An Old Fashioned book two Full Circle Series

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Chapter 14

Tyler

That could have gone better. Just one look at Frankie's face and I knew she was heartbroken. The guy just doesn't get it. She needs a man who will fight for her. Someone who is willing to stand up and say, "you can't have her! She's mine." Harper won't do that for her.

No matter how much she says she's moving on, it's clear she isn't. And I don't know what I want. I'm no better than Harper. I like Frankie. I like hanging out with her. I like working with her. I like holding her and kissing her. So what does that make me?

Am I any better than Harper, if I don't know what I want? She's smart and sexy and complicated and sweet, sassy. Her sense of humor is awesome, her loyalty unwavering. Her heart is so big, and her moral compass above reproach. There's nothing about Frankie that I don't like.

And I understand why she won't turn her back on Harper. She's loyal to him. Despite how angry she is with him, Frankie will defend him with her life. They were friends, before and above, everything else that happened between them. She has a connection to him that this breach in their relationship is slaughtering.

Mitch too. He loves his sister and the look on his face spoke volumes. The last thing he wanted to see was his baby sister in bed with me. I can understand that and agree. I'd feel weird if I found Emma or Chels in bed with someone too.

I don't want to be the reason why Frankie pulls away from her family. She needs them. Just as I need the Bradford's. Being around the Bradford's my entire life has taught me the importance of that. I wouldn't be where I am without them.

I don't want her to have problems with her family. I know family is the constant in life. Friends can come and go but those that become our family, those stick with you. Georgia has drilled that into me plenty over the years. From what Frankie has said about her relationship with Mitch, Trent and even Harper, they are just as important to her. She can't lose that.

After our little face to face with Harper, he gave me his warning. One I can appreciate. No matter how I feel about Frankie there's one thing I can see without a doubt: Harper is in love with her. Whether he wants to admit it or not, it's fricking obvious to everyone but Frankie. They need to open their eyes and deal with it.

But instead of owning his feelings, the kid took off. Telling Mitch he'd find his own way home, he was too uncomfortable to stick around here and work things out. If I had walked in on the girl I loved when she was curled up with another guy, I'd feel pretty uncomfortable too. Which is why I'm giving him some leniency about this entire thing.

For now. That's for Frankie. She's upset enough over everything that happened, I won't add to it. But eventually she needs to face this. If she means what she said about wanting her friendship with Harper to get back to what it once was, then she needs to fight for it.

Blake and I have had several long talks lately about all this. I'm not stupid enough to think my feelings, my belief of who I am is going to just change because of a woman. She's just a woman who I happen to feel the most comfortable with in a very long time. A woman who is in love with someone else.

Does that mean she's going to be something more to me than just a friend? Does it mean that we are more like siblings? I don't know yet. So as I was so wisely advised by Georgia, I need to see where this road leads before I jump out of the car and into the woods. I don't want to be eaten by a bear.

Getting eaten by a bear, getting my heart crushed doesn't sound like what I want to happen. Georgia knows what she's talking about. The woman has never steered me wrong.