by G. Bailey
"Later," Elliot shouts grabbing his keys and Harley shouts
"Get your ass back here," but it's too late as the door closes. Not long later I hear the loud noise of Elliot’s bike as he drives off.
"Sorry bro, I'm meeting Luke at the gym so I got to go," I say with a grin.
"Are Blake and Izzy here?" He asks hopefully.
"Erm they're in their room," I say rolling my eyes as Harley groans.
"For fuck sake fine, Elliot damn well owes me." he says walking out.
I laugh and leave for the gym and by the time I get there I'm ten minutes late because of traffic and I flash my card at the receptionist as I walk in. I find Luke running track outside eventually and I wait for him to stop.
"Hey man, how's my nephew and soon to be sister-in-law?" He asks doing stretches and then takes a drink.
"Good. I'm trying to find somewhere for us to live. We talked and she is looking at houses with me tomorrow." I grin and Luke gives me a high-five.
"I'm seriously glad for you bro." he says as I do a few stretches myself.
"Thanks let's run boy." I grin as he punches my arm, the fucker is strong.
"Who are you calling boy? Asshole." He laughs as I run off ahead of him and we do ten runs around the track before heading inside to do weights. I'm half way through my weights when I see a shadow standing over me. I put the weight back and sit up to see a very angry Elena staring at me. She leans in to kiss me and I push her away.
"What the hell are you doing Elena?" I ask angrily and I groan as she looks on the verge of tears. I don't want to upset her but I need to at least get her the hell away from me. I watch as her emotions change from upset to mad in a couple of seconds.
"You can't just dump me! Who's the girl?" She says loudly and everyone in the gym turns to look. I want to get up but I can't without being too close to her and that I don't want. I see Luke walking over in the corner of my eye.
"Elena, it was never serious between us so I don't see why you’re acting like this,” I say trying to calm her down, if anything she looks angrier. Even with the load of makeup she has on, I can see how red her face is.
"What a load of bollocks, it wasn't serious!” she mimics my voice before she carries on shouting.
“We have been fucking for months, and you didn't keep any of the other girls around." I look at her now with her fake blonde hair and overdone makeup. I think the only reason I touched her was because she looks nothing like the girl that I'm in love with. I can't tell her the reason I let her hang around was that she reminded me that Maisy was really gone and it was my fault. I think being with Elena was a way to hate myself and remind myself daily what a fuck up I am.
"I should have said no months ago, Look you need to leave and stay away from me. You’re a pretty girl you'll find someone else." I tell her gently while she gives me a look that would kill me if looks could kill.
"Come on Elena, I'll walk you out now." Luke kindly says as he comes to stand at her side. She slaps me hard around the face before kissing my cheek. I push her away and she smiles in a plastic kind of way that reminds me of a doll.
"You've always been mine Sebastian and I'll wait for you," she promises before walking out. Luke glares at her and shakes his head at me.
"She is all sorts of fucking crazy dude." he mutters.
"I know." I cringe looking at her stomping away.
"Be careful bro," Luke says watching her with a worried glance.
"I will, are you looking forward to finally be able to drive legally soon?" I laugh changing the subject. If Luke realises he gives nothing away as he grins at me, I smile back thinking that Luke has been driving since he was fifteen. We all learnt to drive around then. The police let everyone around here get away with anything for a paycheck.
"Funny dude, I'm looking forward to the presents," he grins. Harley offered to let him have a house party but Luke isn’t interested in a party. I laugh internally knowing Luke will just pay with his inheritance to replace it and Harley will pretend it didn't happen. He doesn't like us using the house very often so it's a nice surprise. I remember back to all the parties we used to throw when Harley was away on work or whatever. Harley would wake us up loudly and make us clean the house, and then work our asses off at his gym. I don’t think he knows it but working at the gym helped us calm out our anger and stopped us getting in more trouble than we could have a few years ago.
"Are you still not planning to go to university next year bro?" I ask knowing we have all been encouraging him to go to college or university. Luke refuses saying he just wants to work at the tattoo studio, which I'll admit he is damn good at but I still worry.
"Don't start dude, it’s my choice. I don't give a shit about any other kind of work. I know it's not great pay but I don't need the money. Eventually, I'll be good enough to open my own shop and hire staff myself." He smirks clearly he has it all planned out, I just hope he sticks to it.
"Alright, I had to ask. Has Harley been bugging you more then?" I ask.
"Yeah, fuck I get that he feels responsible for us but I can make my own choices." I nod at him letting him know I feel the same way. I'm thinking of dropping out of college and letting Maisy go back, she always loved school and her favourite was history. I know she wants to work in a museum and she is damn smart enough for it to work out for her. Harley has offered me to become a partner at the gym with my money helping build a new expansion. My thoughts are interrupted when my phone rings. I nearly drop it in excitement when I see its Maisy.
"Hey Maisy, you ok?" I ask when I answer.
"Hey, I’m just on my break and I remembered I didn't tell you that the scan is on Wednesday at three. I thought you could meet me there," she says sounding almost nervous. Does she really think I would say no?
"Sounds good, are you still ok for twelve tomorrow? I could pick you up." I say and she quickly replies.
"No, I'll drive to yours and then we can go from there. I haven't exactly told my parents about me being around you again yet," she mumbles, sounding guilty. Her parents are a piece of work, in all the years we dated they tried to break us up and openly told Maisy how disappointed they were in her for dating me, usually in front of me. Maisy always begged me not to say anything but it was hard not to.
"I understand. I like speaking to you again, I fucking missed you May." I say looking down at the workout bench.
"I missed you a lot too," she says and I can't help the big grin I have. Finally, she admitted she misses me, that I am taking as a good fucking sign.
"I have to go my break is over soon, see you tomorrow Sebastian." she says, as I hear her moving around.
"I'm looking forward to it, bye." I say and I hear her say bye to before I put the phone down. She can fight me all she likes but she can't hide how much she once loved me. I hope I haven't fucked up too much for her to take me back but one thing is certain, I'm not giving up.
Chapter Seven
Sebastian
“I’m really fucking nervous.” I mutter to Elliot, as he smirks back at me. It’s prom tonight and the end of high school. I’m dressed in an expensive suit, Elliot is too as we wait for the girl’s limo to turn up. Maisy is at Allie’s house with Lily, Elliot’s girlfriend, and the limo is getting them first.
“You guys look great,” Harley says, coming into the kitchen with a proud smile on his face.
“Don’t start getting all lovey dovey on us now old man” I smirk and wince as Elliot smacks the back of my head.
“I’m proud of you boys, I didn’t think we would see this day.” Harley clears his throat as he talks.
“I’m not our father but I’m proud to be your brother and get to see you both being the men you are both today,” Harleys says, clearly embarrassed as I pull him into a one side hug. Elliot pats his shoulder and we both nod at each other. All of us pull away and I chuckle.
“The girls are here,” Luke says as he walks in, eating a bag of crisps, not giving two shits that it’s awkward in here
.
“Thanks, man.” I laugh with the rest of the guys as we walk out. I wait as the limo pulls up and I open the door as the girls get out. Allie gets out first and I watch as Elliot devours her with his eyes in a stunning red dress. Lily gets out next, dress in a small black dress and walks up to Elliot, as Allie walks in the house. Elliot watches her all the way until she gone, before even saying hello to his girlfriend, now that is fucking awkward.
“Hey” Maisy whispers nervously as she gets out the limo to stand in front of me. My breath comes out in a whoosh, as I take in her tight fitting dress that pulls in at her waist and flows out, it’s full of sparkly crystals that are silver at the top near her breasts and flow down to gold at the bottom. It’s stunning along with her beautiful hair, that’s up in some fancy twirls. My hands reach over without thinking and pull her by the back of her neck into a kiss. I lose all control as her taste overwhelms me and her small hands hold onto my suit jacket. The kiss deepens until I hear,
“Give the girl some air dude, Harley is waiting to take photos” Luke shouts and I break away from Maisy, who blushes a bright red.
“So, so beautiful,” I whisper to her, as she blushes more and I take her hand leading her to the door where Luke is.
“You look great Maisy.” Luke says with a wink at me, I can’t help but grin at the fucker.
“You just missed the most fucking awkward thing ever, Harley made Elliot take a photo with Allie,” Luke laughs as does Maisy. I wonder what the hell Harley was thinking, that must have been all levels of weird.
“He didn’t kick off?” I ask as we walk in.
“Nah, honestly Elliot seemed to almost want to be near her. The awkwardness was from Lily, who just glared at Harley as Elliot hugged Allie to his side.” Luke says quietly and we walk into the lounge where Harley is waiting with a big camera, as big as his grin.
“Maisy, as lovely as ever, you’re a lucky man Seb,” Harleys says with a small grin at me.
“Thank you.” Maisy’s says going a brighter red colour now. Allie is standing by the other window looking out; Elliot and Lily are nowhere to be seen.
“Stand in front of the window, so I can take some picture.” Harley waves towards the bay window facing the trees. The light is just dimming and you can see the sun setting in the window above the trees, it’s perfect for pictures and almost looks like a fake background drop.
I pull Maisy into my arms, as she stands in front of me and I whisper as Harley takes photos
“I can’t wait to rip this dress off you later and kiss every inch of your sweet body.”
Maisy turns her head up to see me with bright red cheeks and before she can say anything I kiss her. Harley snaps the picture and I know it’s a moment I'll never forget.
I'm sitting on the porch when Maisy turns up. I smirk remembering that night, it was one of the best nights of my life and I have that picture in my room still. She slides out her car a little wobbly and I run to get to her side. My arm wraps around her waist and she smiles up at me. My heart beats faster when I see that hot smile she gives. Who knew smiling could be hot as fuck?
"You ok?" I ask while she looks away.
"Yeah I guess I forgot breakfast, I forget sometimes that I need to eat more." She smiles while I get angry.
"It’s midday and you haven't eaten! Come on." I sweep her into my arms while she moans at me as my temper rises. The woman needs to eat for her and my son, I don’t know everything about pregnancy but I know that.
"Sebastian, I can walk," she says in a hushed whisper, while I ignore her and walk into the kitchen. The house is empty so it’s just us as I sit her on a stool.
"Don't move," I warn gently while getting sandwich stuff and grapes out the fridge.
“I can’t get off these damn stools without help at the moment anyway.” she sulks as I try not to laugh.
I hand her the box of grapes knowing she loves them and she smiles at me.
I send a quick text to my estate agent letting her know we will be a little late before making her two sandwiches and me one. I place the plate in front her and her eyebrows rise in a silent question.
"One for both of you." I wink and start eating while she looks at me for a second then eats hers.
"Thank you," she says when I take her plate and put them on the side. I return all the stuff to the fridge before we leave for my car. We don't talk but it's not uncomfortable in the car. I'm still mad that she didn't eat so I decide to use the car journey to calm down. The first house is about ten minutes away, it looked nice on the photos but it's the not one I really like.
I get out the car and open Maisy’s door before taking her hand. I notice that she tries to pull her hand away before giving up and we walk towards the cottage with four bedrooms. It's a modern cottage from the outside as it is clearly has been built in the last ten years. It has three other similar cottages near it but not attached, it's not private but I'm unsure what May want in a house. We knock at the door, a small door for me and I have to lower my head when I walk in which isn't a good sign and Maisy can't help but laugh when I scowl at her.
"Hi I'm Lucy. Would you like me to give you a tour or you can look around yourself if you like?" She asks with a big smile, Lucy looks in her mid-thirties with pale blonde hair but short into a bob. She seems very professional in a suit. She is someone I would imagine Harley fucking, he likes the older girls.
"No thank you. Can we go to the next house Sebastian?” Maisy says stilling laughing and I can’t help the little smirk I have at her looking so happy.
"Sure, we will meet you there Lucy," I say and she nods. When we are in the car I ask
"Why didn't you want to look?" I ask, a little confused.
"Seb, it doesn't suit you or me. The front door is too small and I just didn’t think you liked It." She shrugs but I can’t help the grin that she is thinking of us living together.
"No I didn't like it, but I want you to like it more. I don't care if I have to get hit in the head every time I walk in." I say and she laughs.
"It might have knocked some sense into you. We should go back." she winks at me before we both start laughing.
We pull up to the next house around ten minutes later; this is one I really like. The great thing is that it's only about five minutes away from home. It has its own drive which has been newly is tiled in blue and cream stones. The house is a barn conversion which still in a way looks like a barn still. It's beautiful with the red bricks outside, the doors and window are done in an old brown wood which I read online are the original wood the barn was made with years ago.
"Wow" May mutters when I pull up in front of the house. It has a garage to the left, it’s not attached to the house and if I remember right it has an attic game room. I let May out the car and hold her hand again, and she doesn't seem to notice as she looks at the house. A moment later the estate agent pulls in and opens the door for us while we follow. We enter a small entrance hall with a shoe cabinet built on the one side. There are two doors to each side in the same old wood as the outside windows; it gives the house an old feel.
"Would you like me to tour?" Lucy asks
"No, I’ll show her around," I say walking May into the right room. It's a lounge I’m guessing as the house has no furniture because the owners aren't living here. There’s a massive window seat on the one side that overlooks the woods surrounding the house, and on the one wall is a massive wooden fireplace that I’m sure is original. The walls are all done in white and it has that newly painted smell throughout the house, the main reason I like this house already is how bright and airy it is.
We walk through the sliding glass door to the dining room, which has a study on the one side and the other door goes into the kitchen. The kitchen has the stairs going off it and a small toilet tucked under the stairs.
"I love the cabinets," May says as she runs her hands over the granite worktops that match the sparkling black tiled floor. The kitchen has an American fridge freezer and a large cooker
built-in but the original wooden cabinets really showcase the place.
"It's a four bedroom and two of the bedrooms have en-suites." I say stepping closer and tilt her chin so she looks at me. Maisy leans into me so that I can smell her sweet perfume and her lips are close to mine.
"Do you like it?" I ask while brushing a kiss to her cheek close to her lips. Her skin was always so soft and it feels like an old friend as I brush my fingers down her cheek.
She lets out a sigh before saying,
"Yes but its way too expensive I bet," she looks up at me with a worried face. I never told her how much I would inherit because I never wanted it. It reminded me of my dad but now I'm using it help my family and putting it to good use.
"I have a lot of money believe me and what is mine is yours because I've always been yours," I tell her as her eyes soften.
Maisy shocks me by kissing me, she presses her lips to mine gently like she afraid I would say no, I would never reject her. It's the first time she has kissed me first and it makes me want her so damn much. Her hands weave into my hair and grab her hips to tilt her more into as much as I can with the bump pressing into my stomach. My phone rings twice before she stops the kiss,
"You should answer that." she smiles and I can't help but grin.
I pull it out and it's too late I realise my mistake. It's Elena but her photo of her on my phone is one of us in bed that she took and set it as her contact photo. You can see she has no top on and I don't in the photo either. I look up into Maisy’s eyes but to my horror, she is staring at the photo, paler than I’ve ever seen her. Fuck no; I can’t believe I forgot about the damn photo.
"I have to go," Maisy says before running away from me as quickly as she can and I swear under my breath before following her.
I manage to stop her in the lounge; I'm lucky she is pregnant and can't run that fast.
"I'm so fucking sorry; I forgot she put that on there. I told her yesterday to leave me alone but she clearly didn't understand." I blurt out feeling as desperate as I’m sure I look.
"It's just a reminder why we won't work. You can be in the baby’s life but not mine. If it was anyone but her I think I could have forgiven you but why her!” Maisy shouts as she paces in front of me.
