I Don't Do Relationships

Done Deal

Henry shook his head and looked at the man sitting beside him. Calvin shook his head with a smile, hands up and palms out in a defensive gesture, before he answered the look Henry was giving him, seemingly asking for help. "All I'm going to say is, you might as well tell her everything because she is ruthless when she's like this mate. Trust me. It's a real mood and she's dangerous when she's in it." Calvin was locked in a stare on Henry's eyes and nodded in my direction.

Henry sighed. "Are you going to go back to him and tell him everything I say? I tend to stay clear of being in the middle of relationship shit like this because it's never good to meddle. It's not my thing."

I acted like I zipped my lips and threw away the key. Henry let out a big sigh and sat his papers to the side.

"My publicist called me while we were on the beach to tell me somebody took pictures of us at the airport. She wanted to know what I wanted to do. I said just leave it because there was nothing to say. Then Chris called again as I was hanging up with her. Let's be honest, there was no way he'd believe me if I told him it wasn't you because of obvious reasons. I let him yell and cuss me out and then told him that you and I came here together so you could hang out with Calvin and that was all it was. I told him I didn't really give you too much of a choice after seeing you and that I had even asked you before I knew about the pictures. I did tell him how much of a wreck you seemed and I wasn't comfortable leaving you in that state so it was good that you agreed to come. He was somewhat relieved on some matters after that but still kind of high strung."

"What the hell was he yelling at you for?"

"Because I was with you."

"Unacceptable! He is not my keeper. He's not my boyfriend and I don't have to check in with him before I go anywhere and I don't need permission to go places with people from ANYONE! I am a grown ass woman!"

"I know that, you know that, and he knows that but I don't think he likes it. Not in a controlling sense but in a caring sense. It isn't a jealousy kind of way but like I said, he kind of wanted me to know how he felt about you maybe. I don't want to assume things though. He really wants to talk to you and explain the pictures."

I almost cut him off before he had finished his sentence. "He doesn't have a choice in whether he likes it or not. He made a choice to act one way while he was around me, then when he hopped on to the next town he got caught red handed acting the same way with another girl who, by the way, wasn't me. Hence, him not having a say in who I go places with and where I go with them."

"Okay. Well then, Uh... he just wanted to know you were okay because nobody knew where you were. Actually, nobody was willing to tell him anything about where you may be. Apparently this is something you are going to have to talk to him about because there is more to the story than you know and it isn't my place to tell you. That's one thing I will make you get from him if you want to know, which I honestly think you should do."

"No, no no, no no. I don't HAVE to talk to him about anything. Nope. No sir. I can talk to him about it, if I want, but I don't HAVE to do a damn thing."

Calvin started giggling, but I turned to look at him and he seemed to try to hold his breath. Unable to keep it in, the giggle came back out as he looked at Henry. "Mate, you may not be the one who irritated her or the one she is mad at, but it's best to let her just keep going when she gets like this."

I narrowed my eyes at Calvin. "Really? Calvin, you know better than anybody, it's not good to irritate me when I am already irritated. You have said that one too many times today. Are you really going to be like this when you see how much this has affected me?"