Page 12 of Just One More Shot

I will take your silence as a yes.

I'm going to need you to fix that attitude before I fix it for you.

So, you are ignoring me now. Real mature Elise. We'll discuss this tomorrow.

I can’t believe she is ignoring me. I don’t know why I care what she's out doing. We are not in a relationship, but if I’m being honest, I’m jealous. I want to be the one she's out with right now, and the one she comes home with. The one she sleeps next to and wakes up next to. We could've done that tonight if only she would've told Nick that I am the one that she's been seeing. Obviously, she doesn’t see this as a long-term thing.

Camden gets up to walk to the kitchen, pulling me from my thoughts. “Hey, can you bring me a bottle of water when you come back in here?” I ask. He doesn’t say anything, but he grabs my water and hands it to me before plopping down next to me.

“So, Caleigh, are we going to do anything or what? You know I don’t do the whole hang out thing.” I sigh, I don’t want to sleep with him. I would only be doing it out of spite. The only person I want is Elise.

“I'm sorry Camden. I thought I could do this, but I can’t.”

He turns to look at me “It's okay. I could tell you haven’t been present this whole time. You have been checking your phone every five minutes. Who’s the lucky guy?” I run my hands over my face.

I stay silent for a few minutes and then answer him finally, “It’s not a guy.”

His eyes go wide. “It’s not a guy?” I shake my head and he says “Well, shit.”

“It's Elise. Her and Nick broke up almost two months ago. She was miserable for about a month then we started messing around. What was supposed to be just a fun night, turned into more. Now, I have fallen hard for her but we are arguing at the moment.” I look over at him and he is staring at me smiling. I give him a what the fuck face because why would he be smiling about me and El arguing?

“I am not happy you two are arguing, I am happy because I was right. I always knew you had a thing for her.” I am shocked. “Go home, Caleigh. Couples argue. It's a part of relationships. You two have been friends forever. It’ll work out. I promise.”

I think about what he says for a few moments. ``But, Cam, I don’t think she feels the same way about me. I mean we were doing good but then she told me Nick came into the book store and wanted to talk to her. She said that she told him she has moved on with someone else, but didn’t tell him it was me when he asked who it was. She is obviously embarrassed to let people know we were together.”

I look over at him and he shakes his head “Caleigh, listen to yourself babe. You missed the most important thing, she said she moved on. Has she been seeing anyone other than you?” I shake my head no. “Okay then. Maybe she didn’t say it was you because she was unsure about how you felt about the situation. Ya’ll just need to talk it out. It's just a big misunderstanding."

Dammit! He’s right. I am such an idiot. I was so pissed off about Nick that I couldn’t see it any other way.

“You are right. I probably need to go home and talk to her. I am so sorry this night didn’t turn out the way you thought it would. But I appreciate you letting me have my moment.”

He smiles and says “It’s no problem. I am glad I could help.”

I say goodbye and get in my car to head home.

I dial El’s number and it rings until I get her voicemail. I hang up and immediately try again.

She still doesn’t answer.

Elise

For the last hour, Hallon has been telling me about this new guy she has been seeing. Apparently, he's a CEO for some big shot company in Charleston.

“El, he's great when he's great but he's so hot and cold. One minute he's wanting to spend every waking moment with me, the next he's being all broody and distant. I have no clue what his deal is.” She says as we walk in to find a high-top table.

“Yikes girl. Maybe you should just talk to him or give him a dose of his own medicine.” She nods her head and looks around for our waitress. “But honestly I am the last one that needs to be giving relationship advice.”

Our waiter comes up and interrupts our conversation to bring us more drinks. Our drink of choice tonight is Tequila. I didn’t want to mix alcohol and I don’t believe that whole liquor before beer you’re in the clear shit. We took a few shots and have been drinking water in between. We also ordered nachos because we were starving.

As she picks up a chip, she asks “So how are you since the breakup?” Popping it in her mouth and chewing. I look down at my food and contemplate how to answer. Yes, we work together and I see her almost every day but she hasn’t asked me about it since a couple weeks after and I basically snapped at her because I was still distraught over it. So, she let me have my space.

“I am sorry we don’t have to talk about it right now.” She says because I still haven’t answered her.

“No, it’s okay. I'm over it now. I was actually deciding on whether or not I should tell you, but seeing as I can’t talk to Caleigh about this, I need someone to vent to.”

Her eyes get big and she sits up straight in her chair, “Oh it must be bad if you can’t tell her about it. You tell her everything. She is your best friend. Are you getting back together with him?”

I shake my head, “No I am not. This isn’t about him. It's about Caleigh.”

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