The Firework Exploded (The Holidays #3) by Tara Sivec

Author:Tara Sivec [Sivec, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Tara Sivec
Published: 2016-06-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Country Crock

Noel

Thankfully, all the vodka I puked up earlier and the hours of pee I’d been holding that I finally got rid of helped a whole hell of a lot toward getting me sober. I’m still a little buzzed, but the room isn’t spinning, I can understand the things coming out of my mouth and they actually make sense.

My only problem at the moment is that I am now at the stage of all-night vodka consumption called “Drunk Crying.” Now that Sam and I are sitting on the couch in my parents’ living room, I’m facing him with my legs crisscrossed on the cushions and Sam’s arm is draped next to me over the back of the couch, I want to bawl like a baby. He smiles at me and I want to cry. His thumb brushes back and forth against the back of my shoulder and I want to cry. He smiles at me and the dimples in his cheeks make me want to cry.

Vodka is evil, and I’m never drinking it again.

“So, what should we talk about?” I ask with a forced smile, feeling like an idiot as soon as the words leave my mouth.

His arm moves from the back of the couch and he cups my cheek in his hands.

Yep, you guessed it, I want to cry. My eyes immediately fill with tears and Sam quickly leans forward and presses his lips to mine, pulling back to rest his forehead against mine.

“Please tell me this is the alcohol making you cry and not me,” Sam mutters.

“It’s definitely the alcohol. Vodka and I are breaking up and it’s been rough.”

He chuckles, pulling his head back to look into my eyes.

“Twice now, you’ve made a comment about me dying. What is that all about?” he asks, jumping right into things without giving me any more time to prepare myself or think about what I want to say so it doesn’t come out sounding completely stupid.

I close my eyes for a few seconds and take a deep breath for courage. Acting like an adult for once, I open my eyes back up to look at Sam instead of keeping them squeezed shut and pretending like if I can’t see him, none of this will be awkward.

“I found your prescription in the medicine cabinet a few weeks ago,” I admit. “I’m sorry, I should have told you but it freaked me out.”

He nods and lets out the breath he was holding, waiting for me to answer him.

“You have nothing to apologize for. That prescription wasn’t a secret or anything, and I should have told you about it a long time ago. I’m glad you were just freaked out by reading the side effects and you didn’t think my dick just stopped working for no reason.”

My eyes widen and he quickly keeps talking before I can say anything.

“It’s fine, it’s totally fine, Noel. You don’t have to feel bad for worrying about something like that. I’m sorry reading those side effects

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