Hallie's Story

Hallie steadily opened her heavy eyes into the blue morning twilight that 

shone through her window. She felt something heavy wrapped around 

the small of her back. Whose arms was she in this time? She turned 

over to caress the smooth and muscular figure, and as the tingling 

sensation spread throughout her body didn’t have to look at his face to 

know it wasn’t her fiancé that lay next to her. Last night began coming 

back to her, the dancing, the passion, the feelings …and the hiding.

Hallie looked upon Christians sleeping face. She clasped his hand to 

her heart. She couldn’t believe she had known him almost 20 years now, 

her childhood sweetheart. They had been through so much, especially 

the past few months. He had been in her life ever since she could 

remember. And also out of it. He was always the one she ran back to, 

but he had commitment issues so it was a constant on and off ordeal. It 

was the story of her life, their lives.

He looked so innocent when he slept, which was ironic knowing the 

things she did with him last night. She started to reminisce about the 

pounding of the music. The pounding of their bodies against one 

another in the dark shadows of the nightclub… the sly smirk that had 

formed on her face quickly disappeared when she realized she had 

better check to see if she had any missed calls.

She raced to pull the cell phone off the charger: Three missed calls, all 

from David. She clutched the cell to her ear and raced into the bathroom 

to listen to her voicemail. Her fiancés steady yet suspecting voice 

immediately entered her ear: “Hey babe, just seein’ what you’re up to, 

you said you’d call last night…you must have been having fun.…Anyway 

call me before you start your drive back up here. I hope you and your 

sister had a good time, I’m dyin’ to see ya. Love you Hal.”

It wasn’t that she was a heartless bitch, she felt guilty knowing damn 

well it was wrong that she completely lied to him. She felt guilty not only 

for cheating on David, but for sleeping with the man who was also his 

greatest rival. Christian and David went back since high school. Always 

competing against each other whether it was sports, career, women... it 

was a game among them. The two were such polar opposites she 

couldn’t believe she was in love with both of them.

David came from a wealthy family. He was successful, stable, 

handsome, and would make the perfect husband to any girl. But he had 

chosen her because they were exactly the same. The same meaning 

they both came from wealthy families that could only associate with other