Stairs

She lay down next to me and asked me if it was worth going through all of that for me, and said she was willing to do everything if I said yes. I didn't even have to think, that "I love you" that she gave me put a closure in any doubt I might still have, I couldn't make things public yet, at least for a while, but just the assurance that she would be waiting made me relieved and more motivated to fix everything… I held her and said...

"I'll make it worth your while."

I assured her she could trust me.

I'd have to be away for a couple of weeks, and I'd miss her so much. Days didn't passed at all... I couldn't stop thinking about her, the thing I wanted the most was to be with her… and to make things worst, Kim didn't let go of me, what a pain in the ass!

I could only text Anne in the middle of the night, that was the only free time I had... I said I missed her, and couldn't wait to be with her... I wanted her to be sure that she was on my mind 24/7... I had a bad luck one day, I was in the shower and Kim was waiting for me in the room (I didn't let her shower with me), the cell rang and she answered… when I asked who it was, she said they hang up. I knew who it was.

When there was just a few days left for me to finally go home, Matt called me and told me he was throwing a birthday party. I made an effort so he wouldn't notice I had completely forgotten, with everything that was going on… the party was going to be on a old hangar, and on the very same day I'd return to Tulsa, so I'd be able to go, I told him I'd be there. I was glad, because I'd finally be able to take a break from Kim, enjoy my time with Anne, but I wasn't counting that she was listening to my conversation with Matt…. And of course, she invited herself to go with me...

When I got home, I got dressed quickly (but I was looking nice, Anne would be there), because I was hoping to escape from Kim, she didn't know where the party was... But when I opened the door, she was at the doorway... She just doesn't give me a break! When we got there, I saw Anne surrounded by some friends, staring at me. I pretended I hadn't seen her, I still didn't know what to say to her, I saw Matt coming towards me, I let go of Kim to hug him.

I didn't have the guts to go talk to Anne, she didn't like to see me with Kim by my side at all... Even knowing that she was the one I really loved, that's too much for anyone…. We sat in a corner, she didn't stop talking and I hardly answered her…. I saw Anne going to get a drink, she looked at me, I blinked…. Kim noticed it, but pretended she didn't... she knew Anne was the one I loved, I didn't hide my cell with messages from her, I actually wanted her to be sure I had absolutely no feelings for her.

Anne decided to act normally, she came to us to say hi, and when she bent down to kiss me, I couldn't resist, I said I wanted to talk to her... but Kim just didn't let go of me, my God! At that party I realized how patient I was... a couple of hours had passed, I had a lot of drinks to try to forget Kim was there…

She finally left to talk to some girls, and I sneak out and texted Anne to meet me under the stairs...

Before I saw her, I felt her perfume, I knew she was coming... While she was walking down the stairs, I could see how gorgeous she was in that blue dress, and more than never I realized how much I missed her… when she reached the last step, I pulled her, I smiled, she smiled back… I didn't say anything, I just kissed her, I was in a hurry, it was like the world was gonna end… I couldn't control myself, I missed her so much, I started lifting her dress when she stopped the kiss…

"Are you crazy? Not here, David..."

She was going to resist and I knew why, I didn't have to ask. And who was I to insist, my "girlfriend" was waiting for me upstairs… I was glad just for being with her, feeling her body, her scent… we were kind of hypnotized, until we heard a noise on the stairs, she pushed me and ran upstairs, it was no one, I waited for a while and went up too.

When I got back to the party, Kim was upset, her breath smelled like wine and she was rushing me to go home, I didn't wanna go, I didn't wanna take my eyes off Anne, it bothered me when a guy got close to her, and Matt's drunk friends were doing that all the time... but I trusted her, and from where I was I could see her repelling all of them… She rushed passed us and I heard her saying to a friend...

"We're gonna have to carry him, will you help me?"

I looked back and Matt couldn't stand still, I took him off Anne and asked the guys to help me putting him in the car... he was mumbling senseless things and didn't answered when I made a joke

"There you go, buddy! It had been a while since we last got waisted! You beat me this time!

I wanted to follow them home, Anne wouldn't be able to take care of him alone, but Kim had to be sick, or pretended to be, so I had to take her home... when I lay Matt on the back seat, Anne was already inside the car. I put her hand on the wheel and promised to call the next day...

When I woke up, I was looking forward to call her, I wanted to talk to her and see how Matt had behaved, I bet she would have a long and funny story about how bizarre was to take care of him alone, but even though I got rid of Kim, I had a photoshooting in the morning...

As soon as it was over, I got my cell to call her, I tried her cell because I imagined she would be in bed. It rang a lot of times, I tried again because she never knew where the cell was and used to take a while to answer it... nothing.
I tried her home number, Matt answered, his voice was husky, I was afraid to ask straight for Anne, so I asked if he was feeling better, he said he was still sleepy and was only awake because he heard Anne going out with his car... he told me what I (didn't) need to hear, she wasn't home, and she didn't answered me on the cell…