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Then Julian's lips touched mine. And I felt...nothing. I wanted to scream.
After a few seconds of non-response, Julian pulled away with a frown. "What am I missing here? I could have sworn..." he stood up and looked away so I couldn't see his hurt expression. "Wow. I must have really misread things. I'm sorry, I..."
"No," I grabbed his wrist to keep him from escaping into another room. "You didn't misread anything."
He threw up his arms. "Then what's the problem?"
I was about to say that it wasn't him, but realized how that sounded. "It's just... Really,reallybad timing."
"Is there someone else?"
"No. Yes. Kind of." Julian gave me a quizzical look. "There's someone that I'm sort of... caught up on. Nothing's going to happen there, but I can't really do anything but ride it out. Sorry." I rubbed my forehead and groaned. "You cannot fuckingbelievehow sorry I am."
"So," he said at length. "I was right then? You were interested?"
"Honestly, I joined the study group just to get closer to you. Trust me, I didn't ask for this."
He sat thoughtfully for a long moment. "Good to know."
I was about to ask him what he meant, but then he clapped his hands and smiled.
"So, you hungry yet? Smells like dinner's ready."
"Yeah, sure," I replied, still not quite sure what to make of the whole thing.
I watched Julian put the final touches to dinner with a pang of regret. God, I wanted to want him. I couldn't guess the number of Julian-induced erections I had had over the last year. I had once even had the idea in my head that he was the kind of guy I could see myself settling down with. But now I had blown it. And I had no one to blame but myself.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 10 years agoOne of my biggest Lit pet peeves! Please come back, continue the story, and give this story the finish it deserves!
I love these characters and you've introduced some dynamic side relationships that have potential for further development too. I do hope you finish this.
Anonymousover 10 years agoThis is soooo good. I love your story.
Please finish when you have a chance! :D
Anonymousover 10 years ago...if they're going to end up together, and they should, because like your first story, this is a romance. A tough situation, but then, you like to put your characters into especially difficult situations, don't you? There are just so many things that could/need to happen, before they could be together. And I suppose you can stretch this out long past their graduation from law school.
Although, I was amazed how many years you compressed into your first story. But then, that one moved along faster, right from the start.
This time, you're revealing the feelings of both characters, and adding more dialogue. That may make it better story-telling, I don't know, but I absolutely LOVED the first story and it's characters. I would have liked the story told more slowly, only so that I could have enjoyed spending more time with the characters. Otherwise, I certainly wouldn't change a thing about it.
I am also waiting on another chapter of JKendallDane's story, which has a similar theme to this one: a character who is not out and hiding behind an engagement, although in that story, the character is also hiding from himself. But he puts his friend in the same difficult situation: not wanting to be with anyone else, but unable to declare his love and be with the love of his life. The engaged men in both stories seem to be clueless as to the depth of their friends' feelings. That one is also being told slowly.
I'm on pins and needles, waiting for installments of both these stories.
