DOUGIE'S POV

I froze as soon as I saw her, so beautiful and charming as she always was. I'd never been romantic, but she brought up the best in me. I'd been trying my best to avoid bumping into her and in my excitement of going out with Ally, I'd forgotten this was Frankie's favorite restaurant.

She looked at me straight into my eyes with a weird look on her face.

"Hi, Dougie" she said softly.

"Hello" I said as calm as I could.

"Can we talk?" she said and looked at Ally for a moment.

"Not really" I said.

"Please, just five minutes"

I sighed and gave Ally the keys of my car.

"Could you wait for me in the car, please?" I said turning to her. She seemed confused but she nodded and left.

I closed my eyes and remind myself that this girl had cheated on me; not because I'd been a bad boyfriend, not because I hadn't paid enough attention to her or her needs, not even because we had had a fight… She'd done it because she chose that, for pleasure… She didn't care about me, about us. She was just having fun in a pretty club while I was in my tour-bus writing songs about her.

"What do you want, Frankie?" I asked her as I opened my eyes.

"Was that your girlfriend?" she asked.

"No"

"Are you dating her?"

"I don't know… I think this was a date"

She bitted her lip and took a step closer.

"Dougie, I miss you, I want you back" she said quickly and softly.

"I'm not a toy" I said annoyed, trying not to let her puppy-face bewitched me "You cant just want me back and except me to go running to you"

"Oh, baby, please, you know what I mean. I made a huge mistake, I swear I regret what I did. I need you, Dougie. Your kissed, your skin, your voice, I miss everything about you"

"I miss you too, but it's like once your smile showed my love, but now, when I see you smiling, I feel like you are laughing at me."

It was true, that always happened to me, it was happening right now, I felt this whole thing was an act, nothing but a trick.

The image of the guy kissing Frankie hit my mind again… He was tall, a lot taller than me; Frankie liked tall guys. He had big, huge muscles and had her arms around her. She was smiling as she kissed him, something she used to do with me as a sign that she liked the kiss. She liked how he kissed her. She did to him what he liked to do with me… And who knows, maybe it wasn't just a one-time thing, as I'd heard. I would have never found it if it wasn't for the one who took pictures of them.

"I am not laughing at you, Dougie. Look at my face and tell me again if you think I'm laughing" I looked at her. She definitely wasn't laughing, her face was sad as my dog when I had to leave for a tour, but I felt it s fake.

I should walk away now, right now, go to the car and drive Ally home. I knew she was so much better than Frankie, but I just couldn't take away my killing desire to kiss her. It had been my wish for months and now that I had the chance, I was scare.

My mind was really confused; should I stay or should I go? I knew the answer, I just didn't want to face it. I wanted to fool myself and believe she had changed, she would love me this time, love me for real…

She came even closer to me. She was inches away from me. I knew I shouldn't go back with her, it was stupid and compulsive… But I was stupid and compulsive, right?

"Just tell me one thing…" I said "Was it worth it? Was he worth this?"

She moved her head from side to side, but I somehow still couldn't believe her, it was inevitable. For me, she had chosen him over me, and she always would in my mind.

"Give me a second chance, please" she said.

'Friends' came up to my mind, that episode in which Ross and Rachel get back together during small holidays at the beach…. Rachel tells Ross something her mum had told her: 'once a cheater, always a cheater'. Should I take this risk? I'd tried to get her out of my mind for months, and when I finally did it, she appeared again… Maybe it was a sign, maybe I belonged to her.