brought Finley’s hands up to my lips and kissed them softly. He had finally apologized and poured his heart out to me.
But I was very suspicious and I had one major question of my own.
“Would you be here apologizing if you hadn’t seen me with Simon at TAO?”
“Wow, Eden,” he replied looking at me in disbelief.
“Answer the question, Fin. Honestly. Was it seeing me with another man that made you decide you wanted me again? If you really wanted this to work you would’ve come to the Game Cave and talked to me. You would’ve come up to me any other night you saw me at TAO. Why did you do it the night I was there with my friend?” I asked seriously.
“I’ve never seen you at TAO before that! Or the Game Cave!”
“Let’s not start this off by lying,” I snapped, dropping his hands. “The reason I stopped going to TAO was because we had seen each other there more than once. And the Game Cave is in the mall . I’ve seen you walk past it plenty of times and look inside.”
Fin hung his head and didn’t say anything. I glanced at the cracked bedroom door and saw Simon peeking out at us.
“So you want to give this another try then?” I asked, drumming my fingers along the top of the couch.
“Yes,” he said.
I looked at him for a moment. I knew how to test how real this was. I was going to find out once and for all if he really wanted to be with me or just wanted me to be alone.
I turned toward the bedroom door and smiled, “Come out here, nosy.”
Simon laughed and opened the door. He walked over to the couch and stood behind me.
“How’d you know?” he asked.
“Because the wind has never been strong enough to creak the doors,” I replied, sticking my tongue out at him.
The front door slammed.
I ran to the window and glanced out. Fin was getting into his car and backing out of the driveway with fury written all over his face. He saw me looking out the window and shook his head in anger, as he sped out of the parking lot and down the street.
“That’s what I thought,” I said to myself, shaking my head.
“I’m sorry, Eden,” Simon said quietly.
I shrugged, “I’m not. Fin has had plenty of chances over the past three years to really atone for what he did. We’ve seen each other plenty of times, but he waits for the one night that he sees me with another guy to want to ‘make up’. I never bought it to be honest with you.”
I walked over to the entertainment center and turned up the song that came on. I smiled at Simon and pushed the coffee table out of the way.
“Let’s see what you’ve got, Aussie! Come dance with me!”
A wide smile spread across his face and he came over and put an arm around my waist as we danced around to one of my favorite pop rock songs. We had our silly moments where we would do The Swim and we had our silly moments, where he would unnecessarily spin me in a circle and dip me. The best part of our dancing along was when he pulled me close and started to sing the song to me. I looked up at him and laughed as he belted out the words to The Great Escape with feeling. When the song started to wind down and we had stopped bouncing back and forth, we were overcome with laughter. Simon still had his arm around my waist and I had my arms around his neck.
Suddenly I felt hot.
Simon looked at my lips and then back up into my eyes.
He lowered his face slowly.
When he was an inch away from my lips, I pushed him away and started to dance to the next song that came on.
I hopped up onto the couch and started to do a one woman show. I grabbed a pillow and began to do a little seductive dance while I sang Brokenhearted to him.
He recovered from my stopping our kiss and laughed as I moved across the couch cushions, dancing and singing as I went.
The music got louder as Simon raised the volume and sat down in the recliner to watch me. That motivated me to sing louder and dance a little more enthusiastically than before.
When the song ended, I fell over
But I was very suspicious and I had one major question of my own.
“Would you be here apologizing if you hadn’t seen me with Simon at TAO?”
“Wow, Eden,” he replied looking at me in disbelief.
“Answer the question, Fin. Honestly. Was it seeing me with another man that made you decide you wanted me again? If you really wanted this to work you would’ve come to the Game Cave and talked to me. You would’ve come up to me any other night you saw me at TAO. Why did you do it the night I was there with my friend?” I asked seriously.
“I’ve never seen you at TAO before that! Or the Game Cave!”
“Let’s not start this off by lying,” I snapped, dropping his hands. “The reason I stopped going to TAO was because we had seen each other there more than once. And the Game Cave is in the mall . I’ve seen you walk past it plenty of times and look inside.”
Fin hung his head and didn’t say anything. I glanced at the cracked bedroom door and saw Simon peeking out at us.
“So you want to give this another try then?” I asked, drumming my fingers along the top of the couch.
“Yes,” he said.
I looked at him for a moment. I knew how to test how real this was. I was going to find out once and for all if he really wanted to be with me or just wanted me to be alone.
I turned toward the bedroom door and smiled, “Come out here, nosy.”
Simon laughed and opened the door. He walked over to the couch and stood behind me.
“How’d you know?” he asked.
“Because the wind has never been strong enough to creak the doors,” I replied, sticking my tongue out at him.
The front door slammed.
I ran to the window and glanced out. Fin was getting into his car and backing out of the driveway with fury written all over his face. He saw me looking out the window and shook his head in anger, as he sped out of the parking lot and down the street.
“That’s what I thought,” I said to myself, shaking my head.
“I’m sorry, Eden,” Simon said quietly.
I shrugged, “I’m not. Fin has had plenty of chances over the past three years to really atone for what he did. We’ve seen each other plenty of times, but he waits for the one night that he sees me with another guy to want to ‘make up’. I never bought it to be honest with you.”
I walked over to the entertainment center and turned up the song that came on. I smiled at Simon and pushed the coffee table out of the way.
“Let’s see what you’ve got, Aussie! Come dance with me!”
A wide smile spread across his face and he came over and put an arm around my waist as we danced around to one of my favorite pop rock songs. We had our silly moments where we would do The Swim and we had our silly moments, where he would unnecessarily spin me in a circle and dip me. The best part of our dancing along was when he pulled me close and started to sing the song to me. I looked up at him and laughed as he belted out the words to The Great Escape with feeling. When the song started to wind down and we had stopped bouncing back and forth, we were overcome with laughter. Simon still had his arm around my waist and I had my arms around his neck.
Suddenly I felt hot.
Simon looked at my lips and then back up into my eyes.
He lowered his face slowly.
When he was an inch away from my lips, I pushed him away and started to dance to the next song that came on.
I hopped up onto the couch and started to do a one woman show. I grabbed a pillow and began to do a little seductive dance while I sang Brokenhearted to him.
He recovered from my stopping our kiss and laughed as I moved across the couch cushions, dancing and singing as I went.
The music got louder as Simon raised the volume and sat down in the recliner to watch me. That motivated me to sing louder and dance a little more enthusiastically than before.
When the song ended, I fell over
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