Chapter 16
The next day I didn't have to wake the boys up so I just went down to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast. When I walked in I saw Tom sitting at a table alone eating some eggs and bacon so I went over and sat down across from him.
"Hey, what's going on," I said cheerfully, hoping he was in a better mood then was in last night.
He just looked over the top of his newspaper, gave me a look, and looked back down.
"Look, I know you're mad that I didn't tell you about Dougie and me, but c'mon, Tom, this is just childish."
He shrugged his shoulders and said," I just don't feel like talking today."
"Fine, whatever," I stood up and started to walk away, but then turned on my heel to look at him," You're so immature if you can't even talk to me about what's upsetting you."
"Pfft, look who's talking," he said, standing up from the table and turning towards me," You couldn't even tell me that you were dating one of my best friends. God, you're such a hypocrite."
I laughed," Ha, got you talking."
He sighed," You don't get it. You don't know what it's like to find out that your best friend in the entire world went behind your back and started dating another really good friend. Not only that, but she also told someone else about it and didn't trust you enough to tell you. You really hurt me, Abby."
I tried to hold back the tears that were forming in my eyes. God, I'm never going to get a break from crying am I? Seems like I'm hurting everyone these days.
"Tom, I'm really sorry, ok. It's not that I didn't trust you, it's just that I...," and then I realized that I couldn't tell him without revealing that I was in love with him.
"You what?"
"I couldn't tell anyone, Tom," I continued, carefully choosing my words," If Fletch had found I might of lost my job and not be able to hang out with you or the guys for a while, and I wasn't going to risk that."
"Then how come you told Danny?" He asked, looking me strait in the eye, as if he was daring me to lie to him.
I thought about it for a second. Why did I tell Danny? Oh, yea, I couldn't tell Tom because I was in love with him.
"He was just there that night," I said, partly telling the truth. Hey if it wasn't him who had stayed in the room with me it would have been Harry and then he would have been the unlucky one," It was the night that my room was broken into and my ring was stolen. I was upset because Dougie and I had just broken up, and he comforted me and everything just spilled out. I'm so sorry if I ever made you feel like I couldn't trust you."
I went over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist, never wanting to let go. He tensed up at first but after a minute he relaxed and hugged me back.
"I just wish you would have told me," he whispered.
I know," I said," I do too. It would have made things a lot easier."
He pulled away from me and smiled," So, how drunk did they get last night?"
"Let's just say it's a good thing I kept that miracle medicine you gave me."
He laughed and wrapped an arm around my waist, leading me to the elevator.
"Let's go raise the undead and then make them suffer."
"Yes, because we are just so evil," I said, laughing at the satanic face he pulled.
Let's make a pact," he said as the elevator doors closed," We're never going to fight again. We'll always be best friends."
I agreed and we shook on it, although I didn't like the sound of that last line. I wanted to be so much more.