e's

you wan

, but I couldn't blame him. Not for it, at least. Everything that had transpired

ice trembling somewhat, though I fou

ractically hear him pacing back and forth, his mind racing with the pe

than I remembered. "You've got one

him, but I was desperate. The last two years of my life had been full of errors, and now I

. I just....I need to explai

years, you want to explain? You had yo

e from. It was the same place it had always come from-jealousy. He had never forgotten that I had left him, that I had ch

o ," I explained to him, "But you have to understa

wasn't your fault, Kate." he s

cked us. You don't get to come back an

cut off for a moment. "

fying into something nasty. "You left me for him, Kate. And now you're trying to s

gether. I knew that he was right, and the outrage in his tone made chills run through

fleeing from everything and everyone. I was not ready for what we ha

ten to his mind, the fury building, the

ning. "You think after everything you put me through, after everything you did.

at? You believed I didn't reciprocate those feelings? But you never allowed me in. You kept me

d, Kate. God, I tried. But you always were so goddamn s

ars. " I know I was selfish. And I apologize. But you don't understand. It had nothing to

"It has always been a

per than I was willing to admit. "Perhaps it has," I pant

nd with the way he reacted, I knew

Don't you dare bring him into this. This is just between us. You're not goi

ut

not hearing this. Not now. Not ever. If you

ore than I could deal with now. The bitterness, the jealousy. all tho

ou. I just.. I just want you to know what went on.

his voice was tense and low, barely a whisper. "You can't fix this

was like watching all the things I'd been hanging on to, all the hope that mayb

whispered, before at

h. I had come to him seeking answers, seeking closure, and all I had done was reopen woun

e me a chance. Please meet me at our usual

minutes and you better have a

ank

**

s to explain yourself, o

shed my lips on his, my lip

nly I could understand. He grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me in closer to deepen the kiss. I slid my hands Into his

tinue doing this with you Kat

olling himself, he wants me b

we just put the past behind us

, and you think you can just walk you

but I don't plan on giving up any chan

how I can fix this, tell me what

K? I need space to th

ady to talk." He nodded, walking towards the exit b

and I could see the pain