?"
"Yeah but, I mean, did we have sex?"
Stacy lifted her head and arched her neck to kiss Brian on his chin. "Of course, dummy."
Brian closed his eyes, hoping the pain in his head would go away. "It fucking figures."
"What is it?" Stacy wondered.
"I finally have sex with you, and I can't remember a thing..."
Stacy laughed. "Too bad, because it was amazing."
Brian groaned, rubbing his forehead.
"What's the last thing you remember?" Stacy asked.
"Um..." Brian searched his memories. "Sitting in the hot tub with you doing shots of tequila. I remember Charlie asking if he could use my car and giving him directions to your apartment."
Resting her chin on Brian's chest, Stacy said. "Yeah, poor Charlie. It was driving him crazy that Miley left to go find Brett."
"You think they'll get back together?" Brian wondered.
"Who knows?" Stacy replied. "But one thing I know for sure is that we're both stuck. Miley took my car to chase after Brett, and Charlie took yours to chase after Miley..."
Brian smirked. "Yeah, I guess neither of us is going anywhere."
Stacy smiled playfully, running her fingers along Brian's bare chest. "So, you want to find out just how amazing it was?"
Brian's eyes widened. "Can I get a couple of aspirin first?"
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A car alarm went off down the street, waking Charlie up with a start. He winced at the pain in his neck, caused from the awkward position he slept in. He was parked in Brian's car outside Stacy and Miley's apartment building. Charlie had planned on staking it out until Miley got home, and then confront her, but he must have fallen asleep.
Looking around, he spotted Stacy's SUV parked across the street a few cars down. Miley must have arrived home after he fell asleep. He quickly checked his shock of brown hair in the rear-view mirror before opening the door.
Checking the tenant register Charlie located the correct apartment number, and then lucked out as someone was walking out -- he was able to slip in without having to buzz the door. Climbing one flight of stairs, Charlie meandered down a hallway until he found the correct apartment. He was just about to knock on the door when voices came from the other side.
"Forget it Brett!" Miley's voice was easily recognizable to Charlie.
"C'mon Miley." came a male voice; Charlie assumed it was Brett's. "I said I'm sorry. It just gets frustrating, you know?"
"It's over Brett, okay? We're over. I want you to leave."
"What is it?" Brett demanded loudly. "Is it that dork from last night?"
"It doesn't have anything to do with him, and Charlie's not a dork..."
"You're such a tease Miley, you know you want it. C'mon babe... let's get this over with."
Miley suddenly squealed in anger. "Get off me you asshole!"
Charlie's eyes widened and his entire body was flooded with anger.
Miley screamed again. "Brett! Stop it! Get off...!"
The door could have been made of iron and it wouldn't have stopped Charlie as he threw his shoulder against it with all of his adrenaline-fueled strength. The deadbolt tore the doorframe, splinters of the jamb flying through the air as the door flew open.
Brett was atop Miley on her couch and had her arms pinned down, but he turned in surprise as Charlie burst into the apartment. "What the fu...?" he started to say, but his sentence was stopped short by Charlie tackling him. The two went right over the back of the couch.
"Charlie!?" Miley was completely startled by Charlie's sudden appearance. She quickly got up from the couch to see Charlie on top of Brett and hitting him.
"You son of a bitch!" Charlie yelled, punching his fist repeatedly into Brett's face.
"Charlie!" Miley exclaimed, running around the couch to try and grab Charlie and pull him off. It's not that she was overly concerned for Brett, but Charlie was crazed with anger and she didn't want him to hurt Brett so badly that Charlie would regret it.
"Don't you ever touch her!" Charlie was screaming as Miley grabbed him around the arms and pulled him back, "Don't you ever fucking touch her again!!"