Day Five.
"Good morning," Vanessa said cheerfully. I'm feeling alot better thanks to you!" she turned over to face Nate, who was just getting up.
"No problem, I'd do that for any friend of mine," he said as went to the bathroom.
"Look Nate," she sighed as she walked over to the bathroom door."I didn't want to say that to hurt your feelings, I'm sorry if I did."
"You didn't," he said coldly. "I could really care less."
"What!?"
"Well, it's not like I did that because I wanted to get back together or anything, it just happened and I must admit it was a big mistake."
"Oh," Vanessa said. "I...um, totally agree."
"Yeah."
"Most definitely," Vanessa said as she walked over to the window. "We're so much better as friends you know... nothing more."
"Yeah, like you said yesterday!" he snapped.
"Look I'm sorry for what I said, but you don't have to be a little bitch about it!" she snapped back.
"What!?" Nate exclaimed as he quickly got out of the bathroom. "I'm sorry I could have sworn I just heard you call me a bitch," he said as he joined her at the window.
"I did!" she said facing him. "You say that it doesn't bother you that I just want to be friends, you even agree with me but all of a sudden you're giving me the cold shoulder!"
"I'm just doing what you used to do or have you already forgotten?" Nate said. "Because I could remember you acting this way for about...two years Vanessa," he said as he raised his voice.
"I had good reason!" she said as she equally raised her voice. "You know I really don't have to take you bitching at me like this I'm leaving," Vanessa said as she stormed towards the door, slamming it on her way out.
"Where the hell do you think your going?" Nate asked as he ran after her. "I'm not finished with you yet!" he said as he got a hold of her in the lobby. "I'm not done!" he repeated as he got a hold of her arm.
"Personally, I don't really care!" she fought.
"My word, is everything alright?" Bigsley questioned observing everything.
"Of course it is Bigsley, I was just leaving," Vanessa said as she set herself free, and proceeded to leave.
"Jesus!" Nate angrily exclaimed, as he began to follow.
" Mr. Archibald," Bigsley said running after him. "Before you say or do something you regret please stay and calm down."
"I can't calm down! She's impossible," he said raising his voice even more, causing a scene.
"What happened?" he asked trying to coax Nate as he sat him down.
"Everything was going so well. I was taking care of her, we were joking around...just like it used to be."
"Right."
"So we went to dinner, and we agreed that we should get along for the remainder of days we'll be here, and we were catching up on old times, then we went home... and I kissed her, it was working out well at first but then she pulled away from me… told me she wanted to be just friends."
"What did you say?"
"Well I didn't want to be a punk and spill how I felt, so I agreed."
Bigsley laughed at Nate's immaturity. "A man is not a 'punk' if he tells the woman he loves how he really feels about her... however he is a punk, if he can't be man enough to tell her the truth."
"Well it's different with Vanessa, she's changed so much... I mean the old Vanessa would have taken me back and worked everything out."
"Things change sir," he said. "She obviously grew a lot in two years like any other young woman in her situation; she didn't want you to hurt her again, so she left you...and despised you for hurting her."
" I know she has every right to, but apart from all the bad I did to her, we used to have some real good times...n o one was more in love with her than I was."
"Then why did you betray her trust?"
"I was an idiot, I let my pants rule over my heart."
"I see," Bigsley blushed at Nate's statement.
"I thought this other girl was what I needed."
"She obviously wasn't."
Nate shook his head in agreement. "Have you ever known someone so long, that it seems like you don't really know them at all?"
"I have."
"That's how I felt," he said. "And when I finally realized that, she didn't want to see me anymore," he smirked. "And I kind of imagined all of it… she'd take me back like nothing ever happened, and we'd be happy… like before."
"Hmm."
"But she didn't. You know and with fights like these, I really don't think she loves me anymore."
"Why should she?" he admitted frankly.
"What! No that's not what you're supposed to say Bigs, your supposed to say 'of course she still loves you why don't you go out there and tell her how you feel."
"I'm afraid I can't do that."
"Why?"
"I've been listening to what you have to say, and I've noticed you've never once apologized for the way you've treated Ms. Abrams."
"I have--"
"You've never meant it," he said. "And let me tell you why, first off you would have never let anything cloud your feelings for Ms Abrams, and even if you did make it known to he, that you wouldn't do anything to betray her ever again; you see Vanessa would love to forgive you… all women do, but she wants to be sure that you won't hurt her again."
"But Vanessa won't even let me get that far."
"Because she knows you don't really mean it."
"That isn't true!"
"Nate, you need to grow up!" he exclaimed. "All this time you've been too hard headed, and too immature to express you true feelings."
"You're right. I lost her because of that."
"Now is the part where I tell you to go after her," Bigsley smiled as he patted Nate on the back.
"Why are you always right?"
"Years and years of experience my boy, plain and simple," he said walking over to his desk. "Now go!" he insisted, as Nate dashed out the door.
It seems as if he knew exactly where to go, as soon as he got out of the hotel he headed straight towards the beach, and she was right there.
"Vanessa," he said as he approached her, she turned around and began to walk away from him. 'You can't be serious!' he thought as he ran to catch up to her, suddenly she stopped.
"Look Nate if you don't want to be friends that's fine with me."
"God! Vanessa you don't you get it!" Nate said with all his frustration.
"I get that you obviously can't be my friend, I get that you'd much rather be my enemy..." she trailed.
"NO!" he exclaimed. "I don't want to be just your friend Vanessa, I want more than that."
Vanessa just rolled her eyes and continued to walk, but Nate stopped her.
"Do you know how hard these past two years have been, knowing that the one woman that I've desired for years, hated the sight of me."
"Well maybe you should have thought of that before you cheated on me okay?"
"Look, I was an idiot for what I did but I refuse to spend another day without you. I know you Vanessa."
"Do you?" she questioned.
"Yeah I do, I know you've been missing me just like I've been missing you. I know you really want to forgive me but you don't want me to hurt you... and I know you want me just as much as I want you."
"What do you want from me!" she exclaimed.
"I want you to admit it," he smiled slyly. "Admit that, you aren't over me."
Everything he said was true, she wanted him, and she wanted him bad; she couldn't deny it anymore, so she caved.
"...It's true." she said softly. Nate smiled as she said so. She sighed, "I'm still in love with you, are you happy! You've won," Vanessa angrily said as she faced the ocean.
"I haven't won yet," he whispered as he approached her from the back. She quickly turned around to face him and looked him straight in the eyes, and she didn't see the cocky, obnoxious, immature man she once hated, this time she saw the man that used to make her smile every time she walked into a room, who'd always know what to say.
"So are you gonna fight me or what," he got closer to her.
"Nope," she smiled as she move closer to him.
"I'm winning you know," he smiled.
"I don't care."
"Okay then," he said as he kissed her.
She smiled, "Ah! I missed that."
"Me too," he said. "Let's do it again!" he said childishly.
"You're crazy," she laughed as they kissed.
After a few minutes of the practically the same thing they spent the rest of the day...well doing the same thing and as always night came quickly.
"We spent the whole day here!" Vanessa noticed looking down at her watch.
"So, it was time well spent," he smiled as he pulled her into an intense kiss.
"Don't I know that," she laughed. "I want to go to the suite," she smiled suggestively.
"You know that's exactly what I was thinking," he said as Vanessa took his hand and they left. Of course they hurried to the hotel resort, rushed towards the lobby where they both smiled at Bigsley who knew exactly what was going on. They pushed the elevator buttons, but the elevator took too long so they decided to take the step, and rushed up those stairs to get to the hotel suite. Finally they got to the door.
"You know I wasn't kidding back there… I really," he kissed her, "really want you." He kissed her again as he backed Vanessa up against the door.
"I know," she smiled as she kissed him passionately. "Let...let me, umm," she stuttered
"Open the door?" he laughed.
"Yeah, that's it.." she got the key out of her purse, and opened the door.
They both got in and Vanessa pinned him against the door and began to kiss him intensely, she then walked him to the bed, and kissed some more while Vanessa helped Nate out of his shirt, and pants, and kissed a little more, as Nate did the same, they both fell back into the bed and began to make love. All the passion and desire they both held for each other for so long, was set free that night.