Chapter 3
Chapter 3
As I walked around the block with Parker, it felt like the familiar feeling I’d been longing for while I was at school. I used to think about him every day, and would eventually end the day crying myself to sleep. Because why would he leave me? Leave me for a girl that’s even prettier than me? A few weeks passed by, and as time progressed, I was always angry. I was angry at myself, my sister for being right about him in the first place, and his new girlfriend. I was never angry at him personally. Then months passed by and finally, I was right where I should’ve been: Pissed at him. Then, I was pissed at myself for blaming myself and the people around me. My friends made me realize that there is more to life than this red-hot emotion, and I began to feel untouchable. It became designer clothes galore in my closet, and my parents helped me buy my own car. The Rolls Royce was my prize possession, so I never brought it to school and let my father drive it around just so there were no issues because it wasn’t being driven for long periods of time.
I daydreamed about going back to the cafe and getting a chai latte as Parker began to blab about his new and improved life at Yale. “So what’s with the social call Parker?” I ask as we turn the corner on our block. “Now, you might’ve changed your hair, but damn you’ll never get rid of that wit” he chuckles. I turned my head away from him and let out a silent breath of desperation. I couldn’t handle the small talk anymore, and Parker never was one for it either. “So, are we just gonna dance around the cheating ordeal or?” I chuckle. As we walked around I realized he was taking me to the area I just came from by the cafe. The memories of Parker and I going there had been replaced with this one chance encounter with a total stranger. A hot stranger at that.
James POV
After hanging out at the cafe after Tiffany left, I decided to go to the small furniture store a couple of doors down. I decided to get a more stable headboard to get on my bed. I just knew I was gonna need a better one the first day I got that woman in my house. I swear when that day comes, I’m not letting her leave until she agrees to move in with me. I quickly brushed that thought out of my head noting that it was too extreme; But no matter what, I definitely want Tiffany in my bed every day and night. As I’m walking to my car I instantly recognize my sweet girl, but she’s obviously not alone. When I look closer, I also recognize the guy walking next to her.
It’s that snarky little bastard Parker who interned for Stark Industries the past few summers. Every single time I saw him when I went to visit Tony, he just acted like a pretentious douche. He came from a rich family, but apparently, his parents dropped him off at his aunt’s house and never came back. Honestly, if he acted like that when he was a child, I wouldn’t have come back for him either. I’m brought back to reality when I see that fucker try and grab my girl’s hand and she moved it away. That’s my girl. Why was she walking with another man, especially this Parker kid? She should be home like she told me she was going. Or better yet, she should be in the warm bed, cuddled up with me. As they walked passed the cafe and toward me, she noticed me and flashed that pretty smile at me. God I can’t wait to see her in my hoodies and t-shirts.
Tiffany POV
Once I saw James I just wanted to run into his arms and have him take me away from this bitch boy next to me. Being around James made me feel soft, and made me feel like I didn’t always need to indulge in that “bad bitch” persona. He seemed happy to see me too and instantly walked towards Parker and me. “Hey Tiffany, I thought we weren’t meeting until later on. Missed me that much?” I chuckle as I play along. “Yeah, I just decided to come now you know. But anyways this is Parker, he’s the cheating ex I told you about.” I say while smiling at Parker who still looks unfazed. “Hey man, thanks for leaving her, that’ll give me an opportunity to treat her better than you ever could,” James said with a smile. Parker just rolls his eyes, unaffected by the scene playing in front of him. See, I knew he wasn’t here to apologize. Still the same Parker wrapped up in his own world. “Well, in all honesty, you can have her James.” I looked at him as he weirdly emphasized his name. “You’ll be tossing her ass to the side once you find out the bipolar bitch she really is.”
I quickly inched away from him and closer to James when he said that. James immediately made me like I was safe and made me feel like I didn’t have to handle things on my own for once. He even held his arm out in front of me to keep my distance from Parker. To me, that’s one of the hottest things a man could ever do. James moved closer to Parker’s face. “Don’t you dare say that shit about this beautiful woman? Now if she wasn’t standing here right now I would’ve punched the shit out of you for saying that, but I have more respect for her than that.” Parker snickered and started to turn away and then looked back directly at me. “Call me when he leaves your ass, and you’re ready to beg to be back in my arms.” He walks off towards his house after that.
James turns to me and places a hand on my shoulder, “You okay beautiful? I’ve seen that Parker dude a few times at Stark’s building, and I know the asshole he can be.” I sigh, “It doesn’t even matter, I’m just so glad you didn’t leave yet, even after you sent that message with no context whatsoever.” He smirks, “Well I couldn’t give too much away, beautiful.” He places his hand on the small of my back as we start walking to what I now realize is his car. He opened the door for me and told me he wanted to take me home and would never forgive himself if I walked that mere five blocks back to my house. I wanted to be around him all the time, he just gave off a warm and cozy vibe. After he got in the driver's seat we began to drive back to my house.