Chapter 163
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'Meet me somewhere' my phone dings and it's another text from Finn. I'm on a date and I can't even enjoy it because Finn won't leave me alone. "Everything alright?" Brett asks noticing how uneasy I feel
"Yeah sorry my mom keeps texting" I lie "Do you need to step out and call her?"
"Would that be ok? I'd only be a sec" he can't possibly think I'm actually going to call my mother,
what 26 year old calls their mother on a date?
"Sure" he smiles. I can't freaking believe it I'm on a date with this great guy and I'm leaving him to go call a guy that doesn't even want me.
I dial Finn's number "you have to stop texting me!" I say as he answers "Brooks I really need to see you"
"Finn leave me alone! You said all you had to say! I can't do this right now" "Please give me a chance to explain" he begs "where are you right now?" "On a date! With a guy that actually cares about me!"
"Do you care about him?" "Yes!"
"More than me?" I choose to not answer that "see! You don't want to be there, tell me where you are and I'll pick you up"
I turn to look at Brett as he sits at the table patiently waiting for me, I can't do this to him he's too nice "I'm staying Finn" I hang up and walk back inside
"All better?" He asks smiling at me
"Yes thank you." I sit back down and our date continues. I try to focus on Brett but I can't stop thinking about Finn, he's ruining this for me without even trying. After the date Brett drives me home "I'm sorry I ruined our date" I apologize as he parks in front of my house
"Are you kidding? I had a great time" we sit in the car "what makes you think you ruined it?" I thought about another guy the whole time
"My stupid phone call" I hate myself
"No truly it's ok" he takes my hand "come on I'll walk you to your door" he opens his car door
But I stop him "no it's ok I got it from here" leaning in I peck him on the lips "I'll call you" I get out of the car and we wave goodnight to each other as he drives away.
I stand there watching him drive away "he's cute" Finn appears out of no where "What the fuck!" I jump "what are you doing here?" I ask walking away
He follows "I waited for you, you wouldn't let me come pick you up so I came to your house and
waited"
"Oh my god you're insane" I unlock the front door and walk in, he follows me in "How was your date?" He smirks knowing he ruined it
"Great! It was fucking great!" I toss my stuff aside and head to the kitchen "I'm having a hard time believing that"
"Believe what you want Finn." He follows me all around my house and I've finally had enough of it "will you please go home I need to go to bed"
"Not until we talk" he stand firm in front of me
"Talk about what? Us having sex and me telling you how I feel about you and then you telling me you don't know if you feel the same way"
I stop waiting for an answer "you made me feel like a fucking teenager getting their hearts broken by a crush" I hate him
"I'm sorry Brooks I just didn't know how I felt in the moment but of course I have feelings for you" "Yeah thanks for letting me know! Good night now" I turn him around pushing him towards the front
door
"Where'd you even meet that guy?" He asks as I push him to the front door "That question sounds an awful lot like my business and not yours"
He turns as I'm about to open the door "don't be bitter." Walking back in he goes further into my
house "remember how good it felt when I had you right here against this wall?" He runs his fingers against the mentioned wall lowering his eyes at me
"Remember how shitty you made me feel when you ran out of here with your dick barely in your pants?"
"Never gonna let that go, are you?" "No I'm not so just leave now"
"I always know when and where I'm not wanted"
"Obvious lie" he walks back towards me
"And this isn't one of those occasions" he tries to kiss me but I back up
"Let me put this in simple words so you understand. I'm not nor will I ever be someone you can toy with, I knew the kind of guy you were from the beginning and still I took a chance, my mistake. You had no problem hurting me so what the hell is going to make me believe you won't again? I have moved on, Brett is a nice guy who actually cares about me. So tell me why I would jeopardize that for you someone who ran out on me?" He opens his mouth to answer "don't answer that! I'm done Finn, I meant it yesterday, and I meant it last week."
"That's it?" "Yep"
He reaches for the door knob, sad "nothing I can say or do to make you change your mind?"
"No just leave Finn." He slowly walks out the door and following behind was all the weight from my shoulders. No one hurts me twice.
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"Hi" I open the door to Brett standing there nervous
I pull him in and kiss him "hi" I shut the door. It's been a month! A month free of Finn and just Brett and I getting to know each other. I took it slow with him which meant no sex, this is his first time inside my place. He stands there very stiff looking around "are you nervous?"
I ask wrapping my arms around his neck "No" he smiles
"Liar. You're shoulders are so tense" I take his jacket off "dinner is almost done, I've got some wine and apps ready so we can chat while you help me cook. How does that sound?"
He pecks me on the lips "amazing."
As we're cooking "I can't believe you can cook" he says chopping tomatoes for our salad "I can't" I admit
He laughs "wait what? But it was your idea to cook dinner"
"I know. This food can either be absolutely amazing or horribly bad" "I'll take my chances."
After finishing we set the table and sit across from each other "before we eat this I'd just like to apologize"
"It won't be bad! This looks delicious"
We take a bite of the chicken together, I start to chew then stop "god that's horrible" I spit it out in my napkin
But Brett continues to chew "I don't know, I feel like if you know what it's suppose to taste like then it's not all that bad" he's so sweet
"Spit it out Brett"
He does "only because you want me to. I can totally keep eating this zesty lemon chicken" "It's suppose to be garlic chicken" I frown "such a fail"
He gets up walking towards me "it doesn't take much to impress me" sticking his hand out, I take it and he pulls me up to him wrapping and arm around my waist
He starts to sway with me "we're dancing?"
"Why not. Thank you for the effort but I would have been fine with pizza or a frozen dinner" he grins "I'm here with you for the first time ever! Nothing else matters"
"Oh my god you're an amazing guy, aren't you?" "I've been called that once or twice"
"Ok stop bragging."
Leaning in I kiss him, we stop swaying and just intensely wrap our arms around each other and kiss deeper. Our breathing quicken and as he's kissing me Brett says "I'm still really hungry"
I laugh "yeah we should probably go get something to eat" "Sounds like a plan, we'll get some take out and head back here" "We need to do this quickly because we're not done here"
"Oh of course not, but you should prepare yourself" "For what?"
He pulls me back in and whispers in my ear "I'm going to rock your world" sending chills down my spine "now go grab a jacket and let's go!"
"Yes sir!"
