UNSPOKEN

3

I hated him. He was invading my every thought, one would think that after 6 years of not seeing him I would be completely over him but no, it seemed that it wasn't the case and I was obsessing over his hotness while making a second batch of zucchini muffins. But it wasn't only his hotness what I was obsessing about it was the fact that I missed him. We never ended, whatever we had, in bad terms, it just happened that it ended without us even realizing it. One summer he didn't come back and I heard that he had gone to Law School. That was it. We didn't break each other hearts and swore we would never fall in love again. We just ended, like every other stage in life does; it goes on, it evolves. It took me a lot to get over him, or at least to pretend that I had, and now he was back and out of my life again. Ugh! I bumped my head against the fridge.

"He's here" I heard Alexa said and I turned to look at her.

"Who?" I asked but I was already taking my hair out of the bun I had tied up because I knew that was what he liked the most about me.

"Just go" she said and I walked out of the kitchen with her on tow.

"Hi" I said when I found him in the counter looking at the menu.

"Hi" he flashed the sexy smile. He was doing so much better and he looked even better than the day before. He looked older but the look suited him. My knees were shaking.

"Jackson" I heard Alexa said and Jackson smiled at her.

"Alexa!!" he said and they both hugged. Like I said, there were never hard feelings between anyone and they had been close before he disappeared.

"Where have you been hiding?" she asked putting her hand on his shoulders. I took this time to assess him. He was wearing khakis and a white button up shirt. I was jealous of Alexa because she could touch him the way she was doing without feeling that she would combust immediately. Me? Nope, I couldn't do that. Jackson and I had this thing that one touch in the wrong direction and we would be tearing each other clothes in the nearest bathroom or broom closet.

"Marion?" Alexa said and I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Yeah?" I asked

"Jackson wants to know if you are free for lunch," she asked with a smile but her eyes were saying: You go to lunch and I'll have to come and get you out of a motel room.

"Yeah, sure, yes" I said untying the apron and putting it over the counter "There's a brand new batch of zucchini muffins in the oven. Take it out in 20 minutes. I'll be back in time for your lunch break." I said and she nodded. She knew I wasn't either strong or wise.

"So," I said while chewing on a buffalo wing. "How long are you staying?"I asked. We had gone to a wings bar that was at walking distance from the bakery and we had talked about Alexa. I told him that she was a mom and he wasn't surprised, it was bound to happen. We talked about Connor that was a newlywed and was still living in town. We avoided talking about us.

"I have no idea," he said shaking his head "I've let everyone know I will be working from here."

"Where do you work?" I was curious he was always so lost about choosing a path.

"I own a recruiter company." He said while taking a huge sip of his beer.

"You are a lawyer," I said leaning back on the chair.

"Only legal recruiters in my company." He shrugged

"You are a lawyer," I repeated and he nodded.

"I know. I hate being a lawyer, that's the best I could do with a law degree." he smiled. Not a real smile though.

"Do you like it?" I asked reaching for another wing. I never had any restraints about eating in front of him and I wasn't about to start.