lets go.”
“Seems to me that sugar don’t want to leave with you,” Pierce says.
“Seems to me that you need to mind your own damn business. Darlin’, I’m not going to tell you again.”
“Alright, jeez.” I chug down my last shot and call out to the bartender. “Stacy darling what do I owe you?”
“Your tab’s been paid.”
“By who?” Ethan demands.
“Me,” Pierce says calmly while eyeing Ethan. Ethan stares at Pierce for a moment before pulling out a hundred dollar bill and throwing it on the bar.
“Now it’s covered by me,” he says as he yanks me out of my seat and I barely have time to grab my purse. I turn around to wave goodbye to Stacy and Ethan pulls me even faster out of the door.
Once outside, I notice Ava behind the wheel of my car and she looks terrified. I try to smile at her but I’m not sure she saw it. Ethan is dragging me to his truck so fast that I’m sure she caught whiplash trying to keep her eyes on me.
Ethan throws open his passenger side door, tosses me in my seat, buckles me in, and slams my door. It feels like we’re moving at the speed of light getting to my house. It’s a miracle I didn’t upchuck in his truck. At the house, he yanks me out of the car and hustles me to my bedroom.
****
Ethan
“What’s wrong with you?” I roar.
“What ever do you mean?”
“Can we please do this without the sarcasm? Were you trying to make me jealous?”
“Clue in Ethan, everything is not about you! I went out of my way to find a bar that you never would’ve thought to look for me in. I texted Ava to pick me up. I had no idea that you would even show up, so how could I try to make you jealous?”
“Then why’d you flirt with him?”
“Because I felt like it.”
“Because you felt like it?” I ask getting closer to her.
“Because I felt like it.”
“Were you planning to cheat on me?”
“Unlike you, when I say ‘I love you’ I’m committed.”
“So am I!”
“Are you sure?”
“You’re making a bigger deal out of the situation than it needs to be.”
“You’re not making a big enough deal out of the situation!”
“She means nothing to me!”
“Pierce means nothing to me!”
“Don’t say his name in our place!” I yell. Her bedroom is our safe space. It’s where we expose our secrets and be vulnerable. It’s wrong of her to bring up his name here and she knows it.
“Don’t turn this around on me! This all started because you lied!”
“I didn’t lie to you.”
“An omission is the same as a lie.”
Throwing my words back at me hurts. We’re both too angry and if I don’t calm us down this will go bad, quick. I have to get her to focus so I place my hands on the side of her face and at my touch tears pool in her eyes. She’s heartbroken and making sure I know it.
“I didn’t purposely keep it from you. Its not the same as a lie.”
“How would you feel if the roles were switched? If I was out with Noah while you were waiting for me to show up for our date?” I can’t stop myself from flinching at her question. Damn it, I’m not getting through to her.
“You’re no better than Noah,” she whispers. I know she said it because she’s hurting but it doesn’t stop me from dropping my forehead to hers in defeat.
“I am better than him,” I whisper.
“Look at me.” I do. “You wooed me until you got me and then chose to keep things from me. I’ve been down this path already and I’m not traveling it again.”
“Noah is not worthy of breathing the same air as you.”
“Neither are you.”
I rear back as if she slapped me.
Damn that hurt.
“Don’t say something you can’t take back.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t have done something that would make me not take you back.” We’re getting into dangerous territory. She’s not responding to me being in her personal space so I move across the room and lean against her dresser.
“Look at us, we don’t fight dirty Mia. How could you do this to
“Seems to me that sugar don’t want to leave with you,” Pierce says.
“Seems to me that you need to mind your own damn business. Darlin’, I’m not going to tell you again.”
“Alright, jeez.” I chug down my last shot and call out to the bartender. “Stacy darling what do I owe you?”
“Your tab’s been paid.”
“By who?” Ethan demands.
“Me,” Pierce says calmly while eyeing Ethan. Ethan stares at Pierce for a moment before pulling out a hundred dollar bill and throwing it on the bar.
“Now it’s covered by me,” he says as he yanks me out of my seat and I barely have time to grab my purse. I turn around to wave goodbye to Stacy and Ethan pulls me even faster out of the door.
Once outside, I notice Ava behind the wheel of my car and she looks terrified. I try to smile at her but I’m not sure she saw it. Ethan is dragging me to his truck so fast that I’m sure she caught whiplash trying to keep her eyes on me.
Ethan throws open his passenger side door, tosses me in my seat, buckles me in, and slams my door. It feels like we’re moving at the speed of light getting to my house. It’s a miracle I didn’t upchuck in his truck. At the house, he yanks me out of the car and hustles me to my bedroom.
****
Ethan
“What’s wrong with you?” I roar.
“What ever do you mean?”
“Can we please do this without the sarcasm? Were you trying to make me jealous?”
“Clue in Ethan, everything is not about you! I went out of my way to find a bar that you never would’ve thought to look for me in. I texted Ava to pick me up. I had no idea that you would even show up, so how could I try to make you jealous?”
“Then why’d you flirt with him?”
“Because I felt like it.”
“Because you felt like it?” I ask getting closer to her.
“Because I felt like it.”
“Were you planning to cheat on me?”
“Unlike you, when I say ‘I love you’ I’m committed.”
“So am I!”
“Are you sure?”
“You’re making a bigger deal out of the situation than it needs to be.”
“You’re not making a big enough deal out of the situation!”
“She means nothing to me!”
“Pierce means nothing to me!”
“Don’t say his name in our place!” I yell. Her bedroom is our safe space. It’s where we expose our secrets and be vulnerable. It’s wrong of her to bring up his name here and she knows it.
“Don’t turn this around on me! This all started because you lied!”
“I didn’t lie to you.”
“An omission is the same as a lie.”
Throwing my words back at me hurts. We’re both too angry and if I don’t calm us down this will go bad, quick. I have to get her to focus so I place my hands on the side of her face and at my touch tears pool in her eyes. She’s heartbroken and making sure I know it.
“I didn’t purposely keep it from you. Its not the same as a lie.”
“How would you feel if the roles were switched? If I was out with Noah while you were waiting for me to show up for our date?” I can’t stop myself from flinching at her question. Damn it, I’m not getting through to her.
“You’re no better than Noah,” she whispers. I know she said it because she’s hurting but it doesn’t stop me from dropping my forehead to hers in defeat.
“I am better than him,” I whisper.
“Look at me.” I do. “You wooed me until you got me and then chose to keep things from me. I’ve been down this path already and I’m not traveling it again.”
“Noah is not worthy of breathing the same air as you.”
“Neither are you.”
I rear back as if she slapped me.
Damn that hurt.
“Don’t say something you can’t take back.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t have done something that would make me not take you back.” We’re getting into dangerous territory. She’s not responding to me being in her personal space so I move across the room and lean against her dresser.
“Look at us, we don’t fight dirty Mia. How could you do this to
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