I decided to read a book while I waited for everyone to come back. An hour and thirty minutes later I hear the front door open, so I go see who is at the door. Looking over the railing, I see that it's just Jason saying goodbye to Amanda.
"Tonight was amazing Jason. Don't be a stranger and call me real soon okay." She gives Jason a chaste kiss on the lips and I can't help but roll my eyes.
"I had a great time too Amanda, don't worry I'll call you sooner than you think." He winked at her and brought her in for a final hug.
She giggled and let go of his hand before walking out the door. I walk quietly back to my bedroom, and shut the door. I have no right to be upset but I can't help the way I feel. How can he act as if he didn't leave hickeys on my body the night before. How can he be so casual about his personal relationships. Running my hands through my hair I lay on my bed and stare up at the ceiling. I sounded like a jealous girlfriend, but that was it I wasn't his girlfriend and I could never be. An hour later April and the others return. I walk down to the kitchen to say hello to everyone.
"Hey April, how was shopping?"
"Hey Christina I brought you some dinner," she said as she handed me an Olive Garden bag.
"Wow thanks."
"No problem, but anyway shopping was fun. There were a lot of great deals I wish you had come. How's your mother?"
"She's getting weaker as the days go by, but I'm hanging in there."
She gives me a hug and I smile. "Hey can I talk to you in my room for a second."
"Sure."
We walk back upstairs to my bedroom, and I ask her to shut the door.
"So what's up," she asks while taking a seat on the couch.
"Well, when I got home I saw your note saying that everyone had gone shopping, I decided to see whether or not Jason was home. The only thing is when I walked down to his bedroom; I saw Amanda and Jason well you know..."
"Oh my god you caught them having sex!!!"
"Well not exactly they were in his lounge at first, but then they went to his bedroom."
"Wow so Jason really is a playboy, and I defended him."
"April it's not your fault you just didn't know. So how do you feel about him now?"
"Any man who can just sleep around without love is not for me. In all honesty I actually gave up recently on Jason."
"Why?"
"Because I know he'll never see me as a woman. I'm more of a little sister to him you know, but hey maybe this I good for you."
"Why?"
"Oh please Christina; I see the way you two interact. I'm not blind you two are attracted to each other." I was surprised that April would say that. I didn't think I was being obvious with my attraction to Jason, but If April noticed this then the whole staff probably thinks the same.
"April that's not true, there is no way in hell I would go for a guy who sleeps with everything that walks."
"We'll just see about that. She throws me a wink before skipping out of my room. I sigh and lay back on my bed looking up at the ceiling.
Oh my god Jason and I have just become the entertainment for April in this house. I look at the clock and see that it's about the time that I would have gone to Jason's room, but after what happened tonight I think I'll pass. I decide to crawl into bed, and get some sleep instead.
In the morning I wake up and head downstairs to clean Mrs. Anderson's office, only to find a note saying that I had the day off. I shrug my shoulders and head to the kitchen to see April cooking up breakfast.
"Good morning."
"Morning Christina," she says as she makes me a plate of pancakes.
As I take my first bite, Jason walks into the kitchen wearing only a pair of skinny jeans. I can't help but watch his muscles flex with every movement he makes. He stops and stares at me looking a little pissed, but I ignore him. He takes a seat next to me and April hands him his pancakes.
"So Jason what were you up to last night," April asked knowing full well what he was doing.
"I was busy April." His curt response caught April off guard, so she dropped the topic.
I roll my eyes, and continue eating. Jason puts down his fork and looks directly at me. His striking blue eyes caught me off guard, but there was no warmth in them. Today they seemed cold and lacked that vibrancy that stopped me dead in my tracks each time.
"What about you Christina? I didn't get a chance to see you yesterday."
"I was out visiting my mother, and came back really late, so I went straight to bed."
Anybody could feel the tension between us, and I looked over at April who had an amused expression on her face. She was clearly enjoying the awkward situation we were in. She placed her plate in the sink, and walked out of the room leaving Jason and I alone together. This is just perfect. I thought I would have more time to avoid him, but I know exactly what's coming.
"So why didn't you come yesterday Christina? I waited up all night designing outfit's to get your input on them, but you didn't show up."
"I told you already I was tired."
"You still could have come and told me that, so cut the bullshit. You were avoiding me, why?" Jason was genuinely upset that I didn't show up last night.
"First off watch your tone, and if anyone should cut the bullshit it's you. You were designing outfits all night really?" I raised an eyebrow at him as he matched my same expression trying to see where I was going with my question.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh I don't know were the designs on Amanda's body?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw you Jason okay, I saw you and Amanda getting it on in your bedroom. I had come home early and everyone was gone so I went to see if you were in your room, to my surprise I see Amanda straddling you and you kissing all over her body so go figure."
Jason's face turned blank, and in a second he rose from his seat and pulled me off my seat and out of the kitchen.
"Let go of me," I say trying to pry my hand free. Jason walked quickly down his hallway and rushed me into his room. He shoved me inside and shut the door, before turning to face me once more. His expression was hard as he took a breath.
"Jason what the hell!" I rub my wrist trying to soothe it from his strong grip. Jason paced back and forth while holding the bridge of his nose before meeting my eyes once more.
"So let me get this straight. You came and saw me with Amanda that's why you didn't show up last night?"
"Yes in a nutshell."
"Christina I'm on a time schedule okay! I have a deadline, and you need to get over yourself. We are not in a relationship so If I want to screw Amanda, I'll screw her end of discussion. What I do in my personal life should have no effect on my professional life. What you did last night was play around with my project, so you need to drop this little crush you have on me and start working as a professional."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My body began to shake with each passing second as anger consumed me.
"I should start working as a professional, the other night you were kissing all over me, hell you even gave me four hickeys." If there's anyone who should act professional it's you. I don't even feel like being a part of your little project anymore." I'm not one to raise my voice, but I was only matching what he was putting out.
"If you quit, I will tell my mother about the dress and you will be gone."
"I don't fucking care anymore okay. The other day I found out my mother only has two more weeks to live so she trumps all the bullshit you're throwing at me right now! Go ahead tell your mother, hell I'll even pack my damn bags right now! Being homeless sounds a whole lot better than being in this house with you for one more fucking minute!"
Jason just stared at me with a blank expression as I stormed out of his room. I need to get out of this house now. I run down the stairs, grab my car keys and put on my jacket. I hear Jason calling after me, "Christina wait," but I ignore him. I can't stand being in this house for one more second with him. I jump in my car and call Stacy.
"Christina what's up girl?"
"Stacy can you meet me at the train station, I'm coming to New York," I say trying to hold back a sob.
"Christina is everything okay?"
"No Stacy everything could not be more fucked up right now."
"Okay I'll pick you up let me know when you're close."
"Okay." I hung up the phone and sobbed quietly as I drove to the train station. Jason had no right to be upset and yet he took all his anger out on me. The sad part of it all is that our fight felt like a lover's quarrel and that pissed me off more than anything.