Lycan Contempt, S. Yule [important books to read txt] 📗

fingers came into contact with a stack of clothes, she smiled. “Thank you, Lucy.”

She hastily dressed and went in search of Kish.

But a couple minutes later, she found Joey and a grumpy Henry in the kitchen. The smel of coffee brewing wafted invitingly through the air.

“She’s never going to forgive us for what we said,”

Henry grumbled.

“Of course she wil. She already did. Georgia’s our best friend. She knows we can be idiots at time,”

Joey argued.

“I can’t believe the things we said, though. They were unforgiveable. I wouldn’t blame her if she changed her mind and never spoke to us again.”

“Yeah, and remember that next time before you say something so horrible,” she said, trying hard to hide a smile as she made her way to the coffee pot.

“Georgia!” Henry and Joey said at the same time.

“Yep. That’s my name.”

“You have got to be the sneakiest person in the world,” Henry said. “You about gave me a heart attack.”

“I’m not the sneakiest.” Kish had the category al to himself, but they didn’t need to know that. She poured a cup of coffee then leaned against the counter. Silence greeted her. She took a long sip then sighed. “Okay,” she said. “Let’s get this al out in the open now. I meant it when I said I forgave you last night. I love both of you, but I won’t deny that you hurt me, hurt Kish, with your reckless words. It was out of character for both of you to be as mean as you were. I understand you did it because you love me and wanted to protect me, but that doesn’t give you a free pass to hurt others, especialy others that mean a lot to me.”

“I’m so ashamed of myself,” Joey whispered.

“Me too,” agreed Henry.

She took another sip of her coffee. She was stil annoyed with both of them for hurting Kish, but she didn’t believe they’d intentionaly hurt her or him. In fact, on the whole, it proved how much they cared for her and her wel being. They’d simply gone about showing it an atrocious manner.

“I won’t lie. It is something I probably won’t ever forget, but it’s over with. Let’s move on, shal we?”

She didn’t want to lose her two best friends.

If she thought for a moment that Henry and Joey were capable of being as thoughtless as they’d been last night on a regular basis, she’d never have become close with them to begin with. It truly had been an awkward moment that stressful and strange circumstances had been responsible for. Besides, everyone deserved a second chance.

She smiled when Henry and Joey both took turns hugging her gently.

“Al of that aside, we wouldn’t be your friends if we stil didn’t voice concern over your relationship with Kish,” Joey said.

“Kish seems like a nice guy. Heck, he helped you when we couldn’t and let us stay here. But don’t you think you’re moving a little fast with him?” Henry asked.

She smiled and shook her head. “No. You’re just going to have to take my word for it. I love him.

When have either of you known me to ever act irrational with a man? I don’t. This is different. I don’t know how to explain it. He’s my soul mate, my other half. I knew it practicaly from the start. It is what it is.”

“Okay. Who am I to question the whole fated, love at first sight thing?” Joey sighed.

“Are you absolutely certain about him?” Henry questioned.

“Yes. I’m absolutely sure how I feel about him.

But I’l be honest. That’s pretty much al I’m sure of.”

“How do you mean?” Joey.

She poured some more coffee into her now empty cup. “I mean, I love him. He loves me, but I don’t know what’s going to happen from here.”

“If you both love each other then I suppose the norm wil happen from here. You date, move in together or get married or both then have a bunch of little rugrats,” Henry said.

“We’l see.” She frowned.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Joey asked.

“It means I don’t know what happens from here.

Kish hasn’t said anything about dating, moving in together, or even seeing me again for that matter.”

“Come on, Georgia. If he loves you, he’s obviously going to want to see you again,” Joey said with a hint of confusion in his voice. “He doesn’t have a problem with your blindness, does he?”

“No! Kish isn’t like that at al.”

“Thank God because I realy didn’t want to have to cal him out on your behalf,” Henry admitted. “I would have, but I don’t think it would have ended wel for me. The man is huge.”

She smiled. “Wel what do you know? Chivalry isn’t dead after al,” she mocked.

“Ha. Ha.”

Before another word was said, the door opened.

“Good morning,” Joey said.

“Morning,” Kish answered. “I received a cal this morning. The roads are clear. You can go home today, or you’re welcome to stay if you like.”

“Thank God!” Henry said. “No offense, but I’m ready to get the heck home.”

“Amen to that,” Joey muttered.

Georgia didn’t say a word, and she swore she could feel Kish’s stare upon her.

“Come on, Joey. Let’s get packed,” Henry said.

After Joey and Henry left, Georgia waited, but only silence greeted her. What had she hoped for?

That Kish would beg her to stay? Tel her he couldn’t live one day without her? That he wanted her to move in with him and be with her forever? Yes! That’s exactly what she wanted him to say, but it became obvious that that was not going to happen.

After a few more tense, silent moments, Kish finaly spoke to her. “Do you need help packing?”

That was that then. He was not going to ask her to stay. Her heart sank, and she fought the tears that threatened to fal. She wouldn’t beg him, even though a part of her wanted to. She set her cup in the sink.

“No. I can get everything together myself. Thank you.”

Without another word, she made her way to the bedroom her