Baby Don't Cry
Put that smile back on my face.
I wasn't sure if I had heard him right. Had he really let out a cry?
I pulled away from him and took his face between my hands. And to my surprise, his eyes looked slightly red. And either his face was still wet from the swimming or then there were tears on his cheeks.
And seeing him like that made me really upset. I couldn't stand seeing a person who I truly cared about being hurt. It was heartbreaking and just really, really horrible.
”Hey, Brian,” I whispered and wiped his cheeks with my thumbs, ”Everything is going to be fine.”
”I fucked up,” he muttered and shook his head, ”I... I don't know what to do with myself. I feel so fucking bad for hurting my wife.”
”You're going to be alright, she's going to be alright,” I told him quietly, ”You're just drunk right now. This is the downside of alcohol, okay? In the morning, you'll feel a lot better.”
”Are you sure?” He was staring right into my eyes.
I nodded. He nodded, too, before pulling me into another hug.
After hugging for a while, Brian led me back inside. He grabbed all of my clothes from the floor and took them upstairs into his bedroom. I followed him and watched as he sat down on the bed.
”You know what, I think I should go home...” I trailed off when I saw the look on his face. He looked so miserable that I promised myself that I would do anything to make him feel better.
”Please stay with me,” he mumbled quietly. I sat down on the bed next to him.
”Okay,” I nodded, ”If you give me a shirt or something. I'm not sleeping naked.”
”Yeah, sure,” he nodded before standing up.
He walked into his walk-in closet. I started looking around the bedroom and noticed that there were many photos of him and Michelle looking really happy. There was a lot of Michelle's stuff, too, which surprised me. Hadn't Brian told me that she had packed her bags and left?
”Here,” Brian said as he appeared in the doorway.
He threw a t-shirt to me and I grabbed it. I stood up and dropped my towel to the floor before pulling on the big shirt.
”It looks better on you than it looks on me,” Brian murmured quietly. He pulled on a pair of black boxers and walked closer to me.
”Where do you want to sleep?” he asked me before placing his hands on my shoulders. I looked up at his face.
”I'd rather not sleep here in your bedroom,” I said quietly.
He nodded and grabbed my hand before he started pulling me out of the room. He led me into their guestroom, into the same one I had slept in on their wedding night, and turned on the lights.
”Is this good?” he asked me.
”This is perfect,” I told him with a nod. He turned off the lights again as I started walking to the bed. To my surprise he got in the bed with me and pulled me into his arms.
”Remember that I have to be at work at 7,” I whispered.
”That's in, like, three hours,” he murmured against my hair.
”Oh my god.”
I woke up only 2,5 hours later and could barely force my eyes open. I was so tired that I almost fell down from the bed as I tried to get up on my feet.
”Come back to bed,” Brian murmured and tried to grab my hand and pull me back.
”No,” I shook my head, ”I'm going to be late for work if I don't start getting ready.”
”Call your boss and let her know that you're sick,” he mumbled against his pillow.
”I am my own boss,” I said with a sigh, ”My boss retired.”
”Hmpfh,” Brian snorted, ”Then call your employee. Tell her that you're going to be late.”
”I guess I could do that...” I shrugged, ”But I have no idea where my phone is...”
”Here's mine,” he mumbled and rolled over to the other side of the bed.
He grabbed his phone from the floor and threw it to me. I couldn't help but notice that his background image was a picture of him and Michelle kissing. I grimaced and started dialing Mathilda's number.
”Hello?” My dearest employee answered her phone a few seconds later.
”Mathilda, you have to save me,” I mumbled into the phone, ”Something's happened, and, uh... I'm going to be late for work. Can you open the shop?”
”What's going on? Is everything alright?”
”Don't worry about that,” I told her, ”Can you do it?”
”Uh, yeah, I guess so...”
”Thank you so much,” I let out a happy sigh, ”I'll try to come to work as soon as possible.”
I put Brian's phone away and got back in the bed. He opened his arms for me and I cuddled closer to his warm body again. I buried my face in his chest and closed my eyes, enjoying the warmth of his body. He kissed the top of my head and I fell back asleep.
The next time I woke up was when Brian's phone rang. It took us a moment to find it but once we did, Brian picked up right away.
”Uh, hello?” he mumbled into the phone.
I tried to sit up but he pulled me close to his side, forcing me to stay down. He rubbed my side as he spoke.
”No, I'm still in bed... Because I just woke up. Sophia's here... Yeah, yeah. I'll see you in an hour. Bye.” He finally put his phone away.
A moment later I felt him kiss my cheek.
”Do you know what time is it?” he murmured into my ear.
”No. What?”
”It's two in the afternoon.”
”No way!” I exclaimed in shock. My eyes flew wide open and I pushed Brian away from me as I sat up.
”Mathilda is going to kill me! She's been at the shop alone for... Like, seven hours already!” I exclaimed, ”Shit!”
”Calm down,” Brian laughed, ”She's probably doing alright.”
”I have to go there,” I mumbled, ”Right now.”
”Will you at least eat breakfast with me before you go?” he asked me as he got out of the bed.
”I don't have time for that,” I shook my head.
”Oh, come on, Soph. You have to eat something.”
”Well... Fine, fine.”
After eating breakfast with Brian, I thanked him for everything and pulled on my clothes. My hair looked absolutely horrible because it had been wet when I'd fallen asleep and my make up was all over my face. I didn't look really nice, at all actually.
As I was driving to work, I couldn't stop thinking about Brian and Michelle. Even if he did have feelings for me, wasn't it still possible that he was just using me to get over Michelle? What if he just wanted to be with somebody and feel somebody's body next to him at night? What if he tried to fill the gap that Michelle had left, with me? I mean, because he still had tons of pictures of them together around the house and everything. Even his background image on his phone was a picture of them kissing!
When I got to the flower shop, I rushed in to find Mathilda playing with her phone and laying over the bench.
”Mathilda!” I exclaimed, ”What are you doing?”
She put her phone away and looked at me. Then she laughed.
”What have you been up to all night? You look horrible!” she exclaimed and covered her mouth with her hand. Obviously she was trying hard not to laugh.
”That's none of your business,” I told her and rolled my eyes, ”Now, how has the day been so far?”
”Boring,” she told me with a shrug, ”There have only been, like, two customers.”
”Great,” I nodded, ”You can go home already if you want to.”
”Yay!” she exclaimed and sat up quickly, putting her phone away. She looked at me for a moment.
”Seriously, were you at some guy's place last night or what?” she asked and grinned like an idiot.
”Why do you ask? Do I look like it?” I asked her. She nodded with a grin.
”Fine... Yeah,” I finally admitted, ”I spent the night with somebody.”
”Who was it?”
”Weren't you supposed to go home?”
”Aww, come on! You're, like, the coolest person I know!” she whined, ”I'm dying to get some details.” I sighed.
”Fine. It was an old friend. But that's all you'll ever know,” I told her.
”You're no fun. Has anybody told you that?”
”No and you shouldn't either because I'm your boss.”
”Uh huh... Well, I guess I'm going to – ” Mathilda turned around all of a sudden and shut her mouth when she saw the person that had walked into the shop.
It was Brian who was holding something red in his hand. He had a wide smirk on his face and he looked at me.
”You forgot these,” he told me and threw something at me.
The last thing I saw was as he winked at me before my eyes focused on what was coming towards me. My eyes flew wide open as I watched as my red bra landed on the floor. I looked at Brian, only to see his back as he walked out of the shop. My eyes went to Mathilda who was staring at the door with her wide eyes.
”Was that... Was he... Wasn't that the Synyster Gates?” she whispered and turned to look at me in shock.
”Uh... Uh...” I didn't know what to say so I ran as fast as I could to my bra and grabbed them from the floor. I blushed madly as I quickly hid them behind my back.
”Was that your bra?” Mathilda asked and pointed at the floor. I started shaking my head.
”Sophia, what's going on? Why was Synyster Gates here and why did you... Wait a minute! You spent last night with him, didn't you? Oh my god! He's your mystery guy!” she exclaimed when she put it all together.
”Maybe... Maybe I did see him last night,” I admitted, ”Maybe.”
”Oh my god, Sophia! Do you know how cool that is? You're dating Synyster Gates!”
”I'm not dating him! He's... He's married,” I told her quietly.
”Then why did he have your bra?” she asked me and furrowed her eyebrows.
”Because, uh... We went swimming last night and, uhm... Yeah. But don't you dare tell anyone about this, okay? Nobody can ever know,” I told her.
She nodded.
”Your secret is safe with me.”
I pulled away from him and took his face between my hands. And to my surprise, his eyes looked slightly red. And either his face was still wet from the swimming or then there were tears on his cheeks.
And seeing him like that made me really upset. I couldn't stand seeing a person who I truly cared about being hurt. It was heartbreaking and just really, really horrible.
”Hey, Brian,” I whispered and wiped his cheeks with my thumbs, ”Everything is going to be fine.”
”I fucked up,” he muttered and shook his head, ”I... I don't know what to do with myself. I feel so fucking bad for hurting my wife.”
”You're going to be alright, she's going to be alright,” I told him quietly, ”You're just drunk right now. This is the downside of alcohol, okay? In the morning, you'll feel a lot better.”
”Are you sure?” He was staring right into my eyes.
I nodded. He nodded, too, before pulling me into another hug.
After hugging for a while, Brian led me back inside. He grabbed all of my clothes from the floor and took them upstairs into his bedroom. I followed him and watched as he sat down on the bed.
”You know what, I think I should go home...” I trailed off when I saw the look on his face. He looked so miserable that I promised myself that I would do anything to make him feel better.
”Please stay with me,” he mumbled quietly. I sat down on the bed next to him.
”Okay,” I nodded, ”If you give me a shirt or something. I'm not sleeping naked.”
”Yeah, sure,” he nodded before standing up.
He walked into his walk-in closet. I started looking around the bedroom and noticed that there were many photos of him and Michelle looking really happy. There was a lot of Michelle's stuff, too, which surprised me. Hadn't Brian told me that she had packed her bags and left?
”Here,” Brian said as he appeared in the doorway.
He threw a t-shirt to me and I grabbed it. I stood up and dropped my towel to the floor before pulling on the big shirt.
”It looks better on you than it looks on me,” Brian murmured quietly. He pulled on a pair of black boxers and walked closer to me.
”Where do you want to sleep?” he asked me before placing his hands on my shoulders. I looked up at his face.
”I'd rather not sleep here in your bedroom,” I said quietly.
He nodded and grabbed my hand before he started pulling me out of the room. He led me into their guestroom, into the same one I had slept in on their wedding night, and turned on the lights.
”Is this good?” he asked me.
”This is perfect,” I told him with a nod. He turned off the lights again as I started walking to the bed. To my surprise he got in the bed with me and pulled me into his arms.
”Remember that I have to be at work at 7,” I whispered.
”That's in, like, three hours,” he murmured against my hair.
”Oh my god.”
I woke up only 2,5 hours later and could barely force my eyes open. I was so tired that I almost fell down from the bed as I tried to get up on my feet.
”Come back to bed,” Brian murmured and tried to grab my hand and pull me back.
”No,” I shook my head, ”I'm going to be late for work if I don't start getting ready.”
”Call your boss and let her know that you're sick,” he mumbled against his pillow.
”I am my own boss,” I said with a sigh, ”My boss retired.”
”Hmpfh,” Brian snorted, ”Then call your employee. Tell her that you're going to be late.”
”I guess I could do that...” I shrugged, ”But I have no idea where my phone is...”
”Here's mine,” he mumbled and rolled over to the other side of the bed.
He grabbed his phone from the floor and threw it to me. I couldn't help but notice that his background image was a picture of him and Michelle kissing. I grimaced and started dialing Mathilda's number.
”Hello?” My dearest employee answered her phone a few seconds later.
”Mathilda, you have to save me,” I mumbled into the phone, ”Something's happened, and, uh... I'm going to be late for work. Can you open the shop?”
”What's going on? Is everything alright?”
”Don't worry about that,” I told her, ”Can you do it?”
”Uh, yeah, I guess so...”
”Thank you so much,” I let out a happy sigh, ”I'll try to come to work as soon as possible.”
I put Brian's phone away and got back in the bed. He opened his arms for me and I cuddled closer to his warm body again. I buried my face in his chest and closed my eyes, enjoying the warmth of his body. He kissed the top of my head and I fell back asleep.
The next time I woke up was when Brian's phone rang. It took us a moment to find it but once we did, Brian picked up right away.
”Uh, hello?” he mumbled into the phone.
I tried to sit up but he pulled me close to his side, forcing me to stay down. He rubbed my side as he spoke.
”No, I'm still in bed... Because I just woke up. Sophia's here... Yeah, yeah. I'll see you in an hour. Bye.” He finally put his phone away.
A moment later I felt him kiss my cheek.
”Do you know what time is it?” he murmured into my ear.
”No. What?”
”It's two in the afternoon.”
”No way!” I exclaimed in shock. My eyes flew wide open and I pushed Brian away from me as I sat up.
”Mathilda is going to kill me! She's been at the shop alone for... Like, seven hours already!” I exclaimed, ”Shit!”
”Calm down,” Brian laughed, ”She's probably doing alright.”
”I have to go there,” I mumbled, ”Right now.”
”Will you at least eat breakfast with me before you go?” he asked me as he got out of the bed.
”I don't have time for that,” I shook my head.
”Oh, come on, Soph. You have to eat something.”
”Well... Fine, fine.”
After eating breakfast with Brian, I thanked him for everything and pulled on my clothes. My hair looked absolutely horrible because it had been wet when I'd fallen asleep and my make up was all over my face. I didn't look really nice, at all actually.
As I was driving to work, I couldn't stop thinking about Brian and Michelle. Even if he did have feelings for me, wasn't it still possible that he was just using me to get over Michelle? What if he just wanted to be with somebody and feel somebody's body next to him at night? What if he tried to fill the gap that Michelle had left, with me? I mean, because he still had tons of pictures of them together around the house and everything. Even his background image on his phone was a picture of them kissing!
When I got to the flower shop, I rushed in to find Mathilda playing with her phone and laying over the bench.
”Mathilda!” I exclaimed, ”What are you doing?”
She put her phone away and looked at me. Then she laughed.
”What have you been up to all night? You look horrible!” she exclaimed and covered her mouth with her hand. Obviously she was trying hard not to laugh.
”That's none of your business,” I told her and rolled my eyes, ”Now, how has the day been so far?”
”Boring,” she told me with a shrug, ”There have only been, like, two customers.”
”Great,” I nodded, ”You can go home already if you want to.”
”Yay!” she exclaimed and sat up quickly, putting her phone away. She looked at me for a moment.
”Seriously, were you at some guy's place last night or what?” she asked and grinned like an idiot.
”Why do you ask? Do I look like it?” I asked her. She nodded with a grin.
”Fine... Yeah,” I finally admitted, ”I spent the night with somebody.”
”Who was it?”
”Weren't you supposed to go home?”
”Aww, come on! You're, like, the coolest person I know!” she whined, ”I'm dying to get some details.” I sighed.
”Fine. It was an old friend. But that's all you'll ever know,” I told her.
”You're no fun. Has anybody told you that?”
”No and you shouldn't either because I'm your boss.”
”Uh huh... Well, I guess I'm going to – ” Mathilda turned around all of a sudden and shut her mouth when she saw the person that had walked into the shop.
It was Brian who was holding something red in his hand. He had a wide smirk on his face and he looked at me.
”You forgot these,” he told me and threw something at me.
The last thing I saw was as he winked at me before my eyes focused on what was coming towards me. My eyes flew wide open as I watched as my red bra landed on the floor. I looked at Brian, only to see his back as he walked out of the shop. My eyes went to Mathilda who was staring at the door with her wide eyes.
”Was that... Was he... Wasn't that the Synyster Gates?” she whispered and turned to look at me in shock.
”Uh... Uh...” I didn't know what to say so I ran as fast as I could to my bra and grabbed them from the floor. I blushed madly as I quickly hid them behind my back.
”Was that your bra?” Mathilda asked and pointed at the floor. I started shaking my head.
”Sophia, what's going on? Why was Synyster Gates here and why did you... Wait a minute! You spent last night with him, didn't you? Oh my god! He's your mystery guy!” she exclaimed when she put it all together.
”Maybe... Maybe I did see him last night,” I admitted, ”Maybe.”
”Oh my god, Sophia! Do you know how cool that is? You're dating Synyster Gates!”
”I'm not dating him! He's... He's married,” I told her quietly.
”Then why did he have your bra?” she asked me and furrowed her eyebrows.
”Because, uh... We went swimming last night and, uhm... Yeah. But don't you dare tell anyone about this, okay? Nobody can ever know,” I told her.
She nodded.
”Your secret is safe with me.”
You made me cry!:(:(:(
I loved the story, right from the first chapter. Sofia and Brian's first time, them separating, Brian marrying Michelle, Jimmy having feelings for Sophia, Sophia falling for Brian, Brian getting a divorce and marrying Sophia, the couple losing their child, and finally separating.
Loved it! But ending was really sad:(
10/25/15