Nothing feels as bad as not really knowing that something is coming and then finally getting the answer that you didn't want to hear but that you knew you would. I had that happen, and reading the words "I want to be friends, nothing more, nothing less" hit me like a ton of bricks. In his defense, I'm sure I deserved to hear them more than I thought I did... I did take things more seriously than I should have. So, in an attempt to finalize things and maybe get them back to the way they were I asked for one more meeting to get a few things back that I had given to him when all this started a couple years ago. Things didn't go exactly how I planned it but in my life, nothing has ever gone the way I planned!!
Rob showed up at the hotel, he didn't seem to be as happy to see me as I would have wanted but he was bringing me what I had asked him for and that supposed to be the only reason he came. I asked him to come in and he slowly walked through the door. The lights in the room weren't on and the curtain in the window was only pulled half way open. He turned and handed me all of what I had asked for without saying a word. I took it, said thank you and put it down not taking my eyes off him. I had so many things I wanted to say but I knew I didn't want to fight with him and I didn't want him to walk away right then so I just asked how he was doing.
He smiled... it was that smile, the one that said everything should be ok and told me he was fine. The silence seemed to drag on and Rob was looking a bit uncomfortable as we stood there. There was a part of me that wanted to yell, scream and cry and ask why things turned out the way they did but I knew I shouldn't say anything.
I broke the silence,
"I guess this is it then?", "Yes" he said as he started heading toward the door.
I reached out and grabbed his arm and he turned and looked at me "Jennifer, I don't want to do this, let me go." "No!" The anger in my voice was startling to even me. I decided I wasn't going to let him leave without some answers, I felt I deserved them. I knew this wasn't going to go well but I had to know.
"What the hell happened to us?" I asked, tears beginning to fill my eyes.
"Jenn I told you, you took things too far, I wanted it but you were too much too quick. You caused me more problems and even when I asked you to back off, you didn't."
The room was spinning and I wasn't sure if I even wanted to continue with the conversation but I knew I needed to say some things.
"I loved you, I still love you and I think you need to know just how serious I was and still am about us." Putting his hand up he tried to cut me off. "Rob please, just let me say this and then you are free to go and if it's what you want, I won't bother you again. I know I was pushy and overbearing and I know that I caused you a lot of unnecessary drama and I am sorry for that but in my defense, I never lied to you, I told you how I was feeling from the beginning and you didn't. You said that you loved me, we sexted, met up and had some fun but the one thing you never did was actually let me know how you really felt about me."
The tears were now streaming down my face and I could see the anger and frustration in his eyes. I knew I was pushing him and I knew he was getting ready to leave. I couldn't think fast enough, Rob was going to leave and there was nothing I could do to stop him. He stared at me, his eyes burning with anger and hurt and I could see that he was over this conversation. Looking down he took a step forward and I stepped in front of him so he couldn't get to the door. "Move please" he asked.
"Why, why can't you just talk to me?"
"Get out of the way I told you I am not and I will NOT do this!"
I watched as Rob placed his head in his hand, took and deep breathe and looked at me again. He was angry, I knew he would be and right then I didn't care as long as I could keep him with me.
"Jenn listen to me, I thought we could be together, I was wrong. Now, let me go before this gets worse!"
I put my hands on his chest and started to yell at him, my anger just overflowed and he was going to hear what I had to say.
"Dammit Rob, just tell me how you feel about me, don't lie and don't be nice just to spare my feelings! I want to know what's really going on in your mind!"
He grabbed my wrists, stepped toward me and said "you really want to know, you think you can handle really knowing?"
"Yes!" I said and he shoved me back into the door. I could feel his breath on my face and before I knew it he was kissing me. His lips pressing into mine as his hands pulled mine behind my back. Our bodies were pressed together against the door with nowhere to go. He grabbed both of my hands in one of his and his other hand slid up my body and grabbed me around the neck as he continued to kiss me. I felt his tongue press into my lips and they parted to let him in. At that moment, I wanted nothing more than to pull in him, to taste him and desire filled me. Finally he backed away just a little and asked me if I finally understood.
"No" I said breathlessly "You still didn't tell me anything, but I don't mind when you show me". He began running his thumb up and down my cheek, brushing away the tears that had been falling. "Rob, I don't know how much more of this I can take. I want you, I want to be with you and this isn't helping how I am feeling right now."
"Jenn, just shut up! I can't explain but I want to show you."
"Ok."
He let go of my hands, placed his hands on the side of my face and pulled me into him. I could feel his breath, his cheek brushing against mine and across the end of my nose. I closed my eyes and let myself enjoy being with him and then I had a startling revelation, this wasn't going to last and I began to push him away. Trying to move he kept pulling me closer and I finally pushed hard enough to look at him.
"Rob why are you doing this me, don't you understand what this is doing to me?"
Once again the tears began to fall and I couldn't stop them, as much as tried to keep them from falling there was nothing I could do about it. I could see the frustration in his eyes as he looked down and then looked back at me.
"I'm tired of talking about this! Just stop talking or I'm leaving... and right now Jenn, I don't want too!"