You've Set My Heart Ablaze
Chapter 24-
James’ POV:
I snuck out of Allison’s before she woke up. It wasn’t that I was having second thoughts…I just knew she’d want to talk about what happened and I didn’t want to talk about it.
Sure I had just gotten back with her and had sex with her…but talking about it…about Geno, about the whole mess…that I just wanted to forget. I didn’t want to talk about why we broke up…I just wanted to be with her.
I got back to my place and changed clothes, throwing the other ones in my laundry basket. I went to the kitchen and grabbed the milk from the fridge. “So did you do it?” Jen’s voice startled me
“Jesus, Jenny…don’t you ever knock…” I mumbled
“Sorry…you left your front door open…and I came by to see if you did it.” she replied
“Well…” I started
“You didn’t, did you?”
“I did, but I got back with her.” I replied
“What?! Are you insane?” she asked, folding her arms and staring at me
“Maybe…I just love her, ok?”
“Okay…and what if she cheats on you again, James? What about that?” Jen asked
“She won’t!” I argued back. It wasn’t her place to even be saying that to me and I was getting pissed off.
“You said that last time!” she yelled back
“Jennifer…this is none of your business.” I fought back
“It is my business if my son is going to be around her.”
I sighed, “Fine then. On my weeks with Nolan, she won’t come over and I won’t go there.”
Jen sighed and looked down, “I just don’t want to see you getting hurt again, James…”
I nodded, “I know that…but I won’t.”
Jen shook her head, “She isn’t good for you, James.”
“You don’t know that…”
“No, but I do know you, James and I know that sooner or later…you’re going to see that I’m right!”
“Okay, Jen…you can leave now.” I had had enough
“Fine, but when she cheats on you again or just dumps you…don’t come crying to me!” she replied, marching off
“Fine! I won’t, because it’s not going to happen!” I yelled back, slamming my door. I was just so agitated. Jen was just jealous of what me and Allison had and I was not going to let that happen.
Allison’s POV:
I rolled over in bed and felt the spot next to me. It was empty. I opened my eyes and noticed James was gone. He probably had plans or something and had to go. I stumbled to the living room noticing he had left his baseball cap on the couch. I smiled and picked it up, taking it to my room.
I headed to the kitchen and started breakfast. It wasn’t like James to just leave, but knowing him, he probably had something going on and forgot. I had just cracked an egg when someone knocked on the door. I quickly washed my hands and without looking out the peephole, I opened the door. It was Jen…
“What are you doing here?” I asked confused
“I came to talk.” she started “About James.”
“What about James?” I asked
“You know that you’re not the one he should be with. James should be with me.”
“What…”
“You know it’s true! James and I are meant to be together. Why else do you think that every time something goes wrong with you, he calls me?”
“He does?” I blinked
“Yeah…and we have a son together.”
“James loves me…” I argued, feeling a little hurt that he went to her when we fought.
“James doesn’t know how he even feels about you! He just thinks he loves you.” Jen snorted
I glared at her, “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Oh yeah? I was just like you once. Head over heels with James Neal, the hockey player…then you know what happened? He fucked a stripper slut amd then knocked me up. What will stop him from doing the same thing to you?!”
“Because he loves me!” I yelled, getting angrier by the second
Jen laughed. “Yeah? He ‘loved’ me once too.”
“That was a long time ago! He is different now!” I yelled, “And if he is such an asshole, why do you want him?”
“Because he is the father of my son and he is the only man I have ever been with. You can’t say the same thing, sweetheart.” she snapped
My jaw clenched. “Get out.”
“What?”
“Get out of my house!”
“And what if I don’t?”
“I’ll fucking make you!” I yelled “You don’t know a goddamned thing about me!”
“I know enough! Enough to know that the only reason James is still with you is because he feels sorry for you because you were raped!”
I could feel tears falling, “Get out now!”
“Fine! I’m leaving! Just you wait and see. He’ll do to you, what he did to me and then he’ll come crying back to me, like always.”
I didn’t think. I just pounced. Tackling Jen to the floor and hitting her. She screamed and clawed back at me. The next thing I remembered was the cops pulling us apart and placing us in handcuffs.
I snuck out of Allison’s before she woke up. It wasn’t that I was having second thoughts…I just knew she’d want to talk about what happened and I didn’t want to talk about it.
Sure I had just gotten back with her and had sex with her…but talking about it…about Geno, about the whole mess…that I just wanted to forget. I didn’t want to talk about why we broke up…I just wanted to be with her.
I got back to my place and changed clothes, throwing the other ones in my laundry basket. I went to the kitchen and grabbed the milk from the fridge. “So did you do it?” Jen’s voice startled me
“Jesus, Jenny…don’t you ever knock…” I mumbled
“Sorry…you left your front door open…and I came by to see if you did it.” she replied
“Well…” I started
“You didn’t, did you?”
“I did, but I got back with her.” I replied
“What?! Are you insane?” she asked, folding her arms and staring at me
“Maybe…I just love her, ok?”
“Okay…and what if she cheats on you again, James? What about that?” Jen asked
“She won’t!” I argued back. It wasn’t her place to even be saying that to me and I was getting pissed off.
“You said that last time!” she yelled back
“Jennifer…this is none of your business.” I fought back
“It is my business if my son is going to be around her.”
I sighed, “Fine then. On my weeks with Nolan, she won’t come over and I won’t go there.”
Jen sighed and looked down, “I just don’t want to see you getting hurt again, James…”
I nodded, “I know that…but I won’t.”
Jen shook her head, “She isn’t good for you, James.”
“You don’t know that…”
“No, but I do know you, James and I know that sooner or later…you’re going to see that I’m right!”
“Okay, Jen…you can leave now.” I had had enough
“Fine, but when she cheats on you again or just dumps you…don’t come crying to me!” she replied, marching off
“Fine! I won’t, because it’s not going to happen!” I yelled back, slamming my door. I was just so agitated. Jen was just jealous of what me and Allison had and I was not going to let that happen.
Allison’s POV:
I rolled over in bed and felt the spot next to me. It was empty. I opened my eyes and noticed James was gone. He probably had plans or something and had to go. I stumbled to the living room noticing he had left his baseball cap on the couch. I smiled and picked it up, taking it to my room.
I headed to the kitchen and started breakfast. It wasn’t like James to just leave, but knowing him, he probably had something going on and forgot. I had just cracked an egg when someone knocked on the door. I quickly washed my hands and without looking out the peephole, I opened the door. It was Jen…
“What are you doing here?” I asked confused
“I came to talk.” she started “About James.”
“What about James?” I asked
“You know that you’re not the one he should be with. James should be with me.”
“What…”
“You know it’s true! James and I are meant to be together. Why else do you think that every time something goes wrong with you, he calls me?”
“He does?” I blinked
“Yeah…and we have a son together.”
“James loves me…” I argued, feeling a little hurt that he went to her when we fought.
“James doesn’t know how he even feels about you! He just thinks he loves you.” Jen snorted
I glared at her, “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Oh yeah? I was just like you once. Head over heels with James Neal, the hockey player…then you know what happened? He fucked a stripper slut amd then knocked me up. What will stop him from doing the same thing to you?!”
“Because he loves me!” I yelled, getting angrier by the second
Jen laughed. “Yeah? He ‘loved’ me once too.”
“That was a long time ago! He is different now!” I yelled, “And if he is such an asshole, why do you want him?”
“Because he is the father of my son and he is the only man I have ever been with. You can’t say the same thing, sweetheart.” she snapped
My jaw clenched. “Get out.”
“What?”
“Get out of my house!”
“And what if I don’t?”
“I’ll fucking make you!” I yelled “You don’t know a goddamned thing about me!”
“I know enough! Enough to know that the only reason James is still with you is because he feels sorry for you because you were raped!”
I could feel tears falling, “Get out now!”
“Fine! I’m leaving! Just you wait and see. He’ll do to you, what he did to me and then he’ll come crying back to me, like always.”
I didn’t think. I just pounced. Tackling Jen to the floor and hitting her. She screamed and clawed back at me. The next thing I remembered was the cops pulling us apart and placing us in handcuffs.
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