7 Summers Ago

chapter 17

"I want to leave," I said getting up and grabbing my purse.
"Your seriously gonna let Morgan ruin your date?" KT says while pulling on my arm.
"Yes," I said. "He's trying to buy my date a drink."
"Maybe he's gay or somethin'," Zach says wiggling his eyebrows. "For your date Jake or whatever his name is."
"His name is Jack," I corrected him.
"I mean is he even your type?" KT asks me. "Like if he asked you to fully commit would you?"
"No," I answered quickly.
"So you like Morgan still?" Zach asks me. "Because we know city boy ain't your type."
"Hell I wasn't even Morgan's type," I muttered.
"Well I can't stay for too long," Jack says coming to our table. "I have a huge midterm tomorrow morning."
"Aww I guess we'll celebrate this weekend if you pass," KT fake pouts.
"Oh trust I will pass," Jack says in a snarky tone.
KT rolls her eyes at Jack.
"I'll call you when I get home," Jack says and kisses me on the lips and leaves.
"Finally," KT says. "What a fucking asshole."
"Relax KT he's just a city boy and don't know our country ways," Zach says and belches loudly.
We looked at him in disgust and he just laughs.
I felt someone tap my shoulder and I turned around and it was Morgan.
"Can I help you?" I said with a smirk on my face.
"Actually you can," he says. "We need to talk."
"I don't want to talk to you."
"Well you don't have much of a choice," he says.
I looked over at Zach and KT and they were looking away. I rolled my eyes and got up from my seat and followed Morgan somewhere private to talk.

"Look," Morgan says.
We were on the rooftop of the restaurant. And no for all yall that are thinking, it's not the same rooftop that Morgan threw a chair off of.
"I need to explain something to you," he says. "I know what I'm probably going to say isn't true and it sounds like bullshit but you have to listen Alyssa."
"Ok talk I'm listening," I say sitting down in a chair.
"I was drunk that night ok?" He says. "I was drunk and I wasn't thinking but we were fighting-"
"Ok Morgan every time I tried talking it out with you you'd just leave, get drunk and start shit even more."
"Ok what shit did I start?"
"Morgan you started a lot of shit. You got mad because I was spending more time with Zach and talking to him and also guess what you did? Go to the bar and get drunk while I had to take care of your kid."
"I never asked you to take care of my kid."
"Oh yeah because if you left a four year old at home by himself and you would've went to jail."
Morgan just stood silent and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Look Alyssa I'm sorry for what I've done I admit it ok? And I've done shitty things in our relationship," Morgan says. "Alyssa I love you and miss you."
"I miss you too Morgan but I can't," I said. "I can't keep doing this with you. Do you know how bad it hurt when you cheated on me? Did you not once think-"
"I did think about you Alyssa I shit you not I did," Morgan snapped. "I knew I fucked up when I even did it. In my mind I just said fuck it. I knew I was going to hear some shit from you when I saw it."
I felt my throat close up and my vision get blurry. I wiped my eyes and looked away.
"But Morgan I didn't care how much we fought you shouldn't have done it," I said softly. "We just- we were just in that point of our relationship where we would argue everyday. But you didn't have to cheat on me."
"I know you're right," Morgan says.
"But I forgive you," I said. "Because I still love you no matter what."
"Awww you still do?" Morgan laughs.
I nodded my head and rolled my eyes. Morgan pulled me into a tight hug and never let me go.
"Will you still-"
"No Morgan that's pushing it," I said.
He pouted at me.
"I'll consider it," I said and laughed.