Even Better Together

chapter twelve

Sophia

"Soph, come on. You're going to be late." I hear, as I feel a hand shaking my arm.

I turn over to lay on my back, rubbing my eyes and see Cassie leaving my room.

Shit, what time is it? 

My shift starts soon, why do I keep doing this to myself. I can't even remember what happened last night.

All week I've been in a daze of confusion as to what happened with Hunter. I didn't bother to reply when I saw his last text.

I thought maybe when he had sorted whatever shit he had going on, that he would reach out. But no, I never heard anything else from him.

So Cassie and Ivy dragged me out last night to bring me out of my funk, telling me I was right, I didn't need anything to change in my life, and if guys were going to treat me like this then dating definitely isn't for me.

After much protest, we ended up going to Hunter's club, The Velvet Room.

I was three vodka cranberries deep plus the two shots we each downed on arrival, I was defintely drunker than I anticipated being. I also hadn't seen Hunter all night, so I assumed he wasn't at the club.

He probably had a date night with some gorgeous woman, and I'm there getting fucking drunk out of my mind.

Again something that I would have never have done before Hunter came into my life.

I needed to feel anything but the disappointment and confusion that had all week, which has been the cause of a huge headache that I couldn't shift.

I look down, noticing the tablet and water on my bed side table. Swallowing it and downing the glass of water, I head out to the kitchen so grab some more.

"Thanks for the paracetamol Cass."

"Oh, that wasn't me Soph. Must have been Hunter." She shrugs, sipping her freshly brewed coffee.

I stare at her.

Hunter? He was here?

She chuckles under my intense gaze.

"Ok look, I would love to fill you in on last night, but you need to go to work and I need to hit the gym. Let's get you ready and I'll talk at you really fast and catch you up to speed alright?"

I nod, not finding to words to speak.

I head to the shower first, as soon as I step out Cassie starts rolling off the drama of last night.

"So after your fifth drink, I think, we hit the dancefloor and lots of guys were flirting with us. It gets a little blurry after that, the next thing I know we are in Hunter's car getting driven home. You passed out in the front seat and I left you in the car as I needed to pee."

I remain silent, embarassment flooding my body as I quickly get dressed.

"So that's what happened. But here's what I assumed happened next, so Hunter must have carried you to your bedroom, left you the tablet and water beside your bed, taken off your shoes and set your alarm so you would wake up this morning for work."

"There's no way Cass, Hunter hasn't even spoken to me all week, why would he help me and be that thoughtful?"

"Maybe he was having a stressful week? Maybe he realized he made a huge fucking mistake? I don't know. But he went up in my estimations for doing that for us last night." Cassie smiles, nodding over at me.

He did do a kind thing by bringing us home last night, but I'm more confused than ever right now.

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