with Melody and is back living with Ricky. Who, I might add, is still a douche to me. But I guess I deserve his anger toward me. All things considered.
Cecelia has returned to watching me fight. And since that time, I haven’t lost once. I was such a fool for ever thinking I could do anything without her by my side. She brings Melody around every now and again too. I’ve noticed Stretch has taken a liking to Melody but she doesn’t really pay him any mind. Unless she’s just playing hard to get. I’ve also noticed on the nights Melody shows, Stretch tries flirting with Celia. I don’t know what his end goal is with this. Either he wants to piss me off, or he’s trying to make Melody jealous. Either way, he’s doing a bang-up job of bothering me. It doesn’t help that Celia lets him flirt with her either.
I try to tell myself she’s just being friendly. Stretch never treated her bad. Never said anything about her. But seeing his interactions with her, the light arm touches, hugging her, they grate my nerves.
Of course anytime I try to bring this up, she gets this look on her face that makes me back off. We have a tenuous relationship as it is. Fragile. Easily defeated with the right gust of wind blowing across the city. I don’t want to ruin what we currently have because my head is still fucked up with uncertainties. And truthfully, I can be pissed off about it all I want, but I’m no fucking saint here. My involvement with Hayley ultimately negates my need to be bitter about who Cecelia hangs out with.
Besides, Stretch only flirts it up with Celia when Melody shows up. I’m sure a part of him likes aggravating me, but I have to know the bigger part is just trying to get Melody’s attention more than anything. Again, it’s not really working and just because I’m not trying to rock the boat with Cecelia, doesn’t mean Stretch is off-fucking limits.
I’ve won my first two fights and am waiting for the winner of the match between Cadillo, who should just fucking retire already cause I am so tired of dealing with his pathetic ass, and Big Lou, some Army prick who thinks just because he joined his shit don’t stink. Fucker was never deployed once. Not even to Europe but he acts like he’s seen shit. He’s seen nothing. To be honest, he gives the military a bad fucking name. I think it’s possible he was kicked out but since no one here is gonna do a background check, it’s not like we care to check his record.
“You gonna say it already or what?”
I keep my eyes on the fight, for once hoping Cadillo wins just so the Army bitch goes home, when Stretch moves to stand next to me.
“Say what?”
I hear him scoff. “You know, I never pegged you for being a bitch.”
I look at him finally. I try to keep the sneer off my face but I’m sure I succeed. “Why do you do it?”
“Do what?”
“You know, I always pegged for being a bitch,” I say his words back, but change them up to show my irritation.
“Honestly, because it pisses you off.” He shrugs and watches Cadillo land a good hit against Army Prick’s head. “For all your ego, you still got your girl back.” I snap my eyes to him, my jaw twitching at his words. “Yeah, you may fool these other assholes, but you don’t fool me. What, you got her to fuck you again? That means nothing in this arena. You know that.”
“We’re taking things slow, learning to trust each other again.” The lie sounds like a lie.
“Sure you are,” Stretch laughs at me. “You don’t trust that girl at all. And from my vantage point, she don’t trust you either. So I flirt with her, piss you off, let her feel good about herself for a bit.”
“How does you flirting with her make her feel good about herself? Especially when you want to bang her coworker? I mean call me fucking crazy, but how does flirting with Cecelia help get you Mel? Huh? How does that happen? What, you make one woman feel good but who cares about the other one? The other one you
Cecelia has returned to watching me fight. And since that time, I haven’t lost once. I was such a fool for ever thinking I could do anything without her by my side. She brings Melody around every now and again too. I’ve noticed Stretch has taken a liking to Melody but she doesn’t really pay him any mind. Unless she’s just playing hard to get. I’ve also noticed on the nights Melody shows, Stretch tries flirting with Celia. I don’t know what his end goal is with this. Either he wants to piss me off, or he’s trying to make Melody jealous. Either way, he’s doing a bang-up job of bothering me. It doesn’t help that Celia lets him flirt with her either.
I try to tell myself she’s just being friendly. Stretch never treated her bad. Never said anything about her. But seeing his interactions with her, the light arm touches, hugging her, they grate my nerves.
Of course anytime I try to bring this up, she gets this look on her face that makes me back off. We have a tenuous relationship as it is. Fragile. Easily defeated with the right gust of wind blowing across the city. I don’t want to ruin what we currently have because my head is still fucked up with uncertainties. And truthfully, I can be pissed off about it all I want, but I’m no fucking saint here. My involvement with Hayley ultimately negates my need to be bitter about who Cecelia hangs out with.
Besides, Stretch only flirts it up with Celia when Melody shows up. I’m sure a part of him likes aggravating me, but I have to know the bigger part is just trying to get Melody’s attention more than anything. Again, it’s not really working and just because I’m not trying to rock the boat with Cecelia, doesn’t mean Stretch is off-fucking limits.
I’ve won my first two fights and am waiting for the winner of the match between Cadillo, who should just fucking retire already cause I am so tired of dealing with his pathetic ass, and Big Lou, some Army prick who thinks just because he joined his shit don’t stink. Fucker was never deployed once. Not even to Europe but he acts like he’s seen shit. He’s seen nothing. To be honest, he gives the military a bad fucking name. I think it’s possible he was kicked out but since no one here is gonna do a background check, it’s not like we care to check his record.
“You gonna say it already or what?”
I keep my eyes on the fight, for once hoping Cadillo wins just so the Army bitch goes home, when Stretch moves to stand next to me.
“Say what?”
I hear him scoff. “You know, I never pegged you for being a bitch.”
I look at him finally. I try to keep the sneer off my face but I’m sure I succeed. “Why do you do it?”
“Do what?”
“You know, I always pegged for being a bitch,” I say his words back, but change them up to show my irritation.
“Honestly, because it pisses you off.” He shrugs and watches Cadillo land a good hit against Army Prick’s head. “For all your ego, you still got your girl back.” I snap my eyes to him, my jaw twitching at his words. “Yeah, you may fool these other assholes, but you don’t fool me. What, you got her to fuck you again? That means nothing in this arena. You know that.”
“We’re taking things slow, learning to trust each other again.” The lie sounds like a lie.
“Sure you are,” Stretch laughs at me. “You don’t trust that girl at all. And from my vantage point, she don’t trust you either. So I flirt with her, piss you off, let her feel good about herself for a bit.”
“How does you flirting with her make her feel good about herself? Especially when you want to bang her coworker? I mean call me fucking crazy, but how does flirting with Cecelia help get you Mel? Huh? How does that happen? What, you make one woman feel good but who cares about the other one? The other one you
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