Needing You #2 - Wanting Him by T. Renee Fike Page B

in fact, happen.  Parker cheated on me and now he’s having a kid to someone else, other than me. 
    It makes me thankful that me missing my pills the weekend I went to see him the first time, didn’t affect me.  I got my friend a few weeks later, thank God.
    How did my life get so screwed up?  I thought I found a guy who was serious about me, but instead he cheats on me.
    I don’t care who you are, drinking does not give you a free pass to make mistakes.  Whether you know what’s going on or not, you allowed yourself to get into that type of situation and now you have to live with the consequences.
    My head is still throbbing , so I lay back down on the couch. I turn on the television trying to block out the past ten hours of my life.
    Unfortunately, the tears start back up .  I can’t stop crying.  I love him and he just broke my heart.
    Sometime later I hear my sister coming up the stairs.  I don’t even have the energy to hide my red, puffy eyes.
    “Hey,” she says, as she walks through the door.
    “Hey,” I mumble looking back at the television; looking anywhere but at my sister.
    “Who the heck did you have over here last night?” she says surprising me.
    “What? No one,” I say back.
    “You drank all that wine,” she asks curiously, while eyeing the two empty bottles of wine sitting on the coffee table.
    Crap.  I didn’t throw the bottles out.
    “Umm…yeah I did,” I say, pulling the blanket closer to my face trying to hide it.
    “Seriously Nat, what’s going on?” she says as she steps closer to me, “Hell , what happened?  Why are you crying?” she says worriedly as she takes a good look at me.
    “Parker and I broke up,” I tell her as the tears start to fall again.
    “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry.  Why didn’t you call me?” she says as she sits down beside me trying to comfort me.
    “It happened at 2:30 a.m.” I tell her.
    “Why?  I thought you guys were doing really well,” she says surprised.
    “He cheated on me,” I tell her, letting out the fact that he’s going to be a dad.
    “HE WHAT?” she asks sounding angry and confused.
    “You heard me.”
    “No, he loves you, he wouldn’t cheat on you.  You’re missing something,” she says defending him.
    “Nora, he was here waiting for me when I got off work last night.  He got drunk, doesn’t remember much, but he did it,” I say, trying to stop the tears.
    “I am so sorry,” she says as she hugs me, allowing me to cry on her shoulders.
    “I’ll be okay,” I assure her after a few minutes of crying. 
    “I don’t think you should work tonight,” she tells me truthfully.
    “Work, yeah, that’s not going happen.  I’ll call Eddie then.”
    “So we’ll hang out the rest of the weekend, just you and me,” she says , surprising me.
    “You don’t have to change your plans,” I tell her sympathetically.
    “You need me, so I’ll be here.  That’s what sisters do,” she says shocking me yet again.  Sometimes she’s the perfect sister, other times not so much.
    “Thanks Nor,” I tell her with a weak smile.
    I take a nice long hot shower and feel a little better when I come out of my bedroom dressed in comfortable, lazy clothes.
    The rest of the day goes by with us watching movies, both comedy and horror films, followed by pigging out on all the snacks we have in the house.  Around 7:00 p.m. I called Eddie to let him know I won’t be in tonight.
    Parker
    Do I know I messed up with Nat, yes!  Yet here I sit at PowerTrips hoping to see her tonight to try to get her to understand. 
    I thought about going back to her apartment , but I don’t because I don’t want Nora, if she’s there, to flip out on me.
    So, instead here I sit waiting, hoping to get a few minutes to talk to her, make sure she’s okay, and to know how sorry I am that this happened.
    It’s going on 8:15 p.m., I surprised she’s not here yet.  Nat’s not one to call off, so I’m sure she’ll be in.  Maybe she doesn’t