I've Got What I Wanted

I've Got What I Wanted. Part 32

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

"Do you want to come over to mine?" Aaron asked me over the phone. "My parents are having dinner with my grandparents. We can watch a movie or something."

I pursed my lips, slouching on the couch. "I don't know. Jim, Caleb's friend, called me about half an hour ago and said keep your night free. But he hasn't rang me back yet."

Apparently Aaron found this funny. I didn't find it that funny. Jim just rang me and said keep my night free and that he'd call me back telling me what we're doing. I was surprised that he called me to be honest. "Just tell him you already had plans." Aaron broke my thoughts.

"I can't; I already told him that I didn't have any plans. I'll see if he calls me back, and if not I'll come over to your's. If he does we'll do something tomorrow.”

“Yeah we have to go out soon. You need to tell me what you want for your birthday next week.”

I sighed running a hand through my hair. “How about nothing? Since that’s what I want every year, I think this year you should follow that.”

“Do you really think that I would do that?” He asked laughing. I knew that he would never do that. I don’t like getting gifts from people. “Yeah I didn’t think so.” He said when I didn’t say anything.

“Whatever Aaron, but I'm hungry so I'm going to go get some food. I'll talk to you later," I stood up making my way to the kitchen.

"Talk to you later," he said before hanging up. I put my phone in my pocket and started raiding the cupboards. I was absolutely starving.

*

Jim finally phoned me around four o'clock to tell me what he wanted. "Just come up to Corner Room. And make sure you're hungry. I’ve hired the party room for my friends going away party so you’re coming. I haven't talked to you in ages." He said sounding as excited as a fourteen year old girl.

"Jim," I whined to him. "I don't want to go out. I'm not in the mood." I really don't want to drive there and drive all the way back when I'm tired. I'm really not in the mood.

"Come on Ri. It will be good fun. I haven't seen you in ages. So you just don't want to see me?"

I could just imagine him pouting or smirking. "Yeah Jim, that's it." I said sarcastically. "I just don't want to go all the way up there to talk to people I don't know. It just sounds like a waste of time to me."

He groaned, slightly annoyed. But I knew he wasn't that annoyed. "You're going end of. No discussion you're going. If you're not here by seven I'm going to come down there and get you myself. I don't care what you're wearing, or what you look like, I will drag you here. Are we on the same level now?" He asked cheerily; completely different from his tone while threatening me. "Good," he didn't give me a chance to answer. "I'll see you soon. Bye," then he hung up. I don't know whether to love him or hate him. I shook my head before heading upstairs and texting Aaron. All I have to do now is find something to wear.

*

I ended up just wearing a purple maternity dress. It was nice, but I just don't like the idea of wearing maternity clothes. It's still really weird. As I walked towards the restaurant I scanned the crowed outside for Jim. He wasn't too hard to find when he started waving his hands like a maniac. I shook my head laughing at him. "I knew you'd come," he enveloped me into a hug. I laughed, hugging my back.

"Well I think you would've known that by the threat that you made." I pulled away as he laughed at me. "I didn't really want to go out in sweatpants and a t-shirt."

He gave me an innocent look with a shrug. "Let's order a drink before we go up." He grabbed my hand and brought me into a restaurant. I have to say, his wife is pretty lucky to have him. He's such a nice guy. "It feels like I haven't seen you in ages. No wait, it feels like that because it's true." He smirked before ordering us some drinks. I have to say, I've gotten addicted to non alcoholic fruit cocktails now. "So I'm guessing there's not long left now." He glanced down at my stomach. I smiled shaking my head.

"End of the month hopefully. I don't think I could deal with having this stomach longer than I need to."

He laughed paying for the drinks. "Yeah it can't be easy day-to-day." He smiled handing my drink.

"Thanks," I took a sip sitting down. "It would be nicer if I was in my own home though." I gave a slightly shrug as I said that.

“You’ll be back in no time. You’ll see how sorry he really is.” He smiled before taking a sip of his drink.

“He shouldn’t have done it in the first place though.”

He sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "He honestly didn't mean it. He was a mess when he came to see me." Before I could say something, he started talking again. "Stop putting a downer on the mood," he said with a smile. "Let's go have some fun," he pulled me to my feet handing me my drink. "And I know as soon as you walk into the room you'll want to leave. But give it a shot," he said what I was thinking. I smiled and shrugged.

"I can't promise anything."

He shook his head walking over to a set of doors. When he opened them up one of the last people I wanted to see was pacing back and forth. When he heard the door open he looked over. "Jim," I said in a threatening tone. He smiled and gently pushed me onto the balcony.

"Just give it a chance. You're not going to lose anything." He grinned before walking away. Next time I see him I'm going to kill him. I turned around to Caleb, looking at him blankly. He gestured towards the seat he was pulling out.

"What are you doing Caleb?" I asked sitting down. He walked around the table and sat down.

"Well after what I did, I know you don't trust me anymore. So I've been trying to think of a way to earn your trust back." He explained pouring some water.

"And you thought some fancy dinner on a balcony would do that?"

He smiled slightly shaking his head. "No, I thought if we started from the beginning I might earn your trust again." He explained to me. I furrowed my eyebrows slightly confused.

"Starting from the beginning?" I voiced my confusion. He looked up at me and nodded.

"Well not literally because I don't really fancy doing the whole school thing again. But I mean taking you out on dates like we've never met. And then maybe one day you might trust me again." He gave a small smile as the waiter came with some menus.

"So you think forgetting about everything will work?"

"No I thought that we could talk about that tonight. You can't really forget about something without talking it through first. I just want to explain everything." He gave me a small sad smile. I looked down at the menu, trying to avoid his eyes. "It really isn't how Adam told it." He tried to tell me again. I didn't say anything to that, because I didn't know what to say. And before he could say anything the waiter came to the table.

*

"Are you busy on Saturday?" Caleb asked as we waited for some coffee. I have to admit, it was really nice being out with him again. It's still a bit weird, but it's been okay.

"Yeah I'm going out for my birthday since everyone is at Uni on Monday." Part of me felt bad that I didn't invite him to dinner. But it was just friends I was going out with. "Why?" I added on to my answer.

"No I was just going to take you out for some coffee or something. But," he left it hanging with a shrug.

"Sorry," I said as the waiter came with our coffee.

"It's fine. I shouldn't have assumed you'd come out again anyway.”

“Well to be honest you haven’t really explained anything to me anyway. So how can I go out again when I’m still in the dark about what happened?” If I did know what happened, I probably would go out again. I think it was kind of cute that he’d go to all the trouble to take me out on dates. And it is making me see that I probably did jump to the wrong judgements.

Caleb let out a sigh and rested his crossed arms on the table. “I know that kissing her is still cheating. I am really sorry for that. And lying for over three months only made it worse too. Plus the fact that it was with Stephanie makes it twenty more times worse.” I don’t think he realises what he’s saying isn’t helping him. “And what I’m about to tell you isn’t really an excuse, but it’s what happened.” He looked up at me, seeing if I wanted him to continue.

“Okay,” I said before taking a sip of my coffee. I guess he thought I might not want to hear it after he said it wasn’t an excuse.

“When you were in hospital, I was an absolute mess. I really didn’t know what to do with myself. My head was all over the place. When I went home that day I slept for a few hours but I was still pretty out of it all. So when I heard you were awake, I went to the hospital as fast as it could.”

I nodded, leaning on the table, waiting for him to continue. “When I got there I saw Stephanie talking to Adam; which really confused me. As far as I knew they didn’t know each other.”

I furrowed my eyebrows looking up at him. Stephanie and Adam knew each other? That really surprised me. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned Stephanie to Adam. Maybe I did mention one of them to the other. But to be honest, I’m not exactly sure if I did. “So it didn’t really help my thoughts to be honest.” Caleb brought me out to my thoughts again. “When I was going to the entrance Adam had already left and Stephanie stopped me. And she said something about me looking like crap.” He said with a slight laugh. “Which everyone was saying to me. But I said it was because I hadn’t slept and felt guilty about what happened to you. And me being the wimpy little boy I am started crying.”

I couldn’t help but smile slightly at what he said. He was definitely not a ‘wimpy little boy.’ “But when she hugged me I thought she was actually being nice for once. Then that all changed when she kissed me.” He glanced up at me before looking back at the table. “Everything just piled up on my shoulder and I just kissed her back. It was literally only for a second and then I pushed her away. I honestly didn’t know it was going to happen until it happened. But I swear on my life that I never planned or wanted her to kiss me. And I really am sorry for lying to you. I just didn’t want you to hate me. I wanted to be there for you, and if I told you, I knew I wouldn’t. So I’m really really sorry.” He finally looked up at me from the table. And I could see the honesty and sadness written across his face.

"I know," I sighed looking down at my mug. "But I still can't forgive you like that though. It was just the lying Caleb. I just need to feel like I don't have to worry about if you're lying about something." I looked up to see him nodding.

"I know that. And if you're willing to go out with me, I'll make it up to you. I'll show you that you can trust me." He gave me a cute little smile that I've never seen before. "And I'm really sorry about what happened with Cahill in your house. I was completely out of order."

I was actually quite surprised he apologised for that. I would have thought he would have said he was justified because Cahill was shirtless. And I would understand why he would. I'd be pissed if I went to see him and there was a half naked woman walking upstairs. "It's fine, I understand why you were angry. It did look pretty bad," I laughed slightly.

"I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions though. It's the same old excuse really. You guys are close and I'm slightly jealous of that." Isn't he just the cutest?

“He’s got a girlfriend Caleb. And we’re just friends anyway.” Yeah, I know you probably didn’t know that Cahill had a girlfriend. Apparently it’s only a recent thing. I’m actually glad he’s finally got a girlfriend. Maybe Caleb will stop getting so jealous. He raised his eyebrows, and a hint of a smirk came across his lips. I guess he’s really happy about that. I looked down at my watch and saw it was ten twenty. “I should get home,” I said looking up at him. He nodded and stood up.

“I’ll be back in a second and I’ll walk you to your car.” He walked away and slipped inside. I grabbed my bag and stood up before walking inside. As I was walking towards the bar, Caleb started walking towards me. He stopped and smiled, waiting for me to reach him. “About that coffee on Saturday,” he began as we left the restaurant. “Do you fancy doing it another day? I really want to make you trust me again.”

I nodded, as we walked towards my car. “I should probably tell you that I have a scan on Friday if you want to come. It was meant to be on Saturday but they changed it.” I told him taking out my car keys.

“What time is it at?” He asked as I unlocked my car and opened the door.

“Half past eleven,” I set by bag in the car and turned to look at him. He nodded putting his hands in his pockets.

“I’ll see if I can get cover for my classes. But I’ll probably be there,” he gave me a small smile. “So I’ll see you on Friday then?”

I smiled and nodded. “See you later.” I got into the car as he started walking away. I let out a breath before shutting the door. I have to say, that wasn’t what I thought would happen today. But I guess Jim was right. I didn’t lose anything by talking to him.


When I got into the house my phone started ringing in my pocket. I took it out and answered it, while walking up to my room. “Hello?” I said walking up the stairs.

“Alright Bitch,” Aaron slightly yelled down the phone.

“I hate you,” I walked into my room. As soon as I was close enough, I lay down on my bed. I was so tired, it was unreal. And I don’t really do anything most days which I don’t see how I’m getting tired.

“I know you love me really. How was the party?” He asked as I kicked off my shoes.

“Yeah, I didn’t go to a party.”

“You could’ve just told me you didn’t want to come over. I’m a big boy, I might be able to handle being rejected.”

I laughed, sitting up to rest my back against the wall. “Actually I was tricked to have dinner with Caleb. That’s where I was all night.” I explained, ignoring his overdramatic complaining.

“How did that go?” He asked in all serious now.

“Yeah it was okay, bit weird. But he explained everything so I’m not as mad as I was. He’s coming with me to the scan on Friday. So we’re starting to repair some bridges.” I stood up and walked over to my dresser.

“That’s good. You’ll be back together in no time.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at what he said. I honestly don’t know when we’ll be back together. If I’m being honest, I hope it’s soon. But I do want to be able to trust him again. So I’m just seeing how it goes. “Anyway,” Aaron broke my thoughts. “Do you want to go for a coffee tomorrow? I finish classes early and I haven’t seen you since Saturday.”

“Yeah, what time at?” I opened my drawers and took out some my pyjamas.

“About two outside of the Uni.”

“Okay,” I said closing the drawers. “I’m tired so I’m going to bed. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow,” he said before hanging up. I threw my phone on the bed before getting changed.

I have to say, I had fun with Caleb tonight. And I’m sort of looking forward to Friday at the scan.