Fight With Me (Fight and Fall) (2 page)

I smile at him, not fully
comprehending that I could be this lucky to have a guy want me like this. I now know that all of Aiden’s words were lies. Lucas’s confession was the ego boost that I needed. The only problem is, do I want him that way? I honestly don’t think I could ever love someone the way I do Aiden. I had come to the conclusion that he was
it
for me. He was my other half. They say Eve was constructed from one of Adam’s ribs. It sounds kind of cliché and sappy but I felt like I was Aiden’s rib. Not any longer though. No, things have changed and so have I. This rib is breaking free and going solo now.

Before I can think of a reply, Lucas starts leaning towards me, slowing
diminishing the gap between our lips.

“This is
what I wanted to do,” he whispers.

Before I
can place my lips on his, I hear loud footsteps behind us. Angry, determined ones from the sound of it.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing? Get the fuck
away from her!” I hear behind us.

Lucas
and I quickly break apart and I twist my body, directly looking at Aiden. His expression is one I’ve never seen before and one I think I never want to see again. The skin on his face stretched so tight against the bones, his eyes blazing.

I look closer at him and notice a deeply masked hurt,
slightly camouflaged but still apparent. My lower lip trembles, reflexively sorry for making him feel this way. I don’t fucking know why I feel repentant but I do. Cutting Aiden to pieces doesn’t give me the pleasure that I thought it would. I guess you’re not so heartless after all, Emma.

“Can we help you, man?
We’re kind of busy if you couldn’t tell,” Lucas finally says with a haughty smile.

I can’t figure out if I’m pissed or proud of him for speaking to Aiden this way. I’ll have to contemplate this later.

“Emma, how the fuck could you do this to me?! You said nothing was going on between you two. You lied to me,” he says to me, completely ignoring Lucas.

My mouth falls open in shock. I lied to him? Me?
! What fucking nerve! I don’t even know how to respond to that accusation.

“Look, Aiden. She’s done with you. You had your chance with her and you blew it
, so could you just leave it alone? She’s moved on, you know, kind of like you have. Where is the sweet little wife, anyways? I doubt she would be happy to see you outside getting jealous and making a jackass of yourself,” Lucas says smirking.

Damn, for a young guy, Lucas sure has balls. If I wasn’t in so much shock, I would probably crack up at his insulting words.

I look over at Aiden and notice his hands clenched at his sides. He starts to turn away from us, going back inside the bar. He freezes on mid-step and turns back on his heel, walking full force at us.

Before I can react, Aiden pulls his arm back, punching Lucas right in the nose. I scream in shock,
not really believing my eyes. Lucas stumbles back slightly, cursing under his breath.

“Oh my God. Lucas, are you okay?” I ask him, not waiting for a response. “What the hell, Aiden
?! What the fuck is wrong with you?” I yell, whipping my face at him.

I try to keep Lucas upright, putting my arm
around him. Poor guy, getting sucker punched by a very pissed off ex-boyfriend. I look over at Aiden and see that his expression has gone from bad to worse. He looks at my arm around Lucas, as I mentally prepare myself for Armageddon.

“What’s wrong with
me
? Well, let me think, Emma. I walk out here and find my girlfriend about to make-out with this prick,” he says motioning to Lucas’s slumped form, “and she’s actually mad at me. He wants what’s mine, and I won’t fucking sit back and let that happen.”

“Aiden, I’m not your girlfriend anymore, for one. And two, I’m…” I say, my sentence being cut off
before I can finish.

I watch in awe as Lucas miraculously recovers, returning a sucker
punch to an equally surprised Aiden. I see Aiden stumble backwards, the echo of flesh on flesh still ringing in my ears. Shit, I hope that he’s okay. I hate the bastard but I don’t want him injured. Not ever.

“Damn, that hurt,” Lucas curses, shaking his wounded hand in the air.

I roll my eyes
at him and make my way over to Aiden, desperate to know that he’s okay. I easily push my hatred aside, wanting to aide him. I don’t know what is wrong with me but I just can’t help it. I’m drawn to him like a magnet. A stupid, stupid fucking magnet.

“You’re fucking dead, Lucas,” Aiden says forcefully, spitting out blood on the sidewalk.

I move my hand up towards his face and he freezes underneath my touch, realizing that I’m right before him.
He grabs my hand in his, brushing his thumb back and forth over my palm. He looks down at me, eyes softening, all thought of pummeling Lucas quickly forgotten.

“I’m so sorry, baby. Please, just let me explain everything,” he says to me under his breath.

Before I can nod at him, I feel a harsh slap across my cheek. I look up stunned, my skin burning from the sudden contact.

“Get the f
uck off of my husband, you cunt!” Jessica spits out at me.

I blink in shock and then I realize exactly what I’m doing and who I’m doing it with. My adrenaline picks up and I’m instantly in tigress mode.

Who the fuck does this woman think she is? Going around, bitch-slapping innocent people! My jaw clenches and just as I’m ready to retaliate on this plastic whore, Aiden gets in between us.

“What the hell, Jessica? Fucking try that shit again and see what happens,” he says in a menacing tone, threatening her.

I smile in admiration and confusion. Yeah bitch, you’re husband just backed me up, not you. Wait, what?

“What was that, sweetie?” she says biting off, a look of understanding passing between them.

What the fuck is going on? Why does she have him wrapped around her little finger? Is he so in love with her that he does whatever she asks of him? If that’s the case and he loves her and not me, why did he even bother defending me? Maybe he’s one of those guys that love it when women fight over them. Uh, not going to happen, Aiden. If you want that kind of woman, you should look elsewhere. She’s not me and never will be.

“
You win, Jessica. Let it go,” Aiden bites off, as Lucas comes up behind me.

At this point a few of the patrons from inside the bar have gathered around to watch the show. Sorry to
disappoint people, but the festivities have officially ended. I see Leo walk out of the bar too, his brow furrowed, probably wondering what just went down.

“You know
, Aiden, I knew you were an old man but I never thought I could take you. It’s good to know that I can loosen those pretty whites of yours. Whenever you wanna do it again, I’m here, man,” Lucas says draping his arm around my shoulder.

I look over at Aiden and he seems
about ready to pounce on Lucas for that cruel jab. It looks like Aiden has some inner turmoil going on because he instantly sobers. Almost as if he’s having a mental battle within himself. He gives me a pained looked but turns away from me, trying to usher Jessica away from us.

“Listen
home-wrecker, leave my husband alone. He told me all about his mistake with you and he’s disgusted. You’re nothing to him. He’s mine and I won’t have some groupie around him anymore. Stay the hell away from him,” she says raising her voice.

I look around at the good sized crowd around us, cringing from the wonderful character
assessment she just made. Jesus, this is so fucking embarrassing! Now everybody thinks I’m the other woman. In reality I am but it wasn’t to
my
knowledge. If anyone is the innocent party, it’s me.

I crack my jaw in anger
. This bitch is fucking crazy. I’m through with keeping my cool. I’m ready to spar with her. The fucking gloves are off now. I see Aiden ready to open his mouth but I beat him to it.

“Well, I guess you need to keep a leash on your husband because he made a lot of
mistakes
with me. All them ending with him moaning my name and begging me for more. Maybe you should keep him satisfied instead of running off with other men. Although, I doubt you could ever please him like I did. I’m a tough act to follow,” I say haughtily to her.

Wow, Emm
a. You hit below the belt there. It’s not like I had much of a choice though. The bitch was just asking for it.

I inwardly cringe because I practically confirmed everybody’s
suspicion of me being a home-wrecker. Hello everybody, meet the town slut! I’ll be signing autographs later.

Jessica starts walking towards me, pure hatred in her eyes. Aiden grabs her
arm from behind, stopping her.

“
Enough,” I hear him whisper harshly to her.

“Everybody watch your husbands! This skank likes men that are taken,” she yells to the enraptured crowd.

“You’re one to talk, Jessica. Make sure to say hi to Brian for me, won’t you sweetheart?” Lucas retorts.

I wonder who Brian is.
Whoever he is, she doesn’t look too pleased by the memory. Just when I think she will turn her violence to Lucas, I see Aiden grip his hand harder on her waist, pulling her with him and away from the crowd.

I swallow back bile, trying not to be sick from seeing his hand on her. I close my eyes, willing myself not to throw up.

“Well, that was something. I just had my nose almost broken and you get attacked by a
crazy bitch. I don’t know about you, but that’s not what I had planned when I brought you out here,” Lucas says smirking.

How can he have such good humor at a time like this?

Lucas grabs his nose groaning and chuckling simultaneously. God, I think Lucas really enjoyed all that drama. I sure as hell didn’t. I feel numb, not sure how to process the events that took place tonight.

“Okay
, guys. Let’s all go back inside and leave these two alone,” I hear Leo say, snapping me out of my stupor.

Everyone seems to follow Leo’s suggestion, shuffling back inside the bar. Leo comes over to us, his eyebrow arching.

“You’re going to tell me what exactly happened later on. Do you hear me, Lucas?” he says sternly.

“You’re not going to believe it, but I
definitely will,” Lucas says to him smirking.

Leo frowns at his casualness and I groan, only imaging the story that Lucas will tell him.

“Do you think you can get back in there and finish your shift, Emma? You guys only have about an hour left,” Leo asks me, looking concerned.

I robotically nod at him, desperately
needing a distraction. I just hope I can concentrate enough to do my job properly.

“Where are you staying tonight? I’ve come to the assumption that you’re not going over to Aiden’s,” he says to me.

Before I can speak up, Lucas interrupts me.

“Oh, I
figured that all out. Meet my new roommate,” he says smiling, wrapping his arm around me proudly.

Leo frowns at him and then frowns at me.

What the hell? What did I do?

“We’ll talk later,” he says, looking directly at Lucas.

He walks back inside the bar, leaving Lucas and I alone on the sidewalk.

“Well
, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to end this shift and take you home with me. We have some unfinished business that’s needs to be dealt with,” he says smirking at me.

I roll my eyes at him, can’t helping but to chuckle. Lucas may not fully grasp what just happened to me earlier, but I give the guy props. He really kno
ws how to make any situation feel less heavy.

“Lucas, I swear, living with you is probably going to be the death of me. I don’t know how you can be so fucking lighthearted all the time,” I huff out with bewilderment.

He moves his arm from around my shoulder, down to my waist. His other hand follows suit, both now keeping a firm grasp on my hips. He presses his lower body against me, and I feel his length through his jeans. My eyes widen in astonishment.

“I’m not lighthearted all the time,
Em. Does this feel light to you?” he breathes, his smirk dissipating.

I groan at the contact, closing my eyes. I instantly have flashbacks of Aiden and I like this. Him pushing himself against me, me begging him to touch me.

I mentally punch myself for having such depraved thoughts. This isn’t Aiden, this is Lucas. You’re not with Aiden anymore, and you never will be because he has a fucking wife. Get him out of your thoughts and focus on Lucas who is here right now in front of you.

I open my eyes,
looking at Lucas’s blue ones. I clear my throat and back away from him.

Oh my God, I don’t kno
w if I can go through with this, being with Lucas. The only eyes I truly see are Aiden’s. I don’t want it to be that way but that’s the reality. How can I fuck Lucas when I know that I’ll be thinking of Aiden the entire time? Not to mention that I’ll probably feel guilty as hell being with another man. It’s like a made a sacred vow to be faithful to Aiden, one that I must find a way to break.