Chapter 53: Strange feelings
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You wouldn't be asking me if you saw it." He pointed over at his belongings on the spare chair. "Grab my phone and look. You'd hit a tree too if you saw that thing."
I waved him off. "Nah, I'm good, but thanks. I'll take your word for it." But then I went serious and stared at him. "You promise you won't do something that stupid ever again. I was worried sick about you!"
He lost his playful demeanor and nodded his head at me. "I'm sorry, lynnt, I promise not to do that stupid shit again", He paused and looked at me, really looked at me. "Were you with Drake tonight?"
I nodded without even thinking about it. Hiding my feelings for Drake was going to be hard around best friend. He could usually see right through me.
"And?...." He urged, teasing me with his wagging eyebrows again.
"And, nothing. His sister came by today and Drake made us dinner. We were out on his patio drinking a glass of wine when the hospital called." What I didn't tell him was what we were talking about.
"He has a sister?" He asked, surprised. "She isn't anything like yours, is she?" He scrunched his brows in disgust. Yeah, he was as big of a fan of my sister as I was.
"Not that I can tell. She's going through some things...." I trailed off, remembering our conversation. "Things that brought me back to my time with Jason, so I gave her some words of encouragement and I hope she takes them seriously."
"Please tell me you aren't letting Jason ruin your life still. He's gone, Lynn, let him go."
I nodded, knowing Luis was right but there was still a piece of me that knew I'd be healing from that awful part of my life forever.
"I'm doing my best." I touched his arm and smiled at him. "Enough about me. Tell me about this guy you met."
He gave me the biggest grin and I knew the guy has to be special if Luis was reacting like this. Most of the time, he always has one night stands and that was that, but he said he met the guy a few days ago and they're still talking. That's huge for Luis.
"I can't wait for you to meet him. He wants to meet you and I thought we could do a double date or something. Ya know, to make it less awkward."
I snorted. "Yeah, because having a double date with a guy I'm just supposed to be sleeping with isn't going to be awkward at all."
"Bitch, please. You know and I know, that it isn't just about sex between you and Drake anymore. Have you told him how you feel?"
I chuckled. "In the words of my best friend:bitch, please!"
He burst out laughing and then his smile dropped. "Lynn, you deserve to be happy. I know Jason made you happy once upon a time and you deserve that again. I may not know Dominick all that well yet, but I can tell in the way that he looks at you that he would never do the things that Jason did to you."
I shrugged, not wanting to think about Jason for the rest of the night. I've done reliving of that bastard than I cared for. Luis wants me to put him in the past, yet I can't do that when he keeps bringing him up, even if it's to remind me that Jason is nothing anymore.
"I'll figure it out, Luis. Besides, Drake made it pretty clear today that he doesn't want to do the whole girlfriend thing. I think it I told him how I really feel about our little arrangement, he'd never speak to me again, I'd scare him away."
Luis went silent and when I looked up at him, he was glaring over at me.
"Stop being a little pussy and tell the guy already. You might be surprised when he feels the same way about you."
I thought about our interrupted conversation from the patio and wondered again what Drake had to tell me. I had no clue what he was hiding but from the sounds of it, I may not like what I hear and that was holding me back just as much as my fear was.
"He tried to tell me something when the hospital called. I tried to kiss him and then he turned his head away, stopping me. Then he went on to say some shit about me not wanting to kiss him after he told me something about himself."
"Okay? And?" Luis urged, waving his hand at me.
I shrugged my shoulders. "We never got that far. As I said, the hospital called and we rushed over hear right away. End of the conversation."
"I wonder what he wanted to tell you. Maybe he's a gay!" He grinned. "Sorry, Lynn, but if that's the case, I've got first dibs."
I burst out laughing. "I fucking love you, Luis, but I honestly don't think that's the case. If you only knew what we did earlier today, you'd realize that he most definitely into women."
"Oh, you dirty bitch, tell me everything!"
The door opened and then a nurse came in, halting our conversation in it's tracks. Thank God for that. I didn't want to relive our special moment in this hospital room, knowing that Drake was downstairs waiting on me. Speaking of Drake, my mind drifted off......
"Your vitals are looking much better, Jack. I will make a few notations and I think we will be able to send you home in a few hours." The nurse smiled at me and then left the room again.
I pulled out my phone to call Drake when it rang and slightly startled me. His name flashed across the screen and I answered with a smile on my lips.
"Hey, sorry I haven't called you. Luis is fine. Mouthy as ever, but fine," i laughed into the phone.
