Side by side

59

Marshall's P.O.V

It's fucking awkward in the car on the way to the destination. We're only me, Paul and Jenny in the car and I sense that Paul gets more and more confused for every minute that passes. He constantly tries to start a conversation but it quickly dies as I'm in no mood to talk and I bet Jenny ain't either. It fucking kills me that it is like this between us, it fucking kills me when the only thing I want the most is to pull her in for a kiss and whisper sweet things in her ear. I knew all along that I was crazy about this girl but now.. now it appears to me that I'm head over heels in love with this woman.

We arrive to the destination where Jenny immediately walks over and have a talk with the staff to make sure that everything is set and that they don't ask questions I don't want them to ask.

"What the hell is going on?" Paul asks me as soon as Jenny is far enough away.

"I fucked it up Paul." I sigh.

"Next time give me heads up because that's the most awkward car drive I've had in a long time." Paul says.

"I'm sorry man." I say.

"This is exactly why you should keep your dick in your pants when it comes to your coworkers." Paul says. Sometimes he acts like a dad and he's always been like that.

"I'm fucking crazy about her Paul." I say to him. "This ain't just some girl man, it's a girl that I see a future with and I just fucked it up."

"What did you do?"

"She got a taste of my jealousy." I sigh.

"Was there a reason to get jealous?" Paul asks and that's actually a good question cus even though it's an old high school friend and that he's married, then she still didn't pay attention to other things than him. She knew when I was done and she didn't once look around in the room to see if she could spot me. He bought her a drink, like come on.. which married guy does that?

"Actually.. I don't know." I sigh. "Depends on who you ask."

"But now I'm asking you." Paul says.

"Yeah I think there was." I say. "The dude bought her a fucking drink man and she was so caught up in their conversation that she forgot about me. A whole hour went by before she texted me back and by that time I was back at the hotel, cus I had been standing there observing her long enough to know that she didn't pay any attention to anything else but him."

"Jenny just don't seem like the kind of girl who would sneak around, you know?" Paul says and that's the worst part of it: I know that! I know she would never do that but I get fucking pissed that she doesn't draw the line earlier.

"I know she ain't but she should use her brain a little in a situation like that." I say.

"If she's never been with the jealous type then it's not that easy Marshall." Paul says and we now see Jenny walking over to us again and we go completely silent.

"Should I leave again so you can talk some more about me?" She asks figuring out that's probably why we're so silent and me and Paul looks like two naughty boys who's just got caught stealing cookies. We don't say anything. "Everything is fine and set so I'm just gonna go over here." Jenny then says and points at the chairs all the way in the back of the room.

"Jenny." I say and follow her over to the chairs.

"You don't wanna do this here." She just says and sits down.

"I don't care where we are." I say. "I want you to talk to me."

"Why don't you go back and tell Paul how much I flirt with other men and how I can't be trusted?" She asks looking down to her iPad now.