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Authors: Holly Hudspeth
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woke up a few short hours later when Cupcake heard Christian downstairs in the kitchen and wanted to go see him. I opened my bedroom door and she darted down the stairs to him. I followed behind with a lot less enthusiasm.
“Sorry if I woke you up, I was trying to be quiet,” he said as he gave me a quick hug.
“Cupcake heard you and woke me up. You know if your power is back on at home yet?” I inquired.
“Yeah I called my neighbor, he said it came on sometime in the middle of last night. I’m sure everything in my fridge is ruined by now, so I was about to go swing by the grocery store on the way home. I took another personal day off from work.”
“Well, I’m going to hop in the shower. If you’re gone before I’m done just give me a call later.” Christian stepped closer to me again, and touched my face. He started to lean in to kiss me and I turned away from him. I heard him sigh out loud.
“What is going on with you Skyy? I know I said I would be patient and all but you have been all over the place the last few days. One second you’re hot the next second you’re cold with me. I can’t keep up with the mixed signals.”
He was right. I was all over the place. I still didn’t know what I wanted, and I figured that if I didn’t know by now then I should stop sending him those mixed signals. Sleeping together in the same bed sure wasn’t helping him out.
“I’m sorry Christian. I know I’ve been a pain lately. Look, let's just chill out a bit. Let’s just stay friends for now. It’s all I can offer at this point, and I don’t want to lead you on or have things get any weirder than they already are between us, ok?”
I saw the look on his face. It was sad and awful, and I hated being the one to cause it. He took in a deep breath and held it, and tried to look like what I had just said didn’t bother him. He nodded his head at me.
“Ok, whatever you want Skyy. I’ve got to get going though, give me a call later,” he said quickly as he shrugged his jacket on. He was at my front door opening it to leave, when he turned around and said, “I should have kept my mouth shut. I never should have kissed you. Now I get to go back to standing on the sidelines waiting for you to hook up with the next shitbag boyfriend who will treat you wrong, wishing that you were mine.” He walked out and slammed the door shut.
I stood there in the silence for quite some time. He was mad, really mad at me. He had never snapped at me like that before. I wasn’t sure what to do. Calling him right now probably wasn’t the best idea. Maybe I could stop by his house later on today, give him some time to cool down.
I took a quick shower and threw some clothes on. I needed to get some grocery shopping done as well, and figured I should get that out of the way. I glanced over at my calendar as I was putting my shoes on, tonight was my cooking class that I attended twice a month. My mind was such a mess lately I would have forgotten about that had I not marked my calendar.
I headed to the grocery store, and did some quick shopping. Enough to last me a couple of days anyway. I normally loved to cook, but lately my mind had been focused on other things, mainly my supernatural friend Aiden. I didn’t even want to go to the cooking class tonight, but I figured I should anyway because it gave me a chance to meet new people in the area.
I dropped off my groceries at home and was debating on calling Christian or not. It was just after 2 p.m. and he usually didn’t stay angry too long about anything, though I had never seen him mad at me like this before either.
I picked up my home phone and started to dial his number, my fingers hovering over the last digit, when my cell phone began to buzz in my pocket. I looked at the caller ID, it was Maia, a girl from the cooking class I had become acquainted with. She seemed really nice, we had gone out once after class for some drinks. I answered the call while still holding the
“Sorry if I woke you up, I was trying to be quiet,” he said as he gave me a quick hug.
“Cupcake heard you and woke me up. You know if your power is back on at home yet?” I inquired.
“Yeah I called my neighbor, he said it came on sometime in the middle of last night. I’m sure everything in my fridge is ruined by now, so I was about to go swing by the grocery store on the way home. I took another personal day off from work.”
“Well, I’m going to hop in the shower. If you’re gone before I’m done just give me a call later.” Christian stepped closer to me again, and touched my face. He started to lean in to kiss me and I turned away from him. I heard him sigh out loud.
“What is going on with you Skyy? I know I said I would be patient and all but you have been all over the place the last few days. One second you’re hot the next second you’re cold with me. I can’t keep up with the mixed signals.”
He was right. I was all over the place. I still didn’t know what I wanted, and I figured that if I didn’t know by now then I should stop sending him those mixed signals. Sleeping together in the same bed sure wasn’t helping him out.
“I’m sorry Christian. I know I’ve been a pain lately. Look, let's just chill out a bit. Let’s just stay friends for now. It’s all I can offer at this point, and I don’t want to lead you on or have things get any weirder than they already are between us, ok?”
I saw the look on his face. It was sad and awful, and I hated being the one to cause it. He took in a deep breath and held it, and tried to look like what I had just said didn’t bother him. He nodded his head at me.
“Ok, whatever you want Skyy. I’ve got to get going though, give me a call later,” he said quickly as he shrugged his jacket on. He was at my front door opening it to leave, when he turned around and said, “I should have kept my mouth shut. I never should have kissed you. Now I get to go back to standing on the sidelines waiting for you to hook up with the next shitbag boyfriend who will treat you wrong, wishing that you were mine.” He walked out and slammed the door shut.
I stood there in the silence for quite some time. He was mad, really mad at me. He had never snapped at me like that before. I wasn’t sure what to do. Calling him right now probably wasn’t the best idea. Maybe I could stop by his house later on today, give him some time to cool down.
I took a quick shower and threw some clothes on. I needed to get some grocery shopping done as well, and figured I should get that out of the way. I glanced over at my calendar as I was putting my shoes on, tonight was my cooking class that I attended twice a month. My mind was such a mess lately I would have forgotten about that had I not marked my calendar.
I headed to the grocery store, and did some quick shopping. Enough to last me a couple of days anyway. I normally loved to cook, but lately my mind had been focused on other things, mainly my supernatural friend Aiden. I didn’t even want to go to the cooking class tonight, but I figured I should anyway because it gave me a chance to meet new people in the area.
I dropped off my groceries at home and was debating on calling Christian or not. It was just after 2 p.m. and he usually didn’t stay angry too long about anything, though I had never seen him mad at me like this before either.
I picked up my home phone and started to dial his number, my fingers hovering over the last digit, when my cell phone began to buzz in my pocket. I looked at the caller ID, it was Maia, a girl from the cooking class I had become acquainted with. She seemed really nice, we had gone out once after class for some drinks. I answered the call while still holding the
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