Part 9
"Where's Rove?" Belinda said with a stern look on her face, then she stormed into the house and found her boyfriend asleep on the couch. When she tore off the blanket, she found him fully nude and questioned it.
"What the hell did you two do?"
Wil looked back and forth between the still-sleeping Rove and the obviously very angry Belinda. He couldn't tell her the truth; he had to come up with a story and he had to do it fast.
"It's not what it looks like."
Belinda took a step closer to Wil, waving her hand angrily at him.
"Like hell it isn't! After the little incident yesterday I find Rove here on your couch naked, and you're nearly naked and you expect me to think nothing went on?"
Wil didn't know what to say. He was still trying to come up with a good story. Belinda walked back to Rove and suddenly smacked him hard across the face. Rove awoke with a start, sitting up quickly and grabbing his face.
"Ow! What the fuck was that for?"
"That's for lying to me!"
Rove looked at Belinda in shock for a moment. Then as if suddenly realising that he was naked, he quickly grabbed the discarded blanket and wrapped it around his waist as he stood up. He took a step towards Belinda, trying to calm her down a bit.
"Look nothing is going on between me and Wil. We went out for a few drinks last night to celebrate the success of the show. We were both a little bit drunk and I didn't want to come home and wake you up so I thought I'd just crash here."
Belinda stared at Rove for a few moments and then turned to look at Wil, as if she was deciding whether or not to believe their story or not. She looked back at Rove, taking in his naked state once more.
"Why are you naked?"
"I always sleep naked. You should know that."
Rove smiled at her, turning on the charm that he knew usually could get him out of trouble. He prayed that it would work again this time.
Belinda sighed, and Rove knew that she wasn't going to argue with him any more, at least not now. But looking at her face he knew that he still wasn't totally out of the woods yet.
"Get dressed. I'll be waiting in the car."
Belinda shot another glance at Wil and then stormed back out the door, slamming it behind her. Rove watched her leave and then turned back to Wil. Wil smiled and took a step forward.
"That was close."
"Yeah it was too close. Too close for comfort."
Wil stepped closer to Rove, placing a finger under his chin and tilting his head up so their eyes were locked once again.
"You don't regret last night do you?"
Rove smiled.
"Of course not. It's just hard you know?"
Wil ran a hand down Rove's body, reaching for the blanket that covered him and dropping it to the floor. He then wrapped a hand around Rove's semi-erect cock and smirked.
"Not yet. But I bet I can make it hard."
Rove couldn't help but return Wil's smile. Even though they'd nearly just been caught out, it didn't change the feelings that Rove had for Wil, and it didn't change the fact that he desperately wanted to fuck Wil right then and there.
"Wil, as tempting as your offer is, I'd better go. I'm in enough trouble already."
Wil pouted, but he understood. He placed his hands on Rove's waist, stroking his bare sides gently. Their lips met again briefly and then Rove gathered his clothes and redressed, taking one last look at Wil before heading out the front door.
Wil stood for a few moments, sadly looking at the closed door, before letting out a sigh and heading to the bathroom to take a shower.
Outside, Rove made his way to Belinda's car and climbed into the passenger seat. He went to say something, but decided against it. Belinda started the car and they pulled out of Wil's driveway. They drove in silence for what seemed like forever, until Rove couldn't stand the silence any more, turning to look at her.
"I'm sorry."
Belinda didn't look at him as she replied; keeping her eyes fixed on the road ahead.
"For what?"
Rove sighed.
"For everything I guess. Getting you all upset for no reason. You know that I would never intentionally do anything to hurt you. I love you."
At that moment they arrived back at their apartment. Belinda turned off the ignition and turned to face Rove.
"I love you too and I'm sorry for not trusting you. I know that you would never do anything to hurt me, and I know you wouldn't be unfaithful to me. It's not like you."
Rove forced himself to smile, realising that Belinda had no idea just how wrong that statement was. They then got out of the car and went inside. Rove closed the door behind them and went to sit on the couch, a million thoughts were racing through his head and he didn't know what the hell to do.
Belinda walked over and sat next to him, her hand sliding up his thigh. She leant in and began to kiss his neck as her hand slid further up his leg. Rove turned his head and their lips met. Rove wasn't really in the mood, but he knew that if he rejected Belinda now then she'd know something was up.
"Hmm Rove.."
They quickly removed each other's clothes and Belinda lay back on the couch, pulling Rove on top of her. They made love fairly quickly and passionately, just as they always did, but this time something was different.
This time Rove was thinking about Wil.
He knew it was wrong to make love to someone he didn't really care about but at this stage, he had no choice. Somehow Belinda sensed there was something different this time though. After their lovemaking session, they sat up on the couch together.
"I have something to ask you Rove, you won't lie to me will you?"
Rove knew this wasn't going to be good. He felt a nervous sickness form in his stomach.
"Of course not, you should know you can trust me. We've been seeing each other for four years now. Ask away."
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. We've been going out for so long, why haven't you proposed?"
part 10