Dog Days by Edie Bryant

Author:Edie Bryant [Bryant, Edie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

11

Natalie

Months had passed and my relationship with Christine was just as good as ever.

I thought that after some time together, my feelings would ease up a little. There was always that honeymoon stage in the beginning of a new relationship, of course.

They didn’t ease up, though. They only intensified the more we got to know each other. Our relationship got especially intense after I asked her to be my girlfriend and she finally opened up to me about her father.

Although, I did feel a little guilty about the advice I gave her to go see her father. The visit didn’t exactly go well and she was devastated after.

She’d been a little needier since then, but I understood. And I didn’t mind giving her more attention. I loved spending time with her.

She was still lying in bed when I got up this morning. She spent every single day at my house now, not even bothering to go home. We had unofficially moved in together.

I didn’t want to wake her so I got up very quietly to put on my uniform and prepare to leave for work. Apparently not quietly enough, though.

Christine groaned as she rolled over in bed. “Are you leaving already?” she asked me.

“Yeah, babe, it’s seven. I’m sorry.”

“Ugh!” She moaned. “But I don’t want you to go.”

I sat down on the bed next to her, putting her hand in mine.

“I’m sorry, babe, but I’ll be home tonight.”

“Tonight isn’t good enough,” she whined. “Can’t you just call in today?”

“Babe, it’s way too late for me to call in. I’m supposed to be clocked in in just twenty minutes.”

She frowned. “But I’m feeling shitty.”

“Shitty like what? Like you’re sick?”

“No… Just, you know, emotionally shitty.”

“I’m sorry, babe. I promise I’ll make it up to you when I get home.”

She sighed as I stood up. “I understand that this is your job and this is what you have to do, but the long, crazy hours really are starting to wear on me,” she said.

I knew they were. This wasn’t the first time we’d had this fight. I knew damn well how she felt, but what could I do?

I didn’t feel as passionate about my job as I did about Christine, but it was still a very important part of my life. I didn’t want to give it up and I didn’t see why I had to.

“I’m sorry. Really, I swear tonight will be great. I’ll grab takeout on the way home.”

“Yeah, okay.” She shrugged, still clearly upset.

I kissed the top of her head. “I’ll see you later tonight, okay?”

She nodded and rolled over in bed.

I lingered in the doorway, staring at her crumpled on the bed. It honestly broke my heart to walk away right now. I knew how sad she was.

She spent a lot of time in bed lately. She wasn’t even writing, even though I encouraged her to every day. She said she didn’t have the energy and I believed it.

On my way to work, I did my best to brainstorm ways I could make this up to her.

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