| "He's gonna hurt you." "And you're so sure that you haven't already?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "You know how many woman I've watched you go through hoping someday maybe I'd be the one you'd notice. Instead, you'd just pick up another hollywood starlet type and hang me out to dry knowing I'd be there to pick up the pieces." "Tam...I..I..I,"he stammered not knowing quite what to say to her revelation. "I can't do this anymore Howie,"she left him not knowing how heartbroken he really was about her leaving their friendship because he knew from her tone of voice she didn't want to end things either. "Everything OK?"Melinda interrupted his thoughts. "Yes,"he lied. "So tell me a little bit about you" "Are you okay Tam?"Nick took her hand in his. "I'm not sure. Could you take me home now?" "Yea. Sure. Let me grab my keys and we'll be on our way." Noticing her silence all the way home he once again asked,"Are you sure you're OK?"standing on her doorstep. "No I'm not. He broke my heart today,"tears starting to spill over her cheeks. He knew these tears weren't for him but he couldn't leave her there to cry all alone. "Maybe he doesn't know he did,"he offered surrounding her in the comfort of his arms. "How could he not? I spilled my heart out to him and all he could do is stutter,"her voice muffled by the tears."Why am I telling you this anyway? You couldn't possibly understand." He jerked away at her comment."You don't know that. My first crush was my best friend and she tore me to pieces because she'd constantly date older men. Not just a few years, like, like" "Like us,"she finished his sentence. "Maybe this isn't gonna work out the way we want it to huh?" "Let's see where it goes. You knew why I was hurt and you didn't walk away from me. Any other man would have left me knowing I was pining away for another." "I do know what you're going through Tammy. He doesn't know what he's missing. He'll be the one that's sorry down the road." "This coming from somebody that thought I wasn't interesting because I wasn't what most women should look like." "You're not being fair." "It's the truth isn't it though?" "Yes but." "It's OK. I'm not arguing it at all,"she drew his lips to hers through her tear stained face. "So I can like call you sometime this week?" "You can call anytime you want to,"knowing in her heart she still wanted it to be Howie. |
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