Sasha's Dilemma by T. Smith

kisses up his neck and on his chest. I
see the tattoo and pause. I actually forgot about it yesterday when I
came here to talk to him. He realises my hesitation and looks down at
the tattoo, and then back at me.
    “I wanted you to know I’ve
never taken relationships seriously until I was with you. You stole
my heart that night and have never given it back to me. And I never
want it back. If this is what love feels like, I want to shout it
from the rooftops because you, beautiful, make me feel so lucky and
so alive. I am madly in love with you,” he says, kissing me. I
melt into the kiss and just feel lucky as well. He really does love
me for just me and nothing else.
    I get to work just in the nick of
time, no thanks to Josh who wanted me to stay in bed to celebrate
with him all day. But I can’t miss my shifts at the hospital,
no matter how much I would rather stay in bed and let him ravish me.
As tempting as that is, I need to work.
    I see Rose and she calls me over.
“Hey, Sasha, what’s been happening? How’s life
treating you and that man of yours? I feel like we haven’t
caught up all week.”
    I fill her in on how I agreed to
move in and about the tattoo. Rose doesn’t respond, and her
eyes are glued to something behind me. I turn around and realise
Dylan just heard my story. I blush and look up at him to see him
scowling.
    “Hey, Dylan,” I say
very softly and he finally looks me in the eyes.
    “Hi, Sasha. Can we talk in
private?”
    I look back at Rose and she looks
at me sympathetically. I turn back to Dylan and nod my head. He walks
off and I follow him. We walk into a supply area and he shuts the
door and turns around to me.
    “Are you sure this is what
you want, Sasha? Do you want him, I mean?”
    I know he is hurting, but he has
to know that even though I have feelings for him, I can’t go
there with Josh in the picture.
    “Yes,” I say in a
small voice, but he doesn’t look convinced.
    “I don’t know Josh
that well, but what I have heard of him, he is quite the ladies’
man. The last thing I want to do is see you get hurt. Even though it
didn’t work out for us, I still care for you.”
    I look up to him and say what I
have been telling myself, “Thanks, Dylan, but you don’t
have to worry. Josh treats me well and he would never hurt me,”
I say with the hope that it’s true.
    “Okay, Sasha, but when he
does, come find me.” With that, he walks out the door, leaving
me with my mouth hanging open. I’m wondering what he meant by
“when he does” like it’s going to happen.
    I finish my shift at the hospital
and head back to my apartment to see Lola. I walk in and notice she
isn’t here, so I start to pack a small bag to take over to
Josh’s. I just pack the everyday stuff I will need until I work
out what is happening with Lola. I hear the front door shut and walk
in the kitchen to find Lola looking in the fridge. She see me and
turns around.
    “Well, baby sister, haven’t
seen you at home in a while. You decided to grace me with your
presence?” she says with a bit of bitch in it.
    “Yes, I wanted to talk to
you. How you been?”
    “Spill it. Tell me what you
wanted to talk about?” she says, cutting through the small
talk.
    “Well…” I begin
hesitantly. “I agreed to move in with Josh. But I told him I
needed to make sure you were gonna be fine here without me.” I
look up to see her shocked face.
    “What? What? You’re
really moving in with him?”
    “Yes, Lola, I am. What’s
wrong with that? I know you don’t like him, but if you gave him
a chance, you would see he really loves me and is good for me,”
I say defensively.
    “Yeah right, the only thing
that man loves is pussy and more pussy. He will get sick of yours and
leave you all broken for me to fix.”
    I can’t believe she just
said that. She doesn’t even know him.
    “Seriously, what is your
bloody problem?” I scream at her.
    “Can’t you see it,
Sash? He is a male whore, who jumps from one