Chapter 10 - What Have You Done?!
I got up early but not as early as Matty, when I got up off the couch he was in the small dining area pouring coffee for us. I smiled at him when he noticed I was awake. He smiled back walking over to me with a cup of coffee.
“I’ve come to reclaim my spot on the couch, superfly.” he joked sitting down handing me a cup. I took a big sip of it feel the slight hangover from the vodka. I looked over to it sitting on the table to see we had only drank a quarter of the bottle, but I expected to see it empty or at least most of the way gone.
“Go ahead, I have to get going soon anyways.” I said frowning a little. I didn’t wanna leave but I knew I had to. I can’t keep myself locked up in a hotel room with Matty forever. I want to but I can’t. I wish I could but I can’t. I need to get back to reality, and my life.
“You could stay, you know.” he said taking the vodka bottle and pouring just a little into his coffee cup.
“I know I can and don’t get me wrong I want to so bad. But I need to get back to my life, my agenda, my husband that I am not so dearly fond of right now. But I need to whether I want to or not.” I said taking the bottle from him and pouring some in my coffee cup too.
“Ah, and there it is the real reason you have to leave. Taylor, you have to go back and show you still care about him even though he probably just broke up your friendship with Luca.” he said taking the bottle from me, he ditched the coffee cup and started drinking straight from the bottle.
“That’s not the only reason, Matty. But I married him, I have to go back to him.” I said. I took the bottle from him and set down on the table, I didn’t want him to become a morning drinker.
“I know, I’m sorry I snapped. You married him because I told you to because I’m selfish and I wanted to finally be happy. I’m sorry.” he said giving me a small but engulfing hug.
“I married him because I thought it was right thing to do. You had no influence, whatsoever.” I said as a matter-of-factly. I put down the coffee cup and stood up, “I have to go.” I said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before walking out of the hotel door. Walking down the hall I bumped into someone.
“Sorry.” Luca said. I bumped into Luca. “Meredith, what are you doing here? Shacking up with my brother again.” she accused taking a few steps back.
“No, Luca that’s not why.” I said pleadingly hoping she’d believe the truth. Because it is the truth. “I came here last night to talk to Matty, to tell him that you know. I didn’t want to blindside him because we agreed for you to never know.” I answered the best way I knew how.
“Why?” she asked. “Why couldn’t I know?”
“Because we didn’t want you to feel how we felt. We loved that baby whether we got to know him or not. It was our baby and no one else’s, it’s a shame how Tommy died and how he was brought here. But he wasn’t a mistake to your brother or me. You were the first person I wanted to tell when I found out, but I was scared of how you would react when I would tell you that it’s your brother’s baby.” I said sitting down leaning against the wall of the hall way.
She came and sat next to me putting the small bucket of ice next to her. “I wouldn’t of been mad. In fact I’m not mad that you and my brother had a baby. I’m mad because you didn’t tell me.”
“Really, you’re not mad?” I asked looking over at her.
“No, but I will be if you tell me that my mother knows.” she laughed at me.
“No! are you insane we would never dream of telling your mother. Your father knows though, he figured it out actually. But it didn’t matter that he knew. Look I’m sorry I can’t stay and talk but I have to go talk to my mother.” I said standing up. She smiled weakly at me before walking off down the hall.
