Page 10 of Reclaiming Love

“He might not,” Melissa said, suddenly feeling uneasy about introducing her friend to Matt. With his moods, which also yo-yoed up and down, things might not go too well.

“It is pretty serious then?” Heather persisted, taking note of Melissa’s introspective silence.

“We’ve only been together a few months.” Her going to the gym was in no way an indicator of the state of their relationship. But him taking photos of her and calling the shots was. She’d challenged him a few times, even gone so far as calling him a pervert. He’d taken that as a compliment. She’d tried to find the photos on his phone and delete them but he’d come back into the room when she was going through it, and in the end, in order to not have a fight about it, because he’d caught her red-handed, she’d ended up letting him snap away at her in her underwear. But she refused to take off her top.

Her chest heavy, Melissa’s mouth turned dry and she pushed away her plate, feeling none too hungry all of a sudden. These were the things that weighed on her mind. And she wasn’t sure any more about Matt. About them.

“A few months is good going.” Heather droned on.

Thankfully they weren’t in each other’s hair all the time and managed to see each other a couple of times a week, not counting the mornings in the gym. But sometimes the guy could act like a complete shit, like he had this morning.

An image of the guy at the coffee shop flashed into her mind just then, and her heart skipped a beat. She almost smiled.

“When can I meet him?” Heather twittered.

“Who?” replied Melissa, already making plans to go to the coffee shop tomorrow, gym, or no gym.

“Matt.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” sighed Melissa, wishing Heather would shut up. She and Matt were supposed to be going out to see a movie at the end of the week. Dinner and a movie on Friday night.

“I’ll sort something out, I promise. Can I have the rest of the macaroni?”

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