I fell in love with her in stages

SOMEBODY ELSE

Matty POV

"So you're worried that she's still in love with her shitty ex boyfriend whom she broke up with 2 days ago is that right?" George sarcastically re words my concern.

"Well when you put it that way it makes me look psychotic" I say to him. He looks at me, this time with a serious look to his face.

"Mate... 10 years is a long time to be with somebody, and by the sounds of it for the most part he was pretty good to her-" he starts, a pit forming in my stomach as he tells me the opposite of what I'd like to hear

"-and it sounds like she's not sure what she wants to do, and there's quite clearly some feelings still there, so please don't put yourself in a position to get hurt here." He finishes, each word hitting me more than the last. I knew he was right, but the way it felt to hold her as she fell asleep was incredible, and I have to think that she felt it too.

"I've known this girl for like a few days, don't worry mate I'm not concerned about myself" I scoff at him. Pathetic, I am pathetic. I knew this wasn't the truth and I knew I was already so emotionally invested in this girl that it was going to kill me if things didn't work out in my favour.

"I did tell her I'd give her a ring later on and see if she wanted to do something.." I smirk, knowing full well that George knew I was full of shit with my previous comment.

"I'm with George on this one man, don't get yourself invested. She's a nice lass but I can't watch you fall for someone who loves someone else... not again" Ross pipes in, the last sentence hitting me like a bag of bricks. Right. Fuck. Kara.

"That's the other thing..." I start to explain

"The dude Kara left me for... is Jules boyfriend. He's been cheating on her with Kara for years now, I was lucky enough to get out of that as soon as it started, but she stayed with him." I finish, seeing Adam whip his head around to look at me in shock from what I had just said, George and Ross look equally as shocked.

"I thought Kara started dating this guy...what the fuck?" Ross says, still in shock of the situation.

"She was...or is... I don't know. It's so fucked" I say, thinking about how fucked up the situation actually is.

"Yeah, I'm with the guys on this one... this seems like a situation you don't want to involve yourself in" Adam quietly speaks.

"Yeah... maybe you guys are right. But in the off chance that things were to go my way... I think I'll take that." I say as I stand up and out my coat on.

"I'll see you guys later yeah?"

"Good luck mate"
"See you"
"Yeah good luck" the guys all shout at me as I walk out of George's flat.

I pull out my phone and find the contact 'Jules' and wait for her to pick up.
*ring*
*ring*
*ring*
Hey you've reached Jules, sorry I didn't answer I might be busy or maybe I don't like you. Leave a message that I won't listen to...thanks!

I try calling again, this time a familiar voice picks up

"Hey"

"Hi love, you still up to hang out tonight?"

There's a long pause before she replies, I can vaguely hear another voice in the background. I wonder if it's Stevie, the two of them seem to be inseparable most of the time.

"sorry...uh, something came up and I can't tonight" she says, talking a bit quieter than before.

"Is everything okay?" I ask

"Yeah yeah everything's great, listen I'll talk to you soon yeah?" She says, I don't believe it for a second but before I can say anything more she hangs up.
Ouch.
Somethings not right, I had just seen her hours ago and she seemed excited to see me after. What changed?

I decide to drive by her place just to make sure she's okay.

I roll down the street where she lives and pull up on the opposite side of her building. She's on the ground floor and has a private entrance to her suite with big windows out front leading into her living area. I take one at her window as I step out of the car to make my way to the door, and that's when I see him...him. My heart starts to race as I quickly make my way back inside the car and I just stare.
I stare at the window and see him, holding her, she's smiling...she looks happy. And then he kisses her, and it doesn't stop, they don't break contact as they shuffle over to the window to close the blinds. I duck down so neither of them see me outside, my heart feels like it's been ripped apart.

I should have listened to the guys... what am I supposed to tell them now?
Do I bring it up to Jules and ask what's going on? Fuck I don't know, all I know is I need to get out of here before I see anything else.
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