Chapter 4
Eric Weiss POV
I went to sleep alone last night. Sydney had gone out and still wasn't home. Somehow I managed to distract the twins long enough to get them to go to sleep. I lay in bed till 2 am wonder. Wondering whether I was going to loose. I know it not a game and Sydney's not a prize but I couldn't help it. I want her. I want her so bad. I can't remember wanting anything like this.
I was up by 5 and made the bed wishing that she was there helping me. All I wanted was to convince her that I was one for her. Me. Not Michael. Not my best friend. I feel so guilty. Why did I have to do that? Why did I fall in love?
She came in at nine. I was up with the girls and Will was at work. She looked guilty. She glanced at me and then glanced down walking past me and up to our room. I let her go scared out of wits of what she would tell me if I did follow her.
I picked up the phone and called Mike.
"Hello."
"I need to talk to you."
"Who is this?"
"Bond, James Bond."
"No, seriously."
"It's Eric."
"Fine, where?"
"At the gym, give me an hour."
"Fine."
I hung up and went up to see Syd. She was sitting on the bed crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"I have to choose. And I don't know who I should pick." She sobbed.
I rubbed her back. "I'm going to go out for a while. Can you watch the girl's?"
"Ya. When will you be back?"
"Later today." He left. He got to the gym with a half hour to wait. Michael walked in 15 minutes later when he was using the punching bag.
"How can I help you?"
"What Mike? No how are you doing? Missed you, sorry for leaving and not telling you where?"
"Get over it Eric."
"You left. For two years you were gone."
"Well we may have been apart for two years but we got re-acquainted last night."
"What?"
"She didn't tell you?"
"You slept with her. Mike why?"
"Maybe because she is the mother of my kids."
"You can be the biological father but they call me dad." I yelled. I was ready to jump on him.
"You made a mistake getting close to her."
"It was the best mistake of my life."
He jumped on my and all I could think about was making sure that that man never had any kid again in his life. After a few minuets of rolling around on the floor I felt some one grab my ear and hear Sydney.
"Stop it. Please just stop it now." I could hear the tears in her voice. "I am begging you to stop."
Mike and I stood up in front of her. The tears where rolling down her cheeks.
"I will not be the cause of you two not being friends. I refuse to be. If I have to I will leave."
"Sydney," mike started walking towards her.
She takes a step back. "No. Last night was a mistake. I should have waited. I played both of you. It won't happen again. I promise that to both of you."
"Syd-"
"Don't Eric. I need to say this. I love you both. I can't imagine my life without either of you. I know you still want me. I know you both do. I also know that I only get one. I have to pick one. It hurts me so I know it also hurts you. I am taking the girls to a baseball game with me. And Eric, if this is a mistake then it is also my favorite one."
She turned and walk away.
Eric Weiss POV
I went to sleep alone last night. Sydney had gone out and still wasn't home. Somehow I managed to distract the twins long enough to get them to go to sleep. I lay in bed till 2 am wonder. Wondering whether I was going to loose. I know it not a game and Sydney's not a prize but I couldn't help it. I want her. I want her so bad. I can't remember wanting anything like this.
I was up by 5 and made the bed wishing that she was there helping me. All I wanted was to convince her that I was one for her. Me. Not Michael. Not my best friend. I feel so guilty. Why did I have to do that? Why did I fall in love?
She came in at nine. I was up with the girls and Will was at work. She looked guilty. She glanced at me and then glanced down walking past me and up to our room. I let her go scared out of wits of what she would tell me if I did follow her.
I picked up the phone and called Mike.
"Hello."
"I need to talk to you."
"Who is this?"
"Bond, James Bond."
"No, seriously."
"It's Eric."
"Fine, where?"
"At the gym, give me an hour."
"Fine."
I hung up and went up to see Syd. She was sitting on the bed crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"I have to choose. And I don't know who I should pick." She sobbed.
I rubbed her back. "I'm going to go out for a while. Can you watch the girl's?"
"Ya. When will you be back?"
"Later today." He left. He got to the gym with a half hour to wait. Michael walked in 15 minutes later when he was using the punching bag.
"How can I help you?"
"What Mike? No how are you doing? Missed you, sorry for leaving and not telling you where?"
"Get over it Eric."
"You left. For two years you were gone."
"Well we may have been apart for two years but we got re-acquainted last night."
"What?"
"She didn't tell you?"
"You slept with her. Mike why?"
"Maybe because she is the mother of my kids."
"You can be the biological father but they call me dad." I yelled. I was ready to jump on him.
"You made a mistake getting close to her."
"It was the best mistake of my life."
He jumped on my and all I could think about was making sure that that man never had any kid again in his life. After a few minuets of rolling around on the floor I felt some one grab my ear and hear Sydney.
"Stop it. Please just stop it now." I could hear the tears in her voice. "I am begging you to stop."
Mike and I stood up in front of her. The tears where rolling down her cheeks.
"I will not be the cause of you two not being friends. I refuse to be. If I have to I will leave."
"Sydney," mike started walking towards her.
She takes a step back. "No. Last night was a mistake. I should have waited. I played both of you. It won't happen again. I promise that to both of you."
"Syd-"
"Don't Eric. I need to say this. I love you both. I can't imagine my life without either of you. I know you still want me. I know you both do. I also know that I only get one. I have to pick one. It hurts me so I know it also hurts you. I am taking the girls to a baseball game with me. And Eric, if this is a mistake then it is also my favorite one."
She turned and walk away.