Chapter 35
Chris's POV
When I entered the kitchen to find Mandy in the arms of Adam, I felt as if my worst fears had come true. Just when I thought I had won her back, I could almost feel her slipping away again. Jay and Trish looked at me as if I had murdered someone but Adam's gaze looked almost emotionless. "Chris, I lied to you..." Mandy began and immediately my heart sank. "Last night when I told you it wasn't about Adam, it was. I was trying to rid myself from the pain I felt."
"Were you lying when you said you loved me?" I asked. Nothing else really mattered at that point. She grabbed my hand.
"No Chris, I was telling you the truth." She responded.
"I don't think I am quite understanding this," Jay started. "You love Adam but you also love Chris?" He questioned staring at Mandy. She shook her head.
"Yeah, basically but it's hard to explain, She replied.
"It just doesn't make any sense. You know you can't have both of them," he snapped interrupting her.
"Calm down, Jay. This isn't your place to comment," Trish defended.
"NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN. Two of my best friends are fighting over a girl that they both love and she claims to love both of them back. All I want to know is how come JAY gets no love? Huh? What, do I have the plague or something? Do I have some kind of disfigurement that no one has ever told me about?" The expression on his face was so serious, but I couldn't tell if he was being sincere or just trying to break the tension.
"What I think Jason is trying to say is you are going to have to choose one of them," Trish interpreted even though I don't think that is what Jay was trying to say at all.
"Before you say anything, Mandy, I really need to do something," Adam started. "We have been through so much together in the past few months and it wasn't all fun and games. I know that relationships take work and I am more than willing to work at ours. I have seen how great we can be together and I want it to be that way again. You make me so happy despite all of the shit we have gone through and I'm not willing to give up on you yet so please don't give up on me." He held her hand and gently kissed and caressed it. "I'm going back to Tampa today. First I'm going to go back to the hotel and get Danny from Torrie and then we're going home. I bought you a ticket," He said fumbling with his pocket. Finally he produced a ticket from his pocket and placed it on the table as if to prove that he had actually bought it. "Please come with us, please come home." She looked at the ticket and frowned.
"Does it even matter anymore, whether I stay or go? How can things ever be the same...with either of you?" She asked before getting up from the table and leaving the room. For a while, no one said a word. Adam finally stood up and turned to Trish and Jay.
"Can one of you please let her know that I love her and that the flight leaves at two if she still loves me at all?" Adam questioned.
"This is just ridiculous. I have to go take care of her. You are both pathetic. It's like you don't even care about her, you only care about yourselves," Trish hissed as she got up from the table and ran back the hall to find Mandy. Adam sighed and gave me one final look before heading out the door to pick up his things and his daughter. Jay followed him and I was left sitting alone at the table.
Chris's POV
When I entered the kitchen to find Mandy in the arms of Adam, I felt as if my worst fears had come true. Just when I thought I had won her back, I could almost feel her slipping away again. Jay and Trish looked at me as if I had murdered someone but Adam's gaze looked almost emotionless. "Chris, I lied to you..." Mandy began and immediately my heart sank. "Last night when I told you it wasn't about Adam, it was. I was trying to rid myself from the pain I felt."
"Were you lying when you said you loved me?" I asked. Nothing else really mattered at that point. She grabbed my hand.
"No Chris, I was telling you the truth." She responded.
"I don't think I am quite understanding this," Jay started. "You love Adam but you also love Chris?" He questioned staring at Mandy. She shook her head.
"Yeah, basically but it's hard to explain, She replied.
"It just doesn't make any sense. You know you can't have both of them," he snapped interrupting her.
"Calm down, Jay. This isn't your place to comment," Trish defended.
"NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN. Two of my best friends are fighting over a girl that they both love and she claims to love both of them back. All I want to know is how come JAY gets no love? Huh? What, do I have the plague or something? Do I have some kind of disfigurement that no one has ever told me about?" The expression on his face was so serious, but I couldn't tell if he was being sincere or just trying to break the tension.
"What I think Jason is trying to say is you are going to have to choose one of them," Trish interpreted even though I don't think that is what Jay was trying to say at all.
"Before you say anything, Mandy, I really need to do something," Adam started. "We have been through so much together in the past few months and it wasn't all fun and games. I know that relationships take work and I am more than willing to work at ours. I have seen how great we can be together and I want it to be that way again. You make me so happy despite all of the shit we have gone through and I'm not willing to give up on you yet so please don't give up on me." He held her hand and gently kissed and caressed it. "I'm going back to Tampa today. First I'm going to go back to the hotel and get Danny from Torrie and then we're going home. I bought you a ticket," He said fumbling with his pocket. Finally he produced a ticket from his pocket and placed it on the table as if to prove that he had actually bought it. "Please come with us, please come home." She looked at the ticket and frowned.
"Does it even matter anymore, whether I stay or go? How can things ever be the same...with either of you?" She asked before getting up from the table and leaving the room. For a while, no one said a word. Adam finally stood up and turned to Trish and Jay.
"Can one of you please let her know that I love her and that the flight leaves at two if she still loves me at all?" Adam questioned.
"This is just ridiculous. I have to go take care of her. You are both pathetic. It's like you don't even care about her, you only care about yourselves," Trish hissed as she got up from the table and ran back the hall to find Mandy. Adam sighed and gave me one final look before heading out the door to pick up his things and his daughter. Jay followed him and I was left sitting alone at the table.