The Day Has Gone

Chapter One

I'm looking down at yet another rejection letter. This is my fifth application for a shitty job that I didn't even want and I couldn't even get an interview. Why can I not get a break. I left school last year and it's almost impossible to get a god damn job without a diploma, unless I wanna shake my ass around a pole, which at this point is becoming closer to the truth then I want it to be.

I hear the doorbell ring so I get up from the couch to get it. As I open the door I'm engulfed in a big hug from a strong pair of arms. Adam is always so enthusiastic to see me. It's always been my favourite thing about him since we first got together 2 years ago. I love him so much and I'm so thankful to have him. He's probably the most amazing thing in my life and I'm so lucky to have him. Me being a larger girl then most I'm very lucky to have someone as handsome and beautifully built as Adam. Adam wasn't an athlete at school, he was always the tall scrawny guy that was always sort of cute looking with his dark hair and dark brown eyes. But in the last year and him being in college, he joined the gym and got a personal trainer, he always tells me about his amazing trainer Andy. He apparently has him working all his free time, when he's not with me, doing cardio and weights and honestly I've never seen him so happy. His energy has been so insane though that I find him hard to keep up with but we've always loved long walks in the woods or up mountains that I wouldn't moan whenever he went too fast or wanted to go farther or more frequently. He goes on a few hikes with Andy and I'm grateful he has him to do those things with sometimes. 

"Hey baby. I missed you." He said kissing me on the head. He's always so loving.

"I missed you too. How was your hike?" He'd called earlier to tell me our morning plans to do breakfast had changed because Andy dragged him on a 8 mile hike. I don't know how they do it.

"So beautiful, Andy took me to the most amazing park. I'll maybe show you one day." He says with a wink. I just smiled and went to get him a bottle of water from the fridge, no one is getting me to walk 8 miles.

"I thought I wouldn't be seeing you today?" I said closing the fridge and giving him his water.

"Mom called me and told me to invite you to our family BBQ this afternoon. So I'm here to pick you up before she moans at me again." I frown at him for a second waiting for an explanation.

"Do you not want me there or something?" Whenever his parents are doing a family function I always get invited but it's always his mom or dad inviting me through him and he never fails to say so. It's never him wanting me there. I only noticed this in the last 6 months. 

He looks at me and rolls his eyes "Of course I want you there. Stop being paranoid." Maybe I am thinking too much into this. 

"I'm sorry. I'm just cranky. I got another rejection today and I'm just a bit bummed out is all. I'd love to come to your mom's though. It'll be a good distraction." He frowns for a fraction of a second then smiles widely. Not sure if it's just me reading into it again but I move past it then follow him out the door. 

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The drive to his moms isn't long but it is silent.

"Are you ok?" I say looking at his face. He just stares ahead but doesn't say anything. I choose to ignore him and wait for him to tell me what is on his mind. 

"How many jobs are you going to apply for only to get rejected?" I whip my head round to look at him. He's looking at me too frowning. What the hell? He's never had anything to say about my career or education before, why is he caring now?

"What?" I can't believe he'd say something so callous to me. He knows how upsetting it is for me to get rejections from these places. He's been with me when I've gotten a couple of them and has helped me through it. 

"Well I'm just hoping you're not planning on doing nothing. I don't know why you didn't go to college with me. You got the scholarship then chose not to go and now you're wasting your life applying for these meaningless jobs. For what exactly?"

Another shot to the chest. Yes I got into the same college as him, but he knows why I never went. I showed up to a whole two semesters before I got kicked out for attendance. It was a really hard year for me last year after I blacked out at a party and found myself half naked in a bed without my underwear or pants. To this day he doesn't know about that. What could I say to him. All he'd see would be his slutty girlfriend who cheated on him. He'd never see me as a victim. I even find it difficult sometimes, that's why I've never tried to explain it to him. Tears start pooling in my eyes so I looking to my right outside the passenger window. I can't let him see me cry. I don't want him to feel bad for not knowing why what he's saying hurts me so much. Because this is my fault. 

I hear him huff a laugh out quietly. I dry my eyes then look back at him. 

"Let's speak about this later ok. Let's have a nice time with your family." I say smiling kindly at him.

He rolls his eyes at me then nods. We both stay silent the rest of the way.

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"Chloe honey, so lovely to see you." Sandy, Adams mom is probably one of the kindest people I have ever met and honestly is my favourite thing about coming to this house sometimes. She always makes me feel included and loved and it's amazing. 

"Hey Mrs. Jules. You look lovely. New dress?" Adam is walking off at this point towards a group of what I'd guess were his cousins.

"Chloe. I have told you repeatedly to call me Sandy. Don't make me mad now." She looks at me sternly then her eyes soften instantly. She's so amazing. "Come on honey let me introduce you to some of the family. Obviously you know my sister Olivia over there." I smile and wave at Olivia and her husband Peter. Both a lovely couple but very dull. You shouldn't be left alone with them too long or you'd go insane. That was my first lesson from Sandy at any family function. "Over there is Cindy's husbands parents." Cindy, Adam's older sister was a very pretty woman. She married quite young but seems to be doing very well for herself. Her husband Gary is a business owner. The business is unknown and he's too much of an asshole for me to care very much so that will never be discussed. I look at the people who are stood next to Cindy, with their noses in the air looking around at everyone and everything with utter annoyance it makes me almost want to laugh.

"I see they're happy to be here." I comment sarcastically. Sandy just tuts while glaring at them.

"That woman has not said one kind thing to me all day. Not even about little things. Not even after I complimented her. Wretched woman." She tuts again. I can't help but laugh until Sandy is laughing along with me. "Ok. Where has my son gone to? Did you see?"

"He left me at the gate so I don't know." I look around for him though but I stop when my eyes fall upon a pair of ocean blue eyes staring straight at me. He's probably in his early 40's but still looks youthful with his handsome chiseled jaw, 6ft and huge. He looks like he could be a NFL player. He could probably lift me up with those strong arms and make me forget my weight. A blush creeps up my neck and up to my cheeks. I look down onto the floor, unable to keep eye contact with the god in front of me.

"Honestly, that boy is always off doing his own thing at these parties. Ah Chloe honey, meet Cash. He's Mr. Jules best friend from college. Cash, this is Chloe, Adams girlfriend." I look up and find myself suck in a breath at the sight in front of me. The God has come towards us wearing a cocky as anything smirk on his face. His beautiful, sharp, stubbly face that I just want to lick all over. My eyes go wide when that thought passes through my mind and I feel the blush creep up once more.

"Lovely to meet you Chloe." He says in a deep guttural tone. He holds his hand out to me. I look down and find his shirt sleeve rolled up and on his large forearm an intricate tattoo sleeve that looks like it goes all the way around his arm and maybe up higher. I grab his hand ready to shake and I'm shocked when a shot of electricity passes through his hand to mine. I suck in another breath and look back at his godlike face. His smirk is still there but when I look in his eyes they seem less cocky and more full of lust. No one has ever looked at me like that before. Maybe he's drunk.

"Adam!" Sandy shouts, causing me to jump and move my hand out of his grasp, but he just tightens it not taking his eyes off me. "Excuse me you two, I need to teach my son a lesson in manners." We don't answer her. Only stare at each other.

"Adam's girlfriend eh? Why isn't he wrapping his arms proudly round you and showing you off." Cash asks deeply loosening his hold slightly. I feel his fingers brush my hand gently.

I laugh awkwardly and take my hand from his and succeed this time. "Maybe he had better things to do then show his girlfriend off. No one want's to see that anyway." I look down nervously. I've never held a conversation with anyone that looks like him in my life. He takes a step towards me, making me look into his face yet again. His face is calm but his eyes, for some reason, look angry. 

"If you were my girl, I wouldn't leave your side. A woman as gorgeous as you could be whisked away so easily your boyfriend wouldn't even know what's hit him." I suck in another breath, not knowing what to say. Who is this man? Is he hitting on me? I don't know. Am I liking the way he's looking at me? Absolutely. Will I stand for it, being at my boyfriends parents house? Hell no. 

"You don't know anything about me or our relationship. I'd appreciate it if you didn't hit on me while my boyfriend is around. It's very disrespectful and I'm so shocked you'd do so to your bestfriends son's girlfriend." He doesn't seem put off at all, more amused then anything. He just leans in and puts his lips on my ears, causing those electric shocks again and whispers.

"Then where is he?" He leans back slightly to look at me then turns round and walks away, leaving me on my own.