New Text Message From Colby
-Go to sleep babe, it's too late for me to come back. I'll call you in the morning.
I sighed softly as I put my phone down and switched off my lamp. The minute my head hit the pillow I was out like a stupid grin on my face. Because for the first time in a long time I thought I knew what life had in store for me and I was excited for it.
New Text Message From Colby
-How's your head?
I groaned loudly as I squinted at my phone. I had just rolled over and turned on my phone to see what the time was. It felt like I had been sleeping for about two hours but as it turned out, I'd be out of it for a good seven hours.
New Text Message From Georgia
-Not bad. But I haven't got out of bed yet.
New Text Message From Colby
-You'll be fine. Just wanted to see if I could drop by real quick and say goodbye. I'm flying out and won't be back until Thursday.
I frowned a little as I sat up in bed. I had only just decided that I was going to let him in and get to know him better and now he was leaving. I hadn't been able to talk to him properly since everything had happened so I guess this was my best bet before he left for work again.
New Text Message From Georgia
-Sure I'm just gonna jump in the shower
After showering and getting dressed in to jean shorts and a tank top I walk down the hallway and in to the kitchen and I smile softly when I see Colby sitting on the floor with Isla and Tynan climbing all over him. Sophia was standing behind the sofa with her phone out snapping photos. "Morning." I smiled brightly and turned on my heel making a beeline for the coffee pot.
"Hey." Colby responded and groaned loudly immediately after. I turned my head to see that Tynan had just kneed him in the crotch. I giggled as I opened the sugar jar and scooped a good amount in to my coffee. Colby stood up and picked up Tynan and walked over to me. I took a big gulp of coffee and grinned at Tynan who was trying to wriggle out of Colby's grip to get to me. "How's your head?" He asked with a grin.
"It's alright, I don't normally get hang overs, I just feel tired." I tell him with a stupid grin. I was happy to see him. To be honest I don't think I'd ever been happy to see him. We had spent a good amount of time together but I had never been excited to see him or disappointed that he had to go back to work.
"That's good." He chuckles and hands Tynan to me. Tynan gurgles some baby gibberish and then buries his head in to the crook of my neck.
After chilling out with the babies for a little while Colby and I head out in to the backyard to talk while Sophia attempts to put the babies down for a nap. "So." Colby says awkwardly.
I laugh. "Don't make it awkward!" I demand.
"Sorry, I just don't know what to say. Obviously sorry for being such a dick but where do we go from here?" We sit down on a couch next to each other on the deck. I look at Colby curiously, he's made his feelings quite clear with kissing me and all so I guess from now on it's kind of my call.
I sit there for a moment pondering how I really feel. After the past few days of not wanting to accept any of Colby's advances but now after reading that letter from Declan and thinking about non-stop I had changed my mind. I did like Colby but I wasn't still wasn't sure that I was entirely ready to move on. That being said I did want to get to know Colby.
"I know that I'm not ready to start something new yet, but I like you. I want to get to know you better. It would make me feel better about moving on so quickly." I explain to him slowly. That was a big step for me and I was scared. I was scared that he would hurt me, I was scared that we would have something as great as I had with Declan. I look up at him curiously and he smiles at me and shuffles a little closer to me and puts his arm around my shoulder gently. "Please don't hurt me." I whisper quietly and lean my head against his shoulder.
The next week at training Colby turned up on Thursday night and when he walked in to the gym he walked right over to me where I was stretching in a corner waiting for Marek to start the class. He put his hand on my shoulder. "Hey." He smiled at me when I turned around.
"Hey." I smiled back at him.
"How was your week?" He asks. I look around and notice that there are a few people watching us. Marek has just walked out of the office and spotted Colby beside me. Theo and Matt are also warming up and watching our interactions.
"It was good. How was yours?" I ask him.
"Slow. Been waiting to get back here since I left." He chuckles.
"You're getting soft in your old age." I smirk at him and leaving him standing there as I head over to the ring to start the class.
"Hey Georgia." I looked up from my bag in the change room and saw Lara walking out of the shower stall with a towel wrapped around her body.
"Hey." I smiled at her and grabbed my brush as i pulled the hair tie out of the sweaty hair.
"Can I ask you something? It's kind of important." She seems a little nervous.
"Of course you can." I'm curious to know what's on her mind. She had missed two classed this week and hadn't really seemed herself tonight.
"Don't take this the wrong way but the others have noticed that something is going on between you and Colby. So it's not really a question, it's more of a friendly suggestion. Maybe you could tone it down in class. The others are starting to think that Colby is favouring you." I frown at this revelation but I'm glad that she brought it up.
"Have they said something?" Obviously the hand on my shoulder hadn't gone unnoticed at the start of class.
"They mentioned that they thought it was unfair, I'm not complaining, I think it's adorable that he follows you around like a lost puppy. But I guess all the media attention isn't help either." She explains. I think about this carefully what she's saying. When I had forgotten that my spending time with Colby was unfair to everyone else?
"I'll sort it out. Thanks for telling me." I say with a sigh. I needed to sort things out and quickly, I couldn't have everyone in my class thinking that I was receiving special treatment.
So once my stuff was packed up I walked out of the change room and across the gym to the office where Theo was exiting. I smiled politely at him but I knew what he thought now, I felt sick to my stomach that I had forgotten that I was here for a reason. He didn't return my smile but just rolled his eyes. Well, that went well… I took a deep breath and walked in to the office and saw that Colby was in a bad mood. He had a permanent scowl tattooed on his face which didn't move at all when he looked up to see me in the office.
He was slumped in the leather office chair behind the desk and Marek was sitting on the edge of the desk with a frown on his face. "Bad time?" I quirk an eyebrow and Colby snaps his head up and opens his mouth to say something but shuts it immediately.
"No it's fine. Just some minor complications is all." Marek answers for him, which I think we all appreciate because I'm pretty sure that Colby was about to bite my head off.
"Minor complications huh?" I turn my head and Theo has re-entered the office for god only knows what reasons. "You're full of shit the both of you! You and Georgia having a thing while we're training and favouring her over everyone else is more than a minor complication! This is meant to be your business not you're fucking dating company!" Theo is more than angry and pushes past me roughly sending me in to the corner of the filing cabinet I was standing next to me.
This angers Colby and he stands up immediately and walks right over to Theo and pushes him out of the office while shouting, "If you cannot walk in to our office with an ounce of respect you can get out! You might feel that way, I'm truly sorry for that, but that is not what is happening! I would never favour one particular student!" He shouts as he shoves him out the door. He walks back in to office and picks up a wad of papers from the desk. "This is my personal reference for you, you jack ass!" He shoves the paper in to his chest and walks back in to the office and slams the shut.
I just stand there holding my elbow which I banged against the filing cabinet when Theo pushed past me. I looked at Colby curiously, had he known that something like this was going to happen? "Did you know that was going to happen?" I ask him curiously.
"No, I had a few references written out I was gonna hand them out when the classes ended next month." He said casually and then looked at me with a concerned look. "Are you ok?" He asks and walks over to me and grabs my elbow gently to have a look.
"I'm fine, just a bump." I tell him and move his hand from my elbow. "I was literally about to come and talk to you about that, Lana mentioned it to me in the change room and I wanted to tackle it before something happened." I tell him with a frown, guess I was too late.
"Yeah well I guess I deserved that one, I didn't exactly give the other students a trip to Chicago or anything." He grumbled.
"I'm sure he'll get over it, he might even apologise for being such an ass. I gotta go." I glance at the clock and it's just after ten thirty.
"Did you walk?" He asks.
"Yeah." I nod my head.
"I'll walk you back if you like." He offers with a small smile.
I think about it carefully for a moment and then decide that it would probably look bad if he walked me home after something like that. God forbid Theo was still in the gym, what would he think and what sort of rumours would he spread if he saw us leaving together? "Not tonight, it's fine. I'll text you in the morning." I tell him and lean up and kiss his cheek and make my exit after waving at Marek who had been silent since Theo had burst in to the office.
In the morning I'm up early with Isla and Tynan who rather oddly both had an amazing night of sleep. Wish I would say the same for myself but I just couldn't stop thinking about what happened before I left the gym last night. If Theo was that angry what was stopping others being that angry?
New Text Message From Colby
- Are you and the twins free today?
I arched an eyebrow curiously as I picked up my phone. I opened the message and read it once more and then started to reply.
New Text Message From Georgia
-Yep we're free. What did you have in mind?
New Text Message From Colby
- I was thinking we could grab a coffee and head down to the play centre near my place? Ya know, kick off this getting to know each other thing :)
Sorry for the lack of updates guys it's been a busy few weeks including holidays and my birthday! I can't be bothered editing so here you go! Tell me what you think!