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My Mistake, So Predictable
Return the Favor
Alex’s POV
“You look like you could use some cheering up.” A husky voice purrs just as I feel a small hand rest itself high up on my jean covered thigh.
Goosebumps craw up my skin but I ignore them and turn to smirk in the direction that the voice came from and come face to face with an attractive, busty blonde, her thin fingers curled around the neck of a glass filled with some of kind of red alcoholic drink. Before she can protest, I take the drink from her and down the rest of it in one gulp, only wincing slightly as the taste burns the back of my throat.
“I could use some company.” I admit, handing her back the empty glass. She stares into it mournfully before placing it on the bar and hopping up onto the stool next to me.
“Girlfriend problems, am I right?” she asks me, tugging down on the bottom of her dress so it covers the top of her thighs. She waves the bartender over and asks for two more drinks after I tell her I’ll pay; I never let a girl put out money for her drinks. Even if I am drunk out of my mind.
“Sort of.” I finally answer after taking a long gulp from my glass the bartender hands me.
“You like her, but she already has a boyfriend?” She guesses, sipping slowly at her own drink. I contemplate taking this drink from her too but instead let my fingers tap shakily on the bar top, resisting the urge to be a drunk off his ass jerk. “Nailed it. How’d you know?” I sigh and set the empty glass down, “Am I that easy to read?”
She laughs, “Well if it wasn’t your girlfriend causing problems, it has to be another guy’s girlfriend.” She shrugs, “Common sense, really.”
I smile and think for a second before holding out my hand to introduce myself, “I’m Alex.”
“Massie.” She grins, and shakes my hand firmly. “So who is this girl? She must be special, considering you’re drinking your weight in alcohol.”
“I thought she was.” I grimace. “But I just found out she lied to me the entire time I’ve known her. We spent a lot of time together, and she never told me she had a boyfriend. If she would have, I would have backed off.” I sigh tiredly, “How could she not tell me?”
“Would you have honestly left her alone if she told you she was taken?” She raises an eyebrow as if she’s trying to figure me out.
“Yes!” I exclaim, placing the palm of my hand down hard on the top of the bar, making her jump at the loud noise. “I wouldn’t have put her in that position to have to choose between me and him.”
“Not many guys would do that.” She muses and I shrug.
“I really like her.”
“Have you told her?” She shoots back.
“No.” I say shortly.
“Do you think that you should?”
I shake my head, “They’ve been together for two years. I couldn’t take that away from her.”
“Are you okay with being in the friend zone?”
I glare at Massie for all of her questions, but after a moment the fire inside of me burns out and I instead shake my head, letting my hair fall in front of my eyes. I feel like the stranger can read me too easily The way she’s staring at me makes me feel like she can see inside of my soul and it makes me feel vulnerable and uneasy. “I don’t know if I can just be a friend to her.” I finally admit in a soft voice.
“Maybe that’s all she needs right now though. Wait until she comes around. If you ruin this for her, she might hate you for it later.” She says, tapping her long nails on the top of the bar.
“You’re probably right.” I say, resting my head down on the bar for a moment to think about her words. Could I really just be a friend to her? Stand farther away than a boyfriend would, ignore the impulses to grab her and kiss her, refuse to hold her hand when ours fit together so perfectly? Could I do that? “Massie?” I say, lifting my face to scan the room. But the girl in the tight, red dress had disappeared. “Thank you.” I mumble and then put my head back down, and I don’t even caring that I’m drunk and still in a bar; I let my eye lids fall closed and fall asleep.
“You look like you could use some cheering up.” A husky voice purrs just as I feel a small hand rest itself high up on my jean covered thigh.
Goosebumps craw up my skin but I ignore them and turn to smirk in the direction that the voice came from and come face to face with an attractive, busty blonde, her thin fingers curled around the neck of a glass filled with some of kind of red alcoholic drink. Before she can protest, I take the drink from her and down the rest of it in one gulp, only wincing slightly as the taste burns the back of my throat.
“I could use some company.” I admit, handing her back the empty glass. She stares into it mournfully before placing it on the bar and hopping up onto the stool next to me.
“Girlfriend problems, am I right?” she asks me, tugging down on the bottom of her dress so it covers the top of her thighs. She waves the bartender over and asks for two more drinks after I tell her I’ll pay; I never let a girl put out money for her drinks. Even if I am drunk out of my mind.
“Sort of.” I finally answer after taking a long gulp from my glass the bartender hands me.
“You like her, but she already has a boyfriend?” She guesses, sipping slowly at her own drink. I contemplate taking this drink from her too but instead let my fingers tap shakily on the bar top, resisting the urge to be a drunk off his ass jerk. “Nailed it. How’d you know?” I sigh and set the empty glass down, “Am I that easy to read?”
She laughs, “Well if it wasn’t your girlfriend causing problems, it has to be another guy’s girlfriend.” She shrugs, “Common sense, really.”
I smile and think for a second before holding out my hand to introduce myself, “I’m Alex.”
“Massie.” She grins, and shakes my hand firmly. “So who is this girl? She must be special, considering you’re drinking your weight in alcohol.”
“I thought she was.” I grimace. “But I just found out she lied to me the entire time I’ve known her. We spent a lot of time together, and she never told me she had a boyfriend. If she would have, I would have backed off.” I sigh tiredly, “How could she not tell me?”
“Would you have honestly left her alone if she told you she was taken?” She raises an eyebrow as if she’s trying to figure me out.
“Yes!” I exclaim, placing the palm of my hand down hard on the top of the bar, making her jump at the loud noise. “I wouldn’t have put her in that position to have to choose between me and him.”
“Not many guys would do that.” She muses and I shrug.
“I really like her.”
“Have you told her?” She shoots back.
“No.” I say shortly.
“Do you think that you should?”
I shake my head, “They’ve been together for two years. I couldn’t take that away from her.”
“Are you okay with being in the friend zone?”
I glare at Massie for all of her questions, but after a moment the fire inside of me burns out and I instead shake my head, letting my hair fall in front of my eyes. I feel like the stranger can read me too easily The way she’s staring at me makes me feel like she can see inside of my soul and it makes me feel vulnerable and uneasy. “I don’t know if I can just be a friend to her.” I finally admit in a soft voice.
“Maybe that’s all she needs right now though. Wait until she comes around. If you ruin this for her, she might hate you for it later.” She says, tapping her long nails on the top of the bar.
“You’re probably right.” I say, resting my head down on the bar for a moment to think about her words. Could I really just be a friend to her? Stand farther away than a boyfriend would, ignore the impulses to grab her and kiss her, refuse to hold her hand when ours fit together so perfectly? Could I do that? “Massie?” I say, lifting my face to scan the room. But the girl in the tight, red dress had disappeared. “Thank you.” I mumble and then put my head back down, and I don’t even caring that I’m drunk and still in a bar; I let my eye lids fall closed and fall asleep.
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