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CHAPTER SEVEN: DATE NIGHT

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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 seeing him during the whole week and i focused on my work.

At work there is this guy that Claire has been advising me to say yes in going 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 i just finished getting ready, i did put in effort and wore a beautiful dress, am looking at the mirror doing my finishing touches when i hear a car pull up at the house and then seconds later Andrew knocks on the door, he looks good and he also brought me some flowers how thoughtful and a gentleman as always.

i put the flowers inside then follow him to his car and we got going. We arrive to the beautiful restaurant, it was packed there, but Andrew had our reserved table ready, so we were led to our table and our waitress came with our Menu so we can order our food.

This is my first real date with a guy and am kind of excited i hope it goes well, he is being nice and 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 says he is looking for a serious person in his life which is a good thing we are on the same page.

He has a set of beautiful eyes I could look at forever which in the moment makes me 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 my heart missed a beat as i see Its Jack heading our way and it seems these two actually know each other, my date was going so well now what the hell is this, I facepalm in my head.

Then as Jack comes over he hadn’t seen it was me and i can see the surprise on his face when he does, he looks shocked,I guess he wasn't paying attention he had only seen Andrew and a 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. As i sit down Andrew just has to ask.

“I did not know we have mutual friends”, he smiles as he says this.

“ yeah, am not really surprised this town is not that huge” i respond and we laugh about it. I don’t even know what they talked about when i left.

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 out the kitchen and she says she is going to her room to sleep, i know she is not about to sleep but she did that on purpose so we can talk in peace, so am left with him alone in my living room at night and the last time I remember as meeting it 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 a week ago, how 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.

" anyway why all of these questions and concern, i don’t remember judging you and telling you not to date the people you do"? 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 i can say what i think about things you do." 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

" you know i always need you in my life". He says in a low voice.

"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 exactly right now,” 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 also don’t you have a girl at home or somewhere to question where you sleep.

"You have a girlfriend waiting for you at home , so go home." I say to him, i don’t like arguing with him at all so 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 in a serious voice.

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 sometimes for ignoring and running away from him these past months cause before then we were always so close.

“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 and now Jack.

Crazy, but now i have to figure out a sleeping arrangement, the last time i slept on the same Bed with Jack had a few 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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