In The Army

|confronting & confessing

Song: release you by megan and liz

This song so relatable to this chapter with Laura xD

THIS IS MY PERSONAL ABSOLUTE FAVORITE CHAPTER XD AND THE NEXT CHAPTER AFTER THAT :)

-Sunday-

Now that she had time to think about it, Laura not only regretted leaving the club early, but she was even more pissed with herself than she was at Ross for having left her sans underwear and orgasm. How dare she let him scare her off like that! Granted she was too flustered at the time and couldn't see straight, let alone think, but what was she supposed to do? Pull him back into the bathroom and make him finish what he started? No way. No way was she going to let him win. She should have stayed, should have come right back out, held her head high and been social, stood her ground, shown him she could take a licking and keep on ticking... literally.

Since it was too late now for any of that, her thoughts went to what she would say the next time she ran into him. She had many a random conversation play out in her head as to what she could say and how he would most likely respond. After a couple hours of that, she was mentally exhausted and more than frustrated. Where was the man who'd acted so differently while around Calum's children? Where was the man who'd accepted her apology? Who was the man buried beneath the bitter façade of two failed engagements that Calum swore was really a good guy?

Tired. She realized she was genuinely tired of the whole Ross thing. All the questions, all the comments, the kisses, the teasing... Some fresh air and a little retail therapy was what she needed this morning, just to get her mind off things.

Hannah was still asleep at ten o'clock and Raini was nowhere to be found so she quickly showered and headed out to her car to hit the mini-mall right on post. A few hours of just walking around and spending money she didn't have would put her back in a good mood and keep her mind off...

Screeeeeeeeech!

Turning the steering wheel sharply to the right, she pulled her car onto the side of the road. Just as she drove by the post gymnasium, she spared a glance towards the outdoor track. And who just happened to be running on that track in nothing but Army PT shorts and sneakers? Ross! It only took her a few seconds to decide she was going to confront him. Confront him and put a permanent end to all this shit.

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The morning found Ross still frustrated over certain matters where Laura was concerned. With nothing but pent up energy and time on his hands, he needed to do something physical to release some of the tension and running seemed like the best option since it always helped to clear his mind. Getting into his car, he drove towards post in hopes that after an hour or two, he could refocus and sort out his individual thoughts.

The sweat now poured from his body in the mid-morning sun as he racked up the miles, thinking and thinking then thinking some more. Lap after lap, he dug deep within himself, too deep, recognizing where he went wrong in the things he'd both said and done to her from the very first day they met.

It wasn't until he realized just how important she was to him that he was able to examine what he'd done to her in the bathroom of that club and just what an asshole he'd acted like. All he wanted was to show her how good they could be together and naturally went about it in typical male fashion by getting physical with her. It seemed Raini was right - sex does not equal love.

He stopped off the side of the track and groaned. How could he have been so damn stupid? Now that he was able to put himself in her shoes, it was truly a wonder she hadn't killed him by now, he'd acted like such a...

"Bastard!"

He had his back to her, bent over with his hands on his knees, body covered in a fine sheen of sweat, muscles rippling across his back as he attempted to regulate his breathing from his workout. If she wasn't so damn mad at him right now, she might have taken the time to appreciate the gorgeous masculine vision he created.Not this time. He stood up and turned around to face her.