Love You Through It by Francisco Fabiola

Author:Francisco, Fabiola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

“Beer?” Ryder asks as we leave the studio.

“I’m down,” Jason responds.

“Yep. Mind if I tell Liv to meet us?” Cash asks.

“Nah.” Jason shakes his head.

“I’ll let Jen know, also,” Ryder quickly adds. “How ‘bout you?” He nods toward me.

“I think I’m just gonna go home.” I scratch the back of my neck.

“Fuck that,” Jason says. “All you’re gonna do at home is wallow. You’re coming.”

I don’t bother arguing. The three will gang up on me, and I’ll end up going. No need to waste my energy on that. Instead, I jump in my car and drive.

“So you really haven’t slept with anyone in months?” Ryder asks as we sit at a table in a sports bar. Pre-game talks are on the TVs in preparation for Monday Night Football, and the after-work crowd is lingering around.

“No,” I bite. I rather not talk about it. I haven’t found anyone remotely interesting since way before Ryder and Jen’s wedding. No matter the type of woman that would approach me, I just wasn’t feeling it. I know a lot of that had to do with Bri and the knowledge of what she was going through. Also, that damn piece of hope that this could be my chance.

Cash is right; I’m not the hero in her story. I’m no one—a secondary character that occasionally appears on her pages.

I should channel these emotions into a song. It’d make Cash happy to sing my corny lines.

“Hey, guys,” Olivia says as she approaches our table.

“Hey,” we all greet her.

I avoid contact with her as much as possible, keeping my eyes to the opposite side of the bar and sipping my beer. When Jen arrives, I say a quick hello and continue staring at the TV as if I cared at all about the San Francisco 49ers.

The only thing I care about is how Bri’s doing. I shouldn’t have shown up at her place and said all I did that night. The beer drove me to her house, but I willingly took the lead. She has enough to deal with, and it wasn’t right of me to tell her to just get over it. I’m a douche for doing that. I haven’t even dared ask Cash how she’s doing, for fear that he’ll say she hates me.

I’ve replayed that afternoon in my mind too many times. Doesn’t help that I pissed Olivia off. She was right, I promised her I wouldn’t hurt Bri and I did exactly that.

“Cole?” I look away from the TV and my thoughts and turn to look at Olivia. “Do you want another beer?”

“I’ll get it,” I say and stand. My entire body is too heavy. I’m exhausted from feeling sorry for myself, and angry for what I said to Bri. It’s been driving me crazy for two weeks with no sign of it lessening. I’d gotten to used to seeing her. I even miss that damn dog. But she was never mine to console.

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