tomorrow before you guys leave be careful. Make sure I get him back in one piece.”
“Don’t worry about Atlas. He’s the most careful guy I know and damn good at his job.”
“I know,” I stared at Atlas’ bedroom door waiting for him.
“He wants to marry you.” Adam said suddenly. I laughed as Atlas returned with a second very pink helmet.
“I know that too.”
“So say yes already!”
“Say yes to what?” Atlas handed me the helmet.
“I plan on it, just not yet.” I smiled at Adam whose mouth was hanging open.
“Seriously?” Adam asked, eyes darting between the two of us.
“Without hesitation.” I followed Atlas downstairs to his bike, my car right next to it. He leaned against the passenger door, staring at me.
“What did Adam say?”
“Nothing that I didn’t already know.” I shrugged pulling on the helmet.
“Which was?”
“Why are you worried about it?
“I just want to know.”
“Why?”
“Just fucking tell me.” Atlas snapped. I stepped back, taking off the helmet and thrusting it at him.
“None of your business.” I crossed my arms, challenging him.
“It’s my business if it involves you.”
“Wow, really?” I shook my head and turned around marching back up to the apartment.
“You didn’t answer me.” He called after me.
“You really want to know, Atlas? He told me you want to marry me, asked me to say yes already. I told him I would when the time comes, without hesitation. But you just gave me a good damn reason to hesitate.” I ran the rest of the way up the stairs with Atlas on my heels.
“Ellie, baby...”
“No! You don’t get to “Ellie baby” me after talking to me like that. Nope, fuck you. You wanted to know and I told you. What? I can’t have a conversation now? So what is it? Is there something you don’t want me to know? Is it you don’t trust me? Is it you don’t trust Adam? Lets hear it!” I turned around in the living room with both guys watching me. “I don’t give a fuck if your guys are scared of you but I’m damn sure not. You don’t get to talk to me like that.”
“Ellie... I... fuck.”
“Yeah, you can’t even say it.” I rolled my eyes and walked back to his room with the slam of the door. I began gathering my things with shaking hands, tears burning my eyes.
“Go fix it.” Adam’s voice carried down the hallway as he yelled at Atlas. “God you’re an idiot. Go! Before you lose her.” I was wiping the few that escaped away when Atlas walked in.
“I’m sorry.” He sat on the bed, staring at the floor with a look of defeat.
“Yeah, I’m sure.” I picked up my packed bag with a sigh.
“Ellie, please,” he reached over for my bag. I jerked away unable to look at him as I fought off more tears. “Charlotte left me for my best friend. I told her I enlisted and she used that as an excuse. Not two days later she was having sex with Dylan. I walked in on them at his house.”
“Yeah? Newsflash for you Atlas, I’m not Charlotte! Know what else? It sucks being compared to her. I don’t compare you to Spencer do I? No. That’s not fair to our relationship.”
“Are you sure you’re not comparing us?” He asked bitterly.
“I’m positive. Want to know why? Because you’re not in prison. Hurting my feelings won’t get you locked up, lucky for you. What he did will.” I turned the doorknob in my hand. “I’m sorry Charlotte hurt you. I’m not her though. I figured by now you would have figured that out.” I wiped my eyes again wanting nothing more than to fall apart. “I told him to make sure you get back to me in one piece, to be careful, what he and Darcy were doing tonight...”
“I’m sorry. God, I’m so sorry, Ellie.” Atlas’ head fell into his hands. “Don’t leave. Stay, work this out with me. Please, baby?” I had never heard Atlas sound the way he did. The desperation in his voice was unnerving. “You’re everything I have. I can’t lose you like this, not because of
“Don’t worry about Atlas. He’s the most careful guy I know and damn good at his job.”
“I know,” I stared at Atlas’ bedroom door waiting for him.
“He wants to marry you.” Adam said suddenly. I laughed as Atlas returned with a second very pink helmet.
“I know that too.”
“So say yes already!”
“Say yes to what?” Atlas handed me the helmet.
“I plan on it, just not yet.” I smiled at Adam whose mouth was hanging open.
“Seriously?” Adam asked, eyes darting between the two of us.
“Without hesitation.” I followed Atlas downstairs to his bike, my car right next to it. He leaned against the passenger door, staring at me.
“What did Adam say?”
“Nothing that I didn’t already know.” I shrugged pulling on the helmet.
“Which was?”
“Why are you worried about it?
“I just want to know.”
“Why?”
“Just fucking tell me.” Atlas snapped. I stepped back, taking off the helmet and thrusting it at him.
“None of your business.” I crossed my arms, challenging him.
“It’s my business if it involves you.”
“Wow, really?” I shook my head and turned around marching back up to the apartment.
“You didn’t answer me.” He called after me.
“You really want to know, Atlas? He told me you want to marry me, asked me to say yes already. I told him I would when the time comes, without hesitation. But you just gave me a good damn reason to hesitate.” I ran the rest of the way up the stairs with Atlas on my heels.
“Ellie, baby...”
“No! You don’t get to “Ellie baby” me after talking to me like that. Nope, fuck you. You wanted to know and I told you. What? I can’t have a conversation now? So what is it? Is there something you don’t want me to know? Is it you don’t trust me? Is it you don’t trust Adam? Lets hear it!” I turned around in the living room with both guys watching me. “I don’t give a fuck if your guys are scared of you but I’m damn sure not. You don’t get to talk to me like that.”
“Ellie... I... fuck.”
“Yeah, you can’t even say it.” I rolled my eyes and walked back to his room with the slam of the door. I began gathering my things with shaking hands, tears burning my eyes.
“Go fix it.” Adam’s voice carried down the hallway as he yelled at Atlas. “God you’re an idiot. Go! Before you lose her.” I was wiping the few that escaped away when Atlas walked in.
“I’m sorry.” He sat on the bed, staring at the floor with a look of defeat.
“Yeah, I’m sure.” I picked up my packed bag with a sigh.
“Ellie, please,” he reached over for my bag. I jerked away unable to look at him as I fought off more tears. “Charlotte left me for my best friend. I told her I enlisted and she used that as an excuse. Not two days later she was having sex with Dylan. I walked in on them at his house.”
“Yeah? Newsflash for you Atlas, I’m not Charlotte! Know what else? It sucks being compared to her. I don’t compare you to Spencer do I? No. That’s not fair to our relationship.”
“Are you sure you’re not comparing us?” He asked bitterly.
“I’m positive. Want to know why? Because you’re not in prison. Hurting my feelings won’t get you locked up, lucky for you. What he did will.” I turned the doorknob in my hand. “I’m sorry Charlotte hurt you. I’m not her though. I figured by now you would have figured that out.” I wiped my eyes again wanting nothing more than to fall apart. “I told him to make sure you get back to me in one piece, to be careful, what he and Darcy were doing tonight...”
“I’m sorry. God, I’m so sorry, Ellie.” Atlas’ head fell into his hands. “Don’t leave. Stay, work this out with me. Please, baby?” I had never heard Atlas sound the way he did. The desperation in his voice was unnerving. “You’re everything I have. I can’t lose you like this, not because of
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