Paul's eyes widened, looking over at his girlfriend. She wrapped the sheet around her small frame and sighed gently, shaking her head. Ralph was gay? Since when did that happen -he really didn't seem like he was gay. And now he just took his girlfriend more roughly than he had ever before because of his damn jealous streak, sure they had rough sex, but that was different.
He couldn't control his mouth; the corners turned up slightly, "Ralph's gay?"
Lindsey pulled away when he reached out for her, "Don't touch me." she spat, "I told you to never lay your hands on me out of anger, and-"
"You fucking slapped me, Linds!" Paul drew his brows together, sitting up, "And how come you didn't tell me? You know I don't like other guys even looking at you anyways!"
Lindsey shook her head again, rising from their bed and pulling on a pair of jeans, "Because it wasn't my business to tell, Paul." she sighed, "I know it might be hard for you to believe, but some things, I don't tell you."
Paul stood, pulling on his boxers, "Like what? All the guys you fuck behind my back?" he mumbled.
Lindsey turned to face him, tears in her eyes, "Stop! Stop accusing me of cheating on you all the time! I'm not cheating on you, so fucking get over yourself!" she gritted through her teeth, "Why are you so suspicious? Are you cheating on me?"
"Of course not." Paul defended.
"Because it wouldn't be the first time you cheated on someone." Lindsey said quietly, after a few moments.
Paul nodded his head, scoffing at his girlfriend. She always knew what to say to make him feel like a piece of shit. Always. She put him in his place when he needed to be put there and that was probably why he loved her so much. But now he watched her dumbly, as she finished dressing and gave him one last look, her blue eyes saddened.
"So you're leaving then?" he asked as she pulled her purse strap over her shoulder and started searching for her keys.
"Im leaving." Lindsey confirmed.
"Are you coming back?"
Lindsey looked back at Paul and sighed gently, biting her bottom lip. She walked to Paul and put her small hands on his shoulders, and kissed his jaw gently, "I cant keep riding this rollercoaster, Paul." she whispered, "I cant keep walking on eggshells. I love you, but I just cant."
~*~*~
Paul wasn't sure how many beers he chugged down, but he was definitely sure it was more than he probably should have had. But he didn't give a fuck, Lindsey left him, not he had no one. Back to square one. The bar was kind of packed, and really didn't help his mood, trying to block out other drunken patrons yelling about the game. He shifted on his barstool, taking a big gulp out of his longneck bottle and grunted, pushing hair out of his face.
The edges of his vision were getting kind of fuzzy and it looked like he was watching a movie, as he stared at the bartended, mixing drinking and laughing at something one of the patrons said. He was way over his limit -he should have stopped about three beers and a shot of whiskey ago. But again, he didn't give a fuck because the only thing that ever made sense in his life -the only thing he ever cared about or loved, was gone. And it was all his fucking fault.
He always accused her of cheating on him, and it was wrong to do that to her, he knew that. He knew that she wouldn't cheat on him, and he wasn't cheating on her, but there was always that nagging voice in the back of his mind, reminding him that Karma is a bitch. Before Lindsey, he wasn't exactly Mr. Fidelity, and had no regard to the theory of a relationship. But when Lindsey came along, all he saw was her. All he needed was her. Then he fucked it up.
And how was he suppose to know that Ralph was fucking gay? Lindsey never told him, and Ralph wasn't exactly obviously flaming homosexual. He just wasn't the type of guy you look at, talk to for a little bit and go 'hey, I think he's gay.' but maybe he was obviously gay, and Paul's 'gaydar' was really out of whack because Paul had a tendency to have blinders on when it came to Lindsey and other men. Paul sighed heavily. He hated when his mind ran away with him when he was drunk.
"Why so lonely, sailor?" a cool feminine voice purred next to him.
Paul's eyebrows rose, looking over to a scantily dressed blond. She had blue eyes that sparkled with mischief. She wasn't as pretty as Lindsey, but still pretty enough to get noticed. "Girlfriend left." he grunted, finishing off his beer.