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“I chose the guy who wanted a relationship with me, Hads. The guy who wasn’t convinced he has nothing to give me. The guy who wasn’t going to get bored at some point and leave me behind.”
“Yeah, except everything you’ve told me makes me think that Roman wants that, too. Even if he won’t acknowledge it,” she said avidly and I wondered how much I believed my previous statement. “Piper, it’s hard not to notice him, and I’ve noticed the way he looks at you. I’ve been telling you for months that he wants you. And, now I’m convinced. Fuck, babes! I bet he didn’t even know how much he wanted you. But, all the signs were there. That day on the oval?”
“What day on the oval?”
“Do you remember that day the two of you were having a super serious conversation about something?”
“No.”
“It looked to us like he’d just ambushed you, if you hadn’t been so accommodating. And the way you two were together? Honestly, it was fucking inspiring. The two of you kept just subconsciously touching each other, like you were just there for each other, like it was second nature. Then, before he left, I could have sworn he kissed your head. Like, looking back, you two were the epitome of old people relationships–”
I pulled my head off the desk enough to look at her. “What?”
“Well, you know how your parents are always touching, right? I mean, not justyourparents, but everyone’s parents. You know how they’re just like extensions of each other? You and Roman are like extensions of each other.”
“You’re insane.”
“No. See, this whole Mason mess wouldn’t have happened if you’d just trusted me in the first place–”
“It wasn’t a lack of trust, Hads.”
Although, I guessed it sort of was in a way. I hadn’t trusted that I was worth loving enough to not be judged by the people closest to me.
“Okay, wrong word. I should have been there for you, I should have noticed something was up. But if I’d known, I never would have forced Mason on you.”
I scoffed. “You didn’t force Mason on me. No one forced Mason on me. I like him and he likes me.”
“Yeah, but you love Roman.”
“Hadley!”
“What?”
“I don’t love Roman.”
“Don’t you? Because it sounds a hell of a lot like you might. I mean, you and I can’t even sit for hours in companionable silence–”
“You couldn’t sit by yourself for hours in companionable silence.”
She laughed. “Okay, yes. But, you get my point. Babes, I hate the fact I was so blind. But, it seems to me that Roman Lombardi gets you in a whole way that no one else does. And, that’s special on any level. I mean, that’s not even taking into account the fact that you’d both rather just sit in silence together than be with anyone else in the world, or the fact that you have enough sexual chemistry to light the world on fire.”
I scoffed.
“He gets you, Piper, and he’s obviously a better friend than I could ever be.”
“Hads, that’s not–”
“No, I’m glad. I dropped the ball. Whether you thought it should make sense or not, your feelings were valid. I didn’t see through your bullshit and that’s my bad–”
“Hads–”
“I’m serious, Pipe. I love you like a sister and I hate to admit it but I think you’re right. I would have been a completely judgemental arse in the moment or I would have laughed in your face because you looked so… Normal is a terrible word for it. But, you tried to tell me you were feeling shit? I would have shrugged it off. I would never have just let you be in a shit and accepted it. I would have tried to change it for me, not you. Roman?” She whistled.
“I fucked up.”
“You fucked up.”
“He fucked up.”
