Brave Enough To Love Again

Chapter 33

Eden

"We need to put a stop to this. He has to stop. He will mess things up with you and Keane," she said, and all I could do was slightly move my head up and down to agree with her words.

"Give me his phone number. I'm going to call him and tell him to stop."

"Don't do it, Bobby," I pleaded, "Let's not ruin our night because of him. I don't know what would happen if you talk to him and I don't want to think about it now. Please, you can call him, just not tonight." My sad and desperate face had to have been the reason why she just shut her already opened mouth which was obviously about to spit out some good points as to why I shouldn't avoid a talk with Vic for too long. However, she granted me my wish and kept quiet.

"Alrighty then," she began before turning around to grab the pizza boxes, "Let's eat. I'm starving." I sighed in relief and followed her to the living room after grabbing a bottle of red wine and two glasses. We sat on the carpeted floor around my coffee table where she had put our ordered food. She busied herself with the remote control trying to select one out of the many movies to choose from on Netflix, and in the end she settled with a romantic comedy film.

We ate, drank and were very much entertained by the movie which became funnier by the minute the more wine we consumed. I had to get a new bottle halfway through the movie and already felt the daze the alcohol had caused in my system when I walked to the kitchen.

It was a normal thing for both Megan and me to talk to each other while watching something. We liked to comment and share our thoughts about particular scenes or dialogues of the movie we were watching which was why it always took us much longer to finish a film as we often had to rewind back if we missed too much due to our constant talking. I was sure that other people would find our way of watching movies annoying but that was just how we did it and liked it.

At one point a great song played in the movie and Megan just stood up with her wine glass in her hand and began to sing along and dance around. I had already been very tipsy by then and couldn't stop myself from giggling which turned into a hysterical laughter. As always, her singing was so bad, her siblings jokingly compared it to the sound of finger nails scratching a blackboard.

She then pulled me upright too and swayed around with me. While we were spinning I stared into her happy face and couldn't help but send a prayer of gratitude for having her as my best friend. Brief flashes of moments we had spent together in the past replayed in my brain and I was reminded of how much I had missed her, us together having a great time. I vowed to never let my relationship with Keane hinder me from seeing her and having fun with her as I did when I was with Vic.

The thought of him dampened my mood, and I shook my head to get rid of it. I sat back down and grabbed my glass to take a big gulp. Megan followed suit and we both enjoyed a moment of silence while we tried to catch our breath. Before she could see or feel the change in my state of mind I decided to finally ask her about her date with Alex.

Her whole face lit up and she began to recount her first rendezvous with him in minute detail starting from the moment she got ready for the night. She showed me a picture of herself in the dress she wore which she took in front of her mirror. It was a beautiful sight to see her glowing face and her shimmering eyes full of wonder and happiness. If I hadn't met Alex already I would have been sure that he was nothing but a mere figment of her imagination by the time she finished her detailed descriptions, because of the way she talked about him. She described him as the most handsome, most perfect, most gentlemanly, et cetera of all men. I couldn't help but grin.