Strip Poker

Both Terri and Ryan laid on the bed for a few minutes in an awkward silence. Both trying to find something meaningful to say. Ryan searched his brain for something, anything at all but found nothing. Finally he spoke.

"Terri are you hungry?" Ryan was looking for an excuse to get out of the room to collect his thought without looking like a total jerk.

"I am kind of hungry and I do think I may need some aspirin."

"Great...I'll get it...You can stay right where your at."

"Thank You Ryan I really don't want to run into Simon just yet."

"Sure." Ryan slipped on his jeans and shirt he had on from the night before and headed for the steps. 'I gotta talk to Cowell, I gotta tell him. If he punches me then ...well I deserve it. I just hope he remembers he told me to do this.' Ryan walked downstairs passed the sleepy Randy that still laid peacefully on the couch. 'Lucky him' Ryan thought he doesn't have to deal with any of this the only wrath he is going to face is Erika when he walks through his front door after not coming home last night. He looked around and noticed that Simon's office door was still closed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile in Simon's Office~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Simon ejected a tape from the recorder and handed it to Paula. "Here you go you naughty girl. I hope you enjoy your bedtime movie."

"Thank you Si...I'm sure I will."

"I can't believe you don't trust me with the only copy."

"It's not that I don't trust you it's just...It's just I feel...safer...If I had my own." That really wasn't the only reason but that reason would do.

"You know Paula I do have another tape if you would like to make a sequel"

"Hmm...What a boring sequel that would be...We did everything there is to do." She gave Simon an intense lustful stare.

"You want it again don't you?"

She didn't say anything...She didn't have to. It was evident. She climbed up on his desk, still naked and motioned Simon toward her. Dressed in only his boxers he slowly walked to her and placed both of his hands on her knees. "Open Please."

He didn't have to ask twice, she happily spread her legs wide for him. He bent down to her level and seized her lips. Their tongues danced around each other's in a hungry kiss. Soon they were both too wrapped up in the moment that they didn't hear a low knock on the door.

Ryan didn't hear anything and assumed they were still sleeping. He knocked once more and still nothing not even a peep. He turned the knob and slowly opened it and to his surprise he found Simon and Paula looking as if they were fucking right there on Simon's desk.

"Oh God I....I'm....I..Ahhhh...I'm Sss..sorry."

"Bloody hell Ryan don't you know how to knock." Simon grabbed a blanket that was draped over the couch and covered Paula up."

"I'm Sorry...I knocked twice but nobody said anything." He figured that he was in a world of shit and it was just going to get worse.

Simon just laughed at the situation. "Well mate do you think you would hear a knock at the door if you were in the middle of this?"

"I suppose not." He laughed right along with Simon hoping that he would take his other news just as well.

"Paula...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to barge in like that."

"It's OK Ry. It's just like I said last night...It's not like you haven't seen a naked woman before."

"Yea...Well...It's a little different now that I've just seen you."

"You should probably forget that image now Seacrest." Simon was joking with Ryan.

"Ummmm Yea...Well...besides that...I think we need to pow wow here."

"Pow wow?" Simon asked a little confused."

"Yea...Pow wow...you know...talk, chat, discuss, converse. Anyone will do."

"You American's and your slang." Both Ryan and Paula burst out laughing."

"What's so funny?...So what's this POW WOW talk about anyway?"

"Well...Terri knows...well I should say has a feeling that you two well...you know..."

"She does?"

"yea...............Simon...I'm gonna tell you something and I'm hoping you don't hit me..."

"What are you bloody talking about?"

"Well remember how you told me to go up with Terri?"

"Yes..."

"Well as soon as I got up there last night she kind of...well...she kind of attacked me."

"Attacked you?"

"Yea...Simon she told me that she knew you and Paula were...'making love' as she put it and that she wanted me to...I can't even say it."

"Fuck her?"

"Ummmm...Y...Yea...Simon...I'm sorry I didn't want to...it's just you told me...you told..."

"I know what I told you Ryan...I'm not mad...In fact how could I be?"

"I know but still...It's a little strange."

"This whole night was was strange Ry." Paula really meant her comment thinking back to the night before with Terri.

Ryan started to chuckle. "Yea Paula so I hear"

"Oh God...She remembers?"

"Yea" Ryan had ridiculous grin smeared on his face and Simon was grinning right along with him. "So Paula tell me...What was it like being with another women?"

"RYAN!......Nothing happened."

"Yea that's what they all say."

"It was just a kiss...I swear...then she passed out."

"I know P...Take it easy she told me everything...well as much as she could remember. She did however say that you all agreed to have a threesome."

Simon interrupted "Not quite...Like you said Terri attacked you...Well she kind of went for Paula the same way."

"That I believe."

"So how exactly are we going to handle this situation?"

"Well I suppose I probably should go talk to her."

"Well Si if your gonna do that I'm leaving...I really don't want to be anywhere near her when you tell her what happened."

"Awww are you sure darling?...She might want to kiss and make up."

"SIMON!"

Everyone erupted into laughter.

"OK well I'm going to go wake up sleeping beauty on the couch and get him home before Erika kills him. Call me later and let me know how thing went man."

"I will...and hey...Don't worry about it."

"Thanks man" Ryan walked out of Simon's office to wake up Randy and once again Paula and Simon were left alone.

"Well I guess I should probably go to...I'm sure I caused enough problems between you two...I'm sorry Simon we can chalk this one up as being a stupid drunken mistake.

Simon walked back over to Paula, who was still perched on his desk looking as sexy as ever. He reached out and grabbed both of her hands and held them tight and looked into her eyes for a few minutes before speaking.

"Paula...As I said before...I don't regret any of this...In fact one of my fantasies finally came true." Paula looked down and blushed. "Please don't look away...I need your beautiful eyes to look into mine." She brought her eyes back up to his. He cupped her face in both of his hands and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Nothing too hungry just a simple kiss. "Now Tell me you don't feel anything from that and if you can honestly look me in the eyes and tell me that then I'll never let you make this mistake again."

"Si...I...." She tried to find her words but couldn't."

"Si what?...I know you want to say something more."

"I do...I just can't."

"Why?"

"Because I'm scared."

"Scared of what?"

"Scared of... walking out of your house and not ever feeling the way I did last night in your arms. I always want what I can't have."

"Paula...I never felt that way either and I plan on having that feeling again."

"Simon...I just can't be the other woman. I couldn't share you. It would kill me to even think that after you left me you went home to her."

"What if I said I only wanted to come home to you?"

"I'd say your lying."

"Let me prove it to you?"

"Talk to Terri first then we can talk." She got dressed and Simon walked her to the door. "Simon I really did enjoy last night." She stood on her tip toes and gave him one last lustful kiss to try to win him over. "Just call me when everything blows over."

"Of course I will love." Simon watched as she pulled out of his gates. He turned around grabbed two aspirin from the counter and a glass of water, took a deep breath and headed for the bedroom where Terri was still waiting for Ryan to return to.