Boundaries and Benefits

Location: last floor of the guest house in Silver Oaks Resort, 77B Maple Ridge, Orion.

Caleb walks into the room he shares with Alistair, still smiling after his conversation with Melanie.

"Hey, man!" Alistair calls out, not looking up from his laptop screen.

"Hey, Al. What's up?" Caleb drops onto their bed, kicking off his shoes.

"Just trying to complete this one mission in GTA Vice City after you left me without a word at the bar yesterday, to go be with a woman that is not yet your woman," Alistair says, though his eyes remain fixed on the screen, his fingers flying across the keyboard, but he rolls his eyes.

"Saying that I left you without a word is too big of an allegation, my friend" Caleb chuckles.

“I remember mentioning that I would step out to speak to Melanie…” Caleb tries to recall.

“Speak not sleep with her right?” Alex corrects.

“Oh…shut up” Caleb laughs, heading to the bathroom to freshen up.

As Caleb showers, his mind wanders back to Melanie. Their conversation left