I push his hand away and look over at him “You threw us away Reid. You threw me away and put your hands on another woman right in front of me!” I say, beginning to raise my voice. He takes a deep breath and rolls back over to lay on his back “I never wanted to hurt you. I thought by doing that, it would be easier for you to move on” he says, as if his words don’t gut me “Help me? HELP ME? How did you groping another girl help me in any way? You BROKE me, I ran away to my dads for 2 years because of what you did. I left my friends, my dancing, everything because of you” I shout as I get out of bed “Calm down Becks. I know, I was wrong, completely wrong, but never wanted to hurt you. You’ve got to believe that” he says. I sit there trying to listen to what he’s saying, but my hurt doesn’t let me. why didn’t he tell me back then, or any time over the last two years, why now? “Look, this was a bad idea. I’ll just get my stuff and go home” I say as I pull back the covers and get out of his bed “No don’t. its fine” he says “I’ll go sleep on the sofa. just, stay. Please” he says as he leaves the room. I can’t believe I almost went there with him again, it’s like my body just betrays my heart when it comes to Reid Doyle.
I sit in bed for hours, thinking about what he said, trying to figure him out, but ending up nowhere. I look at the clock and see its almost 4am. Giving up and laying down with a groan, I try and get a couple of hours before I have to face him again, I close my eyes drifting out to the thoughts of being back with him and my life being complete again.
Feeling the bed dip sometime later, I open my eyes to find Reid sitting on the edge of it looking at me. I sit up and hold my head as it spins, erg why did I drink again. Holding out his hand, Reid passes me two tablets, he points to the glass of water on the bedside table and says “I’m guessing your head feels like someone sat on it, so I brought you some ibuprofen” I take them and gulp them down with mouthfuls of water “Thank you” I say timidly, not knowing how to act after last night, I have no idea where we stand now. He gives me a look like he’s trying to work me out before he stands “Come on, once you’re ready I’ll take you back to Brady’s for your car” My car? Oh, he drove us here last night I remember “Take whatever clothes you need from my dresser” he says, before leaving out the door.
Taking a few moments to compose myself, I push up off the bed and head for the bathroom. Learning from yesterday not to use his shower gel in the shower, I opt for the bar of soap by the sink. After getting myself back to a halfway decent human, I move back into the bedroom with the towel wrapped around me to find some clothes. After putting his t-shirt back over my head, I pull on my underwear. Finding my jeans on the floor I get dressed and look around, I find my strap top and bra on the chair in the corner of the room. Scooping them up with my phone and purse I realise I left my car keys at Brady’s house. Grabbing my concealer from my purse I spend some time covering my black eye, taking out my powder and mascara I manage to do a halfway decent job of covering it. I hate sleeping in makeup, but I didn’t have much of a choice last night.
Walking downstairs I find only Reid at the kitchen table “Where is Hayley?” I ask, we need a buffer here, when we are alone I either want to bash his head in or jump his bones, and I don’t fancy finding out which option wins “She’s at her counselling session this morning” he responds, “Would you like some coffee?” he asks, moving over to the urn “Erm no thank you. I’d like to get my car now, if that’s okay?” being here, alone with him, is making me very nervous “Oh yeh sure. Let me just grab my stuff and we can go” he says as he walks towards the front room. I stand in the kitchen nervously, waiting for him to return, when he does he has his shoes on and keys in hand “You ready?” he says in the sexiest voice ever. Feeling my nipples pucker with how turned on I am, I know I need to get out of here before I do something I regret “Ready as ever” I respond as I practically run towards the front door.
Chapter Four
The drive to Brady’s only takes around 10 minutes and its spent in pensive
