Unhinged √

27.

"Relax, I didn't let him have revenge sex with me".

"Zayn!"

"Okay, fine. I may have considered it".

"I told you he was in a mood. Why would you go there without calling me?" Zayn and Travis don't have a cherry history.

"I told you I had a plan and so far, it's been going well. Do you want to hear it? Or will you rather be a petty octopus?"

"What?"

"Let me educate you, biggie".

"Fine. What did he say?"

"Well, he asked me to get the fuck off his front porch. That it is quite dumb that you need a medium to communicate with him now". I could punch something, good thing Remy isn't here.
Their relationship has gotten better to the point of sharing drinks and general opinion but sometimes it takes a 180 so fast I'm left reeling from the spin.

"Then I told him I wasn't there for you and he let me in. The rest was smooth sailing, all it took was a threat from Meghan".

"What are you talking about?"

"Go home Jake. Talk to him. Like I always tell you, you can't punch your way through every problem but maybe he will. At least it'd be a start". The motherfuckers hangs up before I can get any word out.

Go home Jake, talk it out Jake, tell him the truth Jake. There can only be one truth and that is you love only him.

   I drive home like a maniac, pretty confident about the words that I am going to say to him but once I pull into the garage, they desert me. I walk into the house nonetheless and straight onto the beach porch where I know he is seated. The crying cricket greet me first as I open the sliding door, then the smell of the blooming flowers.

Travis is sat faced away from the door on one of the two recliners back here and there is a glass of whiskey in his left hand. It concerns me but I am not going to hold it against him, it is my fault. I take the only available seat beside him and remind myself he deserves to hear everything I have to say.

"I would apologize again but I've been told an apology doesn't mean much without an explanation and I'm sorry that I do not have one suitable. Shit, I apologized again. Sorry". I want to club myself in the head but all does is stare at the half moon.

"I know this is going to sound very douchy but it didn't mean a thing to me and I know it doesn't justify it and I'm not trying to do that. I just_ it was a mistake and I just need a chance to prove that to you, to prove to you that you are all that matters to me". He sighs deeply and shut his eyes tightly.

What I am doing is selfish, asking him to stay with me after what I did but is it so wrong to ask for a chance to correct a mistake? I never in a million years wanted to hurt him and even more than that, never want to be apart from him again.

"Zayn came by. He is having a weekend getaway to mark his 24th birthday and he is inviting us".
Leave it to my bestfriend to throw a party in the name of helping me out. Travis doesn't look at me as he passes the information so I can't read his expression. His steely voice doesn't help either.

"We don't have to go if you don't want to".

"It's Zayn, of course we have to go. Plus Meghan is threatening to clear out the garden and turn it into a court. I don't see a way out".

Well, bless that woman and her top notch threats. You don't want to know how many she's actually gone through with.

"Jake?" He calls after a few minutes and I turn to have him stare at me square in the eyes.