Derek's point of view
The plane already landed ten minutes ago but I've been fighting the demons in my head on actually going through my plan on quitting and making a life with Lemon or turning her in, forgetting her and take the money Antonio is paying me for.
I've never had money in my life and this job gave me the opportunity to become where I'm at now, I'm still not a wealthy person like Lemon, she's never stressed in how she was going to pay the bills or worry if she's going to be able to eat that month.
Come on Lemon quit her job and she hasn't even made an attempt on finding another job, the job at the cafe for her was basically charity work I don't understand why she even wanted to get a job in a first place.
Lemon is set for life.
If I'm being honest it's not fair that Lemon has the life I've always wanted.
My parents and little sister lives where taken away by a fucking drunk driver and I was the only one who survived and I have the scar that starts at my eyebrows down to my eyelid to prove it.
I should've died with them, I don't understand why God put me through hell my entire life, when Lemon's life was rainbows.
I know she's had problems with Antonio and Cherry but she should grow the fuck up and let go of the grudge she has on them.
Lemon doesn't realize her parents are still alive and she shouldn't take that for granted but she just wants to be a spoiled brat.
I don't want to be that man who lives off of their girlfriends money, that's not who I am. I shouldn't be changing my whole life for some girl.
I'm not saying I don't love Lemon I honestly do, it's just this is the life I've always known. I've never been the one to fall in love with a target, I usually think of them has a chewed up piece of gum that's stuck on the street.
Lemon though is no where near being a chewed up piece of gum that's stuck on the street, she's more like strong bright light of heaven who makes me happy and I don't know if I'm ready just yet.
If this is so wrong feeling this way for Lemon than why does it feel so right though?
Lemon puts me under this spell when I'm with her and I don't think straight but now that I'm not with her I'm panicking if I truly do want to do this.
Next thing I know my phone lit up from a text message from her, I just ignored it not bothering in reading anything.
I finally decided to walk off the plane and make my way to my car that's parked in the car garage.
I couldn't face Rafa or Antonio yet I needed more time with this choice, part of me knows I don't deserve Lemon but the other part of me thinks she doesn't deserve me.
I'm one of a kind guy, I could get any girl if I wanted to.
That's what I did, next thing I know I'm at a bar day drinking looking for a girl to take in my car or a hotel room just to prove to myself Lemon doesn't have any hold to me.
It doesn't take long for a woman to sit next to me and start a conversation with me.
"Hi, is this seat taken?"
I knew she was talking to me, I looked up at her and I wasn't blown away and she didn't take my breath away like Lemon did. This woman is pretty but she can't compare to Lemon's beauty.
Fuck stop thinking of her Derek.
I did my signature Derek smirk while looking at her and the woman started to blush.
"No, take a seat."
The woman did just that but my hands started to shake, my stomach started to drop, my mind told me to talk to this woman, my cock didn't get election like it did the first time I met Lemon and my heart was slowly started to burn and ache.
What the fuck is happening to me?
The woman next to me snapped her fingers in front of my face snapping me out of my thoughts.
"I'm sorry, lost in my own thoughts what did you say?"
The woman flipped her hair to the other side and the smell of her made my nose cringe, not that she smelled bad just that my nose is use to the smell of Lemon.
Lemon's natural smell alone is sweet yet so warm, she doesn't need any perfumes unlike this woman who I'm guessing drowned herself in the scent of vanilla.
"No you're fine handsome, I just told you my name which is Lovella and you are?."
I took a swig of my beer while she finished her sentence and once she did I almost spit my beer out, my heart stopped for a good few seconds but soon I recovered myself and was able to take down the beer.
Did she just say Lovella?
As in Lemon's best friend?
I mean if I fucked her best friend Lovella would tell her about some guy she met at the bar and knowing Lemon she would want to know all the dirty details and the name of the man.
I could lie or give Lemon a taste of her own medicine and in a way help all the woman she screwed over when she fucked their husbands.
"It's nice to meet you Lovella, I'm Derek."
We didn't shake hands or anything instead I took a drink of my beer and Lovella kept staring at me as if she won the jackpot.
"Don't you think it's a little bit to early to be day drinking Derek?."
I held in my scoff and had everything in me not to roll my eyes.
"It's five o'clock somewhere babe."
Ah fuck I just called her babe..
Derek what the fuck are you doing? You love Lemon get the fuck up and leave.
Yet I didn't I wanted to know more about Lemon and what's better than getting information out of her best friend.
"Well what about you Lovella what are you doing at a bar in the middle of the day?."
Lovella was looking at me till I asked her that question and she looked straight forward at a bottle of tequila.
I looked down at the drink she had but she didn't have any alcohol in the glass, instead it was water.
Lovella starts to laugh but it was more of a bitter one if anything and she started to shake her head.
"My best.. ex best friend and I would always come to this bar to look for guys to buy us free drinks and that bottle of tequila right there was our best friend when guys would fall for her tricks. I'm here hoping she'll walk through that door and I'll be able to apologize. That's why I'm here."
I felt my jaw clench once Lovella mention Lemon would find ways to get free drinks.
What did my girl do?
What tricks did she come up with?
Did she kiss them?
Grind on them?
I'll kill every man whoever touched her.
"I know this is none of my business but apologize to her? What happened?."
Lovella completely dodge my questions instead she kept talking about the nights they would have in this bar.
I turned off my listening ears once she answered one of my questions on what Lemon did to get free drinks.
My Lemon didn't kiss them instead she used her hypnotizing hips to sway on them and once she got them Lemon would grind.
I kept drinking bits of my beer and acted like I was listening to her till she caught my attention.
"Wait, wait go back what did you do to your best friend?."
Lovella sighs and calls the bartender over and asked for the whole body of tequila and the man did just that, instead of pouring some in the glass she took a big gulp.
"I was a horrible friend to Lemon, I was jealous of her beauty always taking the spot light and guys always wanting her and leaving me in the dust. I didn't deserve Lemon's friendship, you see Lemon and I would always call each other whores she was joking but I meant it. One day I painted whores all over her bedrooms walls and she asked me If I did it, I of coursed lied. That's not even the worse part."
Lovella kept drinking from the bottle and with every drink she took every truth would come out, I can't believe Lemon was ever friends with this girl.
"A few years back Lemon and I were at this very bar that turns into a club at night and Lemon was wasted to the point she couldn't even walk straight. Lemon told me she was going to use the bathroom and you would think I would've made sure she was safe well instead I had so much envy towards her that I paid some guy to rape my best friend, the man made his way to the bathroom but when I was talking to this guy I didn't realize Lemon bumped into some man and her drink spilled on him. Ash is the guys name who saved her and that night Ash and Lemon's friendship started but became more as friends with benefits of course he was married not a shocker. Lemon always went for married men but not men who had children because she didn't want to ruin a family."
Lovella was about to keep going till my phone started to ring and she stopped talking staring at me and I took my phone out seeing Lemon's name pop up and a couple seconds go by and I sent her to voice mail.
I couldn't blow my cover with Lovella or Lemon. Lovella has no idea Antonio hired someone to bring back Lemon and Lemon doesn't need to know I'm talking to this disgusting human being.
Lemon called me again but I kept sending her to voice mail, I knew Lemon was getting pissed with me but I didn't care I needed to know more.
"You can answer your phone Derek, I don't mind waiting to finish my story besides it seems important."
"No thanks Lovella I'd rather not deal with work right now, keep going."
Lovella started drinking even more the bottle was almost empty.
My phone dinged from a text message from Lemon telling me to answer her but I didn't answer and finally I shut my phone off completely to her what else Lovella had to say.
"Excuse me bartender can you give me some water for her thanks."
I needed Lovella not to get to drunk yet till she finished.
The bartender passed Lovella the water and took the bottle of tequila away from her.
"Asshole give it back, I paid for it!."
The bartender rolled his eyes and walked right up to Lovella.
"Lovella you don't pay for anything in here Ash does remember."
This fucking Ash dude is getting on my damn nervous, knowing he fucked my Lemon left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Once the bartender said Ash's name a lightbulb clicked in Lovella head.
"Ash, is the next topic we're going to talk about before we get to Lemon's mother and father, where do I start with Ash?."
Lovella closed her eyes while her index finger was tapping on the table and I couldn't hold in my eye rolls this woman is a pain in the ass.
"Well we know Ash is married and fucked Lemon duh!, ohhhhh I know! Ash fell in love with Lemon to the point he wanted to give up his whole life for her but Lemon chicken out she thought she was in love with Ash but you could tell when someone is in love and with Lemon she never looked at him the way he looked at her. The night Lemon left Ash called her all kinds of names and made her feel worthless, his words not mine."
This man was willing to give up his wife for Lemon and I'm over here second guessing if I should, I'm disgusting.
Lovella stopped talking since she was drowning herself in water which gave me an opportunity to talk, thank god.
"Well is Ash still married? What happened with Lemon's parents? And are you guys looking for her?."
I had to fit all three of my questions since I knew I wouldn't have any other chance.
Lovella moved her chair even closer to me and started to pick at her nails.
"Ash is still married, he told me once he finds Lemon he's going to divorce his wife."
Well good thing Ash will never find her then and if he does I'm trained to kill.
"Ash and I are looking for Lemon but her piece of shit of parents could careless about her, Cherry her mother left her the moment Lemon was able to go home. The story about Cherry is basically she never loved Antonio Lemon's dad just his money and when she found out she was pregnant she dipped. Which broke Antonio's heart and just like me he had so much envy towards her his own daughter. Antonio treated Lemon like shit, Lemon didn't have a good childhood but Elena one of the maids saved her a bit."
I am the biggest asshole of history, this whole time I thought Lemon was being dramatic when she told me about Antonio.
On the plane I was thinking about turning Lemon in.
On the plane I was judging Lemon on holding a grudge on her parents.
On the plane I was second guessing my feeling for Lemon.
At this bar I thought about fucking her ex best friend.
At this bar I was second guessing my feeling for Lemon again.
I'm absolute trash.
Lovella didn't mind that I haven't said anything about what's she told me, she just needed to get everything off her chest.
Till she did one big shocker.
"I slept with Lemon's father, that was her last straw with everything. I know I'm a horrible person but I just wanted to get her back. I thought it would be a secret but Antonio loves making Lemon's life hell, it's a game to him. I'm honestly glad we haven't found her maybe she's living her good life and found someone she truly loves and the person loves her as well."
Everything in me wanted to tell Lovella Lemon is living her best life, she's in love with me and I'll take care of her.
Next thing I know some man walks in the bar yelling Lovella's name and the bartender pointed in our direction and Lovella turned towards the man.
"What are you doing her Ash?."
I'm meeting the Ash and I can't believe Lemon slept with him, there is absolutely nothing there.
My Lemon Drop upgrade big time.
"Mike called me told me you were bugging people at the bar and wasted, let me take you home come on."
Ash tried to pull Lovella by the hand but she stood her ground.
"Lovella I'm not going to deal with one of your tantrums let's go."
"No I'm talking to a new friend Ash meet Derek, Derek meet Ash. I told Derek about Lemon and what we all did to her."
Ash was beyond pissed, his ears were turning red and he was sending daggers towards Lovella.
"Derek, whatever she told you was a made up story, I don't even know who a Lemon is."
My first instinct was to throw a punch but I knew not to but my legs and different plans, once he said he didn't know Lemon my body automatically stood up.
Lovella and Ash looked at me strange but I recovered by 'stretching'.
"No problem man, I didn't mind Lovella talking to me even if it's a made up story."
Ash and I held eye contact with one another till we heard Lovella trying to talk again but Ash pulled her out the door and Lovella was yelling bye at me.
I finished up my beer while I turned my phone back on and saw Lemon texted me multiple times till I saw one where she said she met some friends and was going out.
I can't even get mad or be mad when I'm over here being a manwhore.
I paid for my beer and walked back to my car calling Lemon and she didn't answer, stay calm Derek she's probably doing something important just call her again.
That's what I did till she didn't answer any of my five calls and my over thinking began, could she be grinding on a man?.
Maybe she's just doing this as payback right?.
I started my car and the first song that played was the one she dedicated to me.
I was listening to the song till my phone stayed to ring and saw Lemon's name.
I answered and began to talk.
"Lemon, I heard the song you dedicated to me let me just say it was beautiful and just know I'm in love with you too but.."
"Derek I fucking swear to god if you're done with me then man the fuck up and say it instead of being a pussy!."
I couldn't even get a word in, Lemon just kept rambling.
"Are you done Lemon? Can I talk now?."
Lemon didn't say anything which gave me the go ahead.
"I was going to say 'I'm in love with you to but..' the song I'm going to dedicate to you is a little bit better than the one you gave me Lemon drop."
"Shit baby I am so sorry, I take back everything I said. I didn't mean most of it!."
I couldn't help but just laugh at my girl.
"What's the song called babe?."
Just the word babe made my heart melt but my mind went to the bar when I called Lovella babe.
Fuck me.
"It's called Sinning With You by Sam Hunt. I'm in love with you and I'm telling you now Lemon I'm never going anywhere, I'm making a vow to marry you and give you the love you've always deserved. I'm going to be home in two days okay? I'm coming back to you."
"I believe you Derek, you're the love of my life and I'll always fight for us. I'll listen to the song once I get home I'm on my way home okay?."
I'm going to say it again, I honestly don't deserve her.
"Let me know when you get home Lemon, I'll talk to you later I love you goodnight."
Lemon is my choice, I'm ready for her and anything that comes.