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DOMINIC "It's Anastasia."
I said as I looked back at Alexis. I'm not going to lie; expressing myself to Alexis made me feel much better. I had so much stuff bottled up from the last few days because Anastasia wouldn't suck it up and talk to me.
Instead, we've just been arguing like crazy. Do I think most of it is my fault? Definitely. But I do think there's something deeper than that going on, on her behalf.
"Just open it up. See what she wants."
"I can hear you talking to someone in there, Dominic! I'm not deaf! Who's in there with you?!"
Anastasia shouted from the other side of the door. I sighed and took a breath before answering the door.
"Before you start going crazy on me, can you just listen to me?"
"Really? You have your ex in here in your hotel room with you, and you want me to just stay relaxed?! Do you hear yourself?!"
"Alexis and I are just friends now! This is what I mean, you just start going off before I can even explain!"
"Explain what, Dominic?! The girl you were with for years before me is in your hotel room with you alone! Is this where you really went during the party? Claiming you went to get more drinks, but instead you were with Alexis?!"
"You sound insane! I didn't even know Alexis was here until she just got here today!"
"You know what... I think all of this for the moment, is just too much. I don't think I can do this right now, Dominic."
"What do you mean? You don't think you can do what?"
My heart dropped into my ass as soon as Anastasia said that. I looked at her, hoping she wasn't saying what I thought she was saying. Anastasia shook her head slowly, looking me into my eyes.
"This. Us. It's too much right now. With this tour, and being a mom. My son needs me more than ever right now. Especially since I've already missed so much years in his life. I need to make up for that. Right now, being in a relationship just isn't for me. I'm sorry."
"Anastasia, this sounds off! There has to he something else that you're not telling me! What is it? I can fix it! Please! You have no clue on how much I care for you!"
"Don't make this more difficult than what it has to be, Dominic. We can still act like we're dating for the sake of the tour, like this was really supposed to be. But other than that, I don't want to be in this anymore. I need time away from relationships. I don't think I was ready with you. I broke things off with Jerald, then just got into it with you. I'm sorry, but I can't."
Anastasia went to turn away from the door, but I grabbed onto her hand, which spun her back around.
"So what am I supposed to do for the next six months? Just look at you, every single night on tour and act like I don't care for you? Because I do! You can't just give up on relationships! The whole point is finding a partner you can work things out with when things get rough. Don't you want that?"
"I do, Dominic. But things shouldn't be stressful this early on. If it's this stressful this early on, I can only imagine what it's going to be like later on in our relationship. And I don't want that. I'm sorry."
Anastasia then snatched her hand away from mine, walking away from me and back down the hall to her hotel room. I groaned and slammed the door, looking back at Alexis. She shrugged and looked back at me.
"I told you. It was bound to happen eventually."
"No, but I feel like there's something way deeper than all of this. It doesn't just make sense. I don't see Anastasia giving up just for these little things. There's something bigger to the picture."
"Don't bust your brain trying to think about it, Dom. It's not going to make things any better. I think you just have to let things go and fall into place. Whether you guys get back together or not. The universe knows what it's doing."
Maybe Alexis is right. Maybe things will fall into place by itself. But I don't know how I could sleep at night, knowing that there could've possibly been a deeper reason for Anastasia not wanting to be with me.
