Betrayed

Chapter 6

I woke up around nine the next morning to my beautiful nephew crying in the next room. He loved to wake his Auntie FiFi up bright and early, considering how late I had been up the night before. I walked into the living room yawning at my sister who sat wide awake in front of the computer screen holding the little guy as he wiggled and squirmed for his freedom.

"Morning, how was your night last night? You guys hook up?¨ My sister was always like that, quick to the point. She was saying it in a joking way but I could tell she was a bit curious if something had happened, we had been pretty cozy when she went to bed, and she had always suspected something was up with his feelings for me. Thinking back that morning I realized a lot of people were suspicious when he and Cara were still going strong. Cara had fought with him about flirting with me, my grandmother warned me about what his eyes were saying and my parents, brother and sister all said I should steal him away from her, she didnt deserve such a nice guy, but I did.

"Yeah we fucked then I sent him home to Cara, didnt want her getting suspicious you know?¨ Her face looked like it was in complete astonishment, I was pretty much the only virgin left among the clan, and I think they all expected it to stay that way until I was 40.

"Im kidding, nothing happened, I hugged him good bye and we made plans for a picnic and marriage in Florida, no big deal.¨ I laughed as she rolled her eyes.

"You know I love Mike but be careful, I think he's more serious about this than you are, and we both know you dont want to get on his or Caras bad side.¨ She pushed it aside and we started talking about what we would do for the day when there was the patented knock on the door. I wasnt thinking Mike since I knew he worked until about 2 o'clock on Saturdays but Cara was always one to show up bright and early.

"Hey guys! So Tif how was your night? Mike didnt get home until 2:30. Was he here that late?¨

"Yeah we were watching TV. and completely forgot what time it was.¨ I have no idea why I instinctively lied about why he left so late, I could have easily said we were talking and lost track of time but for some odd reason I lied.

"I haven¡¦t talked to him since before he came over here last night, he was up and out before I woke up. You have fun?¨

"Yeah it was cool, nothing abnormal, same old hanging out with Mike night, ha-ha. How was your night? Did you see Chris?¨

"Yeah he was so adorable!!! We hooked up but no sex yet¨

Normally I would just nod my head and hope to change the subject but I wanted to compete with her night, make her realize she wasn¡¦t the only one guys could have fun with. "Yeah Mike wants to supposedly take me on a picnic today after work. How retarded is he??? He cant keep this up long.¨

"I dont know Tif, he never took me on a picnic and we were together for a year and a half. Not to mention he straight out told me when I said I had to leave before he would be at your house that he didn¡¦t care he had a hot date. I think he likes you. He¡¦s good in bed though.¨ She laughed as she said it but I could see the tinge of jealousy in her eyes behind the fake smile. She was so easy to read. Here it was she forces me to date him and then gets annoyed with it.

"Some how I dont think I will ever find out how "good¨ he is in bed, in fact I can pretty much guarantee it. Ew, I think I puked in my mouth a little. Cosgriff naked? Not something I ever want to think about.¨

She laughed it off, she knew what I meant. I loved the kid to death; he was hysterical and fun as hell to be around but definitely not my type. I was known to date tall lanky kids with long hair and music as their focus, also known as"emo¨. Mike was well, tall but had definitely gained quite a few pounds over the last few months. He was the epitome of jock and every thing I didnt want to be involved with, like that at least. Although I saw a whole different side of him the night before. Maybe I was wrong; maybe I didn¡¦t have a type. Perhaps I was above the social standing and appearance thing and could look past the fact that I thought he was ugly and like him for him, not what he came off as.

"Well I¡¦m going to head home and take a nap before work. Ill see you later. Love you.¨ She stood up and gave me a kiss on the cheek and headed down the porch steps towards her car. I still hadn¡¦t heard from Mike so I figured and kind of thanked heaven that the whole picnic idea was shot to hell.

Christiane and I spent the day at the park with Aidan where we took him on the swings.

" think you and Mike would be cute together, you¡¦re so little and hes so big and you guys are a lot a like. He told me once you and him are much more a like than he and Cara. He said he could talk to you about music and life and stuff where Cara was just superficial and listened to whatever her friends did at the time. I think he likes you for real Tif, and if not yet he will soon, I have a feeling this wasnt a one time thing, and you¡¦re our little Fi Fi how could he not like you?¨

"I doubt that. He went out with Cara, he isnt going to like someone like me. Im short and chubby and emo. Shes tall skinny and full of herself. Mike and I may have similar taste in music but that¡¦s where it ends. I hate basketball and he lives and breaths it. He probably is just doing this because Cara wont go back out with him and is kicking him out every other day plus he feels bad about the whole Nathan situation.¨ I always had to find the negative or the downfall. I could never accept the fact that maybe someone liked me for me, maybe I wasnt as bad as I made myself out to be. I mean I had lost a lot of weight and I wasn¡¦t exactly ugly anymore. Guys occasionally turned their heads, normally ones I didnt want to spend a second on but still one or two.

"Lets go home, its almost six and Jorge will be home before us at this rate.¨

We headed towards the car and didn¡¦t talk much. We spent the ride home singing at the top of our lungs to Shakira¡¦s "Hips Dont Lie¨. As soon as we walked into the door my phone beeped and I dug it out of my purse.

I had a text message from Mike, ::Im so sorry I missed our picnic. Can I make it up to you?::

I laughed and told Christiane what he said.
"Oh god! This isnt going to end well.¨

I decided to mess with his head a little, :: Unless you are bleeding or have a broken bone you lost your shot.::

He was quick to respond. :: Im sorry sweetie, I fell asleep, Can I make it up to you, dinner and a movie?::

It looked like I was going to be texting a lot ::I guess so.::

::See you soon. :) ::

I quickly ran into my bedroom and put on my mini skirt and a wife beater with little blue stripes on yellow. Donned a pair of blue flip flops to match and ran to fix my hair and make up. I was honestly doing this, going on yet another date with Mike, except in public this time.

After about twenty minutes Mike pulled up and walked up the steps he was in his normal outfit, a pair of blue basketball shorts and a red sox t-shirt. He really seemed to own every sox shirt and basketball shorts made in the United States I was beginning to think.

"So dinner and a movie?¨ He asked me to make sure I hadnt changed my mind in the short time it took him to get from his side of the city to mine. I was pretty fickle.

"Im not really hungry but a movie sounds good.¨ I didnt really want to eat in public with him for some weird reason. I mean I didn¡¦t have a problem eating in front of him but maybe it was me not wanting him to spend more money on me than necessary, I didnt want to get in too deep over my head.

Mike looked online for movies that were playing and show times and found a new movie that had come out the day before. "An American Haunting¨ I had never heard of it but it sounded scary so I agreed and we decided to go to the 9:30 showing of it. That gave us about an hour to just hang out at my sisters.

It was time for Aidan to go to sleep and I was now dancing him to sleep regularly each night. So I picked the little guy up and began singing and dancing with him. Mike came up to me and tried to take my hand to dance with me too.

"Im not dancing with you in the middle of the living room. Thats weird¨

"Oh sure youll dance with him but not me. Thats cool.¨

"Oh god, fine you dork.¨ I let him wrap and arm around me and slowly begin twirling little Aidan and me around the living room.

"Aw arent we the cutest little family.¨ I rolled my eyes and let myself be carried about by him. It was such a small sweet gesture; I wanted to underplay the effect it was having on me.

"Some day Fiona it will be ours.¨ I didnt know how to respond so I held Aidan a little tighter and laid my head against his. This was getting a lot more dramatic. He didn¡¦t say it sarcastically as I had, or even with a hint of laughter, it was utter and pure emotion that had spilled from those lips, emotion I was not ready to handle, especially from the guy who lived with my cousin.


We finally got him asleep and Mike walked into Aidan¡¦s bedroom with me as I gently placed him into his crib. Once he was settled I peered down at his little face in aw, he was so perfect, there wasn¡¦t anything I could think of to disprove it either. He was beautiful and I loved him more than I had ever loved someone in my life. At that moment I changed all my opinions on having children and decided I wanted a little angel, just like Aidan. A girl who had walked around for years claiming she never wanted kids and one look into the little prince charming sleeping and it all faded away. Mike came up next to me and put his arm around my shoulders, he pulled me towards to door after squeezing a little on my arm. We walked into the hallway.

"We should get going. Its getting close to the movie time.¨ I wanted to avoid the little interaction that had just occurred, normally I would have been angry he had witnessed such a personal moment for me, but I was happy he had been there and put his arm around me at that exact second when I had my epiphany.

On the way to the movie we smoked a little in the car so we were both pretty wasted as we drove to the theater. All of a sudden at a red light, Mike saw someone he knew and began honking and waving to a car in the next lane. He rolled down my window and then picked up his cell to dial the number of the car next to us. I peered into the car and realized it was Jake. He was one of two of Mike¡¦s friends I had ever met, and that probably wasnt good. He saw us which meant he would tell his friend who would tell their friend who would inevitably tell Cara. Why was I trying to keep it from her? Mike would probably tell her, she would probably come over after work any ways. Oh well.

We pulled into the theater and as we were walking up to the door Mike went to grab my hand and hold it.

"No way in hell. Someone Cara knows would see us and call her immediately with our luck. I do not need that shit.¨ So we went into the theater and he bought us tickets. We got a couple sodas and made our way to our seats.

The movie began and well it was off to a slow start. About ten minutes into it Mike reached over and grabbed my hand.

"Im scared.¨ I smirked and then heard the kids sitting behind us begin laughing and mocking him, "Im scared, poor me, hold my hand¨ It was hysterical to me who was high and even funnier since the movie was so un scary. It was boring and dull and well I vowed never to let him pick a movie again. After about an hour of the boringness he moved his hand to my leg and gripped it pulling me closer to him so our bodies were as close as the arm rest would allow. I snuggled into the feeling and just watched the rest of the movie with a smile on my face. This wasn¡¦t so bad, in fact I didn¡¦t even care that the movie sucked, I was having a good night just being with Mike.

The movie came to a close at around 11 so we headed back to my sister¡¦s house. When we got there we went downstairs and started smoking with my sister and her husband. Soon they drifted off to bed and Mike began pestering me again.

"Can I have a kiss now?¨ He puckered his lips in that annoying manner of his and held out his arms.

"You sure as hell arent getting a kiss with your lips out like a five year old pouting and I hate when guys ask to kiss me. Its annoying and uncomfortable.¨ The kissing talk seized and we went back to planning our wedding in Florida. We would run away together with out any one knowing. We would elope on the beach and spend the summer in his friend¡¦s villa who was going to school down there. When we came home everyone would be utterly shocked and we would simply laugh at them all. Cara would be too astonished to be mad and it would all go back to normal, us married at least.

"Hey you know I think I might actually be willing to do it. I love shocking everyone not to mention I could go to college then. When you get married youre emancipated from your parents and I could get financial aid!¨ It did sound sort of appealing, too bad I wasnt serious.

"Not the right reasons, but Ill get you there once we are married.¨ He joked back by feigning hurt by my words like he wanted me to want to marry him for love or something.

We spent the night talking and laughing just like before and yet again it wasnt until close to two that we realized he should head out. I walked him upstairs and he looked down at me, "No kiss?¨ I shook my head and laughed.

"Not happening Cozzy!¨ We walked to the door and I hugged him goodbye. He pressed me into his body and lifted me a bit at the same time. He kissed my hair then moved down and kissed my forehead.

"I think you should kiss me"

"I think you should go home to Cara.¨ I giggled nervously and gave him a quick squeeze then got out of his arms.

"Night Mike.¨

"Night Fiona.¨

***Reviews guys!!! Love em!!! Keeps me writing, which I will have ALL weekend to do. My sister took my nephew to his dads house so I finally have my computer and my room to myself for 3 days. I wanna write but do you guys wanna read what I write???

Fiona***