✔️Soundtrack To My Life (18+) part 1

Steal My Girl

Veronica, January 2003

"Happy one year anniversary baby." Gareth said as I climbed into his car, he leaned over and kissed me softly on the lips, letting the kiss linger for a moment. "I made a reservation at that Chinese restaurant that you used to love."

He knows exactly why I no longer go to Red Dragon, he knows that used to be my place that I'd go to with Sam but he also knows that if I argued about going there with him then it will give him  levee to start a fight with me over it, to tell me how ridiculous it is to hold on to the past and assign people to places which will lead to him then arguing that I'm still in love with Sam, I'll defend myself and say I'm not but he won't believe me and the whole night will be ruined.

"Sound fantastic." I smile at him and he looks at me a little surprised that I didn't come to the fight that he was expecting. What he hasn't realised though is, after a year together I've pretty much figured him out, Gareth loves to argue and not just with me, but with everyone, he loves proving that he's right, even when he wasn't.

"You look really beautiful tonight Roni." He compliments me as he backs out of my driveway.

"Thank you, I borrowed this dress from Bridget" The velvet crush, dark blue, knee length dress had a glittery sparkle to it in the light that I loved. Having a sister so heavily into fashion was great, it meant her wardrobe was constantly stocked with the latest trends and she was more than happy to share it with me. 

"My only criticism is that it could have been a little bit longer." He casts his eyes down to judgementally look at where the dress has ridden up slightly while I'm seated, exposing a bit of my thigh and I find myself adjusting it, trying to cover up. "You know that I don't like other men looking at what is mine and thinking they can have it."

I could be wearing a head-to-toe potato sack and he'd still be insecure that other men were checking me out or trying to steal me away from him.

"Gareth, we've been together for an entire year, you should know me by now, I'm not the type of girl who strays." I reassure him, for like the millionth time since we started dating. "I'm with you, no one else."

"I don't know about that Veronica, from what Petra has told me, your relationship with Sam started very soon after you ended things with Lucas, so I can't help but wonder if you were seeing them at the same time." Fucking Petra and her incessant need to gossip about everyone, I thought I was free of that bitch after high school but here she is, inserting herself into my current relationship and causing drama.

"You really think, with all of my commitments, my Dad, working part time plus uni, that I would have time to have a boyfriend and something extra on the side?" I joke but instantly regret it when I see his face contort with anger.

"Well clearly you've thought about it then if you've realised you wouldn't have the time to cheat on me." He fires back, looking pissed. This is the eternal struggle in our whole relationship, him constantly needing reassurance that I'm not going to leave him and me running out of ways to prove to him that I'm his girl. It's exhausting, to say the least.

"I don't cheat, Lucas cheated on me for years and it left me with scars so I could never do that to you or anyone that I'm dating."

"If Lucas had treated you like how he treats Penny, you'd still be with him." This isn't the first time he's asked me this, he sees Lucas as a friend but also a threat, knowing that we've been together in the past. I'm sure Petra has probably filled him in on our history, or at least her version of it.