Still Can't Get Over You

Chapter 28

The Tavern; A couple of hours later;
Claire's POV;

Since Dylan had joined us tonight, we had decided to turn the celebrations in to a sort of inprompto engagement party. It seemed to me that everyone was excited and happy for Jim and myself, which of course seemed to make everything about the whole thing perfect. If I didn't have the support of the friends that I considered my Family, then I would be beyond miserable.

Dylan had apologized for not being with us last night and when I had managed to get her alone she had confessed that she had, had a few drinks with Adam Copeland aka; Edge from the show. When I had asked what the big deal was, she explained what had gone down with the rated R superstar and Matt's ex Amy Dumass. So as requested I kept the piece of information to myself just happy that she was here now. Joining in on the celebrations since they weren't scheduled for a fight the following night. With only a signing that Jeff, Matt and Shannon had to attend in the local HMV, we all planned on letting our hair down and just having fun tonight.

"Do you have any idea how incredibly sexy you look?" Jim stepped up behind me as I talk to Dylan.

"Awe listen to Mr. Root; he's hopelessly devoted to ya!" Dylan giggled softly as my eyes moved towards Jim but they seemed to land on Jeff stood a few spaces away. There was no denying that he was watching Dylan; his eyes all over her, the desire and hunger flashing madly as his tongue snaked over his lips in a way that told me exactly what he was thinking.

It wasn't that I didn't like the man, it was just that my loyalties lay with Dylan; she was my friend after all, and had been for as long as either of us could remember.

Almost instantly he caught me looking at him. Giving me a smile he tore his eyes away from her and joined in on the conversation that he had been having with Shannon and H.

"What can I say...? She's the love of my life!" Jim replied as my eyes finally landed on his handsome features.

"Oh God it's sickening," Dylan giggled softly as she sipped at her JD and cola.

I didn't know if it was just me but it seemed to me that my friend was not only slightly calmer but the chemistry between her and Jeff seemed to have turned down a notch too.

"Hey like you and Carmine weren't like this when you got engaged..." Jim said smiling as he flicked her chin jokingly.

"Ahh if only things had stayed that way," She sighed heavily looking away from us a clear indication that she didn't want this to turn in to a conversation about her and her fiance.

What was that?

I mean sure I knew that they were having problems mainly because he couldn't accept that she was doing this, that she had chosen a career path that he couldn't be a part of but if he would just give it a chance, he could be a part of it. It wasn't that different to acting, she still had lines to rehearse, she still had scripts to go over and she was still on TV every week.

On the other hand, I wished that she would just talk to him, try to get him to understand and maybe be a little more patient with him 'cos if things didn't get better with them soon, I could see their relationship falling to pieces around them with no way of repairing it.

"They'll get better sugar," Jim offered softly.

"I don't know about that," She sighed turning back to look at us but not before her eyes seemed to find Jeff's instinctively and I could see that he had gone back to watching her.

By the time her face reached ours she was blushing heavily and I was more than certain that something was going on but I knew Dylan, if she didn't want anyone to know then she wouldn't let anyone know, she was guarded more than anyone else I knew.