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hands up and down his nicely muscled arms.  She felt like her world was spinning out of control, and at that moment, she didn't care.  She picked her head off his shoulder and looked into his eyes again.
    Nicholas tightened his arms around her waist and picked her up, just slightly off the ground and hugged her body to his.  He nuzzled his face in her neck, just before putting her down.  "You smell so good."  He moaned as he looked back into her eyes.
    "So do you."  Jenna said breathlessly, the whole time the space between their lips lessening.  Before either one knew what was happening, their lips touched in an explosive kiss.
    Nicholas removed one of his hands from her waist and put it at the base of her head, on the back of her neck.  He deepened the kiss, enjoying the tingling feeling in his lips, not to mention the rest of his body.
    Jenna allowed Nick's tongue to enter her mouth, and massaged it with her own.  Every part of her body was reveling in the joy of what was happening at her mouth.
    When neither could breathe any longer, the kiss was broken.  Both Nicholas and Jenna's face registered the shock of what had just happened between them, and both were panting.
    "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that."  Nicholas said.
    "It's my fault too.  I'm sorry."  Jenna told him.
    "This just isn't the right time.  I don't want to ruin our friendship."  He explained.
    "I know, me either.  I think we just got carried away.  How about we blame it on the alcohol and forget it ever happened?"  Jenna suggested.
    "That sounds good."  Nicholas told her but wondered if he would ever forget that marvelous kiss that awoke so many feelings in his body.
    Jenna wondered the same.  No man had ever made her feel like that just from a kiss before.  'But it's best for our friendship if we forget it ever happened, and I need him as a friend now more than ever.'  She thought.
    "Maybe we should head home, it's getting late."  Jenna said.
    Nicholas nodded and led her out of the club.  When they got home, Nick walked her to her door to say goodnight.
    "Thanks for tonight.  I really did have a great time."  Jenna said.
    "I did too.  Thanks for coming with me.  Tell Emma to come home when she wakes up in the morning, ok?"
    Jenna nodded.  "Good night."  She said, her voice a little shaky.  She took her key out and unlocked the door.
    "Night."  Nick said and left.
    Jenna paid the babysitter and locked up the house when she left.  She then headed to bed, for a long night of passionate dreams.

Chapter 6  The Morning After
    The next morning, Jenna woke up with a monster headache.  She rolled out of bed and headed straight for the medicine cabinet in her bathroom.  She shook out three pills from the bottle of Advil and threw them into her mouth.  After turning on the water faucet, she scooped up a handful of water and poured it into her mouth, washing the pills down her throat.
    After taking the Advil, Jenna headed for the shower.  She let the water cascade over her body and enjoyed the streams trickling down her face.  The pulsing water seemed to soothe the pounding inside of her head.
    After finishing her shower and drying off, Jenna dressed in a pair of comfortable navy yoga pants and her white Yankees jersey.  She headed downstairs to get breakfast started for the Colby and Emma.
    Just as she was finishing the French toast, Jenna heard the scampering of little feet running down the stairs.  Colby and Emma jumped up onto the stools at the breakfast bar, ready to eat.
    "Good morning.  Did you two have fun last night?"  Jenna asked.
    "Yeah, it was pretty cool.  Are we still going to the arcade today?"  Colby said.
    Jenna wanted to go anywhere but the arcade.  She knew that once she got there, her headache would go from bad to worse, with all the bells and whistles, and little kids running and screaming all over…all the wonderful attributes of the arcade!  "Of course.  I promised that we would go, so we