I quietly made my way into the house around two in the morning. I settled for sleeping on the sofa so I wouldn't wake up Adele. After Katie and I talked about 'just being friends,' we drank more and the more alcohol we had the more comfortable we got with each other.
Flashback to the night before:
'Are you happy?' Katie asked after we talked about Adele and my attitude changed. 'The truth...' I closed my eyes and took another gulp of my beer. 'No. We use to be one of those couples that were so in love it was gross but we somehow lost that. I miss the old me, you know? But I feel like I need to stay and just tough it out for my son because I don't want him to come from a broken home like my daughter. So no I'm not happy. Not at all.'
While I was talking she rubbed my arm and nodded in understanding. 'Can I tell you a secret?' She asked after a few minutes of silence. I nodded. 'My ex and I had a baby. We had only been together around a month or two when I feel pregnant so we were kind of forced to rush our feelings. Then after the baby was born he had really severe medical problems and ended up passing away a week later. We were never the same after that. But I felt it was my job to force my relationship to work to help with our pain. It only drove him farther away and now here I am.' Tears were rolling down her face and my heart ached for her loss. Without even thinking I pulled her close to me in a hug. I kissed the top of her head and told her 'everything would be okay.' After a few minutes we pulled away from each other but there was an increasing yearning to feel her touch again. 'What was you're baby's name?' I asked. She looked at me with tears once again filling her eyes and a faint smile on her lips. 'George Maison...' I smiled at her and intertwined her hand in mine. 'He would have been five this year. We never talked about it though so I had to go through all the pain on my own.' Her voice shaking as she spoke.'I know you don't want to hear this or have a million times but it happened for a reason. He wouldn't have made a good father and you would've been miserable and no child needs to be around that. Trust me. You're going to meet an amazing man and fall in love and then have all the babies you want.' I told her trying to comfort her the best I could. 'You're unlike any man I've ever met, Simon.' Katie said while taking her hand out of mine. 'But we've only known each other for two days and you're in a relationship with a child. We can only be friends, remember?' When we finally decided to leave the bar I took a napkin and wrote my number down. 'Use it.' I said handing it to Katie and placing a kiss on her cheek.
I knew this was going to get worse but a part of me wanted the thrill it would bring.
