“I haven’t seen her in months,” I admit.
“I know and tonight you haven’t stopped staring at her or watching her.”
I can’t even deny it, because he’s right, “Fuck.”
“Told you. Look, I was wrong for what I did while you were dating her. I shouldn’t have tried to intervene, but I think you are stupid as fuck for not fighting to get her back.”
“You need to let this go. I’ve moved on.”
“No you didn’t, stop fucking lying,” Brody scolds.
“I’ll always care about her, but we both made choices and now we need to live with them.”
“I hope you can,” he says pissed off.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“You’re going to lose her. You think Nina’s the one when all she is…is the rebound chick. You’re trying to use her to replace Haley, but you can’t, Haley is irreplaceable.”
“That’s not true.”
“You’ll see,” he says as he shakes his head.
“I hate you sometimes,” I say before walking away. I need a beer or a shot or hell something to make me not think about Haley and how she’s probably talking to some douchebag.
Haley
We spend the rest of the evening hanging out and having a good time like Quinn said we would. I only had two beers, since I don’t know what’s going on with my body right now.
“Hey, I’m sorry about earlier,” Liam says apologetically.
“For what?” I ask playing dumb.
“You should have heard it from me, not in a group setting like that.”
“It’s fine.”
“No it’s not. I should have told you and I apologize.”
“Liam you didn’t do anything wrong. There’s no need to apologize. You moved on with your life, don’t apologize for that,” I say feeling frustrated. He looks at me, I know he wants to say something, but he’s not sure what to say. “I’m glad for you. I’m glad Nina makes you happy because you deserve it,” I say truthfully.
“Thanks Hails.”
“Do you guys have a date set?” I ask, sounding more secure than I feel.
“She’s thinking either August or September of this year.”
“Oh wow, that’s soon.”
“Yeah, it’s going to possibly be right before the season starts, so maybe July, I’m not sure yet.”
“How’s that going to work?” I ask confused.
“Well, we won’t take a honeymoon or anything because it will be during the season, but the ceremony we can fit in before the season gets underway.”
“Is she pregnant?” Quinn asks from behind me. I don’t even know when she snuck up on us.
“No, she’s not pregnant,” he says sounding annoyed.
“I take it you get that question a lot?” I ask.
“More than I care to admit. She’s not though, I love kids, but I don’t want them yet,” he states.
“You have time,” I say.
“Yeah, definitely have time. Alright, well I just wanted to apologize, so I’ll let you get back to your friends,” he says before heading off.
“Apology?” Quinn asks with a look.
“About me finding out he’s engaged.”
“Yeah, that was a shocker.”
“I think I’m going to head home.”
“Tired?” she asks calling me out.
“I am and stressed.”
“I’ll come with you.”
“No, you stay and have fun with Brody, talk to him.”
“Hey, what’s going on?” Kenzie asks.
“I’m tired, so I’m going to head home.”
“I’ll come with you. I’m beat from the drive.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” I say to Quinn as I give her a hug, “Tell the guys we left and they are more than welcome to use the couch and the other guest room.”
“Will do,” she says as she heads in the direction of Brody.
“He likes her,” Kenz says as we walk outside.
“Who?” I ask confused.
“Brody, he likes Quinn.”
“What?” I ask, shocked that she would make that comment.
“I can see it in the way he looks at her. It looks like she likes him too, am I wrong?”
“No, she has a crush on him.”
“Does she know that he likes her?”
“No.”
“Well, hopefully tonight they can figure it out,” she says with a smile.
“You don’t care?”
“No, Brody deserves to be happy. So do you Hails. What’s going on with you?”
“Things aren’t how I thought they would be,” I answer honestly.
“What do you mean?”