Only If you'll lay with Me Maggie

I sat on the floor while sipping my tea, Jimmy sat next to me drinking a strong cup of coffee just staring at the wall of darkness. "So did you like the song?"

"I didn't like it Jimmy."

"Really?" I could hear the sadness in his voice

"Yea, I loved it." He listened to him giggle lightly at my response."So you and Maggie..." I started

"Gosh Lecia, what is it with you asking about Mag and I?"

"I just wanna know who my best friend is sexually involved with."

"I'm your best friend?"

"So you and Maggie, are you two..."

"Yea, we are." He whispered

"Oh ok. Well I'm tired so goodnight." I placed my mug in his sink and walked towards the door.

"Where ya going?"

"Ethel's, need a bed don't I?

""I told you." he started but I was already gone, tears welling up in my eyes.

I knocked on Eve's door, she had a bed I could use. When I knocked though I didn't expect Dell to fall on top of me as he fled from the trailer. He quickly jumped up and ran off, while Eve walked out the door to scream at him but noticed my aching body.

"Oh Alicia! Are you ok?"

"No." she helped me up into her trailer and handed me some ice for my ribs.

"What are you doing here? I thought Jimmy..."

"He asked me to spend the night, then told me he was dating Maggie, so I left and came here to ask if I could sleep over."

"Bet you didn't expect Dell to fall on ya huh?"

"No" I painfully laughed

"Come on, I'll get you to Ethel. She'll help fix ya up."

"He What?!" Ethel exclaimed when Eve told her what Dell did, "Oh sweetie no wonder you are hurting."

All the girls, except Maggie and Elsa, had gathered into her trailer, Eve had ice on her hand, me with ice on my ribs, and some with rage in their eyes. They were scheming a plan, one I didn't even listen to until I heard the familiar voice, "I'll talk to him."

I looked up to see the concerned face of Jimmy inches away from my body, "I thought you were going to Ma's?"

"I didn't wanna disturb her, so I went to Eve's, I knew she had a bed I could stay in."

"Now look at ya, you're hurt." Sympathy fill his eyes as he touched my hand with the ice in it.

"Jimmy, if I didn't wake up to her knocking, things might have went a lot different." Eve said quickly, causing Jimmy to look from me to her.

"Eve, I'm glad you're ok. Just let me talk to him first before ya'll kill him."

He then placed a hand on my back and under my legs and lifted me off the seat. I didn't fight it even though I knew I should have, instead I leaned my head on his shoulder and let him take me to his trailer. He sat me on the couch and rearranged the pillow before lifting me again and placing on the bed. He just sat next to me and talked to me all night, until I passed out on his shoulder.

I woke up with my head on Jimmy's shoulder, I could feel his arm around my shoulder and the other on my thigh, his head also resting on mine. I was sore, but what else did I expect after having a strong man land on me last night. I didn't move much, scared I'd wake Jimmy up so I just sat and enjoyed the moment.

"You up?" I heard him whisper moments later

"Yea, you wanna go back to sleep?"

"Only if you lay next to me Maggie."

Tears formed in my eyes as I moved my head away from his shoulder. He then opened his eyes confused, but then looked more panicked when he saw who was in his bed. I just got up and walked out after that, and rushed as fast as my sore body would take me, and found myself at Desiree's door.

"Dess, you up?" I yelled as I knocked

"I'm coming, I'm coming." She yelled on the other side, swinging the door open and seeing my watery eyes she pulled me in.

"Your ribs still hurting?" She sat me down at the booth and started towards the freezer.

"No Dess, I'm fine. Jimmy... called me Maggie this morning."

"Why would he do that?" She sat across from me now

"Well see after he carried me back to the trailer we sat up talking and I fell asleep, woke up leaning my head on his shoulder, and he had one arm around my shoulder, and the other on my leg, his head resting on mine. I must have woken him up when I moved and when I asked him if he wanted to go back to sleep..." The tears started to fall at this point, "He said 'Only if you lay next to me Maggie.'"

She was silent as she got up to now sit next to me, she hugged me as I cried in his shoulder.There was no denying it now, I really did have a crush on Jimmy, and it really hurt to see him happy with Maggie. I couldn't mess that up though for him, he was also my best friend, I whimpered to Dess, "What have I gotten myself into?"

"Well Honey, you have fallen for an amazing man, who doesn't see who he should really be with." she patted my hair, "Now do you need to be getting to work?"

I picked up my landline in the kitchen and dialed Maria's number, Dess had driven me home in the car and dropped me off here, I told her I'd call Maria for a ride to work so she could get going. She hugged me before driving back to the show, and told me I'd be ok.

"Hello?" I heard a chipper voice say on the other end

"Mars, you gonna drive me to work or what?" I jokingly said

"Be there in five, Lissa" She hung up, causing me to race for my uniform.