"Too late?"
"I have another secret, Gray, promise you'll keep this quiet too."
"I promise."
"Eric asked me to marry him last year..before I left. I said yes then.
Now I don't know if I can say yes again."
"Because of Michael?"
"Yeah. It's no one's fault how I feel but my own. I love both guys
equally. But I can't HAVE both."
Graham nodded.
"That's the problem. God..Gray I look at both of them and I love them
both and I want them both.."
"Stop."
Julia paused, feeling VERY embarrassed.
"I understand completely where you're coming from, Julie. I do."
"What do I do then?"
"Figure out who you REALLY want."
"But I don't know!"
"You'll figure it out," he said cryptically. "Trust me, Julie. I know
you. You'll do the right thing."
Graham looked at her intently, a grin spreading across his face.
"You bugger," she said. "You're no help at all."
"Maybe not," he said. "But maybe that was what you really needed to
hear."
"Even if it means me sleeping with Michael?"
"Even if."
TJ's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at Julia's last sentence. Michael wouldn't hesitate on that. He's
been gone on Julia for as long
as I can remember. Eric be damned.
The
man in question was about 200 yards away from all of them, his huge
Knight of Ni helmet smushed down completely on his head as he spoke to
one of the directors, completely oblivious to the drama that was
unfolding.
There were two other girls in Mike's life that had
been making their presence known, named Dani and Angie, and TJ knew
Mike was fond of them, in fact he'd told him so.
He loved their company.
But he still hadn't shaken off the feelings he had for Julia yet.
"I want her TJ," he'd told him once. "Everytime I see her, it gets
worse. I've never wanted anybody as much."
"Nothing wrong with that, mate," TJ'd told him. "I wanted her too once,
but Allie'd kinda kill me."
Mike frowned.
"I know what you're saying, Palin, honest. That's what I"m trying to
get at."
It was at that moment Julia passed them, grinning, the two men
returning it.
When she was gone, TJ looked at Mike, who looked heartsick.
"I want her," he'd groaned. "But I can't have her."
And now that TJ'd heard Julia's talk with Graham, he knew he HAD to
tell Mike.
TJ also knew he'd be inciting two of his friends to have an affair,
whilst possibly hurting others.
But what some people don't know, won't hurt them. Right?
But he still worried.
Not only for Julia and Michael and Eric, but for everyone.
Can't help it. I'm human, aren't I?
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