My Boyfriend's(?) Roommate

Chapter 40: Now's not a good time

Alfie shouting in bold. He mad! :o

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I couldn't watch anymore. This was heart-breaking. Why did it have to be this way? I ran to the front door. Quickly I fumbled with the door handle and opened it, only to be greeted by Joe's sweaty, out-of-breath form.

"Umm..Joe...now's not really a good time."

At that moment Alfie's shouting got louder.

"ZOE! YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM ANYMORE!! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!? YOU LOVE CASPAR!?" DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT!?"

Nope it really wasn't a good time. I would have to send Joe away. This was hard enough on Zoe already, her first fight with her boyfriend, I highly doubted she wanted her brother hearing it all.

"Joe I think you should leave."

"No." He said firmly. "Not without talking to you first."

"WHY WON'T YOU SAY ANYTHING!? JUST TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

I cringed at the sound of Alfie's voice getting louder.

"Joe I really think you should go."

"No! I need to you to hear me out... I love you. I didn't run all the way here to go home."

"... Fine but you have 30 seconds."

"How about 60?" He gave me a handsome smile.

"Ugh..just make it quick!"

"Okay okay.. I know what Caspar told yo-"

"And is it true?" I didn't even let him finish. I wanted the truth, now.

"Well...yes."

I immediately grabbed the door handle and started to shut the door. That was all I needed to hear, but his foot got in my way. His foot blocked me from simply slamming the door right in his lying face.

"WAIT!"

I gave up on trying to shut the door after a few more attempts, instead I opened it again and let Joe speak. "For what Joe? For you to give me some genius explanation that would make everything better again?"

"Just let me explain. Yes Caspar wasn't lying about what I did in the past, and what my intentions were. At first I was going to break your heart when you broke up with Caspar. That was the plan, but then you did something to me. You made me care about you, you made me love you. In the end I wanted you to break up with Caspar, not for revenge, but because I wanted to be your boyfriend. I wanted to be the one by your side."

I froze up. I couldn't say anything. Even after all the times he had tricked me and lied to me, he still made me week at the knees with his words. If he kissed me in that moment, I probably would have forgiven him there and then.

It was like Joe read my thoughts because the next thing I knew we were kissing. It felt warm and loving. Maybe now the cloud of doubt had passed, everything was clear, no more lies. I could only see me and Joe. We were wrapped in each other's arms and I felt so safe and loved. We were too entranced to stop, it was only when we started to run out of oxygen, we pulled away for air. But we kept each other's gazes to keep the connection and the overwhelming feeling of love.

Lovingly I gazed into his eyes "No more lies? I'm not easy okay? This is your last chance."

He smiled at me and put his hand round my waist. He pulled me closer and said happily "That's all the chances I need, I'm not letting you go again. You're my only girlfriend now."

He kissed me one last time to seal the promise. Then we realised that all this time Zoe and Alfie had been fighting, we would have to go closer to hear.

Expecting the worst we walked in hand in hand to the living room. The scene of the fight.

"Ha." Alfie spoke with absolutely no humour. His tone was flat. "This is ridiculous, I just can't believe the words came out of your mouth. I can't stay here anymore. I'm so done. I'm leaving."

We had hardly walked in when Alfie stormed out.

He said "Bye" to me and "I'll see you later" to Joe.

Then we turned to see Zoe. Completely still, dead of emotion.