As Good as Dreams
By: Christina K.
Chapter 9: In His Arms
(A/N: Again, poor Robbie. This made me really feel bad for him. I wanted him to just once get the girl and be happy, but there might be hope for him yet, so just wait. I have most of this written, but haven't finished it yet, so I might just change my whole plan for Delilah. I don't know. Thanks to RFRAngel92 and Anywien for giving me those great reviews! Now, onward! This is in her POV.)
I woke up the next morning, lying on the couch and in the arms of my date. We were both in our clothes from the night before, minus shoes and the TV was on Cartoon Network. We had fallen asleep watching Adult Swim.
I sat up and stretched my arms, yawning like a big grizzly bear.
"Well, good morning? Almost good afternoon," I replied, pointing to my watch, which read 11:43.
"Oh, right." We both laughed. I heard a ring coming from his pants pocket and he pulled out his cell phone. "It's Travis."
"Okay, I'm going to make coffee, you want?" He nodded as he answered his phone.
Melanie had already left for work, so there was a pot already brewed, with a post-it saying,
"Hey Del,
I hope you two had a great time last night. Enjoy the coffee!"
Mel."
I laughed to myself at her note and poured two cups of coffee, but when I walked back into the room, Robbie was slipping his shoes on.
"What's going on? Got another hot date?" I waited for him to laugh, but only got a forced awkward smile.
"I have to go."
I was so confused. Had I done something wrong?
He must have seen my confusion.
"No. It's not what you think. I just can't do this."
"Why not? Did I do something?"
"Nothing, I just can't do this to my friend."
I wanted to smack myself. He was talking about Travis.
"You think Travis wants to be with me or something." I wanted to laugh out loud. The idea was hilarious.
His lack of answer shocked the thought right out of my head.
"Delilah, don't get me wrong. I like you, a lot. I really do. But Travis has been my best friend since high school. He's been hurt before, really badly." I cut him off.
"I know, Lily."
"He told you about Lily?" He seemed shocked.
I shook my head. "No, I pretty much figured it all out on my own. He talks about you guys and RFR all the time. I just kind of guessed what happened by listening to him talk about her over and over again."
"So, he's not the only one, I see." He looked at me and smiled.
"What?"
"You're in love with him, aren't you?"
I opened my mouth to deny it, to tell him he was crazy, but my eyes fell to my feet and I muttered, "Is it that obvious? I'm such an idiot. He'll never get over Lily. He'll never love me."
He laughed. I looked at him and could feel tears stinging my eyes.
"No, it's just that, I can't believe you have no idea. I just listened to him, not even a few minutes ago, tell me how much he loves you."
I was dumbstruck. He loved me.
"So that puts the three of us in quite a situation," I muttered, slipping in an awkward smile.
"Well, like I said, I can't do this to Travis, even if it is for the best girl I've met in a while. So, I'm stepping out of the way of true love."
I didn't know what to think. Robbie had told me that Travis, my dream guy loved me, but it was like I hadn't comprehended it, like it was in a foreign language. To hear it from Robbie was bad enough, I really liked him, a lot.
"Robbie, listen." He cut me off before I could finish.
"Don't, please. It'll just be that much harder to walk out of the door and give you up." He walked over to me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and walked back to the door.
"Oh yeah, if you hurt him, I'll be forced to kill you," he added with a smile before he disappeared through the door.
So I spent the whole weekend alone, trying to understand what I had found out on Saturday morning, and what I was going to do about it.
On Monday afternoon, I had made a decision. I was going to tell him how I felt. I was scared to death, but I knew that if I didn't, I would regret it for a long time, so I planned our exactly what to say.