Chapter 56 I've been so patient Shiv.
Terry seems to notice and continues on regardless. “And I know today is the last day of him being a rock star. I thought I would come out and watch the gig if that’s okay with Natte and the guys obviously.”
“I ...I’m sure it will be.” My voice is so squeaky.
This is just getting worse and worse, how could I have allowed myself to fall in this kind of situation? A sweet satisfying situation as it is.
“So well, I called up Will to see if he fancied coming too, and here we are.”
She was being thoughtful of checking on me about the trending topics. And I was being such a slut busy sleeping with Natte. Busy lying through my teeth that I wasn't when she was pretty much concerned.
I’m going to Hell. Straight to Hell.
“I got us seats at that small restaurant of yours tomorrow night so we can all eat dinner together,” she adds, smiling sarcastically. Terry is enjoying toying around with me and I know it, I knew since the beginning that the day Terry will find out who my boyfriend is, she'll jab at me forever. She has just seen Natte in the bathroom, there's Pine too who loves sneaking in my flat and that is worse.
“Sounds wonderful.” I force a smile. “So I bet you guys must be starving,” my voice lifts a little bit higher than necessary.
“Why don’t you go downstairs and get some breakfast, the food here is amazing. I’ll just get dressed and I’ll meet you down there in ten.”
“Yeah, I could do with something,” Will says, putting his hand to his stomach.
“But we’ll wait for you, darling… go get changed.” He tips his head in the direction of the bedroom door.
“I need to shower.” I finally say, Natte's smell is still lingering on me.
“It’s fine we’ll wait.” he still insists, he's such a nice guy, Terry really won a lottery when she met Will and also having him as a boyfriend.
I flick a help me glance at Terry.
“We’ll be waiting bloody ages Will, you know what she’s like and I’m starving. Let’s go down now and get a table, and Shiv can join us once she’s ready.” She says playing with Will's sleeves while looking at me knowingly.
“Okay,” Will says hesitantly.
He gets to his feet and heads over to the door. Terry comes over to me tipping my chin up with her thumb and forefinger. She plants a firm poke on my forehead.
“We’ll see you down there darling Shiv, and don’t be long. I’ve been away from you too much already.” she breathes like she means it, I'm the only one who knows what her sentence means. If I'm not careful later with her, I'm sure she'll call Darla and with Darla everything will fall apart. Darla will even tell the paparazzi.
“I’ll be ten minutes max.”
Terry squeezes my hand before walking past. I almost break down on the spot.
I wait until I hear the door close behind them before I move.
I go into the bedroom, and slowly open the bathroom door.
Natte is sitting on the edge of the bath, dressed in his clothes, and he doesn’t look happy. But then I didn’t expect he would be.
“I’m so sorry…” I start, but he cuts me off.
“Did you know he was coming?” He's such a prick I think to myself.
“No.” I look at him surprised. “I didn't know he was coming over, I told you I will talk to him at my flat.”
He gives me a look of disbelief.
“Seriously, as if I’d have you here in my bed if I knew he was coming.”
He stares at me for a long moment. My stomach is knotted and my body is really wired from yesterday's bed activities. I can’t stop fidgeting.
I go over to him, kneeling down between his legs. “I am so very sorry, Natte.” and my own voice surprises even me, I can't understand what I'm feeling now.
“Why did you make me hide in here?” he continues his interrogation.
I give him a puzzled look like really boy. “Because I didn’t want him to walk in and find you in my bed.”
I continue with my fake boyfriend lie which he doesn't seem to enjoy much.
He narrows his gaze at me. I feel hot and uncomfortable under it.
“So you’re not going to tell him about us?”
I could see a mockery smile on his face. Natte knows Will is not my boyfriend right? Whatever I don't wanna know if he knows but still pretends.
“What? Yes, of course I am.”
I think. Maybe. I don’t know.
“So go tell him.” He gestures towards the door with his hand. “You know where he is. Go tell him now. About the online news and everything about us I’ll wait here for you.”
“Natte…” I get up off the floor, sitting on the toilet. “He’s come all this way to see me. I can’t just go and tell him about you and me ten minutes after he’s arrived.”
“You promised me last night that you would tell him. He’s here now so what better opportunity is there. You didn’t want to tell him on the phone well now you don’t have to.”
Last night, last night I was being such a slut being into you, did you think I could think about that Natte Johnson?
I run my hands through my hair and blow out a breath. “Be reasonable, Natte.”
“I think I’ve been pretty reasonable overall, and patient. So very fuckin’ patient, but it’s wearing thin Golden Shiva.” He speaks in finality.
I look down at my toes. Not knowing what to think anymore, Terry and will are out there waiting for me, Natte is fucking mad at me now and I can't seem to reason out with him.
He sighs loudly, then gets up and storms out of the bathroom.