Indecent Proposal (OBJ FanFiction)

Do You Really Love Yourself

© 2017 D.S. Little
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Danielle

"It was so weird not having Christian here for Thanksgiving dinner." My mom Theresa Allen said as we put up the dishes.

I was in San Bernardino visiting my parents for the holiday. My sister Layla and her husband Sam were lying down in Layla's old room, she was very pregnant and due any day now. Since she was mostly miserable at this point, my mom made her go lie down after dinner.

My dad, Harold Allen, had fallen asleep in front of the tv while watching football and all of my aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members were long gone from our house. I was left cleaning up the aftermath of Thanksgiving dinner with my mom.

"So are you gonna tell me what happened between you two or not?" My mom said now looking at me.

Talking about Christian was the last thing I wanted to do. This was the first Thanksgiving we had ever spent apart and there were reminders of him everywhere. All of my family members didn't help, they continued to ask about him even though they knew I was seeing Odell.

My uncles irritated me, cracking jokes about his sexuality and pulling up "suspect" videos of him on their phones.

Who thought it was a good idea to give old people access to social media and the Internet?

My cousins, male and female were trying to find out if they could get tickets to a Giants game while also trying to get me to bring him home for Christmas.

I didn't make any promises mostly because things between us were beginning to feel a little weird. I wasn't sure if it was the stress of the season or what but it was beginning to feel as if he was acting distant towards me.

Normally, he would jump at any chance to see me.

He didn't have to play on Thanksgiving Day, but they did have a game against the Green Bay Packers that Sunday. When I brought up the idea of flying to Green Bay to be there to support him for his game against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs, he turned down the idea.

He said that I needed to spend the holiday with my family and that he would be busy preparing for the big game anyways so he wouldn't have much time to spend with me. I was disappointed and actually hurt by what felt like a diss. I tried not to let it bother me but it stayed on my mind all day.

"Mom, there is nothing to tell," I told her with a frustrated sigh, "the divorce will be final soon and he's now in my past."

My mom put the towel she had been using to dry the pots and pans down and turned to me. "What's going on Danielle?"

"What do you mean?" I asked playing dumbfounded.

"I gave birth to you, I know when something is wrong." She huffed.

"I'm just tired that's all." I added a yawn to make it believable.

"You miss him don't you?"

My eyes widened, "what makes you say that?"

"Because for most of your life you were all wrapped up in Christian Suarez."