Just Friends (Woody McClain and Summerella

Forty-Two

Simone
I walked into the apartment and I saw Woody on the couch occasionally looking at the tv then back down at his phone. I stood by the door to see if he'll say anything but he didn't.

I chuckled to myself and mumbled wow then proceeded to our room to put my bags down. I walked out of the room and into the kitchen, looking into the freezer to see what I wanted to cook. I opened the freezer then closed it and walked into the living room and just looked at him.

"How much longer will I be getting this silent treatment from you?" I queried as I stood against the wall with my arms crossed.

He didn't say anything to me, he didn't even glance my way. He just got up from the couch and reached under the tv to grab his game controller then he sat back on the couch once the game system powered on.

"Woody."

Silence

I reached over and snatched the controller out of his hand and stared at him.

"Simone-"

"I asked you a question."

"The other night I told you I give you the silent treatment for a reason because if I was to say what was on my mind you wouldn't like it." He stood up and walked past me.

"Anything is better than this silent treatment Woody." I spoke up before he could leave out. "Besides class today you literally haven't spoken to me since Thanksgiving."

He turned around and stared as he walked towards me.

"What do you want me to say Simone? You cheated and didn't have the heart to even tell me you cheated. Every time you text your home girl she's telling you over and over to tell me but yet you waited and waited and waited until I saw it for myself. If you would've told me after it happen, a day or two days maybe I wouldn't be so mad but you didn't, you played the waiting game."

"I said I was sorry Woody. What more do you want me to say?"

"What more can you say? Huh? What else can you say besides I'm sorry? Do you honestly expect me to forgive you for this Simone? Not only did you hurt me but you embarrassed me. You got me out here defending you and MFs laughing and coming up to me saying "well damn Woody you can't lay the wood down on your girl so she has to go get it from someone else", do you even know how it feels to hear that?"

After hearing him say that I couldn't say anything. I just looked down at my feet and bit my bottom lip.

"...to hear that, no but being cheated on then yes I know how it feels. I know I've said I'm sorry a lot and it won't excuse anything but Woody I am truly sorry. I was scared to tell you because I didn't want to lose you which is stupid because not telling made me lose you anyway." I looked up at him and saw tears in his eyes as he bit his lip.

"I wish I could take it back, I really wish I could."

He sniffed, wiped his eyes and shook his head as he left out of the house.

As the door closed, I stared at it and cried. Everything in my life was starting to go right. Woody and I weren't arguing like we used to, there wasn't anyone trying to tear up apart, and most importantly we were finally happy, in love and on the right track. Then I get a FaceTime call from Ryan and I'm continuously responding to him and soon as he asks me to go somewhere with him I say yes. When he asked was it alright for him to go to his shop before dropped me off my gut instinct told me to say no, I rather go home first but I didn't listen. And now I lost my true love..the person who made happy and truly smile everyday.

One night of passion...ruined my whole life of happiness.

And I couldn't blame anyone but myself for this one. Like Ryan said, he didn't make me do anything I didn't want to do and I knew I had a boyfriend when I laid down with him, yet I didn't stop.

I kept going until the sun came up.

I wasn't drunk. I wasn't high. I was in the right state of mind.

I was so impatient with my man not being that I was craving the attention and touch from the wrong man.

Like the old folks say, I made this bed now it was time to lie in it.

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