Playing the Player's Game

Chapter Nine : Flowers

Flowers

True Bennington POV

I smiled at the flowers on my desk. It was a mixture of sunflowers, roses, and tulips. Was it from Mando? Was she trying to apologize for yesterday?

I sat down at the desk, still cheesing. I sat the bags on the desk and grabbed the flowers. I grabbed the card and felt disappointed get excited at the same time.

Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl. Had fun yesterday

-Don

I didn't know if I was mad that Mando hadn't been the one to get me the flowers or if I was more happy that Don had been the one to get them for me.

I growled in frustration. I liked Don, I adored her, admired her but I didn't love her. I loved Mando but it seemed as if she could care less about me and how I feel.

"I'm taking it as you didn't like the flowers?" Dons voice came from in front of me.

I uncovered my eyes that were subconsciously leaking and smiled. She frowned, and walked around the desk.

"Are you okay, True? I'm sorry, I'll throw the flowers out right now." Don rushed, wiping my tears.

I laughed, "Don I love them. I just thought they were from Mandolin."

"And you were disappointed that they were from me?" she said, stepping back in her tall black heels and staring at me.

"Yes and No. I'm disappointed because Mando just don't give a damn about me. She doesn't even care enough to do simple sweet gestures like you. Giving me flowers, taking me out, and calling me beautiful. And I feel the end of our relationship is coming because I think I might be falling for you." I said, looking her in the eye.

She smiled, her dark red lips spreading into a Cheshire cat grin. I smiled back, feeling my heart sped up and my cheeks to warm.

She smiled at me, "Good to know I'm not the only one. Now I'll be waiting when you leave Mando but I ain't go rush you. Oh shit, I'm late for my shoot. I'll see you later beautiful."

She walked briskly to the elevator, her heels clacking against the marble floors and her hips swaying. I bit my lip at the unexpected attraction before looking away to the flowers.

Why couldn't Mando be sweet like Don?

Mandolin Carter POV

I bit my lip. I came to see True at work and I felt bad already. She was sitting there alone, seemingly sad. I walked in and avoided looking at the beautiful models who worked here.

"True." I said, watching her look up at me with surprise.

She turned her chair towards me and I saw a bouquet of flowers.

"Those are pretty flowers. Who's are they?" I asked her.

She looked down and avoided my eyes. "Mine."

I was confused. I didn't buy her any flowers. Who the hell buying my girl flowers?

I grabbed them before she could protest and read the card. Fucking Don. I threw the flowers down and stomped on them. My blood boiled with anger and fury.

I looked at True to see her glaring at me teary-eyed. She came and picked the flowers up off the ground.

"Why do you always ruin everything?!" she screamed at me, looking down at the flowers with a sad expression.

"I don't ruin everything! And what you sad because I ruined the flowers ya little girlfriend got you?" I said, sucking my teeth.

"Yes you do! You ruined our relationship, my self confidence, and now someone has done something nice for me you ruin that too." she said, glaring at me again.

I felt bad. I knew me not coming home and not having sex with her on a regular basis had destroyed some of her self confidence but I never meant to.

"I'm sorry, True." I said but she just turned away from me.

"Go away, Mandolin." she said.

"Why?" I asked, grabbing her waist.

She pushed me off, "Go away. Just leave me alone and go away."

She looked at me with glassy eyes and my heart sagged. I caused this. I caused her this pain. I made her so unhappy.

I didn't like to see her cry but she didn't wanna see me right now. I had no choice but to leave especially when she called security.

I glanced back in time to see Don hugging her and glaring at me. She didn't even smirk like she usually did. She just glared at me with pure hatred.

She was in love with the girl I was losing.

Don Smith POV

I hugged True to my chest, letting her tears soak into my blue dress. I didn't care about anything but her. She was hurting and I couldn't help but feel like it was partially my fault.

"I really did love the flowers you got me." she said.

I smiled down at her, "I'm glad you did."

She was short. Super short. Especially when I'm wearing heels. She couldn't be more than 5'2 and in heels at the least 5'6 or 5'7. I was already 5'6 without heels so imagine me in 6 inch pumps looking down at True.

"How about I take you out to lunch?" I said, smiling at her.

She nodded, taking my hand and letting me lead her out of the building.

I was on a mission to make True mine.

Janathan "Jay" Pritchett (get it? No, oh okay.)

I looked over at Mando and felt the slightest amount of sympathy for her. She knew this would happen. I warned her time after time after time.

But she continued to cheat. She continued to lie and not come home. She continued to see Lexi. This was her fault but I don't like to see my best friend sad.

"Mandolin Julia Carter." I said and she frowned at me.

"That ain't even my middle name." she said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

Growing up with Mando from the early age of 7, I only seen her cry a total of 3 time.

1.) when her daddy and grandma died at the same in a car accident when she was 10.

2.) when she jumped from the roof of an house at the age of 17 and injured herself. Dumb ass broke her left leg, fractured her right ankle, shattered her left elbow, broke her wrist on her right arm, and got a concussion and needed stitches across her forehead.

And 3.) when her momma lied to her about being sick and she found out her momma had lung cancer from years of smoking them cancer sticks. At the age of 22.

Now this was the fourth. Crying over True, or any girl was unusual for Mando.

"I do love her, man. I don't wanna lose her!" she cried.

I frowned at her and hugged her. I couldn't give her words of condolences or comfort. I knew for a fact (from Avery) that True has been spending a lot of time with Don. And the way Mando been acting, she was definitely losing True.

End of chapter Nine. Wasn't this a sweet chapter? No not really. Anyways, I've been on a roll with this writing. Probably because it's summer and I have nothing better to do..

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This is unedited.

Xoxo,
Lesha