Tim gasped a bit as she stood up, pulling up the bandage like nothing had even happened. "Alice wait." He called, watching the woman freeze in her tracks. "Hey, who said I matured? I write for a living so I kinda set my own hours. Plus I've been having some trouble sleeping anyway, so you are no trouble whatsoever." Getting up, he guided her back down to the couch, sitting her down as he gestured to the coffee. "Stay a while and drink your coffee, I seriously doubt that a hotel is going to be open at 3:00 in the morning, so why don't you just crash here? Like the old days?"<br/><br/>His mind was already poking holes in her story, she looked awful and he hadn't heard a car, so she'd more than likely walked to his home. She was dragging her suitcase behind her and had her shoulder bag, so if she had walked then she'd carried her luggage with her. Plus that didn't explain the cut on her arm that looked a bit too clean cut for a simple slip and fall. What the hell had happened to make her walk in the rain because it certainly wasn't a ruined house. Continuing to clean her arm, despite the fact that she was still resisting, he gave her a warm smile. In addition, he was pretty sure that the only reason a woman would come to his door late at night was because of either a booty call or she needed his help... and with Alice being married it certainly wasn't the former.<br/><br/>"Alice, you look tired and stressed, so stay here with me in the guest bedroom. Then I'll get you some breakfast and we can talk in the morning." He soothed, rewrapping her arm and then going to the Xbox, putting in a Nintendo game and beginning to play. It was one of the games that they'd loved to play back in high school and college, and she'd really enjoyed the soundtrack, so hopefully, it would help calm her down. His heart hurt to see her like this, all sweaty and wet and injured. He'd hated it whenever she'd had a bad day when they were younger and he hated it now. He began playing to distract himself, hoping that a hot shower, good rest, and a meal would bring the old life back to her.<br/><br/>At least she was still smiling, and she seemed to be just as optimistic as the old days. "I do spend some nights playing video games or music, more so with the insomnia that is getting to me" He added, making his character move across the screen. "So I'm really just like the me of the old days." He gave Alice a smile, noticing that the girl he had crushed on throughout high school was now a woman, a married woman, but a woman nonetheless.<br/><br/>And she was still extremly beautiful. "Alice, just sit here, get warm and then I'll show you to the guest bedroom. I think I still have some robes and female clothes from when my last girlfriend was here, she was about your size and left the clothes during the breakup." He joked, returning to the game with a smile. "Then we can call your husband, where is William by the way?" Tim tried not to let his voice betray the rage he felt, as that rich handsome jerk had simply stolen her away from him. Maybe if he had fought harder Alice would be married to him.