Always You (True Love Series Book 3)

Chapter 3

Jaime

When I get home, my roommate that I share an apartment with isn’t home. She left a note saying she would be out late and may not get home tonight.

Sharing an apartment with someone is a huge savings for me. Even though I could afford to live by myself, having a roommate to share in the expenses was a big help. Especially when you're single.

When I graduated college I was single and ready to meet my Mr Right. So far he has yet to show up.

I had a serious relationship with Kevin and it ended badly in our first year in college. My cousin Jay knew I was hurt and told me to watch the movie The Sweetest Thing.

Jay is a firm believer that you can find the answer to your problems in a movie, you just need to pay attention to them. Trust me he knows which movie you need to watch too. It is the weirdest thing how he does that and is right.

In the movie The Sweetest Thing, Cameron Diaz’s character says it isn’t about Mr Right, it is more about Mr Right now. Jay told me to go out, have fun and don’t worry about Mr Right. He comes along when that time is right so stop worrying.

The funny thing with Jay is he is able to help you with your life, especially your love life. With his love life, he never takes his own advice. So he got hurt a lot.

It doesn’t help that my best friend Keira, found hers with her high school sweetheart. Now she has a beautiful baby girl and another one on the way with him.

Shelly is a great roommate and also became a great friend too. Especially since she is single too. I love Keira, but a married friend sometimes isn’t someone you want to complain to about the asshole you went on a date with last night.

I hope I’m not making a mistake by going out on a date with Kevin Kincade. He broke my heart in college, and I really do not want that to happen again.

My phone dinged and I looked to see it was a text from Kevin

K:| Tomorrow night 630pm, where should I pick you up at?

J:| That is fine. I can just meet you there.

K:| This is a date, so let me be Prince Charming and pick you up for a proper date. What’s the address?

I shake my head and text him my address. Kevin has always had a little alpha personality to him. Truth is I do like it. It was when he uses his Alpha personality and forgets about everything else that I don’t like.

Part of the problem with Kevin is he had a lot of anger inside of him because he was forced to grow up before he was an adult. And he hated that part of the reason why he bullied his sister. He had no safe outlet to direct the rage and the hurt that he had inside of him.

Truthfully that’s the reason we broke up when we did. He was finally free and could be an adult and he literally did not know what to do. My anxiety of everything happening with me and then trying to keep my boyfriend from going basically crazy with anger and rage just proved to be too much for a relationship.

Tomorrow it will just be me and Kevin on a date. This is going to be our first date in 6 years. This should be interesting.

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Kevin

After talking to Jaime I made my way back into Adam’s house. He was on the couch with his daughter watching some cartoon with her.

“Hey, so you and Jaime?” He asked me.

“Don’t know, she agreed to go on a date with me.” I told him.

“Do you think it is a good idea? They say you can’t ever go back to the past.” Adam said.

“I don’t know. All I know is, she is the only one that made me feel like, well not to sound like Jay and quote a movie, but like I’m on top of the world.” I told him.

“I just don’t want to get your hopes up bro, I was there when you two ended, I don’t want you to go there again.” Adam says to me.

When Jamie and I ended our relationship in college, I went to a very dark place. I didn’t care about anything or anyone.

At the time, Adam was dealing with his own stuff because he was away from my sister because she was studying Florida. Despite that, he helped get me out of that dark place and basically told me to get my act together or I would most likely end up like my dad.

Adam is the only one that knows that I found out what happened to Keira and my father. I did one of those stupid DNA search things where they can tell you if you got a relative or not.

Let’s just say I wish I never did it. What I ended up finding out was that I never want to be associated with that man. It was better that he abandoned my mom, Keira, and me.

“Nah, I think I will be good, just dinner to catch up. You have to admit I have changed in 6 years.” I say motioning to my body.

Eliza laughs and claps her hands at that moment. I laugh and say

“See, even Lizzy likes my body.” I laugh.

“God, Lizzy, no boys for you until you're 30.” Adam says to his daughter kissing the top of her head. Then says “I swear between you and Austin, if you turn my daughter into some boy crazy girl, I’m going to kill you guys.”

“Nah, Lizzy is going to be a heartbreaker. She has you and 4 uncles that will scare the boys away. Don’t you, little one.” I say to my niece.

Lizzy gave a little laugh and Adam just shook his head.

“One day you will have a kid, I can’t wait to get my revenge.” Adam laughs.

“Speaking of kids, I got get going, because Mitzi will have a b***h fest if I’m late tonight.” I told Adam.

“When are you going to get your own place?” Adam asked me.

“One day, the rent is cheap, plus I think Mitzi misses Jay.” I told him.

When I graduated college, Jay was moving permanently to Florida to be with Evan. Since he owned a three bedroom condo and he knew I was in debt because of student loans, he offered me to stay at his place at a very low rent.

Only catch was, I had to live with a Drag Queen. First it was weird but because I'm definitely straight and Mitzi is gay drag Queen. First few times I brought a woman home trying to explain why there’s a 6 foot 2 woman in an evening gown in your living room yelling that there is no Ben and Jerry’s left was interesting.

Turns out Mitzi is a good friend. She is older than me and thinks of me as a son.

Living with a drag Queen is definitely an experience. There is always something that surprises me, like tonight when I got back from

Adam’s.

I walked into the condo and there was Mitzi with a guy on the couch and Mitzi’s legs were across the top of his thighs.

“Kevin darling, meet Bob.” Mitzi said as I entered the room.

“Hi Bob.” I said to him and he just nodded to me.

“How is our little expecting mother?” Mitzi asked while gazing at Bob.

“Keira’s doing well. Planning the baby shower with Jaime when I got there.” I told her.

Mitzi spun her head to me and said “Shut the front door, did you say Jaime was there? Jaime as in the Jaime?” She asked me.

“Yep.” I told her.

“Oh my lord, has she gotten fat and ugly since the last time you saw her?” Mitzi asked as she swung her legs off of Bob to stand up.

“Nope, opposite she is actually more beautiful.” I told her.

“Ah-huh, hmmm so is she still single, dear boy?” Mitzi asked.

“Yep, and before you ask the million questions, she agreed to go out on a date with me.” I told her.

“Oh Lordy! That can go either way there Romeo. So hope you are prepared.” Mitzi says then turns to Bob, who was just sitting there watching us. “Jaime is the love of his life, but he let his teenage hormonal rage, hurt, and anger destroy that relationship when they were in college. Now it looks like years later they are crossing paths again.”

“Easy there Mitz, it's just going to be dinner to catch up, that’s all.” I told her.

“Well when is this dinner?” Mitzi asks.

“I haven’t set a date yet.” I told her.

“We’ll set it for tomorrow, get your reservation. Pick that girl up like a proper date, give her flowers and show her that Kevin Kincade charm!” Mitzi said, smiling at me. Then her she dropped her face to a serious look and said “and Kevin, don’t f**k it up.”