Her

In a Relationship

Perrie

All week I'd been stressed out. If it wasn't work stressing me, it was Alex. He could be a real piece of work sometimes.

Thankfully, though, it was Friday once again. And that meant date night. Which meant Mystery Girl, because I was definitely going to suggest the bar.

I was expecting him not to want to go, not that I would care, but to my surprise he wanted to. I spoke to him on the phone while I was getting ready and he said we'd go when he got home from work, which was in about an hour.

Once again I found myself curling my hair extra nice and putting on a sexy dress, in hopes that he'd pay me some attention this time. I think I subconsciously wanted Mystery Girl's attention too. She made me feel things. Things that my boyfriend has not for a very long time.

"Babe, I'm home!" I heard Alex yell when he walked in the door. I made my way out of the bathroom and to the living room to greet him. "You look great, babe." He smiled charmingly.

That was the smile that got me.

"Thank you." I blushed and smiled widely when he pulled roses from behind his back. "Baby! What are these for?"

"I've been kind of an ass, and I'm sorry. I've just been stressed at work." He sighed and scratched his head.

My heart flipped. It was times like these when he made me forget all about how shitty he's been towards me. And that's how I always ended up staying with him.

I stepped closer and leaned in to kiss him. He dropped his hands around my waist and kissed me back. He hadn't kissed me like that in a long time. I wonder what'd gotten into him.

"Do you still want to go out?" He pulled back and asked.

My mind bounced back to Mystery Girl. I really wanted to see her again, but I had no idea if she even felt the same. And Alex was being the Alex I loved right now. I didn't want to pour any alcohol on that.

"No. Let's just stay in and watch movies or something." I replied.

"You sure? You've gone through all of this trouble." He pointed to my outfit and my makeup.

"Yeah. It's nothing I can't undo." I smiled.

We spent the rest of our date night laughing and playing around just like old times. We watched a few movies, ate junk food and played some games. Then we ended the night finally having sex.

I'd waited for a very long time for him, because I guess he just lost interest, or he was too interested in other women. Either way, it wasn't worth the wait. It never was.

Sex with him was very unexciting. It was all about him, and I halfway wouldn't be upset about that if he wasn't so quick. Five minutes at most. Always a disappointment. I don't even know why I bother.

The next few days, he was still acting like his normal sweet self, but towards the end of the week, he was right back to being an asshole.

"Are we going out?" I asked after calling him all day and finally getting an answer.

"I'm working late tonight." He replied flatly.

"Why tonight of all nights?" I asked.

"It's my job, Perrie. It's more important than a stupid date night." He said.

It stung a bit so I had to hang up. "Bye, Alex. Enjoy work."

I flopped down on the couch and started to cry. Wondering why I wasn't ever good enough for him. Why only sometimes he cared. The up and down was exhausting. When my phone rang, I thought it was him again, but was disappointed when I saw an unknown number.