You Saved Me!

~*Chapter 29:Louis *~

Josh had insisted on coming out with me to make the food rounds this morning. I knew it was only because he didn't want to be at the house with Harry and Olivia . I tried to get him to talk, but I ended up just letting him sulk for about thirty minutes.

A new stud horse, Romeo, had arrived yesterday. I was mucking out his stale, when I saw Josh walking into the barn. He looked like hell.

"What the fook , Josh? What happened yesterday when you went to talk to Olivia ?"

"Fook if I know. I asked her if she still wanted to talk. At first, I thought she was going to, then Lynda called around the corner, asking if we were still on for heading into town for lunch. I'm not even sure where the hell that came from since I didn't even ask Lynda to lunch. I simply told Lynda that I would talk to her in a minute, and when I turned around, I swear Olivia had steam coming from her ears. Then, she accused me of moving on fast. Moving on from what? She was the one who said there was no future for us and that we were just friends. I'm so fooking confused right now. I don't know which way is up and which way is down for Christ's sake. "

I shook my head and closed Romeo's stall, while he was trying to push his damn way out. Shit, this horse is a feisty bastard. Harry had begged me to let him ride him last night. There was no way in hell I was letting him get on this horse.

"Josh, listen to me, dude. Women are...fook, I don't really know how women are. I just know that at least more than half the time, when they say something, they really mean the opposite. I don't why. God made 'em that way, and I ain't about to question God on it. I really think you need to talk to her and get it out there before Liam's cousin moves in and tries to eat you alive. Gosh I know bi but I'm glad the love of my ended up being guy."

Josh started laughing. "Yeah, Lynda is something else. I like her. I mean, if Olivia wasn't in the picture, I could probably see myself dating Lynda. She just moved to Dublin to finish school at UCD. I don't know. Maybe I just need to just move on since Olivia only wants to be friends. "

"If you think that's what she really wants, then maybe you should," I said, raising my eye-brows at him.

"Well, that's what she keeps repeating to me so, I guess that means I need to move on. "

***

By the time we made it back to the house, Josh was in an even worse mood. I was guessing that the idea of walking away from any kind of relationship with Olivia just pissed him off. It was either that or it was because Romeo nipped at his hand.

I walked into the kitchen to see Olivia and Harry sitting at the kitchen island. Harry looked up at me and gave me that smile that I swore could bring me to my knees every damn time. I smiled back at him and looked down to see he was drinking orange juice and not coffee. That was two days in a row now.

"What's wrong with the coffee?" I asked as I walked over to pour myself a cup.

Josh followed and poured some into his mug.

I leaned down to give Harry a kiss. He let out a small moan, and I just about grabbed him and hauled his arse into our bedroom. Fook. He smelled so damn good. I nipped at his bottom lip, and then I pulled away, so I could sit down next to him.

Josh leaned up against the kitchen counter and looked everywhere but at Olivia.

Harry just busted out with, "So, what the hell is going on with you two anyway?"

Olivia choked on her coffee, and Josh looked like he was about to kill Harry . It took everything out of me not to laugh. Harry never was one to beat around the bush. That was one of the things I loved about him. He was a no-bullshit kind of guy.