A Year Without You

Chapter Seven

Carina's Pov

I got up the next morning feeling like I got hit in the head with a baseball bat, I hear my phone vibrating. I pick it up to see that there is a long list of text message notifications from the last person I ever wanted to hear from again and that was Gabriella. I refuse to talk to her ever again, she is saying that she wants to explain herself and what had happened that night. We both know what happened and the fact that it even happened the way it did in unforgivable. I look over to see Maya is still sleeping so I take my phone with me and start to get ready for the day. It was Saturday so we usually kept low-key I got up and went to take a quick shower then got dressed Maya was still asleep. It was only seven in the morning so I couldn't blame her for still being asleep, I went into the kitchen and started making coffee and the rest of our breakfast and in this house the weekends meant French toast, I get everything I need and turn on our Saturday morning playlist on shuffle keeping it low but enough that the music could be heard but it wouldn't be enough to disturb Maya. About twenty minutes later I feel arms wrap around my waist. I lean back a little feeling Maya's lips on my shoulder and bite my lip as she trails them up my neck " If you don't behave I will end up burning our breakfast" I hear Maya laugh softly " Well I just keep trying to make sure that I am not dreaming and that you are really here" I turn around and kiss Maya softly my one hand on her cheek stroking it with my thumb " I promise you I'm really here Bambina, you're not dreaming" She smiles at me " good " Maya turns her head to kiss my palm . "Now go get cleaned up and I will have your food waiting for you" Maya nods and spins on her heels and heads back to our bedroom to shower.

My phone keeps going off and every time I look at it if it isn't a text from Jo or Ben or any of our other friends it's fucking Gabriella trying to get me to respond saying she is sorry, how that night was a mistake, how we should have never slept together and just on and on and on. I had gotten so fed up I turned the sound off on my phone all together just to try and get some peace. Thirty minutes later Maya comes out of the bedroom dressed in a sweatshirt and basketball shorts. Just as I put our breakfast on the table. "This looks good babe" Maya says as she kisses my cheek and sits down "Thank you love" I smile sitting down we start to eat, and I hear my phone buzz again and I silently pray to myself that Gabriella will take the hint and stop trying to contact me.

Maya's Pov

"Ugh what the hell did I do last night" I say to myself as I wake up in my bed and my head feeling like someone hit me with a cinder block. I look at my clock on my nightstand see it's a little after eight in the morning, then I look over and see Carina isn't in bed then I smell the smell of French toast coming from down the hall. Smiling to myself I get up out of bed and get my robe and make my way to the kitchen getting closer I smell French toast along with coffee. I walk into the kitchen and see Carina standing at the stove sometimes I can't believe she's real, I go behind her quietly and wrap my arms around her waist. I feel her lean back into me I kiss her shoulder and start to trail my lips up her neck " If you don't behave I will end up burning our breakfast" I smile and laugh softly " Well I just keep trying to make sure that I am not dreaming and that you are really here" Carina turns around so she is facing me and kisses me softly her one hand on my cheek stroking it with her thumb as she looks into my eyes " I promise you I'm really here Bambina, you're not dreaming" I smile at her " good " I turn my head to kiss her palm . "Now go get cleaned up and I will have your food waiting for you" She says turning up the speaker I nod and spin on my heels and head back to our bedroom to shower.

Thirty minutes later I get out of the shower and get dressed in my sweatshirt and basketball shorts. After I get finished, I walk back out to the dining room just as Carina is putting out plates on the table. "This looks good babe" I say kissing Carina's cheek before sitting down "Thank you love" She says smiling before she sits down next to me as we start to eat. After we get done eating and everything is cleared up, we go into the living room and try to pick something to watch. "No, we are not watching Titanic again" I say as I try to get the remote away from Carina "Ay but Bambina it such a good movie" She says laughing holding the remote away as I struggle to get it. "Plus, you owe me because last weekend you picked the movie and only because I love you did I sit through Weekend at Bernie's" I lean back on my knees on the couch crossing my arms " Fine you win this time we can watch stinking Titanic again" Carina pecks my lips quickly and smiles " Thank you baby" I just nod " yea, yea, yea," I get off my knees and lay back into the couch Carina crawls between my legs her back against my front the movie starts, she laces our fingers together and I kiss the back of her hand as we play with each other's finger on our other hands. We get lost in watching the movie I know I complain but Carina is right this is a good movie.

Two hours later the movie ends Carina looks up at me "well, well, well, Captain Bishop are you crying" I sniff and wipe my eyes quickly, "No I just have something in my eye" Carina turns and straddles me, "Uh huh ok whatever you say" she says as she starts kissing my neck and my hands go right to her waist. " You are not playing fair Doctor DeLuca" I move my hands down to her ass and squeeze which is met with a moan " Well you know I like to tease you" she whispers in my ear before grazing it with her teeth I groan as I feel her get up off of me "Ah come on no fair" She laughs fixing her shirt and hair " I'm sorry Bambina but I have to the bathroom before we do anything else" She starts to walk away " Your lucky I love you cause that was evil ! "I yell down the hall. As I walk into the kitchen to get a beer out of the fridge, I hear Carina's phone buzz and just play it off thinking it's an email from work or one of our friends. The phone buzzes again and then another time "Jesus who the fuck is trying to get a hold of Carina so ba." is all I can get out when I look at the phone and I see that Carina had thirty plus messages and missed calls from Gabriella. I scrolled through them and they said they need to talk and how that something that happened was a mistake, I felt my heart begin to pound in my ears and my jaw clench. 

I hear Carina's footsteps coming from down the hall "Maya have you seen my" She looks at me seeing that her phone is in my hand her face going pale like she seen a ghost. "Maya I can explain whatever you read just hear me out." She tries to come near me and I back away putting the phone down. "What the actual fuck Carina?" I say my temper in full force my heart pounding in my ears. She starts to cry "Maya please let me explain" she keeps coming toward me and I keep taking steps back. "The whole time you where gone I was faithful to you and believe there where days I was going to say fuck it, I can't do this anymore and would get tempted to call one my old hook ups." My hands in the air "Maya it was a mistake a horrible drunken mistake" Carina face covered in tears. I am full on yelling now my face red and covered with tears "Yea sure a mistake I would like to believe that you got drunk and felt lonely. I felt lonely too I could've gone down to the bar and god shit faced! But no, I was here alone waiting for you while you were over there fucking Gabriella!" I pick up a picture of us and smash it. Carina jumps as the picture smashes "You think I wanted to get so drunk that I would black out and sleep with someone else?! You really think I want anyone other then you Maya that is completely insane" I nod walking around hands on my hips. "Yeah so, the story is that she took advantage of you cause you where both out of your minds drunk, yeah sure ok Carina." Carina gets close to me and grabs my hand "Maya please I love you I don't want anyone else but you" I push her hands away "Maya you're the love of my life and what happened with Gabriella meant nothing!" I grab my hat, my keys, and my mask. I feel myself at my limit and if I don't walk away god only knows what I will do. "where are you going? Maya? Maya?!" that is the last thing I hear Carina say before I slam the door. I get in my car and drive around the city feeling like my heart got punched out. I pull up to the baseball field and sit on the hood of my car and think trying to cool off. I would never raise my hand to any women in anger but the way I felt before walking out of that apartment if I hadn't it would have been really bad. I was once again feeling like my whole world got blown apart. I know Carina said what had happened was a stupid drunken mistake but still made me wonder was I enough for her after what happened, was Gabriella better? I was now making it my mission to fix that.