"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

Emma didn't go to work the next day. She stayed at home to clean. 


Except the cleaning was fueled by rage. 


She didn’t want to think about Daniel, didn’t want to keep being mad about him, but she was, so she took out her anger on the dirt. 


When her doorbell rang around noon, and Emma opened the door and saw Monica. She was glad. She wasn't sure she wanted to be alone any more. Sitting around and feeling sorry for herself. So she had called Monica to come keep her company. 


"Are you alright?" Monica asked as she came in, staring at Emma's swollen eyes. 


"You don't look like you are. Have you been crying?". Monica asked. 


"Daniel and I... Broke up I guess" Emma said. "Whatever you call it in our case". 


"Oh my, Emma" Monica said. "I'm so sorry." 


"It's fine. It's is all my fault." Emma said. "I fell in love with him. Knowing he didn't want a relationship. But I'm not going keep crying about it. What's done is done. Let's see a movie." 


Chapter Four Hundred and Five