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“Fun?” I snap. “My girlfriend is in there, fucked up and you want me to have fun?”
She goes quiet.
“I’m sorry, Ash. I’m not angry at you. I’m angry at myself.”
“I just want to know what it is that’s stopping you, Teague? Why’re you so distant and all? You weren’t like this.”
“Did you know I spent three months in rehab last year? Did you know it took me ages to finally leave this stuff? And even longer to convince people that I was good enough to be their friend or boyfriend or son? Or whatever the fuck? Why do you want to ruin it?”
“Teague, I’ll keep an eye on you. I won’t let this get out of control.”
“You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”
“So how often do you do this now?”
“Believe it or not, I haven’t done it since I promised her.”
“Well, then she can’t ever find out about this.”
“If she does, she wil
l leave me.”
“And we don’t want that, Teague. You have nothing to worry about.”
“What if—”
“Teague.”
“Yeah?”
“Relax.”
I place my head back on the seat. “How long has it been?”
“For what?”
“Since we last did this, Ash.”
“Well,” Ashley says. “Long. Anyway what difference does it make? Neither of us our available. We have new lives now, remember? So we don’t have to remember the old ones.”
“Right.”
“Teague?”
“Hmmm?”
“Can I ask you something?” Ashley says. “You’ll give me an honest response?”
“Sure.”
“Did you feel anything at all when we saw each other after such a long time?”
I know this isn’t something I should be lying about. “Yes.”
“I felt it too,” Ashley says. “Is that wrong?”
“We can’t help what we feel,” I say. “I think it’s normal to have some feelings for a person you’ve spent so much time with.”
