To my surprise, I bumped into Nick, who walked out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his torso. I was flabbergasted.
He was bewildered to see us as well.
“What the h*ll?” I exclaimed. ”What is with the two of you?” Macy followed up right after.
“N-No! That is not what it looks like! Can you both please hear me out?” Jackson was flustered and exasperated.
Macy glanced at Nick, then at Jackson. Along with her fingers pointing back and forth, she squinted her eyes and let out, “Are you sure? This sure looked wrong!”
Jackson stood speechless for a moment. “How could you think of something so absurd?”
I glanced over at Macy and nodded in agreement. “Please restrain your thoughts a little!”
She smacked her lips and exclaimed, “I was just speaking from what we saw before our eyes!”
I looked at Nick in embarrassment. “Y-you!” Nick’s complexion turned pale.
While fuming with anger, he demanded. “Jackson, you’d better clear up this misunderstanding, or I’ll kill you!”
Jackson felt wronged and explained to us, “I went to the bar last night to party and unexpectedly brought him back with me.”
“Unexpectedly brought a guy back with you?” Macy’s eyes were wide opened at that point.
“He was drunk and almost got slapped by a lady. I wouldn’t have cared if I didn’t know him.” Jackson glared at Nick and continued, “You got yourself so drunk that you might’ve been raped by that woman if not for me!”
Nick frowned and held a finger on his temple, trying to recall what had happened.
“Why didn’t you send me back to my home?” he questioned.
“How would I know your address?” Jackson replied.
It was evident that Jackson was telling us the truth as Nick’s left eye was bruised.
Macy wanted to probe further for gossip. “Nothing else happened? Both of you slept on one bed and were both drunk!”
“I am straight. Stop spouting nonsense!” Nick exclaimed in frustration.
Macy sighed at the lack of exciting stories. “Hurry up! Let’s head out to grab some food.”
Jackson and Nick both headed into the bathroom together. Macy said mockingly, “He’s straight? Yet, they are showering together?”
The bathroom was huge. It seemed normal to me that two guys were sharing the shower to save time. Once again, Macy with her amazing wild thoughts.
I felt a vibration in my pocket. Ashton texted me: Where are you?
I replied: At a Hotel.
He probed: Meeting a friend?
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