way with anyone. We all thought that they were a couple.
We went out one night, and Brandon was dancing with someone else while Erin was at the bar. I went over to her, asked if everything was alright with her and Brandon, and she assured me that everything was fine. When I asked her why he was dancing with someone else, she laughed and told me that they weren’t a couple, just friends, and that Brandon can stick it anywhere he wants, as long as it’s not near her. I fell in love with her at that moment.
“Brandon gave Erin a family. Before she met him, she didn’t have anyone to care for her, or anyone to care about. She probably thinks that she owes him everything, and that she would lose the only family that she has ever had if she leaves him.”
“She wouldn’t lose us, though.”
“Brandon holds Erin up on a pedestal. He loves her like you do, but he doesn’t think that anyone is worthy of her, including himself. He’s keeping her from you, because he can’t stand the thought of her being with anyone else. That’s why he scares off any guy who shows interest in her, or her them. That’s why he’s been as miserable as you are about her being with someone that’s not either of you.”
What he’s saying makes sense, but it still sucks. I swallow, about to ask what I originally came over her to ask him. “The other week, you said that you loved Erin, too.”
“Yeah.” He places his beer down after taking a mouthful.
“What happened?”
“I told her.”
“And,” I prompt.
He laughs, “She said that she doesn’t date guys who have sex with one girl in the bathroom of a bar, and then go out and hit on another.” He smiles when he speaks of that moment, “I didn’t think she remembered,” he laughs again, taking another mouthful of his beer. “Fucking Brandon,” he laughs.
I smile, “That’s my girl.”
Erin
“Here you go, girl.” Jules passes over a drink. “To the scum they call men,” she toasts.
“To scum.” I lift my green drink and shoot it down. It burns my throat and tastes like shit, but it helps. After my fight in the car park, there was no way in hell that I was going back to Brandon’s. I didn’t want to go to Jakes either, so I called Jules. We went to college together.
“So what are you going to do now?” Jules asks while filling my glass up.
“Not a clue.” I shoot this drink down, too.
“Well I have a spare room. It’s yours.”
I look up at her. She knows what Brandon is like, and she understands the relationship that we have. “Thanks, Jules. I think that I’ll take you up on that. It will only be for a little while, until I can find my own place.”
“It’s yours for as long as you need it. No rush.”
I fill the glasses this time, “To new housemates.”
***
“Hey, baby. You alright? You sound unwell.”
“I’m fine. I just had too much to drink last night. How are you?” I groan out. My throat burns, my eyes refuse to open, and my mouth is dry with a foul taste in it.
“I’m ok,” he says cautiously. “Who did you go out with?” Jake asks over the line.
“Julie. She’s a friend from college and my new housemate.”
He’s silent for a moment, before saying, “Brandon kicked you out?”
“No. I’m moving out, and I’m moving in with Jules. I’d like for you to meet her.”
“I’d like that.” He sounds awfully happy at the moment.
“Good. We’ll organise something after I get all my stuff over here and settled in.”
“So, you and Brandon had a fight?” I tell Jake about Brandon, and his protectiveness. He’s as understanding as I could have hoped for. I suspect that he was a little jealous that I lived with him, but I have assured him that there was happening, and that nothing will ever happen with Brandon.
“Yeah. A huge one.” I slowly peel my eyes open, and then quickly shut them again, only to try to open them again. It is very bright and I have to squint to see.
“What about?”
I’m looking
We went out one night, and Brandon was dancing with someone else while Erin was at the bar. I went over to her, asked if everything was alright with her and Brandon, and she assured me that everything was fine. When I asked her why he was dancing with someone else, she laughed and told me that they weren’t a couple, just friends, and that Brandon can stick it anywhere he wants, as long as it’s not near her. I fell in love with her at that moment.
“Brandon gave Erin a family. Before she met him, she didn’t have anyone to care for her, or anyone to care about. She probably thinks that she owes him everything, and that she would lose the only family that she has ever had if she leaves him.”
“She wouldn’t lose us, though.”
“Brandon holds Erin up on a pedestal. He loves her like you do, but he doesn’t think that anyone is worthy of her, including himself. He’s keeping her from you, because he can’t stand the thought of her being with anyone else. That’s why he scares off any guy who shows interest in her, or her them. That’s why he’s been as miserable as you are about her being with someone that’s not either of you.”
What he’s saying makes sense, but it still sucks. I swallow, about to ask what I originally came over her to ask him. “The other week, you said that you loved Erin, too.”
“Yeah.” He places his beer down after taking a mouthful.
“What happened?”
“I told her.”
“And,” I prompt.
He laughs, “She said that she doesn’t date guys who have sex with one girl in the bathroom of a bar, and then go out and hit on another.” He smiles when he speaks of that moment, “I didn’t think she remembered,” he laughs again, taking another mouthful of his beer. “Fucking Brandon,” he laughs.
I smile, “That’s my girl.”
Erin
“Here you go, girl.” Jules passes over a drink. “To the scum they call men,” she toasts.
“To scum.” I lift my green drink and shoot it down. It burns my throat and tastes like shit, but it helps. After my fight in the car park, there was no way in hell that I was going back to Brandon’s. I didn’t want to go to Jakes either, so I called Jules. We went to college together.
“So what are you going to do now?” Jules asks while filling my glass up.
“Not a clue.” I shoot this drink down, too.
“Well I have a spare room. It’s yours.”
I look up at her. She knows what Brandon is like, and she understands the relationship that we have. “Thanks, Jules. I think that I’ll take you up on that. It will only be for a little while, until I can find my own place.”
“It’s yours for as long as you need it. No rush.”
I fill the glasses this time, “To new housemates.”
***
“Hey, baby. You alright? You sound unwell.”
“I’m fine. I just had too much to drink last night. How are you?” I groan out. My throat burns, my eyes refuse to open, and my mouth is dry with a foul taste in it.
“I’m ok,” he says cautiously. “Who did you go out with?” Jake asks over the line.
“Julie. She’s a friend from college and my new housemate.”
He’s silent for a moment, before saying, “Brandon kicked you out?”
“No. I’m moving out, and I’m moving in with Jules. I’d like for you to meet her.”
“I’d like that.” He sounds awfully happy at the moment.
“Good. We’ll organise something after I get all my stuff over here and settled in.”
“So, you and Brandon had a fight?” I tell Jake about Brandon, and his protectiveness. He’s as understanding as I could have hoped for. I suspect that he was a little jealous that I lived with him, but I have assured him that there was happening, and that nothing will ever happen with Brandon.
“Yeah. A huge one.” I slowly peel my eyes open, and then quickly shut them again, only to try to open them again. It is very bright and I have to squint to see.
“What about?”
I’m looking
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