CHAPTER SEVEN

ELLE’S POV*

Its Been a week since me and Jack’s incident and i have been trying to forget and move from it that i have gone ahead to not seen him during the whole week and i focused on work.

And at work there is this guy that Claire has been advising me to go out on a date with, His name is Andrew and he works for my Dad i met him at the office since i recently started working there and he has been too nice to me.

He always brings me coffee in the morning and asks me out to eat lunch with him at work and i have been saying no but Claire advised me to try and see if i can like him, which is scary for a girl who had never had a Boyfriend or anything.

So today i decided i will go out with him for dinner at one of the restaurants in town that he asked me to go to. Its time i start to think of my own future maybe if we met outside of work i can see how we connect.

So its six thirty and i am ready as i hear a car pull up at my house and andrew knocks on the door, he looks good and he brought me some flowers he is so thoughtful and a gentleman as always , so i put the flowers inside and i get in his car and we get to the beautiful restaurant where we had a reserved table and so we order our food.

This is my first real date with a guy and am kind of excited i hope it goes well, he is asking me questions about my self and i do the same, he is a good guy i could like him, he is handsome, he goes to church and has a good Job, from the sound of it he loves his family and he is also looking for a serious person in his life which is good we are on the same page, And he has these beautiful eyes I could look at forever which makes me think In the moment i think of how Jack has the Most beautiful grey eyes too.

The date is going well and as we keep talking i see him recognize someone from behind me, i turn around and i see Jack heading our way and it seems these two actually know each, my date was going so well now what the hell!. I facepalm in my head.

Then as Jack comes over he also notices me and he looks shocked I guess he wasn't paying attention to Andrew's date and now he realizes its actually me.

" Elle?," what are you doing here". He asks but before i can reply Andrew answers for us " Of course you too know each other, he chuckles. "We are actually on a date",Andrew tells Jack.

Am sitting there looking at them both , Jack kind of looks like he is not happy about it but i don't care so i excuse myself that am going to the ladies room and i escape when i get to the toilet i look in the mirror and for no reason i just start laughing or maybe its the look on Jack's Face.

When i get back i find Jack is gone which is good for me cause this date was going on just well i don't need him disturbing me when am trying to move on from the man himself.

When we were done andrew drops me off at home with a peck on the cheek and a hug it was a good date i can say, i could see myself seeing andrew again and not just for work.

When i get inside i stop in my tracks when i see non other than Jack sitting on my Sofa as if he owns the house, how come i didn't see his car outside maybe because i was more focused on Andrew being here.

I see Claire come and she says she is going to sleep so am left with him alone in my living room at night and the last time I remember i don't think its a good idea to leave us alone, i think we need supervision, I think back to the way we almost locked lips in my sisters room,Embarrassing.

" Why are you going out on dates with Andrew?, don't you guys work together"? Jack starts talking not even saying a hello.

" Well i went out with him because i like him and i wanted to" i say and i see him look kind of pissed, why though.

" its bad for your work Elle, you cant date him"! he says loudly.

" Of course i can, we are in two different departments we don't even see each other at work unless he looks for me",i say to him.

" why all of these questions and concern"? I ask him.

" it does concern me ", he says slowly to me and he moves closer to where am standing.

" How exactly?, i ask him.

" because like you are my best friend and am looking out for you." He says.

" Well, we aren't that close anymore, you have your own girlfriend and now i can have a person of my own and everybody can move on with their lives", i spit it to his face because i was kind of getting angry how hypocritical of him.

He looks hurt for a second

" i cant Live separately, you know i always need you in my life". He says he sounds Sad in a way.

"Well it doesn't work like that, i also needed you for myself but you went out and came back with a girl who replaced me just like that, so am getting my own person too and you are not going to stop me." I turn away from him and get to the kitchen to get a glass of water this arguing is too much for me i hear his footsteps as he follows me.

"You don't understand Elle" He says defeated.

But i don't care now, how does he want himself to be happy but wish for me to not be happy?

" i think you need to leave Jack, am tired and i need to sleep, because i don’t understand what we are arguing about,” Andrew is your friend “ No”?

with that being said i try to go straight to my room but he follows me and stops when i get to my bedroom door

" Can i sleep here tonight ", he asks .

I look at him like he has too heads on his neck like duh you have a girl at home,

"You have a girlfriend waiting for you at home , so go home." I say to him, i don’t like arguing with him i don’t know where this confidence is coming from.

He pulls me to him with his begging eyes, “am having trouble sleeping, i miss you, let me sleep here tonight”, he asks me.

I look at him deeply his touch is giving me tingles he probably doesn’t realise that, and i cannot say No to him, i miss him so much too and i feel bad for ignoring and running away from him the past months .

“Only for tonight i guess,”, i tell him,

He gives me a smirk and pecks my forehead all of a sudden leaving tingles and before i can say anything he turns and walks past me into my room like he owns my house.

Today has been crazy, i got a peck on the cheek from Andrew then Jack, the man that still has my heart.

Crazy, but now i have to figure out a sleeping arrangement, the last time i slept on the same Bed with Jack had been years ago before everything started to become weird. Now what? He is a Man taken and has a girlfriend am still his best friend but this is still sketchy.

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