Something Gained

Chapter 11

My eyes jolted up towards the bedroom to see Tanner standing there. I had to blink a few times to make sure my eyes weren't fooling me 

"Tanner?" I managed to get something out of my mouth without fumbling over my words

"What the hell are you doing walking into my house holding my wife!?" He ignored me and focused his eyes on Damon

"ex-wife" I retorted

oops, I didn't mean to say that

"whatever!" he had a few of his clothes in his hand

"Dude I was just helping her get home" Damon moved me over to the couch so I could lean on it without getting too dizzy

"We split for a few days and you're already going after my best friend!?" he turned to look at me 

Honestly I'm still processing all of this, I could feel myself sobering up the more my mind comprehends whats going on and the angrier I get

"Oh stop acting like I'M the one who CHEATED!" I yelled "what the hell are you doing here anyway!?" I added, trying to get some answers to what is happening 

"I came to pack up the rest of my things and drop off the divorce papers" he ran his fingers through his hair

"Than why does it matter if I'm here bro" Damon chimed in

This whole situation is confusing

"because it DOES OKAY!" his voice continued to escalate

oh no..

I can feel a bad idea coming on and my conscience isn't anywhere nearby to stop it

"and WHAT TANNER!? What are you going to do if Damon and I DID hook up tonight HUH!?" there is definitely still some alcohol in my system 

"we're not EVEN TOGETHER ANYMORE!" I flared my arms out in anger 

"I DON'T CARE!" Tanner retaliated " you CANT be together!" he pointed at us as if that was going to intimidate us 

"oh yeah?" I challenge him, before my conscience can make an appearance I turn to Damon, cup his face in my hands and smash my lips into his 

stop you're using him

Oh there's my conscience! A little too late buddy, and he's not stopping me anyway. Instead he puts his hands on my hips and pulls me closer to him as his tongue enters my mouth 

"ENOUGH!" is all I hear before I'm pushed back to the couch and Tanner starts punching Damon

"Stop!" I scream as I hear picture frames falling to the ground while they tackle each other trying to over power the other 

soon enough I see blood on Tanners shirt and some on the floor 

"please stop!" I run over and pull Damon off of Tanner, pushing Damon behind of me as I stare at Tanner

"Grab your crap and leave" If I wasn't sober before, I sure as hell am now

He got up and stared me in the eyes, I swear I could see the boy I fell in love with deep inside those eyes. I felt Damon's hands on my hips, ready to pull me behind him if Tanner tried something again. He didn't though, he turned walked to the room grabbed his suit case and walked by us mumbling "fuck you" under his breath

I let out a breath of relief that I didn't even know I was holding in as soon as he stepped out the door. 

"Are you okay?" I felt Damon wipe away a tear that I hadn't realized escaped my eye

"Yeah are you alright?" I snapped out of it and quickly examined Damon's body to make sure he was okay "where is this blood from" there was a large blood stain on his chest 

"Tanner" he spoke, holding back a laugh "Do you think he'll come back?"

"maybe, but don't worry I'll be okay" I try to reassure him

"I'm not leaving you alone here princess" I'm starting to like the sound of that pet name

"Damon, I'll be fine" I run my hand down his arm, doing my best to reassure him. I turned to walk to the bedroom to make sure he didn't take anything that isn't his. Damon followed closely behind me

"well it doesn't look like he took any of my stuff" I sighed in relief, I looked over to my vanity and saw that my engagement and wedding rings were gone "he took the rings" I rolled my eyes and walked to my closet to grab some clothes to sleep in 

"let him keep those cheap ass rings" I glared at him as he finished that sentence "sorry" he retracted his statement 

"its fine" I sighed as I reached for my silk pink short shorts and a grey spaghetti strap tank top and made my way to the bathroom 

"fuck.." the word came out of his mouth softly, he sat on my bed looking through his phone, until I walked out

"what?" I hung the clothes I just took off back into my closet and turned around to face Damon, falling from my tippy toes to my feet 

He had his bottom lip in between his teeth 

"Damon?" he seemed zoned out "are you okay?" I laughed slightly at the look on his face

"Yeah just tired, sorry" he scratched the back of his neck while he yawned

"If you want you can stay the night" you know those moments when you completely speak without thinking about what you're about to say? yeah this was one of those moments 

But I also can't pretend that I don't want him around, plus its almost 2 am at this point, it would be wrong of me to send him home at this time of night....right?

"yeah I'd appreciate that" he smiled 

"I'm going to grab a glass of water, do you want some?" I really need to re-hydrate my body after drinking tonight 

"I'm okay thank you" 

Is it wrong of me to have him spend the night here?

Im having an internal battle with myself trying to decide if I should have him leave or not. And the spare bedroom is being used as a storage right now so its not like he can sleep in there.. Alisha would laugh at me right now, she says I'm too much of a goodie goodie. She would be convincing me to let him stay and get over it

I made my way back to the bedroom trying to decide what I'm going to do before I get back. As I walk into the room I start to choke on my water 

"you okay?" He sits up in the bed, he's shirtless and in his boxers. I could tell through his clothes that he was toned but I didn't expect what I saw

"yeah sorry, went down the wrong pipe" I wiped the water from my chin so it wouldn't look like I was drooling 

"sorry about kissing you earlier, I shouldn't have used you to piss Tanner off" I set the glass on my nightstand and crawled under the bed comforter 

"Rachel, you can use me any time you want"