"Your total will be 12.64 ma'am" you smile and nod digging through your bag to find you wallet "I got it princess" your head shoots up at the familiar voice. You roll your eyes "No I'm fine" you respond looking towards the lady at the register watching as she flashes you one of those oo girl he fioneeee looks.
"I got it" he hands the cashier his card she swipes it "Your order number is 23 and you can pick it up over there" she says smiling towards the two of you. You walk over to the pick up area glancing at your phone awkwardly before you hear Erik's heavy footsteps follow behind you "You didn't have to but thanks" you say slightly annoyed he steps closer to you and you clear your throat taking a step back.
"I've been calling you wassup?" you cross your arms over your chest "wassup" you ask dumbfounded "I've been tryna talk to you Y/N, I wanna talk abo"
"Ain't nothing to talk about Erik" you cut him off looking off in another direction "I fucked up Y/N, but I miss you". You roll your eyes laughing a little "I don't want to talk about this, it's not the place or the time for this Erik". "Well when is Y/N you don't answer my calls or my text" you look over your shoulder
"Y/N I miss you okay, I love you" Erik reached for your hand but you pull away "I'm sorry for everything, everything I said you were right Y/N I just don't wanna be without you" you shake your head "I know you, your just telling me what you think I wanna hear" He opened his mouth to talk before you cut him off "You had me thinking I was crazy everything was me but it was you...you and Cynthia" Erik cringes a bit when you say her name
"Y/N I" "Order number 23" you look back walking over to grab your food "Tell me you see a future without me Y/N cause I can tell you right now I don't see one without you" you swallow hardly "I gotta go" you say sliding pass him and exiting the building. It'd had been a little over a month since you left Erik and you were trying to keep some normalcy.
You had your own spot now and you were "casually dating" but honestly every date you went on was a flop you knew why. You kept comparing everyone to Erik and how he made you feel once upon a time. So you chuck it up to you were ready to date again yet.
What happened to you finding a real date Y/N" your friend Lea ask as the two of you enter the bridal shower "You are a real date honey stop selling yourself short" you laugh and Lea cuts her eyes at you as you sign the both of you in "Y/N" you look up and see Cynthia walking towards you with the same fake smile plastered on her face from the first time.
"Cyn hi" the words come out strained as she pulls you in for a hug you stand awkwardly patting her back with one hand. She steps back looking you up and down and making a face "You look great" she says after a long pause and you fake laugh out a thank you
"Uh where's Natalie?" you question gesturing to the gift in your hand "She's so busy ya know" Cyn takes the gift out of your hand roughly "I am the maid of honor so maybe when I find the time I'll sneak it up to her" every fiber in your body wanted to stomp this bitch but this wasn't the place "You still talking to Erik" she ask smile falling and suddenly you knew what this was about.
"No" you shake your head "Good he wasn't good for you honey" you roll your eyes "I guess he wasn't good for you either" your face picking up the fake smile she dropped. If she wanted to be passive aggressive you could be to.
You could see what she was trying to do upset you, make a scene but you weren't that kind of woman. "Y/N" you hear a male voice call and your eyes flicker from Cynthia to him "Omar" you squeeze through clenched teeth. Was everyone you didn't want to see at this damn bridal shower. Omar was some clown you went on a blind date with.
Let's just say you changed your number after that date. "What are you doing here you ask" Cynthia laughs making you look at her again "Omar is my date" and you throw your head back in realization "How do you two know each other" she ask looking at Omar "We briefly dated" you raise an eyebrow one date is briefly dated? Cynthia's eyes flicker between the two of you for a second "Gimme a second O" Cynthia says as she steps closer to you "Great seeing you"
Omar says before walking away and she waits till he's out of ears length before speaking "Looks like I've done it again" You furrow your eyebrows unsure of what she meant "Taken a man from you sweetie" you laugh "You can keep him he didn't have a chance" At this point your patience was wearing thin and the little devil on your shoulder was telling you to deck her, while little angel kept chanting
"Don't kick her ass don't kick her ass" you let out a breath holding your composure. "What about Erik" Cynthia smirks you look around "Well I don't see him with you" your tone no longer passive aggressive just aggressive. The fake smile appeared again "Well let me go let him know your here"
No that's not necessary" she pushes past you spilling her drink on you the bottom of your dress. As if Lea reads your mind she grab your arm pulling you aside "let me go Lea she's asking for it" Lea shakes her head "Don't let her get to you, she's big mad" you breath in and out trying to regain your composure
"Natalie better be lucky I love her" you say Lea goes off to find a rag and you sit in the stairwell waiting for her "Oh my bad" you look up seeing Erik and you exhale a long breath "What are you doing right here princess" your heart drops at the nickname but you chose to ignore it "Something spilled on my dress I was gonna clean it out but it's pointless now" you try to stand up tripping in your heels and Erik catches you keeping you balanced.
"I got you" he licked his lips and smiles your eyes flicker over his gorgeous face "You come alone" Erik ask breaking you from your trance and you pull away from him "Why" you smile "You know why Y/N" your gaze shifts to the ground "I came alone" he says clearing his throat and you nod your head slightly "I ain't gone say I ain't try to find someone to bring but the thing is" you feel Erik getting close again and you look up.
"They not you" he smirks a little and you laugh "Duh you'll never find another me" he laughs awkwardly stepping back some but still too close "I've been thinking lately, and ya know I ain't never been more sure that what I needed until now" you look around wondering where Lea was "And what's that?" you ask deciding to humor him.
"Oh E there you are" you turn your head and smile "Hi Cyn" she pauses momentarily before looking at you and then towards Erik who looks pissed off "I'm gonna go" you say starting to excuse yourself Erik grabs your arm gently "No Y/N you don't" "I actually have something important I wanna say to you so she should go" Cynthia looks directly at you causing a giggle to slip through your lips She was super salty there was no hiding it.
"I'm sure it can wait" Erik says glaring at her and you remove your arm from his hand you walk down the stairs passing Cynthia "It's cool E" you turn and look back at Erik who blinks hard eyes widening a bit when you call him by the nickname you smile as his face frowns up waving before disappearing to enjoy the party.
