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If James thinks that I’m going to give up on this, he’s fucking crazy. Pulling back, I gaze into her eyes, “I love you, Lily.”
And I absolutely do.
Forty-Five
James
As much as I don’t want to admit it, I can’t help but think about everything that has happened over the last few weeks. Especially with David. He’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember, and how the hell am I supposed to just forget that and move on? And truth be told, I don’t think that I realized just how much David meant to me until the friendship was gone. Whether I want to admit it or not, David was my ride or die, my go to when I needed someone to talk to. I can always count on him to be there when I need him, or to answer the phone when I call.
Friends like that don’t come along every day, and they’re the kind of people that you hold on to. Why I didn’t realize how much he meant to me until I fucked it up, I’ll never know, but I need to do something to fix it. Maybe it’s silly, but I really can’t imagine my life without David in it in some capacity. Sure, we’re business partners and that likely won’t change, but what’s a business partner that you don’t get along with?
Competition, that’s what they are.
I always swore that I’d never let something as trivial as some girl get between a friend and I, yet here I am, stewing and sulking about just that.
Though, Lily wasn’t justsome girl, was she? She means so much more than that, as much as I don’t like to admit it. She’s important to me, as important as David is if I’m being honest. And while I’m not really sure how that came to be, I’m slowly starting to realize that it doesn’t actually matter. What matters is that I fix things, and that I do it quickly.
The fact of the matter is that I’m in love with her. As much as I never thought it would happen it has, and I need to come to terms with that. Not only that, but I need to figure out a way to make things work between myself, Lily, and David.
Another thing I’m realizing about myself, is that I actually enjoyed the sex that I shared with Lily and David. A lot. Sure, fucking was fun and with the right people it was even better, but with Lily and David? Fuck, it was like a dream come true. No one had to worry about what the other wanted, there was no competing, everyone was on equal footing. And, as surprising as it is, I’ve found myself reminiscing about my time alone with David as well as my time alone with Lily. Is it normal? Maybe not. Do I care? Not even a little.
So, determined to patch things up with David and Lily I decide to get dressed and head over to the new house. I don’t want to be pretentious or anything but I also want to look nice, so I pick out a nice button up and slacks and I make my way over there, my heart pounding in my chest. More than anything I just want things to go back to the way they were; no arguing and a lot of great, fun sex. And if that means that I do something unconventional, then so be it.
When I get there, Lily and David are lounging in the pool on floating mattresses, and I smirk as I walk over to the water.
“Lazing about and enjoying the sun, I see.”
David looks up to see me and his brows shoot up in surprise, though it looks like there is a bit of happiness on his face to see me.
“James, I didn’t expect you.”
Lily turns to face me then, sighing. I look back at her with an apprehensive smile and I sit myself down on the pool’s edge, rolling up my pant legs with my feet dangling in the water.
“Hey you,” she says with a smile. “I’m glad you’re here.”
“Are you?”
“Yes.” she nods and wades over, one hand on my knee. “I missed you.”
“Well, it just so happens,” I say with a shrug, “I miss you too. And you too, David.”
David looks skeptical and he wades over as well.
“Yeah, I didn’t much like how we left things either.”
I nod and relax my weight back on my hands, looking at them both with a shrug.
“So, what do we do about that, then?”
They both look at each other and then back at me, and Lily’s cheeks are flushed. I narrow my eyes with a chuckle and shrug, brow cocked.
“You look like you have something on your mind.”
Lily leans forward and bites her lip, looking at David and then back up at me, her hand still on my knee.
“Well… I don’t want to lose either of you. And whether you like it or not,” she adds with a smirk, “I know that you two miss each other.”
I roll my eyes and David just laughs with a blush as he leans into the both of us, and she playfully nudges us both.
