Is This How It Ends?

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