is when she does stupid shit in public when she sees Cadence and her mom.”
“What did she do now?”
“Rambled off some shit about Cadence stealing her son away from her. Being the devil in a dress or something. I don’t know. It’s the fucking pills.”
Hearing the way Dillon talks about his mom, it makes me thankful mine took off when she did. I know the shit it caused, especially leaving me with Dean and the mess that became, but knowing the way she used to talk about us turning into our dad, I’m afraid that if she was back, she’d be just as bad as Dillon’s mom.
She may have loved Isabelle when she used to bring me over to their house, but that doesn’t mean she wouldn’t flip the script around now.
“What did Caddy do?”
Cadence is a freaking badass and the only girl on the planet that’s got the balls to deal with Dillon. No one before her could ever get through the steel that he wrapped his head in. It’s because of her and the wakeup call she managed to give him that we can even stand here in the same room together.
“You know her, what do you think she did?”
“Slap her?”
Dillon shakes his head but he’s grinning, which means that her doing that was his original reaction too.
“No. Told her off though. From what Sarah says, it was pretty fun to watch.”
“No doubt.”
“Kay,” he says, the humor gone and his tone serious again. “If it bothers you, me talking to Belle, I won’t do it again. I just have a long way to go making up for the shit I did and I thought helping her would do it.”
“It’s cool, just next time don’t hide it from me. There’s been enough fucking secrets.”
With his nod the conversation is dropped. He sits down in front of the laptop and loads up some video game and I throw myself down on the bed, more than ready to close my eyes and forget about my overreaction.
It’s only when I feel the phone land on the bed and turn to see a smirk on Dillon’s face that I realize forgetting isn’t going to be as easy as I want it to be. I still had one other person I needed to talk to. The very person texting back now.
Is everything okay?
Time to tell my girlfriend what a complete idiot I am.
Fantastic.
Belle
I saw the text the minute it came up on my phone, but because I try to follow the rules when we’re in the theatre, I didn’t jump to answer it right away. It also doesn’t help that the text is coming from Dillon’s phone.
Kayden let his die. Again.
Yeah. Everything’s fine. Just overreacted to something I read.
Standing from my seat even though the movie isn’t even half over, I slide my way out until I’m out in the hallway and can give him the attention he deserves.
Kayden overreacting to something he read, I don’t know what he could mean. He was supposed to be going to a party. I can’t see him doing much reading there, but I’m not gonna wait around to find out.
Pushing the call button, I wait impatiently until he finally picks up. Hi s voice is worn and tired yet still manages to make my heart melt.
“Kay, what did you read?”
“Texts. It was stupid. Don’t worry about it.”
Not worrying about it, he reminds me of Eric. Even with as long as he’s been with me, Kayden still doesn’t get how I am. How most people are. Telling someone not to think about it is like flashing a big neon sign telling them to do exactly that. It nev er works the way you want it to and this time is no different.
“Kay…tell me.”
“Your texts with Dillon. I read them and it set me off.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. I told you. I overreacted.”
“No, you didn’t. I should have told you I was texting him, but when I was worried about you the other day, you kept telling me nothing was wrong. I didn’t know what else to do.”
It’s the truth. He’s been doing that since we got together, but it’s more pronounced now. He doesn’t want to focus on how he feels because he sees it as unimportant and to me it’s
“What did she do now?”
“Rambled off some shit about Cadence stealing her son away from her. Being the devil in a dress or something. I don’t know. It’s the fucking pills.”
Hearing the way Dillon talks about his mom, it makes me thankful mine took off when she did. I know the shit it caused, especially leaving me with Dean and the mess that became, but knowing the way she used to talk about us turning into our dad, I’m afraid that if she was back, she’d be just as bad as Dillon’s mom.
She may have loved Isabelle when she used to bring me over to their house, but that doesn’t mean she wouldn’t flip the script around now.
“What did Caddy do?”
Cadence is a freaking badass and the only girl on the planet that’s got the balls to deal with Dillon. No one before her could ever get through the steel that he wrapped his head in. It’s because of her and the wakeup call she managed to give him that we can even stand here in the same room together.
“You know her, what do you think she did?”
“Slap her?”
Dillon shakes his head but he’s grinning, which means that her doing that was his original reaction too.
“No. Told her off though. From what Sarah says, it was pretty fun to watch.”
“No doubt.”
“Kay,” he says, the humor gone and his tone serious again. “If it bothers you, me talking to Belle, I won’t do it again. I just have a long way to go making up for the shit I did and I thought helping her would do it.”
“It’s cool, just next time don’t hide it from me. There’s been enough fucking secrets.”
With his nod the conversation is dropped. He sits down in front of the laptop and loads up some video game and I throw myself down on the bed, more than ready to close my eyes and forget about my overreaction.
It’s only when I feel the phone land on the bed and turn to see a smirk on Dillon’s face that I realize forgetting isn’t going to be as easy as I want it to be. I still had one other person I needed to talk to. The very person texting back now.
Is everything okay?
Time to tell my girlfriend what a complete idiot I am.
Fantastic.
Belle
I saw the text the minute it came up on my phone, but because I try to follow the rules when we’re in the theatre, I didn’t jump to answer it right away. It also doesn’t help that the text is coming from Dillon’s phone.
Kayden let his die. Again.
Yeah. Everything’s fine. Just overreacted to something I read.
Standing from my seat even though the movie isn’t even half over, I slide my way out until I’m out in the hallway and can give him the attention he deserves.
Kayden overreacting to something he read, I don’t know what he could mean. He was supposed to be going to a party. I can’t see him doing much reading there, but I’m not gonna wait around to find out.
Pushing the call button, I wait impatiently until he finally picks up. Hi s voice is worn and tired yet still manages to make my heart melt.
“Kay, what did you read?”
“Texts. It was stupid. Don’t worry about it.”
Not worrying about it, he reminds me of Eric. Even with as long as he’s been with me, Kayden still doesn’t get how I am. How most people are. Telling someone not to think about it is like flashing a big neon sign telling them to do exactly that. It nev er works the way you want it to and this time is no different.
“Kay…tell me.”
“Your texts with Dillon. I read them and it set me off.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. I told you. I overreacted.”
“No, you didn’t. I should have told you I was texting him, but when I was worried about you the other day, you kept telling me nothing was wrong. I didn’t know what else to do.”
It’s the truth. He’s been doing that since we got together, but it’s more pronounced now. He doesn’t want to focus on how he feels because he sees it as unimportant and to me it’s
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