Chapter
20
Brian couldn't take it anymore.
He finally got out of bed and went to the kitchen for a Coke. Why
he was losing sleep over this is what he couldn't understand. "I
know that this part is her fault. I tried," he thought as he ran his
hand through he hair.
He didn't want to give in. He
knew he tried. The way Angela was acting was a little out of line to him.
There was no reason for her to run off like this.
But there was one way that they could
repair this. Maybe if he did, she would apologize herself. She just
might understand. "Maybe I should tell her," he said to himself
as he finished his Coke and went back to bed.
The next day
Krista laid in bed replaying last
night in her head over and over again. She was definitely upset about
Brian and Angela, but the part where Brian took her home was what made her
night.
Nick had walked her to the door.
He whispered to her, "Next time, it'll be uneventful 'cause we'll be
out on our own."
"There's gonna be a next
time," she thought excitedly. He then leaned in for a quick kiss and
went back to the jeep. She's been on cloud nine ever since.
As for Angela, Krista wasn't going to
even try to talk to her. Krista never
got anywhere trying to force her to talk. When Angela was ready to talk,
Krista would be waiting.
At the hotel...
Angela was watching TV when she got another knock at her door.
"Who's here now?" she asked
herself.
She quickly ran her brush through her
hair and looked out the peephole to see who it was. "You've got to
be kidding me," she thought. She wasn't in the mood for this.
"What do you want Brian?"
she yelled through the door.
"I need to talk to you," he
said from the other side, his voice lower.
"If you're here to apologize, you
can leave now."
"I'm not here to do that. I
just need to tell you something that I think you should know."
"Alright. Fine."
Angela opened the door and let him in. "Don't go any farther
than here." She pointed to the doorstopper. "Well?"
"I just wanted to tell you that
the girl who's name I called you by, Leigh, was someone I was seeing when I met
you again. I had been with her for a little while. But not
anymore," he added quickly. "I found myself comparing her to
you after a while and it just wasn't fair to her. She was a great person
and all, but she just wasn't you. And I really have no idea why I'm here
tell you this. It was just something I guess I felt I had
to do."
"Oh," she whispered.
She felt too hurt and betrayed to say anything else at that moment.
The tears wouldn't come. She was so emotionally drained that she
was numb. "Get out," she said quietly, with no emotion.
"Alright," Brian replied.
That wasn't exactly the response he wanted. Guilt swept over him as
he opened the door. He really didn't want to feel bad, like it was his
fault that she was acting this way. But he couldn't help it. He
cared too much for her.
The door clicked shut and Angela just
stood there. The words still sinking in.
She suddenly felt restricted.
Then she let out a breath. She had forgotten to breathe. No
thoughts ran through her mind. She lost all motion. Time had slowed
down to an almost standstill.
Meanwhile...
Brian walked out of the hotel and got into his jeep. "I give
up," he said aloud to no one in particular. He knew he messed up the
first time, but then Angela took it too far.
This time though...... He knew he messed
up again. Telling Angela about Leighanne was a definite mistake.
But for some reason he just had to tell her. He wasn't sure why.
He just did.
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