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Me: Just can’t get enough can you?
Kidding. Sure babe.
She didn’t mention needing a ride, so I assume she plans on walking. It’s cold but I don’t fight her on it. She’s had a lot on her mind lately and probably needs the alone time. I grab my towel and take a quick shower. When I’m done, I get dressed in sweats – knowing we’re going to be spending the day in my room anyway. I may as well be comfortable.
When I get downstairs, Caleb is giving me a judging look. I try to ignore him, but he scoffs and shakes his head. I grab a bottle of water out of the fridge and turn to him.
“Dude, what’s your deal?” I ask, fed up with his shit.
He laughs dryly. “My deal? You’re the one hooking up with anyone you can get in your bed. Can’t you see you have a great girl right in front of you? She doesn’t deserve to have her heart played with by the likes of you.”
I roll my eyes. “I’ll have you know, I spent the night with Kayleigh. Like I said before,
you have no idea what you’re talking about, so just leave it alone.”
“Yeah, maybe last night, but soon she’s going to learn how you really are.” He storms past me but stops before leaving the room. “She’s too good for you.”
A bunch of the guys run out the door, realizing they’re all late for football practice. I notice they left it wide open in their haste. As I go to close it, I see Kayleigh just coming into view. She watches as the pledges clean up the front yard. I whistle to get her attention and smile but when she stays looking troubled, I get worried. She was in a much better mood when I left her 45 minutes ago. What happened?
She walks up the stairs and tries to get in the door, but I stand in front of her.
“Move, please.” Her voice sounds like she’s really upset.
I bend down to look at her and see her tear stained cheeks. “Have you been crying?”
She shakes her head, but it’s obviously a lie as she wipes a tear from her eye. “Can we just go to your room?”
Staying in place, she looks up at me and I can see her pleading expression. I step out of the way and she immediately walks toward the stairs.
“I’ll be right up.” I tell her. She doesn’t answer and goes up to my room.
I run my hand through my hair, preparing for her to tell me she wants nothing to do with me. Caleb was right, she’s way too good for me. Regardless of how I may feel about her, she deserves someone so much better.
Taking a deep breath to compose myself, I grab her a bottle of water and head upstairs. When I get to my bedroom, she’s pacing back and forth. I walk towards her and hold out the drink.
“Everything okay?” I ask nervously.
She shakes her head as she takes a sip and then places the bottle down on the desk. “She knows.”
My eyes narrow in confusion. “Could you try adding some context to that? Maybe a noun, a verb, an adverb even.”
It’s meant to be funny, but she doesn’t take it that way. Instead, she rolls her eyes frustratedly. “You’re not dense, Holden. She. Knows. Brianna. As in your ex, my roommate. She knows about us.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes!” She yells. “Unless I imagined her and Taylor screaming at me this morning when I walked in the door, I’m sure.”
I wince at her loud tone and the memory of Taylor confronting me last night. “Fuck. Taylor! I forgot she was here last night.” I was so wrapped up in helping Kayleigh, I completely forgot about my ex’s best friend.
“Yeah well, she saw us coming up here and made sure to tell Bree all about it.”
I puff my bottom lip out. “That sucks, babe. Do you want to go grab breakfast?”
Her eyes widen in disbelief. “Do I want to grab breakfast?!”
“Yeah…” I’m bewildered by her response. “What’s wrong with that?” All I want to do is take her somewhere so we can figure out what to do next.
She glares daggers into my head. “Are you kidding me?! My entire world is falling apart because of you, and you just blow it off like it’s nothing?!”
