Champagne Problems

ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ sᴇᴠᴇɴ- ᴀʟʟ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ

Okay, calm down. It's a pretty normal situation. Well, more likely unusual.

Charles started smiling a little bit. Typically. Max looked over to him and saw it. That only made him more angry.

„Seriously Charles, how can you smile now? What is this here?" Max asked.

„Honestly Max, it's not what it looks like. I just brought Jules home. I got him this afternoon to see my family and now I will go." Charles said and left us.

Max stared at me.

I didn't know really what to say.

„Look Max, it really was like he said. You can't expect me to just not let him come here. He is part of Jules life" I carefully said.

He sighed.

„I know, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have reacted this way. I just still don't really know how to act in this situation"

„It's okay I totally can understand you. Now do you want to take your charger?" I asked him.

„Yeah, but I also just needed an excuse to see you again" he answered.

„Very cheesy, Mr. Verstappen" I laughed and let him in.

„Always, Ms. Blanchet" he fired back and gave me a kiss.

He wrapped his arm around my waist and we walked to my bedroom. He got his charger.

„I'm really happy you're coming to Monza with me. The First Grand Prix that you're attending as my girlfriend" he whispered the last part.

I smiled. I really don't deserve Max. He is putting everything in this relationship.

„Max, how could I be so lucky?" I asked.

„I could ask you the same question, Amélie" he said.

„No, but honestly. I don't understand how I deserve you" I told him.

He pulled me close to him and hugged me.

„Amélie, everybody deserves and needs someone else. If we met, then I think there is are reason. I'm so happy with you and Jules, I can't believe how lucky I was to meet you" he whispered and gave me a kiss on the head.

„Do you want to meet my parents and my sister tomorrow?" I asked him suddenly.

„I would love to" he answered.

After a few minutes standing like this he spoke up again.

„I'd better go now. I'll see you tomorrow" he pecked my lips.

I brought him to the door and watched him leaving. I closed the door and leaned on it.

‚Concentrate on Max, Amélie. He is good for you, better for you' I thought to myself.

But why am I always pulled to Charles?
Every time he turns up, I can't help bit think about how good of a family we could be. Every time he turns up I just want to go back in time and tell him earlier about my pregnancy. Every time he turns up I want to tell him that I love him. But I don't, I can't. I can't risk to be hurt like this again. I really want to try with Max. I want to make this work. He is an angel. He deserves so much and I have to try to give it to him. I can't be distracted by Charles anymore.

Charles and mine „relationship" now is so toxic and I only realised it now. He only comes to me in the moment he needs someone. He was together with Charlotte for a few years and didn't even love her. What an idiot. I want to forget my feelings for Charles so I can give my full attention to Max. Charles needs to learn his lesson. But am I able to not let him near me? He has a power over me that nobody has. It's like we're two magnets. We are two different poles being pulled together. Again and again. I mean he was my first love. What can I do against it? You will always have feelings for your first love and its worse when you have a child together. I can't even ignore him.
I guess the happy ever after, it don't come so easily