I felt myself stirring awake. Was it morning already? I must have had such a good sleep seeing as I didn't wake up once during the night. The sunlight seeped through the curtains and was straining my eyes. I opened them slowly only to realize I had left the balcony door open. Oh well the breeze was pleasant and it wasn't raining so there was no harm. I might have to keep it open anyway in case of certain unexpected guests in the future though. I jumped out of bed to take a look at the view as I did most mornings. It was there on the glass of the door that I found a note that simply read:
"Meet me at the lake for lunch!
-Jeff"
My heart was jumping with excitement. Of course I wanted to hang out with Jeff and have lunch with him. I walked out into the kitchen and made some toast and a coffee. It was bright and early and I felt great, I just wish that Jeff had stayed longer last night but he had invited me to lunch, which made me smile again.
After breakfast I went in for a shower, applied my best makeup and styled my hair in big wavy curls. I put on a white baseball tee and tight grey pants. I hope I didn't look too underdressed but we were going to the lake so I guess less is more.
I arrived at the lake and it only took me a couple of seconds to spot Jeff. He was easy to pick out in a crowd, that electric blue hair is hard to miss; I'm surprised the color hasn't changed! He wasn't sporting any face or body paint today and looked absolutely gorgeous. He was wearing just a plain white singlet top, which put his delicious arms on display, and his usual black pants, which I swear he must own like 50 pairs.
I walked up to him and he smiled and gave me a quick hug which was too adorable. He really was a nice guy.
"Hey Trish, looks like you found my note." He was pleased.
"Of course, I mean it was in a very obvious spot." I laughed in reply. "So where's lunch?"
"In there." He turned his head and pointed at the lake.
"Um wha…"
Before I could finish Jeff took off his top and ran towards the lake, jumping in without hesitation. I almost squealed when the impact of his jump made the water splash all over me. I stood there with my mouth open and hands in front of me. The water was cold and my hair and clothes were soaking!
"Oh woops!" Jeff taunted.
I gave him a death glare and shook my head in laughter but it was only going to get worse, he jumped out of the water faster than lightning and wrapped his arms around me. Before I knew it he pulled me under and had me now completely soaked. The water was nice and warm and we both laughed. He dived under for a few seconds and resurfaced with a fish in his hand, I almost squealed again.
"You like sushi?" He smiled.
"Not when it's still alive." I squealed.
He waded through the water towards me in an almost slow motion fashion. I found myself fixated on his body, the water dripping down his ripped and toned muscular body…
TRISH! You have a boyfriend! I thought to myself, blushing at the thoughts that had come to my head.
He walked over to the park barbeque and placed the fish on a couple of sticks on the hotplate after scaling and gutting it. I sat on the park bench and watched his odd unorthodox style of cooking. Everything about him was unorthodox much like his wrestling. It only took about 5-10 minutes to cook and when it was finished he handed me one of the skewers. I giggled and took a bite into the barbequed fish.
"Oh wow it tastes amazing! And fresh, I never knew a meal could be so simple and free." I exclaimed.
"You've gotta use your imagination sometimes. One day I'll have to be the proper gentleman and take you out to a fancy restaurant though." He replied.
"Oh but this is perfect Jeff, you are one clever guy." I complemented. I was having such a great time with him. I felt so different being around him and it was absolutely sensational, I couldn't be happier. My happiness soon faded away when my phone began to ring. I wonder who this could be? I thought sarcastically.
"Hello." I began.
"Trish? Where the hell are you?" He yelled through the phone.
"Is it any of your business? I'm out with a friend."
"Well I'm worried, you usually tell me beforehand."
"Oh my god Christian, you don't own me ok. Let me have some space please."
"But bab…" I had hung up before he could reply. I was seriously starting to get annoyed with his constant worrying and 'ownership'.
"I'm sorry Jeff." I sighed.
"Hey it's all good. You two seem to have some serious issues though."
"Oh you have no idea. He constantly whines and complains and hassles me and worries and wonders where I am when I'm not home and only really cares about himself and his stupid egotistical brother Edge and…"
"Whoa Trish take a breath. Why are you still with him then? Do you even love him?"
I was put on the spot then. I started to get furious at Christian and then I did the bad thing of taking it out on Jeff.
"That's none of your business Jeff! I…I…I just…I have to go sorry. Bye." I started to tear up as I left Jeff alone in the park. I felt awful for yelling at him like that but I'm sure he'd understand. He was right, I had many issues that I needed to address but when and how? I had no idea. For now it was back to the apartment to have another night of crying and loneliness.
At home I put my favorite soap opera on and sobbed at how pathetic my life was at this point in time. Even the soap opera drama was better than my life. I laughed at how stupid that sounded and went to bed shortly after, not knowing what was going to happen next.
A/N: You guys are going to love the next chapter ;)
