Micah takes off his tie, he just came back from the planned meeting with the party leaders concerning the circulating rumour.
Crashes on the chair, hands on his face remembering what was said to him and how much he was scolded.
"You handed them ammo, do you have an idea what this looks like?". Those words.
Micah's phone rings, "Mom".
"Hello mom"
"How are you, Micah?. I have been worried about you?"
"Mom, I'm fine. It's not a big deal".
The call goes on for a while, with Micah's mom being so concerned.
Ding ding.
It was the doorbell. Nora, it was.
"I brought food, how are you holding on?"
"Attended the meeting, got scolded. Mom called me now, she was worried"
"My phone keeps buzzing from gossip updates. I would be worried too. The conservatives are angry saying you want to deviate the Senator from the right way with your woke mind virus. Those people are ridiculous "
"Well, I didn't force him to have anything with me", Micah spilled.
"What, did you sleep with him that night Micah?", Nora quietly asked.
Micah is silent.
"I see the way you look at him, there is no redemption for you. He is married, conservative, your opponent, still your enemy ".
"It wasn't supposed to feel like this. I'm fighting this"
Late in the evening, Micah in his bedroom reading through some awful comments on Twitter.
"Micah, come down here. Come see this"
Micah, runs down.
On the TV was Nathan. He was giving a press conference.
"I just wanted to be clear about the rumour you've been seeing online."
"Mr Lennox and I are just political rivals not enemies."
" When tragedy occurs, we look beyond our differences or party lines. We look at people, I did what a human being with conscience would."
" Concerning the attack, I hope proper investigations are being carried out to find who carried out the evil act."
"Thank you the Great people of the US"
The crowd applauded, News author praised Nathan.
Social media floods with the hashtag #HeroSenator.
Nora scoffed, "Damn, man went full Martyr mode on this one. Threw you under the bus, I told you "
Micah is speechless, betrayed.
Nathan just spinned all to his favour.
He hurried up to bed wishing he would just sleep and by morning everything would go back to normal and all of this never happened.
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Micah thought he heard the doorbell, still in bed and so sleepy.
Ding..Dong
"Why on earth is Nora here so early?!", rushing to open the door.
"Nora, for goo...."
He sees the most unexpected person at the door.
Nathan pushed the door inside. Didn't even wait for Micah to speak. Closing the door back immediately and swiftly.
"I came to see you, Micah. I didn't want it to be this way, I had to do that because I was under pressure and I could save you from the public"
"Save me?, you selfish motherfucker. Get the fuck out of my apartment now. I won't repeat myself. If you don't leave I'm calling the police", Micah goes to pick his phone.
Nathan grabs the phone from him.
"You definitely don't want to do that. Okay, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have not made it about me"
"Keep your apology, Nathan. Just GET OUT!!"
Nathan holds Micah's face.
"Don't you want me anymore ", Nathan plea was a raw voice against Micah lips. He kisses him. Micah opened his mouth a little then withdrew his lips.
"Micah, look at me. I'm sorry", Nathan was so desperate.
Micah was shocked that a few days of romance would make the Senator weak like this.
"Nathan, no please stop this", Nathan covered his mouth up.
Micah moans, the kiss was slow.
"My party wants me to stay away from you as much as possible. You remember the apartment, we can meet there often at least for now"
Their kiss deepened, Nathan had his hands in Micah curly hair which he must have gotten from his mixed race parents. His hair was so soft, but not as soft as his lips.
The door swiftly opened.
"MICAH, ARE YOU IN.....", Nora yelled but stopped mid sentence seeing Nathan and Micah break from a kiss.
"What the fuck is going on here?", She whispered....