Six Months Later
Anzu lay on her bedroom trying not to break down. Every day for the past six months moans of pleasure was heard coming from Atem's room. If they weren't doing it in the morning before heading off to work, it was at work or in the night when they reached home. The weekend was the only time they would go at it all day long without stopping much. Anzu was just glad that on the weekend she was either working or going out with Duke so she had something to preoccupy her.
Hearing her cellphone ring, Anzu took it up and checked the caller ID to see Duke's name flash across the screen.
Answering it, she said. "Hello Duke."
"Morning, Anzu. How are you?"
"I'm just tired. I'll get my energy back soon."
"That's good to hear. I guess you're wondering why I'm calling. Do you have time to go on a date with me tonight?"
"Well, I have nothing better to do. But we already had one yesterday."
"What? Is it wrong for a boyfriend to want to see his girl?"
"I suppose not, unless he's asking for something more than a date."
"Trust me. The date is completely innocent. Bye. I love you."
Anzu wasn't ready to say I love you to anyone as yet. Her heart still yearned for Atem.
"So what's your big surprise?" Anzu asked as the waiter served them dessert.
"Well, I have something special for you. It might top all the gifts, but not my love for you." He said as he reached across the table to hold her hand. He then got out of his seat and walked over to Anzu, still holding her hand. Anzu was so confused in what he was doing. All of a sudden he bent down on one knee and all the heads in the restaurant were directed towards them.
Atem was lying on the couch while flipping through the channels on the television when Anzu walked into the apartment. He had on purple boxers with a white T-shirt.
Anzu saw him sitting of the sofa, putting the remote down to watch a sci-fi movie. Atem made space so she could sit down and asked, "So how was your date?"
"It was fine. Where is Mana?" She wondered, surprised to see him out of his bedroom.
"She is taking a shower now." He answered. "Are you all right, Anzu? Did something happen?"
"Yeah, something did happen," she said with a smile.
"Well, what is it?" He said and returned the smile.
She showed him her left hand. Atem was surprised to see a diamond ring on her finger and saw that she was really happy.
"You're engaged?" He asked in a melancholy tone.
"Yeah! Aren't you happy for me?" She asked, trying to find his smile.
"You're engaged. He proposed and you said yes? How can I be happy for you?"
Anzu's face turned from happy into a look of confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Atem became angry. "Everything is. How could you say yes?"
"I said yes because I really like him." Anzu yelled. She was now getting frustrated with Atem's attitude.
"I know you don't love him because you truly love me."
"What are you talking about?" She hissed.
"How can you get married to Duke when you doubt yourself? I know you love me and only me."
"Who said I doubt myself? I want to be with Duke, okay?" Anzu became very angry. "And how can I love someone, who clearly doesn't love me back? How could I love someone who got married to a person he barely knew."
"I love Mana! Duke on the other hand only wants to get between your legs." Atem yelled.
"Face it you are not happy that I found a guy that loves me, for me!"
"The only reason why a guy like Duke proposed so early is because he wants to sleep with you!" Atem's voice lowered a bit before asking. "Did you tell him that you were waiting?"
"So what if I did?"
"Anzu! Don't you understand? He only wants to marry you to get in your pants!"
"You know what? I'm done with this argument," Anzu said in a sad tone as she stood up from the couch. "I want you to know that after he proposed to me all I was thinking about was how happy my best friend would be for me. I was pretty dumb for expecting that, huh? Oh, I just wanted to let you know that I'm moving out tomorrow. It's sad to know that I will remember this final night when I think about my best friend."
She ran into her room before slamming the door, leaving a pissed off Atem on the couch.
Anzu woke up the next morning and absolutely didn't want to get up. She replayed the whole fight from the night before and couldn't believe the things they both said. She truly wished that it didn't happen, but it was too late now.
Knowing Atem was at work today, all morning Anzu and Duke packed all of her belongings into boxes and carried them into his car. By the afternoon, they were done packing and Duke just had to place one more box into the car.
While he was gone, Anzu just stood outside her doorway and looked into her room. All that was left was the dresser and bed. She heard the door open again and went to go meet Duke, but instead she saw Atem.
"Atem." She said in an unpleasant tone.
He didn't respond, but instead walked into the kitchen. She followed him.
"Uh... since you're moving out, could you leave your key behind?" He said while his face was looking at the contents of the fridge.
"My key?"
"I might as well just give it to Mana since you won't be here again."
She was really sad that he didn't even want to look at her. However, she obeyed and pulled the key out of her pocket and placed it on the counter.
Atem and Anzu made eye contact but Atem broke it by walking toward the counter and picking up the key. He then walked around the counter. Anzu thought he was going to give her a hug, but he just walked past her and went straight to his room.
He didn't even say good-bye, Anzu thought. He is such a jerk.
