Fool Me Once....

HaPpY HaLlOwEen! Xo

My day with Katie was exactly what I needed. I didn't think about Rheece, I didn't think about Nate. Okay that's a lie, I thought of Nate pretty much the entire day but tried not to let it get to me. And also, I have new hair and it's purple! Well, mostly blonde still but with lots of good sized pieces of a super pretty plum color mixed in. Tash did such a good job! My nails were done in a classic French manicure, and my toes dark red. I ended up feeling pretty good about the whole day, until Katie left to do some prep for her Kindergarten class.

I sat on the couch with Koda on my lap, and burst into tears. That was totally not my style. Sure I cried over the Notebook, and I'm generally a very affectionate person, but I wasn't one for just randomly crying. What interrupted my pity party was my phone ringing.

I looked down to see it was my brother calling and quickly pulled myself together.

"Hey, boo!" I said enthusiastically (totally faking it). Not that I wasn't super stoked about talking to Stevie, I was just in the middle of my pity party.

"Sister! Are you crying?" Damn it!

"No...."

"I'll kick someone's ass."

I laughed genuinely this time. So overprotective of his sister! "I'm fine.  What's up? Are you excited to visit?"

"About that." I could feel fresh tears. If he cancelled on coming for a visit I would seriously just go to bed right now. "I have to work on Sunday, so I can't come."

I sniffles. "Ugh that sucks so bad."

"I know, I'm sorry." He was quiet for a moment. "Sooooo I booked you a flight to come visit us!"

"What? Really?" I squealed.

"Yup. You gotta take Friday off though if that's not too short notice. I registered Koda already too so you're good to go. Mom's sending you the info later."

I felt 100% better. A visit home was exactly what I needed. "Oh my god, I love you. You're the best!"

My brother laughed, obviously embarrassed. "Don't mentioned it. Can't wait to see you!"

"Thanks bro! I'm so excited!!" I had Koda dancing on the couch with me.

"Me too!" Stevie's voice got serious. "No more crying, sis. Whoever it is just isn't worth it."

Best advice I could possibly get. We said a few more things before hanging up, then I called my parents who are so stoked to see me (obviously I'm their favourite, and only, daughter!). After that I called Breanne to tell her I was coming which she already knew because my brother and her were so close.

I spent the next couple hours planning who I would visit and when. Chances are a visit to our one (and only) hometown bar would mean I would get to see everyone from school at once. Breanne said she would plan a dinner with our friends from college, and I was excited to just spend some time with my parents.

I was so excited all of a sudden that when someone knocked on the door I didn't even think about who it could be I just pulled it open. The second my mind registered that Nate was standing in front of my door I slammed it shut again.

"Fuck." I whispered to Koda who stood at the door expectantly.

"Skye, open up. We need to talk." I could hear Nate's voice through the door.

I debated pretending like he wasn't there, but ended up acting like a grown up and opening the door again.

"Pretty sure we have nothing to talk about." I said as coolly as possible. At least I knew I looked good with my new hair and nails.

He looked at my face closely. "What happened to your eyes?"

Of course my mascara and eye liner were everywhere after my little crying session. I quickly wiped away what I could.

"Can I come in so we can talk?"

I shrugged and sat down across the couch on the seat so he couldn't sit beside me. Childish maybe but I couldn't even be close to him right now.

"I saw that you called this morning." He began, sitting down across from me. For the first time I couldn't even think about how hot he is because I was seriously pissed. I said nothing. "I know it looks bad, but it's not what it looks like."

I rolled my eyes. "Please, by all means, explain to me what it looks like then."

He started telling me about how Diane had wanted him to go for dinner with one of her friends and when they met up, Diane ended up having to cancel. So this woman, Charlie, and Nate ended up going for dinner alone. She had too much to drink at dinner so Nate let her sleep on his couch.

After he was done telling me this I got up to grab myself a glass of wine. I didn't bother getting him one. "So you're telling me that this random woman was comfortable enough answering your phone after meeting you for the first time? And that you couldn't have put her in a cab or dropped her off at her house?"

Nate ran his hand over his face. "It wasn't the first time we met." I stayed silent. "We went out a few times a while ago."

My heart felt like it dropped into my stomach. "So you went for dinner and slept with your old girlfriend while you're supposedly trying to date me or whatever this is."

"I didn't sleep with her." He reached for me but I quickly took a step back. "And yes, we are dating!"

"I'm not even sure I care anymore. Do not touch me!" I was seriously over this whole situation. I put my professional reputation on the line, wasted time getting to know him, slept with him, just for him to pretend like I don't exist so he can get together with his ex-girlfriend.

"I told you I don't really know how to handle this whole dating thing. I didn't even date her. I want to be with you." He gave me a pleading look.

I pinched the bridge of my nose, willing this headache to go away. "I can't deal with this right now."

He looked sad but nodded. "I get it. I'm so sorry, Skye. Please believe me that nothing happened other than dinner."

"Okay." I mainly agreed because I wanted to just curl up on the couch with Koda and not think about this anymore.

"I'm going to prove to you that you're the only one I want to be with." He reached for my hand before I could snatch it away. "I'll prove it."

I nodded slowly and he gave me a quick peck on the cheek and then reluctantly left. I wasn't really sure where we were at now, but part of me still had hope that this could turn into something. Fool me once...