It's Hard to Make It Look Easy

I groaned when I heard someone knocking on my door

"GO AWAY!" I yelled then dropped my head back onto the pillow

Then my phone started going off and I sighed in frustration and answered it

"Hello?" I asked trying to sound nice

"Hey Bri, we've been knocking on your door for a couple of hours now..."

and I heard Zak in the background "Aaron we don't have time to explain to her"

CRAP! I slept in I thought

"I'll be ready in 5 minutes" I said and disconnected the call.

I jumped out of bed and while doing that I almost fell because I got light-headed and the sheet was wrapped around my foot

"Now's not the time to be clumsy Bri" I said to myself

I rushed to the bathroom to change but while changing I got naseated

That's not good I thought

I bent over the toliet and threw some stomach acid up, since I haven't had anything to eat yet. I brushed my teeth, put my hair in a ponytail, and packed my suitcase. When I was done I rushed down to the lobby and I was greeted by a slightly glaring Zak

"Well if it isn't Ms. Sleeping Beauty" Aaron said smiling

"Sorry, I thought I turned my alarm on, on my phone...Let's get going"

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We made it to our plane with about a minute and a half left

That was freaking close I thought as I sat in my seat

And Billy sat next to me. I took out my phone and text Zak

-R u mad at me?-

-No, u had a rough day yesterday so it's not ur fault that u wanted 2 sleep in-Z

-I was just checking, u seemed kind of mad when I came down-

-I wasn't mad at u, Aaron was being a clutz...he tripped and his coffee spilled all over my shirt, so I had 2 unpack some things, repack & finally go the the restroom 2 change-Z

-Oh...Ur not burnt r u?-

-No, but if I was I'm sure u would've heard me from ur room-Z

Then the intercom came on

"Attention all passengers...Please buckle your seatbelts, turn off your phones..."

I then tuned it out and shut off my phone and closed my eyes while sighing

"Are you feeling ok?"

I turned my head to look at Billy

"Yeah why?" I said half lying

I felt better because I knew Zak wasn't mad at me, but I wasn't feeling to good

"Are you sure, you look like you're alittle flushed..." he then pressed a button

"What are you doing?"

he just smiled and patted my leg

"Can I help you?" the middle aged flight attendant asked

"Could she get a peanut butter jelly with a bottled water..." he looked at me again and then back at the lady "And maybe a throw up bag?"

"Sure" she then left

"Billy-"

"Bri, you need to eat, it might make you feel better"

She then came back

"Thank you" Billy said and handed me the things

"If there's anything else you and your wife-"

I started coughing

WIFE?! I thought

"Are you ok miss?"

"Yeah, just swallowed the wrong way" I choked out

"Alright" she then left

I smacked Billy's leg

"How come you didn't correct her?"

"Bri it's nothing to worry about...Now will you eat? Please?"

I opened the package roughly and took a bite

I guess it's better than nothing I thought digusted

I finished the nasty pre-made PBJ and almost chugged down the water

"Was it really that bad?"

"You have no idea"

About 15 minutes of silence past and I started to get sleepy again

Why am I so tired? I thought

"Tired?"

I just nodded and closed my eyes. Billy then pushed my head gently into his shoulder and pretty soon I was out.

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I made it home after that 2 1/2 hour plane ride and Bella was happy to see me

"Hey Bella, Did you miss me?" I said sitting on the couch and petting her as she licked my face

She yapped and wagged her tail faster. Bella got down and ran into the kitchen to get a drink of water. I got up and headed to the bathroom and Bella wasn't to far behind. I went in and saw the second pregnancy test box on the counter

Should I take it? It's been a few days so it should give the right reading I thought and then took it out of the box

When I was done I left the bathroom and fed Bella

Looks like I need to go to the store I thought

I poured me some lemonade and then went back to the bathroom to see the result. I picked it up while taking a drink

Still negative I thought happily

"I told him I wasn't pregnant" I said aloud

I spent a few more hours at home and then went to the store. When I was done at the store I started to head back home. On the way home my car was acting weird so I pulled over to check it out. As soon as I pulled over it died

"What's wrong with you?"

I looked at the dashboard and groaned. I picked up my phone and called someone

"Hello?"

"Hey Billy...I need a favor"

"What's wrong?" he asked sounding worried

"I'm fine but my car kind of ran out of gas and I'm still 35 minutes away from home"

"Where are you?"

"I'm at 117th St"

"Meaning you're still near Wal-Mart?" he said making it sound like a question

"Yes Sherlock"

"Easy Bri...I'll be there in 10 minutes"

we hung up and I waited. About 10 minutes later Billy pulled up and got a gas can out of his vehicle. I got out

"Thanks" I said feeling guilty

"It's ok Bri" he said filling my tank

When he got done I started to head back to my car but he grabbed my hand and stopped me, making me turn around

"So, how about we go to dinner since you interrupted my movie slash relaxing time...It's the least you could do" he said with a playful smile

He's got a point I thought

"Ok"

he let go of me and I followed him to a restaraunt that was in a strip mall. We sat out on the patio that they had

"Billy?" asked setting my menu down

"Yeah?" he asked still looking at the menu

"I took the other one today..."

he set the menu down and looked me directly in the eyes

"And?"

"Well, it's still negative"

"That's good" he said with a hint of disappointment

"My names Peter, I'll be your waiter this evening...What could I get you guys to drink?"

"I'll have a coke"

"And I'll take an ice water" Billy said

"Alright, and are you ready to order or do you need a few minutes?"

"I'm ready...Are you?" I asked looking at Billy

"Go ahead" he said smiling

"I'll have the cheeseburger with fries"

"I'll have the same"

"Alright" the waiter took our menus and then left

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"It doesn't sound like it... Did you really want it to be positive?" I asked cautiously

"No, no, no... I'm fine Bri" he said faking a smile

That doesn't fool me I thought but I gave up on trying to get an answer out of him

Our drinks came and I took a drink and my eyes grew big as I swallowed roughly

"What's wrong?"

I pointed in the direction I was looking at. Billy looked and we saw Zak with a blonde girl hooked around his arm as they were going into a jewelry store that was right across from the restaraunt

"He never told me he had a girlfriend"

"He di-" then Billy shut his mouth quickly

"You knew?" I asked glaring

he gave me a look that said 'I don't know anything'

"That looks not fooling me...How could you not tell me?"

"Bri... It's not my place to tell you, it's him...Why do you think I've always tried to keep you distant from him?"

"Because you were jealous?"

"No, because I knew that he was going to end up hurting you in the end"

Our food then came. We ate in silence and I watched that jewelry store like a hawk. I was pissed at Zak for leading me on like that. When I finshed I took a drink and I saw him and that girl come out of the jewlery store. Billy paid for the dinner as I got up

"Bri don't do it" he said warningly

I pointed my finger at him and glared

"Stay out of it" I began walking towards Zak

"Hey Zak, what are you doing here?" I asked in an overly nice tone

he gave me a surprised/busted look

"Hi Bri...I was just here walking around with Melinda"

"Really? And Melinda is?" I asked looking at him in a normal tone

"I'm-"

"She's a friend"

"Ah yes, pulling that she's just a friend card..." I sighed

"Bri come on" I heard Billy say while coming to us

I ignored him and slapped Zak in the face. Billy grabbed me to hold me back from hitting him again

"I'm not stupid Zak so quit lying, the way she was hanging on to you like that, she's your girlfriend...And I thought you actually wanted to go out with me...Guess I was wrong"

"Bri it's not-"

"Save it...You've just earned yourself to 'barely friend level'... You messed with my emotions and that's not ok with me...How long have you been with her?"

"Alittle bit before you started working with us...I'm sorry Bri...Why's Billy with you anyway? I thought you said that there was nothing going on betw-"

"There's not, my car ran out of gas and he helped me...And let me tell you now if you flirt with me again I'm going to-"

"Let's go Bri...Don't forget he's still your boss" Billy said dragging me away

"A two-timing one at that" I said so Zak could hear it and followed Billy.

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I parked in my garage as Billy pulled into my driveway and got out. He walked into the garage and I shut the door and was greeted by Bella when we walked in the house. Me and Billy got my groceries and Bella's food out of my car

"You didn't have to do that"

"Bri, don't worry about it"

We sat down on the couch

"I can't believe I did that back there"

"It wasn't your fault, you done what any girl would do...Confront him and usually fight with the other girl"

"Why would I fight her? She has all rights to him...And if I did want to fight her I couldn't because you broke it up"

"That was the right thing to do"

I sighed

"I know...I probably just lost my job because of it"

"I don't think so... he deserved it and he knows it"

"You really think I will still have a job with you guys after all of that?" I asked raising an eyebrow

he smiled and nodded. He then kissed me on the lips and I didn't hesitate to kiss back. Things started to get heated and I had to stop it

"Billy-"

"Don't you dare say 'This isn't right'" he said mocking my voice "If you want to stop then say so"

"Fine...I'm not in the mood...And I don't sound like that" I smacked his arm lightly that was supporting him "Now get off"

he collapsed on me

"Why'd you hit me?"

"Because you needed to get off of me"

"You could have done it nicely"

"Can't breath"

"Say it nicely and I'll get off"

"Billy" I said warningly

"Say it" he said smiling

Bella then jumped on the couch and licked me and Billy. He got off to get away from the lick happy dog

"It's ok Bella, mommy's ok" I said hugging her and sitting up

After a few minutes past I yawned

"Come on you two, let's go to bed"

"Is that an invite for me to stay?" he asked smirking

"You don't have to if you don't want to" I said with the same smirk

we headed up to my room and I went into the bathroom and changed into a dark green tanktop and some black shorts. I crawled into bed and shut the lamp off. I then felt the bed sink in behind me and an arm wrap around my waist. I snuggled into the warmth and then I felt the bed sink in at the foot of the bed. I felt Bella circle around 3 times and then flop down with a content sigh

"Night Bri" Billy said into my hair

"Night" I said

and I soon fell asleep.