We meet Again

WHAT HAPPENED

"You are lonely,' I asked. Why will a handsome man like him be lonely?

"You are kidding, right.' I teased.

"No! I'm not kidding. I'm serious here,' he grinned at me.

"How can you be lonely, when you have a boyfriend already and besides you are cheating on him. It's not right,'

If I had known he was in a relationship I wouldn't have slept with him. He must be hurting his boyfriend and probably his boyfriend thinks he's at work, working his ass out. Not knowing, he's cheating on him, with me.

"It's not right. If you were in my position, you would do more than that and you don't know how it feels and how relieved I am right now.' He replied sarcastically.

"Then, tell me. What could have happened to you to make such a decision to cheat on him.'

"He's always about his work, work, work work and work all the time. It always works and it's f*****g annoying. Can't he find some time for me, at least we spend some time together as a couple, but he goes off telling me he's got to work and that he needs to work? Which is annoying and gets on my nerves. There was a time, I came home from work and I wanted to surprise him on his birthday. Guess what he did? He took my gift and threw it on the bed. Telling me that I should wait for him and that when he gets back, he will open the gift and see what I've bought for him. He left in a hurry and I felt so devastated, why did he have to do it to me and I ..." He threw a long sigh. "Let's not...let's not talk about it anymore. I don't want to talk about it.' He said and winked at me.

"So, what about you? How many boyfriends do you have..."

"I don't want to talk about it,' I retorted. I know I might be acting childish, but he didn't want to give me the full details of his life, which doesn't mean I would want to share mine with him too.

"But, that's not fair at all,' he whined. I ignored him and rolled my eyes.

We both talked and made fun of all the employees at our workplace and he was fun to be with, really fun and we both went for three more rounds. That was the first time I'd had fun in a long time and for a moment, I felt complete, probably very happy with myself.

The next day, I went to my apartment to quickly freshen up, so I could go to work. I got to my workplace early and we both acted normal at work as if nothing ever happened between us and it was like that for days. A lot of girls asked for my attention and drooled over me, but I wasn't interested in any of them.

As soon as I closed from work and wanted to step out, I saw Shawna in front of my office and immediately, she saw me. She gave this sad look and smiled at me before I knew it. She ran so fast towards me and hugged me with tears on her face. I couldn't help it, why was she sobbing so hard? I hugged her back and after a few minutes, I said, "Can we talk,' I asked, and I felt nodding her head on my chest. "OK, maybe let's go somewhere or maybe my apartment, is that okay,'' I asked. Again, she nodded. I booked a Taxi and told her to get inside the taxi. As soon as we got to my apartment, I told her to sit in one of my sofas, so I will get her a coffee or probably an ice cream to eat since she likes that so much.

She agreed.

After giving her, what she would like to eat. I sat down opposite her and looked her straight in the eye.

"What happened? You look so pale and weak. Is anything wrong with you?' I asked with concern.

She sighed. 'I don't know how to start with all this,' she said, "but, be honest with me, Ocean. What kind of person do you think I am? Like, if you were to describe the kind of person I was, what would you say?' With the edge of her Jacket, she took it and wiped away her tears.

"Ummm...how do I start now.' I said and started thinking about it. It's been years and she is still the same person I knew back in High school, although she's gotten more mature and turned out to be a beautiful lady. "You are stubborn, childish, carefree and you are so fun to be with, you always know how to put someone in a good mood and I don't know what else to say, but you got a hot temper and..."

"And, what?' She asked.

"You are not perfect, but you have all the qualities a man would want in a woman and..." I stopped, when I saw tears dripping down her face, I got up, went to her side and sat down holding her shoulders and quietly pulled her head to lean on my shoulder as she continued sobbing.

"Did anything happen between you and Ryan,' I had to ask and if that was the case and then, something happened. There was no way she would look so heartbroken, because of someone else. Shawna, I know will come barging in and making all types of noise and even cursing the person and ranting all day, until she feels better and with Ryan by her side. I tried asking her to explain what happened, but she kept sobbing and sobbing. If she tries to talk, she will keep quiet and continue sobbing. I consoled her for almost an hour, I noticed she had fallen asleep on my shoulder. I carried her in bridal style and laid her down on the bed and covered her up with a blanket too.

I took my phone from the nightstand and dialled Ryan's number, it rang a couple of times before he answered.