The next morning I woke up before Lucas, I went downstairs to make some coffee and try to get some more stuff unpacked.
I sat on the floor in the living room looking through a box of photo albums that my mother had put together after Gabe was born.
They had so many pictures together, that was something I never would have. The thought of my mother brought tears to my eyes.
When the door opened, I jumped up off the floor, Eric stepped around the corner.
"Why did you just walk in without knocking?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Lucas is cool with me being here."
"That doesn't mean I am. You need to leave until he gets out of bed."
Eric stood where he was, I herd the shower upstairs turn on, Eric smirked at me then disappeared into the kitchen.
I stormed in after him, he was digging through the cabinets. I walked up behind him and slammed the door shut, almost getting his fingers.
"Get out of my house."
"I apologized to you for what I did. It still makes me so angry that you chose him over me." Eric poured himself some coffee. "I've known you for years. We pretty much grew up together. What does he have that I don't? I love you Marie, I love you way more then he ever will."
My eyes widened, if what Eric said was true, and he did love me, how far would he let this go? I needed to talk to Lucas about this. He couldn't let Eric hang out here anymore.
I turned around and walked out of the kitchen and up the steps, Lucas stood in the middle of our bedroom drying his body.
"Will you please tell Eric to leave?"
"Why?" Lucas asked, moving the towel to his hair.
"Because I'm not comfortable having him here."
"I don't want to do anything to make him relapse."
"Lucas please!" I begged. "He's telling me he loves me!"
Lucas narrowed his eyes and shook his head. He went over to his dresser and pulled on a pair of basketball shorts, "come on." He said, he opened the bedroom door and started down the stairs.
"Dude why the hell cant you get over the fact that she's mine?" Lucas snapped at Eric when we got to the kitchen.
Eric was sitting at the table looking at his phone.
"Hey dude she's coming onto me. I keep telling her to back off."
My jaw dropped. I just wanted to punch Eric in his mouth. Lucas turned to me then back to Eric.
"I know she isn't like that, I told you to leave her alone."
Eric shook his head and looked at Lucas. "Then why is she sending me naked pictures? I'm honestly surprised you haven't caught on. She's all over me when your not around. Last night at the haunted house, she pulled me aside and tried to get me to mess around with her right there! I'm trying to do right by you man, but she's making that pretty hard."
"You fuckig liar!" I yelled, Stepping up to Eric so I was right in his face. "None of that is true! Your trying to cover your own ass!"
"I'm sorry Marie. But I can't let you bring me down." Eric smiled and pushed past me. "I'm sorry dude, I kept telling her she was going to start trouble." I herd him tell Lucas before he walked out the front door.
I stood with my back to Lucas, trying to control my emotions. "You know none of that is true."
Lucas said nothing, I could hear his heavy breathing behind me. When I turned to look at him he was starring past me, he was thinking.
He knew how Eric had been with me before, Eric was trying to be manipulative. He was trying to make me look bad so he didn't get in trouble again.
