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“Did you love her?” Amory asks, and Blake sighs again because it’s a complicated question. Actually, it’s not a complicated question. She knows the answer, she just doesn’t know how Amory is going to react to the honest answer.
“Yeah,” Blake says, deciding to bite the bullet and give Amory the honest answer.
Amory frowns. “Oh.”
“I’m sorry,” Blake says.
“It’s okay,” Amory tell her. “You know, I’m kind of glad you did. I don’t know why, but I’d rather know that you loved and cared for her than have the idea that she was just some random hookup.”
“We slept together for over a year,” Blake admits.
Amory takes in a sharp inhale of breath. “I did not know that.”
“I really am sorry,” Blake says again.
“I know,” Amory says, “and I guess it’s best that I find out. I was always kind of morbidly curious to know how long it was going on.” Amory pauses for a moment and Blake sits in awkward silence.
Amory’s beautiful delicate featured face and aqua eyes look sad and Blake feels guilty for causing her pain. Her hair is messy and escaping from its ponytail. Her grey tank top is tight and Blake can’t help but keep dropping her gaze to the outline of Amory’s full breasts. She can see the swell of fabric where her nipples are and she likes it.
“When did it end?” Amory asks.
“When you caught us in bed. I really did love her, and she kept telling me that she was going to leave her girlfriend the entire time we were together, but then you caught us, and I don’t know…”
“I stopped talking to her,” Amory says. “I kicked her out and everything. I never saw her again after that.”
“I didn’t know that. To be honest, I always assumed that you two made up or something.”
“We definitely didn’t,” Amory says with a half-hearted laugh.
“Yeah, I know that now.”
“So what did she say to you after I caught you?” Amory asks.
“She didn’t say anything,” Blake says. “After you caught us, she went running after you and I never heard from her again.”
“What?!”
“Yeah, after she left, I tried texting and calling her, and she never responded. I didn’t give up for weeks and I never heard anything from her. That’s why I assumed you two got back together. She just completely ghosted me.”
“That’s so strange,” Amory says and then frowns. “It sounds like she broke both of our hearts.”
Blake frowns. She never really thought of it that way. She had always taken the blame on herself for what happened, telling herself how stupid she was for falling in love with a woman who had a girlfriend, but she never blamed Natalie. Now, she wonders why she didn’t. Natalie led her on for over a year, kept making promises to be with her, and Blake always made excuses for that.
“Shit!” Amory suddenly spins around to the stove. “I got distracted.”
“What do you mean?” Blake asks.
Amory points to the pan. “I think I burnt the chicken slightly,” she says.
“Shit.” Blake remembers that she was supposed to be watching the pasta.
She stirs it and notices how some pieces are burnt and stuck to the bottom of the pan. “I think I got distracted, too,” she says.
Amory laughs and turns the heat off. “Well, at least it’s cooked, even if it’s a little over done.”
“That’s true,” Blake says with a laugh. They combine the pasta, sauce, and chicken and take it to the table to eat.
“It’s not bad,” Blake says as she chews her first bite.
