Chapter 12 Stalker

I just shook my head and stormed back to my car. Before I was buckled, Belle scooted into her seat. She’s been staying with me since Colt threw us out onto the street buck naked Wednesday night… But the thing is, I haven’t touched her since the other night on his couch. For some reason, after Colt found out about us, the thrill seemed to be gone, or something. We didn’t have to sneak around any more, he already knew!

Not that Belle didn’t try! She’s been telling me that now we can just be together out in the open and we would be perfect together or some garbage like that. But that isn’t what I want at all! After we clean up this mess with Colt, I should probably think about finding an actual woman. Belle was just easy... a game and nothing more. Now the game is over it isn’t fun anymore.

I’ve been following Colt around today. From a distance, of course. I still can’t get back into our- his building. I need to talk to him before he talks to Nash. I need to convince him I’m sorry and I didn’t mean it… even if it’s a complete lie. I need to convince him to stop before he ends my career for me. No one will even look at me twice if I have to use him for a reference. I can’t have that! I was doing so well as his partner. He would bounce ideas off me and I’d tell him what he wanted to hear, which normally ended up in our favor.

I watched Colt dash out the door around lunch time with a happy smile on his face… I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. Maybe if I talk to him while he’s in a good mood he will be lenient? Maybe he can give me a second chance? After all, he’s given me many second chances before. This should be no different, right?

I follow him as he drives his Camaro about ten minutes and parks in the parking lot of a diner. I don’t remember ever being at this diner before. It’s a little hole-in-the-wall diner that normally both of us would’ve passed by without even blinking. Why the hell is he stopping here?

I park my car around the corner so he doesn’t see me. I stay behind the corner as I watch him like a freaking stalker. I don’t know why I just can’t go out there and confront him and get him to see reason, but something is telling me to stay back.

There is an excitement on his face I haven’t seen in a long time. Way before he even met Belle. Although, he looks nervous as he paces back and forth… Is he waiting to go in? Is he waiting for someone to join him? Is he meeting Nash right now? I gotta stop him!

But suddenly a delicate brunette steps out of the diner. She’s pretty in an understated way. Not flashy like Belle and her minions. But there really isn’t anything special about the girl from where I’m standing. She’s just standing there as she watches him with a blush. The moment she giggles he freezes. He looks up at her like she is his oxygen.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

“Hi,” is all he says.

Is he blushing? When the hell did Colt Benson ever blush in his entire freaking life?

“Hi,” she blushes back.

Who the hell is she? And has Colt been seeing her for a while? I don’t think so based on all the blushes and single word answers… They are awkward and uncomfortable with each other… Like they don’t know what to expect from one another. This is new… And this is bad!

“You ready to go?” He asks, coming up to the girl.

“Yep,” she smiles up at him.

Then he takes her by the hand and leads her down the sidewalk. They look like two lovers going for a stroll or something stupid like that. They are out in the open, so they aren’t even trying to hide whatever the hell this is from the public. They are completely oblivious to their surroundings and completely focused on each other... Which is a good thing and a bad thing. It’s good because they are totally missing me following them around like a creep. It’s bad because... If he’s moved on, Belle and I need to figure something out fast.

Where the hell are they going? They aren’t even saying anything! They are just holding hands like teenagers experiencing their first crush! I watch as she sneaks peeks up at Colt and giggles and turns her head away when she gets caught and he just blushes like a freakin’ little girl! What the hell is going on? None of this is making any sense to me! If they are just putting on an act, I gotta say, they are making this way too believable for my taste.

That bad feeling I was getting earlier… It’s getting worse.