I ended up taking Dom’s advice and took a holiday with
the girls, but it turns out Sarah and Penny couldn’t join us but Emily, well
let’s just say she used that as the excuse she’s been needing to tell her boss
to shove it up their ass.
Emily and I didn’t end up going far, only a couple of
states over. It was enough that I was away from everyone and not tempted to
rush back anytime soon, it was where Emily and I wanted to go. We used to come
out here all the time when we were younger and always had fun, we had hoped
reliving childhood memories would help both of us come to know as to what we
want the most.
We did have fun, so much that come the end of the two
weeks I didn’t want to actually return to work and return to my problems at
home.
I wasn’t actually able to take my holidays until almost a
month after my conversation with Dom, he understood why I backed off since he
was the one that talked me into the holiday but Jake was harder.
Jake couldn’t understand what was wrong, just like he
thought everything was fine between us because it was normal. I assumed Jake
was happy because he got what he missed the most in our relationship, he was
chasing me. Whereas me? I just wasn’t happy anymore, with anything and I was terrified
that maybe 6 weeks was too long.
“Home sweet home,” Emily sung cheerfully before rushing
up to her room to get ready for her date. I couldn’t help but laugh at her
antics.
I was happy for her, incredibly happy it was all beyond
words at this point. I can’t remember the last time I saw Emily this happy over
a guy, she was all for the holiday away from boys. She said she was beginning
to panic when it came to Nate, she was worried she was going to ruin things.
She was terrified she was going to get hurt in the end, she saw what happened
to me when I found Jake having sex with another girl in our bed.
I ended up having to convince her that the risk is worth
it, if it all works out in the end. That was when the conversation turned on
me, she begun bugging me on what I wanted, who I wanted to pick. Of course
after six weeks of nothing from either of them Emily was still completely on
team Dom.
“Okay, I’m leaving. Why don’t you ring Sarah and Penny
and see if they are up for something tonight? Just tell them I have a date and
wouldn’t tell you anything, you know those two as well as I do and they will
just shrug before jumping on the whole you/Jake/Dom/mystery guy blah blah.” She
laughed before giving me a hug and rushing out.
She literally did not give me two seconds to say
anything, I sat there dumbfound over what just happened but then I realised,
this was truly my best friend. When she was happy she rushed through everything
like a goddamn tornado knocking everything over in its path.
So here I am, three hours later just a couple of drinks
shy of being completely wasted with Sarah and Penny. Truth to Emily’s words,
they didn’t really ask questions about Emily and her date. The girls were well
used to Emily keeping quiet on her dates, I had a feeling they understood what
she was doing with her dates but since no one brought up the topic there could
be no more arguments between us when it comes to Emily and her unorthodox
relationships.
“Okay so surely by now you have made up your mind as to
who you want to be with?” Penny questioned as we were heading back to our table
after getting another round.
“She’s right, it’s been forever and plus, I honestly
believe you and Dom should give it another shot.” Sarah joined in and I was
shocked. This was the first time these two had even mentioned to me their
opinion, I know Emily stated they thought what was between Dom and I were
different but I had no idea.
“Why?” I questioned, wishing I had ordered a shot instead
of my Vodka, lime and soda.
They both shared a look before looking at me and
shrugging. “We’ve all seen the way you two act around each other, it doesn’t
matter if you were with Jake or not. There is just a way about the two of you
that is electrifying.”
“I agree with Sarah, seeing you and Dom together makes me
believe that maybe we do have soul mates out there and when and if we are lucky
to find them that is how things are….” Penny trailed off and I was worried,
both girls looked terrified at the something and I had no idea what was going
on.
“Really tell me more?” the sound of the husky voice shot
through me, both of the girls looked a little embarrassed and when I turned my
head I found Dom sitting in the spot next to me. How I didn’t realise he sat
down beside me, I will never know, maybe I will just blame the alcohol.
“Dom?” I choked out and he finally looked at me flashing
me a smile and my god did the sight of that make me wet, it has been six weeks
too long since I last had sex.
“Yes Tay? You know you look absolutely beautiful
tonight.” I shook my head, it was then I realised he had been drinking as well.
I looked back across the table to where Sarah and Penny were meant to be
sitting but yet they weren’t, those bitches had taken off leaving me alone with
a drunk Dom.
“You know you’ve been ignoring me for six weeks, six
weeks is an incredibly long time.” He frowned before moving his chair closer to
mine.
“Dom what are you doing?” I whispered but all he did was
grin at me before leaning forward and my breath hitched at feeling his warm
breath on my neck.
“I seem to remember a time when you were a lot more
submissive when you were drunk,” his voice was low and husky as he whispered in
my ear, it was such a turn on and him nibbling on my ear did not help at all.
It took a lot of self-control to pull away from him, he
must have realised what he was doing and he frowned at me. “I’m sorry Tay, I
don’t know what came over me.”
“Six weeks came over you, unless you’ve had sex with
someone else.” I spoke softly before turning around to actually have a look at
who Dom was here, it was then I finally spotted where Sarah and Penny had gone,
they were talking to the guys Dom was here with.
That was when dread filled me, if Dom was here with the
guys, where was Jake? He had to be here as well right? I looked at Dom and he
must have realised what I was doing and he looked a little worried.
“You were screwing him?” all the blood left my body as I
slowly turned around at the sound of Jake’s anger filled voice and I found him
standing there incredibly angry.
“Jake…”
“What Tay? I just heard your conversation, you both
weren’t as quiet as you thought you were. To begin with I thought the asshole
was just hitting on you but then you said something about six weeks. You two
had sex after we broke up, so you break up with me and ditch whoever the other
guy was and jump straight into his bed.” He snapped at me and quietly I was a
little relieved, he just thinks we were having sex after we broke up.
“Come on Jake, you’re drunk. Let’s just get you home and
then we can talk about this tomorrow when we are all sober.” Dom tried to
reason with Jake but it didn’t work and I was unsure of what was going to
happen next.
“No, the only girl I was in love with leaves me because I
fucked up and you find it as the perfect time to have sex with her. What the
hell man, I thought we were friends.”
“So did I Jake or did you forget that I had her first? I
loved her first!” I stared at Dom and the rest of their conversation became
silent as I was trying to process what Dom just said.
He just said he loved me, that word never once came to
the light of day when we were dating. He told me that things had changed for
him and he wanted to try dating again but nothing about love.
I was standing there in shock when I saw Jake throw
himself across the table at Dom and the next thing I knew those two were on the
ground throwing punches at each other.
I couldn’t be the reason as to why those two start
fighting, I couldn’t be the reason I ruined a friendship, but hadn’t I already?
“Guys stop!” I screeched as I ran over to them hoping to
stop one of them from throwing punches but instead I felt a sharp pain before
everything went black
