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Distractions

Scarlett

"Baby are you ok?" Drew quizzed gently rubbing the back of his hand against my cheek as he drove.

"I'm fine." I mumbled softly gazing out of the window as I had been for the last thirty or so minutes.

"Listen if you're not up for this then just tell me now and we can turn around. My intentions weren't to stress you out. I thought you'd be excited to meet my parents granted we've been going steady for a while. But if you're not up for it I'll understand." He lied but convincingly nonetheless.

The truth was I wasn't ready to meet his parents. Shit just a few hours ago I was prepared to break things off with him entirely. But it wasn't even the fact that we were now headed towards his parents house for dinner that bothered me. It was the shit I had found under my mattress this morning. That shit was bothering me.

"I want to meet your parents babe." I said reassuringly before placing my hand on his knee and softly massaging it. "Really." I lied staring deeply into his eyes. He took the bait.

"Well tell me what's bothering you then. You've been distant all day. Did I do something wrong?" He quizzed making me feel even worse than I already was. "I'm sorry again for questioning your whereabouts last night. I know you said you forgive me but I can tell it's still bothering you. I trust you Baby Doll. I swear I do. It's just sometimes ...  I worry somebody is going to take you away from me. I don't think you truly know how amazing I think you are. And given my past sometimes I let my mind get ahead of itself." I knew I needed to tell him something to soothe his insecurities at this point ... but what.

The truth was I hadn't given a second thought about him questioning my whereabouts. I was after all very much guilty of everything he was thinking if not more. Hearing him tell me that he trusted me and bringing up his past troubles with infidelity however now had me feeling like a little shit.

"Baby listen to me ok. You've been absolutely wonderful." I assured him pulling one of his hands away from the wheel and softly wrapping both of mine around it. "It's not that ok. I forgive you because I understand the feeling. It's just this shit with Derrick." I said softly rolling my eyes.

"Derrick? What about Derrick?" He asked becoming a bit tense at the mention of my exes name.

"He popped up at my job this week with roses trying to win me back." I offered. "I thought a night out would help me get it off my mind. Which is why I partied so hard with Carmen. But it didn't." I sighed." I'm just tired of him always finding me and trying to slither his way back into my life. It's like he can tell when I'm happy. Then here he comes trying to destroy it." I sniffled surprising myself.

I was definitely still bothered by Derrick's resurfacing but only amongst other things. But I needed to tell Drew something. Something that made sense as to why I was so bothered and distant. Something to help support the lie I was already telling. At least this gave me the opportunity to be somewhat honest with him. Because lately all I had been doing was lying to him. Lie after lie after lie. I swear I had never liked so much in my life as I had the last couple of months.

"Do you need me to talk to him Baby Doll because you know I will." He admitted causing me to roughly shake my head. The last thing I needed was Drew attempting to confront Derrick and getting his ass severely beat. Nope. Not on my watch.

"I think it's best you let me handle it babe." I said moving my left hand to his right shoulder and rubbing it. He nodded his head but I could still tell he was a bit unsure. He'd calm him self eventually. After all, from what I knew of him he isn't much of the confrontational type. I was eighty percent sure he had only said this because it sounded like what he should say. He was adorable that way. "So tell me more about Mrs. Washington." I requested attempting to change the subject. Lord knows the air conversation was getting too heavy.