Charlotte watched as Becky lifted the weights and she could tell that her friend was miserable. "Becks?"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you just talk to her? It's easy to see that you're not over her."
"Leave it alone Char, please."
"But you..."
"Leave it alone!" Becky snapped, putting the weights down and walking out of the gym.
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"Sierra?"
Sierra looked up from her laptop to see Killian standing next to her table.
"Hi Killian. How are you?"
"I'm doing well. Do you mind if I sit down? I don't want to interrupt your lunch or your work." He said and Sierra smiled a little.
"No, no. Please sit down...you're not interrupting anything, I promise. I was just finishing up a couple of schedules for this week coming up and I haven't ordered yet."
"Alright, thank you." Killian stated, sitting down at the table across from her. "How are you doing?"
"I'm assuming you're asking me that because of the situation with Becky. Does anyone not know?" She asked, sighing and he chuckled.
"Gossip runs pretty fast around here. Honestly though...how are you?"
"I'm...ok I guess." Sierra whispered, picking up her glass of wine and taking a drink.
"Have you tried talking to her?"
"No. It wouldn't do any good anyway...I fucked up things big time."
"You won't know that unless you try." Killian said and she sighed.
"Killian I appreciate the concern, believe me I do but..."
"I won't say another word about it. Do you want me to go or do you mind if I stay and have lunch with you?"
"Stay, please...I could use the company."
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Becky ignored the soft knocking on her hotel room door, hoping whoever it was would go away. Ten minutes later the knocking on the door still hadn't stopped. Sighing in frustration, she tossed her book on the bed and walked over to see who it was. "What are you doing here?"
Sierra looked at her, feeling like her heart was about to pound out of her chest. "Can we talk? Just for five minutes, please?"
"I have nothing to say to you Sierra."
"Then let me do all the talking! Please Becky...I'll get down on my knees and beg you if that's what you want me to do."
Becky rolled her eyes and stepped back, allowing Sierra to walk in the room. "Five minutes. That's all you get so you better start talking."
Sierra sighed and turned to look at the other woman. "Becky I'm so sorry! I never meant to hurt you, please believe me."
"Then why did you do it?! Why did you sneak out of my bed and go back to him?" Becky asked as Sierra sat down on the bed.
"It's hard to explain."
"Well try! God Sierra...I thought things were going really good between us and then I woke up the next morning and you weren't there. I called, I texted but still nothing until I saw you in his arms. So explain to me why the hell that was!"
"The next morning when I woke up and saw you laying there...my God, you looked so beautiful and in that moment I realized that I was falling hard for you and that scared me to death so I ran to Bobby. You have to believe me Becky...nothing happened between him and I." Sierra explained as Becky paced back and forth.
"That's not the point! The point is that we made love and then you ran off to your ex without even thinking about how I would feel or talking to me about how you felt."
"I was scared Becky! Hell, I still am."
"You think I'm not scared too? We haven't known each other long but what we had felt right...or at least it did to me." Becky said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"It is right, I know that now."
"It's too late Sierra. You should have realized it before you left me for him."
"Becky please...I'm falling in love with you. Can't you see that?" Sierra stood up and walked over to her, reaching out to touch her and she winced when Becky quickly stepped away from her.
"I wish I could believe you, I really do. You need to leave."
"No Becky. Please I..."
"Leave Sierra." Becky said, her tone of voice leaving no room for argument.
Sierra sighed, tears rolling down her face as she walked out of the room.
Becky waited until the door closed before laying down on the bed and letting all the tears she had been holding fall from her eyes.