“You were still upset about the ex-girlfriend?”
“No. It literally just happened.”
Surprised, Sindy jerked herself up onto her elbow and looked directly at him. “You mean literally, as in that moment?”
“Yeah. Maybe an hour or so beforehand.”
She blinked rapidly. “I don’t believe it.”
“What’s not to believe?”
“What are the chances that we both met at such low points in our lives? And that we’d meet again a few weeks later? And now we’re in a band together about to release our first single?”
He smiled. “I guess it was just fate.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Yes. Don’t you?”
Confusion and conflicting thoughts clouded Sindy’s head. Her emotions were constantly being pulled in different directions. It was hard to think clearly, and she needed to stay focused, but it was so hard when everything around her was moving a hundred miles an hour. “I don’t know what it was. Or is. But I know that we’re connected. It’s a good thing, and a bad thing.” Neither one of them could stick to the agreement to take a break. They both knew it was the wrong time to start a relationship, and still they both couldn’t stay apart.
He tightened his arms around her, and she clung to him, just like she had the last time they slept together and she swore it was over.
“I know what you’re thinking,” he said resting his chin on the top of her head. “This was a mistake.”
The sadness in his voice cut into her. “It wasn’t a mistake. I care about you Lucas, but we made a decision to put the band first, and we need to stick to it.”
“I know. This is it for us. For a while anyway. I just wanted to be with you one last time. I promise, no more late night phone calls. No more text messages inviting you into my bed. No more late nights at your window. No more cornering you in the bar. No more . . . just no more.”
Little pieces of her heart broke off with each word he spoke. She felt as if there was only one little shard left, and it was holding onto Lucas with every bit of strength she had. The tears flowed freely down her cheeks, but she didn’t make a sound. She simply squeezed her eyes shut and pressed her trembling lips together to steady them, and hid her face into his chest.
