Obligation
When I came back, I was walking on the street and stopped at the music store that was nearby my house. On the window, a Fender Stratocaster. I smiled, and remembered all those times Anne and I went to this store to look at the guitars... How many times I saw her eyes shining when she was looking at a Strat... I knew this was her dream, and everytime I saw her looking a tone, I thought "one day, when I have a lot of Money, I'm gonna give her one of those..." I looked at the guitar again. I didn't think twice, I already had some money... even though our relationship was not the same anymore, I really wanted to give her the guitar. I left the store feeling very happy, because I was finally able to give her the present she always wanted! I went to her house to give her, but she was not there. That's better. When Matt saw the guitar he almost fainted. I wrote a note and put it on her bed, with the guitar. I wish I could see her face when she saw it…
I went home to wait for her reaction. After a while, I heard the door bell, when I opened the door, she got in holding the guitar and asking what was that. I decided to be ironic and told her it was a guitar. She said she couldn't take it, I saw that coming, apparently things were more formal between us… that was very weird… She mentioned Kyle... I said it was a friend's gift, and she gave in. I was very happy to see Anne with the guitar…
I was told I would have a meeting with the producers, it must be something related to my CD, which was about to be released, and I had some stuff to sign. But when I read it, I was chocked with one thing. I would have to be in a relationship with Kim again. I couldn't see the point of that, I had no idea what Kim could have to do with my new CD, what she could be useful in... But if I didn't date her, my career would end.
I decided to give Anne an ultimatum. If she really wanted to be with me, I was willing to give up on everything, start everything again…
I invited her for dinner at Outback, she always loved going there. After eating, I said I wantd to have a serious talk with her. I saw she was scared. I asked her if she wanted to be with me, I said I regretted what I had done, and I didn't want to see her with someone else. She said no, we had our chance and she was staying with Kyle. I asked her if she was sure, we stared at each other for a moment…. And she said she was. So, I was going to do what the producers were asking me to. Before we leave, she went to the bathroom. I had a quick idea, I wanted to make clear to her how much I liked her. I got the coaster and wrote "Sis, never forget how much I like you.", and put it in her purse. I hope she only finds it when we get home… when we did, I kissed her on the cheek, but I wished it was somewhere else… I didn't know when I was gonna kiss her again, when I showed up with Kim it would be hard for her to forgive me…
I didn't go after Anne anymore, I was worried about my CD and Kim… I couldn't even look at her, and I had to pretend to be in love… I couldn't understand it, that was not my idea of being famous… I didn't want to picture Anne's face when she saw me with Kim.
Andrew told me there would be a dinner at Matt and Anne's and we must go. I decided to bring Kim. When we got there, Andrew got in first, and I was left behind locking the car.
Matt was surprised when he saw me with her, that was predictable, but the look on Anne's face was indescribable. She was disappointed, and I couldn't blame her, after everything Kim had done...
There was a lot of tension at the table, but only between Anne and me, everyone else was very relaxed, Matt and Kyle were talking out loud and making jokes, Kim tried to talk to Anne's mom, who decided to torture us...
"David, remember when you and Anne pretended to get married in our backyard?"
I decided to pretend I was relaxed to, I laughed and answered:
"How could I forget? We swore eternal love… And Matt punched me in the face right after that..."
I wanted to punch Kyle in the face, he was kissing and hugging Anne… We started a little teasing game, if I kissed Kim, she held Kyle, I whispered in her ear…
When the dinner was over, I was relieved.