Remember When...

Chapter 9

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Troy excuses himself to go to the bathroom and I tense, as I know he has to walk past Harry to get there. I watch as they near each other and you can see the tension rolling off each of them. They pass without incident.

Harry starts to walk my way and I give him a look that says "Please don't" and he stops.

Troy is taking a long time to return. I hope he is ok. I scan the room and see Troy talking to a young woman with bright pink hair. She is laughing at whatever he is saying and batting her eyelashes at him. She moves her hand to his chest and continues to laugh. Troy is smiling at her and he doesn't move her hand from his chest nor does he move away.

I feel my heart beat faster. Why is this scene worrying me? Troy is a very attractive man and he commands women's attention all the time. Why is this woman rubbing me the wrong way?

Troy returns to our table with fresh drinks and a number on his hand.

"What's that?" I ask him, nodding towards the number.

"Molly gave it to me" he says. "I just met her at the bar"

"Hmmmm" I say. What the hell is happening? Why do I feel jealousy towards this woman?

I shake my head and Troy chuckles at me. We finish our drinks and decide to head home.

"What are you doing tomorrow?" he asks on our drive back to my house. "I start work on Monday and I was hoping we could maybe, head off for the weekend?" he must see the look on my face. "You can bring Jenna or the kids if you want. I just want to spend time with you, like we use to" he says.

"I have plans on Saturday night" I say quietly

"Oh" is all he says. "Can we spend tomorrow together then?" he asks, hoping.

"Ok" I say and I find myself looking forward to it.

Troy arrives at my house at 9am. He has bought the car again.

"Hi" he greets me with a kiss on the cheek. "I thought we might head up to the mountains."

It's a beautiful summers day and it seems everyone had the same idea as us.

We join the traffic heading west and Troy pumps up the music. We look at each other and burst out laughing. The drive is slow and we ease into a light conversation. Troy asks me about work and the kids and I ask about his new job.

"Are you going out with Harry tomorrow night?" he asks out of nowhere.

"Yes I am," I say, feeling slightly uncomfortable and not knowing where this conversation is going.

"Do you have feelings for him?" he asks quietly.

I don't answer straight away. I know how Harry makes me feel and I know what my dirty mind would like him to do to me but I don't think they are feelings. Are they?

"I like him. He makes me feel special" is all I say.

I look toward Troy and he is nodding his head. "You know he could never love you the way I do," he says

"Please don't Troy. Please don't ruin today." I plead.

We drive on in silence until we reach the Three Sisters. Troy parks the car and moves to open my door for me. He takes my hand and leads me to the lookout.

The sun is shining and it is a cloudless day though the wind up here is a bit chilly. I rub my arms with my hands as goose bumps appear.

Troy is behind me and he can see that I am cold. He wraps his arms around me from behind and moves his body close to my back and I can I feel his heartbeat and warmth and it feels comforting. We stand like this for a few minutes before an older Japanese tourist asks to take a picture of us and we agree. After the photo, he looks at us and says to his wife in broken English "young love".