"And who are you?" Tommy asks Paul, talking finally.
"I'm her boyfriend now." Paul replies and I sigh and cross my arms, I don't even know if that's true. Paul looks to me and my stance and raises his eyebrows and I look away from him back to Tommy.
"Uh so why are you here?" I ask and Paul moves closer to me in a protective way and Tommy says he needs to talk to me.
"Paul, could we have a minute?" I ask as I turn to him and he nods and kisses my cheek. Tommy comes in and closes the door behind him and we sit down on the couch together.
"I uh, was going to ask you out for lunch but now that I see your protective boyfriend, I guess forget it." he says while he rests his arms on his knees and fiddles with his fingers and averts my gaze.
"I would but we're busy talking about some things and yeah I don't think Paul would like that too much." I say and he nods with a smile and he then leaves. I walk back into the bedroom to find Paul laying on the bed looking bored and I sit beside him and he looks up at me.
"So where's the part in your story about getting engaged? I don't recall you ever telling me you were engaged to a bloke, let alone now he comes to your bloody apartment while i'm here!" he says getting mad and I sigh.
"And where's your part where you tell me that you too were engaged once? Oh and don't forget that you were dating the same girl when we had that stupid fling 3 years ago!" I retort.
"Amy-." he starts but I don't let him continue.
"Who else are you dating right now that I don't know about?" I say angrily and I get off the bed and pick up my room.
"Nobody Amy, you're the only one right now." he says calmly and I sigh.
"Yeah right now, so how do i know that I'll always be your only Paul?" I say and I turn around to face his shirtless figure.
"Why don't you trust me?" he asks and I sigh, what a stupid question.
"You're really asking me that? Maybe I don't trust you because I was some stupid fling while you were with that actress." I say.
"I'm not with her anymore, Amy." he argues.
"And why is that?" I question.
"She found me in bed with Francie this past summer, before we got back together." he says and he pauses before the last part and I sit in the chair in the corner of my room with a sigh.
"Can't we just put all of this behind us and be together again?" he asks and I cover my face with my hands and he walks over to me and tries to pry my hands away.
"I don't want to be hurt again, Paul." I object and he succeeds with pulling my hands away from my face and I look into his sad eyes.
"I won't hurt you Aims and I promise to not treat you like I did those other girls, because I love you and I want to be with you." he says and I shake my head but he holds my chin.
"Can't you give me another chance, love?" he asks and I exhale.
"I don't know." I answer softly and he sighs and bites his lip.
"What do I have to do to get another?" he asks and I sigh and get up to walk to the kitchen and he follows me.
"I don't want to give you another." I say as I pick up the dirty, empty coffee mugs to rinse them out.
"What happened to you telling me that you love me this morning, huh? Last night and this morning we loved each other Aims and I think that you still do love me and hell I still love you!" he goes on and I ignore him and I rinse the dirty dishes that lay in the sink. I set the mug in the sink and rest my hands on the sink and a few tears escape my eyes and I turn to face his troubled face.
"Can't you just stop trying Paul? Why won't you leave here and let me be? I don't want to be with you, and I don't love you, okay?" I say and his face falls but he recovers.
"You're lying, you don't know what you're saying Aims." he objects.
"Why me, Paul? You could have any girl in the world that you want, but yet you stay here and fight to be with me, why me?" I say desperately and he moves closer to me and tries to hold my hands but I don't let him.
"Because I fell in love with you Aims, is that a good enough reason? I think it is, because that's what's keeping me here, what reminds me to keep trying." he says and I comb my hair back and step back to lean against the counter.
"Just one more chance? I won't mess up this time and I won't hurt you, I promise." he says and I shake my head, how do I believe that? Do I believe his word? Is this what I want?