Trying to Score by Toni Aleo

Author:Toni Aleo [Aleo, Toni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2012-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

Lucas woke to the sound of Fallon moving around the room. She was dressed in a pair of jeans and her old Stanford tee as she continued to stuff things in her bag. As he rubbed his eyes, he thought about complaining at her for not being snuggled up against him, but then it clicked that she was packing.

Quickly.

Lucas’ pulse picked up in speed as what she was doing became apparent. She was trying to leave without saying goodbye.

“You were never going to give me another chance, were you?” he asked after watching her for a moment. Fallon looked up startled before looking back down at the things she was packing. He moved out of the bed, pulling on a pair of boxers before looking back over at her.

“I didn’t say that,” she said in a cold voice. She reached for some of her underwear, throwing it in her bag.

“You didn’t have to. I can tell by the way you’re acting. I can tell by the way you are quickly packing, hoping not to wake me.”

“No, I have an early flight.”

“Fallon, look at me,” he said.

She did and he could tell that she had already made her mind up, and she was leaving.

Without giving him that chance.

“I showed you my heart, I told you everything.”

“I know, and I’ve learned a lot, but I can’t get over my trust issues.”

“I told you I didn’t know!” Lucas yelled, startling her. She looked back at him and he knew she heard the desperation in his voice. “I didn’t want to sleep with her, Fallon.”

“You didn’t,” she whispered, turning her whole body to face him.

“What?”

“You didn’t sleep with her. You passed out before you even did anything.”

Say what?

Surely he didn’t hear her right. “What?”

“I saw her last night, and she told me, but even so, I’ve spent the past seven years hating what you did to me. Blaming myself, and to find out that you were sick and then to find out you never even slept with her,” she slowly shook her head as she continued, “I feel like everything was set in motion to keep us apart. That we weren’t meant to be together.”

Lucas took a step towards her. “But we are now.”

“No, we are meant to raise Aiden together. We aren’t meant to be together.”

Lucas shook her head. “You are delusional! If that was all it was, you wouldn’t have slept with me. What did you use me?”

Fallon rolled her eyes. “Please, you came on to me, and I couldn’t resist. It’s undeniable that I want you, Lucas, I do, but I can’t do this.”

“Why? Why sleep with me then?”

Fallon shrugged her shoulders. “I slept with you because I needed the closure. This was our closure Lucas. We’re good now.”

“I’m not!” Lucas yelled, running his hands through his hair before letting out a breath.

“You will be. You’ll find someone that you’re meant to be with.”

“I’m meant to be with you!”

“No, you’re not. If you were then all this stuff wouldn’t have happened.”

“This is bullshit,” Lucas said, collapsing into a chair.

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