“Where did you run off to last night Corey? You disappeared…”
Nate approached him the morning after when they had all arrived at work.
“Back to mine, with Soph.” He added the last bit with a smug
smile.
While Aaron was only a few paces away from them, he was
trying his hardest to stay out of it by finding pointless means of distraction.
He didn’t want to hear it but it was pretty much being forced on him anyway.
“Did she fulfil your lifetime goal and sleep with you then?”
Was the next question thrown Corey’s way and he was more than happy to be open
about it.
“Of course she did.”
“No fucking way!” Nate began to laugh, genuinely surprised
that Sophie had given in after so long. She had always been so adamant she
wouldn’t step foot near him but that had not lasted. “Come on then, details.”
Corey didn’t need much persuading as he prepped himself to
begin telling it all. However, it was clear Aaron could only keep out of it for
so long before he turned around.
“She…” Corey began to say before a fist collided into the
side of his face, leaving them all in shock.
“What the fuck was that for?” He bit, holding his cheek.
“If you had enough respect for that girl you wouldn’t make
your night into story time for everyone here. Shut the fuck up.” Aaron warned.
He knew for a fact if Sophie found out he was telling the
details to all the guys at the garage, she would be fuming. Part of him knew it
was none of his business, they weren’t together and she had slept with Corey
knowing what he was like. However, at the same time he still felt the need to
protect her. It had killed him the moment he found out what had happened yet he
knew it would kill her just as much if the night became public news to all the
guys.
“More like you don’t want to hear it.” Corey fort back, a
challenging expression over his face. “You stupidly broke up with her remember…
it was your own fault.”
“Do what you want, just have a bit more respect.” Aaron’s
response was much calmer this time as he tried to get back to work.
“So you’re are giving me permission to continue sleeping
with your ex?”
Corey was purposely trying to aggravate Aaron and he was
succeeding. He knew since the breakup things had been rough, yet he had little
sympathy. If Sophie had have ended things with Aaron, he may have been a little
more sensitive but because it was the other way around, he wasn’t capable of
acting like he cared.
“No, I’m not giving you fucking permission.” He turned back
around so him and Corey were face to face. “But that means fuck all to you
doesn’t it? Whatever you want, you’ll go and do anyway.”
“I just don’t remember a ‘keep off’ sticker being placed on
her when you ended things.” Corey shrugged his shoulders. “You had your chance
but screwed it up so get over it.”
“So what do you plan to get out of this then?” Aaron opened
his arms in question as he took a few steps closer. “She works and lives in London. Are you going to
move there too?”
“What like you would always be too fucking scared to do?”
Corey’s words caught Aaron’s full attention as he just
looked back at his ‘friend’ with that angered look across his face.
“Because commitment makes you run doesn’t it? It happened
with Amie and now Soph… any signs of feelings and you escape before you turn
soft.”
Even though Corey was purposely trying to annoy Aaron, he
was hitting the nail on the head. Aaron had always kept away from commitment
and no one knew why. He was a genuine guy who would have much preferred a
relationship to just messing around at this age yet he never let himself fully
get that far.
Corey wasn’t one to settle down either but there was a
difference. It wasn’t because he was scared, he just wasn’t ready. So the fact
that they were engaged in this conversation right now was highlighting what the
real issue was, yet with no explanation.
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