Crossing Paths

Chapter 7: Lost in the Storm

Copyright 2014 © Rosesareforever

Crossing Paths

Chapter 7

'Lost in the Storm'

Last night hadn’t gone as planned, that’s for sure. Sedric woke the next morning with a major hangover, his head pounding as he tried to sit up. He could barely remember anything after the moment his mother had left the room, furious and beyond disappointed in him. The empty look in her eyes… he would never get that image out of his mind. He honestly couldn’t say his mother had ever regarded him with such distaste. It was as if she couldn’t believe he was the son she raised.

He could barely recall telling her the real reason behind his breakup with Jade after keeping quiet for six long years. It simply had gotten too much to watch her terrorize Jade for all the wrong reasons. Sedric could proudly say he’d never bullied a single person in his entire life, but he’d felt like his mother had been getting too close to doing exactly that.

No person deserved so much venom, not even his worst enemy. He was a strong believer that revenge wasn’t the solution to healing your heart after someone broke it. Even when he blackmailed Jade into acting as his girlfriend he hadn’t thought of getting back at her. He simply saw her as his final solution. The single person that could make his plan work. Such a capital mistake if he looked back at it.

Sighing deeply, he stood up and walked towards the bathroom to take a refreshing shower. He frowned slightly when he noticed Jade’s side of the bed was untouched, the sheets smooth. Did they get into a fight? He desperately tried to recollect what had happened the day before, but he only ended up worsening his headache.

As he stepped under the spray, scorching hot water cascaded down his body, soothing his aching muscles. He groaned as he ran his fingers through his dark locks. He should have never touched that bottle of Jack. It was a bad habit. Old habits die hard they say. He wished he could say the statement was false, but that would have been a lie.

A few images of David flashed through his mind. They were too vague to constitute whether they were memories or not, but he was pretty sure his buddy had saved his ass once again. At least there was one person in his life that he could always rely on. David had never failed him before and probably never would. The guy was a damned good friend, one of the few loyal people these days.

After a few minutes of standing under the streaming water, Sedric turned the shower off and toweled himself dry before draping the piece of fabric around his hips. He had just smeared some shaving cream across his chin when a knock on the door startled him. Thinking it was Jade forgetting her keycard, he quickly walked across the room and opened the door widely.

“I see you’ve finally awakened from the dead,” David grinned as he stepped inside the room and closed the door. Sedric rolled his eyes and nodded as he walked back to the bathroom. He took his razor from the cabinet and started to shave his growing beard.

“What happened last night?” he questioned as he concentrated on his task in the mirror. He would have to be careful not to cut himself. Having a hangover always made the simple things in life ten times more difficult. Last time he felt this bad, he’d ended up tumbling down the stairs and scratching his leg.  

David smirked. “You don’t remember, do you?” he grinned as he leaned back against the wooden door and watched his face in the reflection of the mirror. Sedric stayed silent. “I had to cut you off and get your drunk ass to sober up. You were in a pretty bad state. I even asked you to sleep it off in my room, but you were dead set on returning to that little pain in the ass of yours.” Yeah, that sounded just like him.