Leanne Davis - Natalie (Daughters Series #2) by Natalie (Daughters Series #2)

Author:Natalie (Daughters Series #2) [Natalie (Daughters Series #2)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leanne Davis
Published: 2016-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Natalie

The conversation turns towards more banal things and I stare once more, like I’m in a trance, at the fire. Christina and Max get up and so do the girls; they are ready to leave. We are all quiet as we pull into their parents’ house. I glance around. It feels so surreal still for me to be here. We exit the car and they go into the main house, even Max. Sam and I say goodnight before silently heading towards the side of the house to the apartment. The moon is big and round tonight, providing almost a spotlight effect to guide us. We are walking towards Will’s shop and less than ten feet separate us. Just before the stairs, Sam suddenly stops. I step back, unwilling to get close to him.

“Do you remember that first night we spent in our own apartment? We had no furniture, so we had to lie in sleeping bags on the floor, thinking we owned the world? We giggled like teenagers with our pizza and pop, thinking we were so grown up, and out on our own. Remember that night? How we talked until three about all the things we wanted to do and be?”

Of course, I remembered how it felt to lie on the hard floor as we sat cross–legged, talking until we stretched out. We were so excited to be all alone, we talked for hours on end. We could have sex anytime we wanted! That was a huge revelation for us. Until then, we had to deal with his parents, as well as Dustin, trying to hook up around them without them knowing what we were doing. I step back. “I don’t want to do this. You can’t talk away what happened by bringing up fond memories we once shared. Our past can’t make up for the now.”

“I never thought, not even for a second back then, that we wouldn’t be anything but perfect together. We were such a good team. We were so honest, and we totally got each other. I remember how you so completely understood me. I never had that before in my relationships. You were volatile, and quick to anger at me, but I could trust you to do that. I could always be honest, even if you got mad. Knowing that was freeing somehow. You were the only the person I never had to perform with. Not perform, actually… just…”

“Not be the so-perfect Sam Ford.”

He sighed. “You always got that about that about me.”

I don’t want to be drawn into a conversation of any kind, especially alone with him. He is staring listlessly down at one of the wooden steps. They lead up to a door on the outside of the little apartment.

I sigh and cross my arms over my chest, rubbing my bare skin even though I don’t feel cold. “I tried not to get jealous over all the women who threw themselves at you. I saw how many wanted you. I took comfort in knowing that none of them actually knew you.

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