Running into the player

Chapter 21 - Rejected

"I very rarely get my own way!" He defends himself.

"I find that hard to believe!" I laugh without humour.

"If I get everything that I want I would have you in bed with me." He says, resting his case.

"Whatever." I roll my eyes. Why did he even bring that up?

"Yeah, whatever. I'm going to watch a DVD in my room." He stands up and walks towards the hallway.

"A porno more like." I mutter, not expecting him to hear me.

"Well I have to relieve the tension somehow." He says, stopping in the hallway door.

"Are you blaming me?" I stand up and stare at him, frowning angrily.

"Not at all." He rolls his eyes. Yes, he's blaming me.

"You know I won't have sex with you." He just laughs and shakes his head. "Aren't you happy with our agreement?"

"I'm over the fucking moon!" He snaps, walking down the hall. I follow him into his room angrily, stopping in his doorway.

"You know what you have to do." Ask me to be your girlfriend.

"That's not going to happen." He says, causing my stomach to drop in rejection. I don't know why but a tear slips from my eye, trailing a path down my cheek. I hear him let out a loud sigh and move closer to me, touching my arm. I step away from him, wiping the stupid tear from my eye.

"I know that you don't do relationships but it actually hurts to be rejected!" He looks at me like i'm crazy, adding fuel to my fire. "But you wouldn't understand because you're Everett Reid, the hot player any girl would drop to their knees for." My arms flail around me wildly, adding affect to my loud rant. I know he doesn't want to be my boyfriend. So why am I so upset?

"Callie." He whispers, a little take aback by my wild behaviour. "I didn't think you would take it as rejection."

"Yeah well, you don't think that's the problem." I snap. Why couldn't we have just watched a movie like normal roommates?

"You do know that what we have doesn't involve feeli--"

"No strings attached. I got it." I cut him off, biting my lip.

"Do you have feelings?" He asks, surprising me with how straight forward he is being.

"I don't know." I admit, shocking the both of us. "I know that what we have is more than just roommates." My eyes fall to the ground, I can help but feel very vulnerable.

"Maybe to you." He says, my eyes snapping back up to meet his. "I'm your boss Callie, we can't have feelings for each other." How can I be so stupid? How can I possibly think his feelings were anything more than just roommates?

"You're right." I say, lying to myself. "I'm going to Nat's." I turn around and go to my room, grabbing my phone and handbag.

"Do you want a lift?" He asks, standing in my door.

"No. I'll get Nat to pick me up." I push past him, biting my lip to stop the tears that are bursting to come out. I walk out the front door and run down the driveway, not stopping until I reach the corner of the street where I text Nat to meet me. I can't hold it in any longer and I start to cry hysterically, loud sobs escaping from me. God I am so fucking stupid! I just fucked everything!

*Everett's POV.*

I watch her run down the driveway, I know she's going to cry, I could see it on her face. I'm so fucking stupid! I just fucked everything! I do have feelings for her, strong feelings. The only problem is I don't know what to do, I'm so fucking scared. I know if I tell her about these feelings and we act on them i'm going to end up hurting her and I can't do that. I grip the edge of one of the chairs and flip it, letting my anger take the better of me. Ever since her birthday i've known whatever we have together is more than I would have liked. Telling her that a boss and employee relationship is a no go zone was the only thing I could do, and now i've gone and fucked everything. As per usual! When I was eleven years old I walked in on my Father cheating on my mother with some blonde haired bimbo. He would always tell me this behaviour was normal, that men should be able to be with a woman without having all these feelings. Thanks for that dad! I'm not blaming him, it's my fault that i'm this way, no one elses. I have never had a proper relationship, ever. Just casual sex. It's never bothered me until now because I never thought I would meet someone who would get to me the way Callie does. She's changed me for the better and this is how I repay her!