Reach out for me - TNN Story

Chapter 53(b)- Lost in the dark

A/N - This continues on from Chapter 53 A, but this is a new day and starts with them going out for an evening dinner before the chaos explodes..

This may seem severely overdramatic for what happens in this chapter, but I thought why not build up the suspense and do a classic me thing... letting someone in my story get hurt. And this one may be quite a long one...

Tw: Swearing, Violence, Blood and bruising... mentions of child death (I personally know some people who have had people use their own child's death against them in an argument.. so I wanted to highlight that toll too..)

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Recap:
They continued throughout the night and Maeve could ultimately hear the pleasure that they both felt. She even heard them say I love you...

But only to each other... all she got was a "night Maeve" from both Mia and Charlotte as they collapsed onto the bed together with heats of laughter and happiness..

Was Maeve actually the problem?....

Maybe she should wait until they bring up the events of last night, to discuss what it is...

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The next day shortly followed them quickly, Maeve had tried to talk to Mia and Charlotte but uncharacteristically they were quite blunt with their answers and started to back away.

Maeve wanted to think that she wasn't overthinking it once again but she really just couldn't let go of the feeling that she was just a bystander in this marriage. Was there a real future for them, if all they did was argue?

She knows Marjorie and Reece argue....
But it didn't feel the same way.

It was nearing the time for their reservation, mid evening in a restaurant partially in the town. "Come on then let's go to the dinner reservation then.." Mia smiles slightly letting Charlotte go first. She glances back towards Maeve and slightly smiles as she opens the door but it's clear that the tension from the other night is still hanging in the air, as they move closer to the restaurant.

The restaurant was elegant and beautiful, the ambiance of candles and the hum of the littered conversations made it all seem amazing. Maeve was watching as many other couples and she absentmindedly clinking her glass with Mia and Charlotte as well. Yet although it was surrounding her so much, Maeve could not even properly notice it. The aromas of her food drifted under her nose, a gentle breeze lightly tapped their skin - everything was blurred in her mind.

Due to the fact she could only see them

Both Mia and Charlotte are sat across from her on the table, pressed side by side, there was no room for Maeve to sit next to them too. Charlotte's body was pushed against and angled into Mia's presence. Mia started to caress the back of Charlotte's hands, making tiny little circles, "You are just so amazing char" Mia kisses her neck and looks shortly to Maeve, "...you too baby" she says.

Every so often, it would be predominately Mia but they would lean in so close to each other. But the thing that distanced themselves from each other was the table that was in the front of them.

It would start as a small little whisper....
.... A soft small whisper..
Then it would get more intimate with each other..
... Charlotte's laugh echoed out into the world.
Mia's gaze landed effortlessly onto Charlotte...

As if they were the only ones at the table..

Yet again... although a part of her thoughts thought they wouldn't purposefully exclude her. Maeve felt like she was looking through the glass and she felt distanced from them entirely.