Unbreak Me

by EJ Logan

  I don't even know why I did it. I've never been a flirty or slutty drunk. I'm just going to have to suck it up and apologize. Then I'm never drinking again. Well, not much anyways.

  Thinking about it, I realized I do know why I did it. The only man I have ever been with is Kyle and I just wanted to get those memories out of my head. It just so happens that Caleb is the only guy I feel comfortable enough with to let get that close to me. So there I went last night ready to use my roommate, friend, and boss as a way to forget. Damn I really am messed up.

  After I used all the hot water trying to clear my head, I finally got out and dried off. I threw my hair up in a messy bun and dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a black tank top. It was going to be a day of just lounging around the house for me. I made my way out to the kitchen with no Caleb sightings. I went to go make a cup of coffee and saw a note stuck to the machine.

  Hey Ari, I went out surfing with a few of the guys. I don't expect to be home till' late, so don't worry about making me dinner. I hope the hangovers not too bad. I know you're probably freaking about last night, but don't, everything's cool. If I don't see you tonight, I'll catch ya before you head into work tomorrow. See ya, Caleb

  Thank god, I was not ready to confront him about everything I did last night. It does kind make me wonder about him leaving for the day. It’s like he's trying to avoid me, but maybe I’m just thinking too much into it. Man I need to stop stressing so much. The man is freaking hot, I’m sure he is more than used to drunk chicks throwing themselves at him.

  I ate a quick breakfast of dry toast and coffee, not sure my stomach could handle much else. I decided to go let some stress out on a punching bag. I spent a good hour kicking and hitting the shit out of those bags, and then I threw on a swimsuit and did some laps as a cool down of sorts.

  After a much shorter shower, I dressed in another pair of yoga pants and a comfy t-shirt and lay down for a quick nap. When I woke up, I was surprised to see it was starting to get dark out. I looked at the clock to see it was already almost seven. Making my way to the kitchen, I made myself a sandwich and some chips for dinner, taking it with me to the living room. I ended up spending the rest of the catching up on the Vampire Diaries. It's one of my favorite shows, but I had missed most of last season with all the drama I had going on.

  One three-hour Vampire Diaries marathon later, I decided it was time for bed. I worried about Caleb not being home yet but figured he's a big boy. I mean he's probably out trying to find a hookup. I did kind of cock block him last night, when he had to leave to take me home, not that I asked him too. What really bothered me though was why the thought of him out with some bimbo made me so annoyed. "Ugh" I groaned. I cannot and will not be jealous of what or who Caleb does. After I was in bed it only took me a few minutes to crash when my head hit the pillow. I think I was just ready to forget this whole weekend.

  Caleb

  When I woke up Sunday morning and realized, Ari was still asleep. I text a few of my buddies about doing some surfing. I wasn’t great at it, but it was fun and relaxing. I definitely needed to relax, all night I had some of the most incredible vivid dreams about Ari, and all the things I would like to do to that amazing body of hers. I was so worked up by the time I woke up; I had to take care of myself in the shower. That's not something I would usually do. I always just got some chick to take care of it for me.

  Man I really need to get laid, hopefully tonight after some surfing, I can make that happen. The guys want to go out after, so I’ll just bring some extra clothes to change into. Before I left, I put some Advil and water on Ari’s nightstand. God she looked so cute, with her hair all over the place and such a peaceful look on her face. I just wanted to lean in and kiss her. What am I thinking? Yeah, I definitely need to get some tonight. Not wanting her to freak out I left a note on the coffee machine, just letting her know everything was good, and then took off to the beach.

  The beach we met at was over an hour away, and the whole drive there I spent thinking about her. Yeah, Ari, who else, I swear she is always on my mind anymore.

  My boys and I had a blast out in the water, and it was nice to just focus on the waves and nothing else.

  Once we finished surfing we decided to head to the same bar I was at last night. When the six of us walked in heads turned. I think every girl in the place had their eyes on us, and who could blame them when that many good looking guys walk in at once. I was used to it though, this happened anytime we went out together. We used to be a group of eight not six, but that was before Jake started dating my cousin and when Aiden wasn’t on the road.

  We decided to just sit at the bar, which was fine with me I didn’t plan to be there long anyways. Out of nowhere a voice whispered in my ear. “I see you decided to come back,”

  I nodded turning towards her “Yeah we didn’t get to finish what we started last night,” I said with a seductive smirk.

  “Yeah, you left me for that little drunk chick; maybe I shouldn’t even give you another chance. I really don’t like to be dissed like that,” She sighed dramatically.

  I just shrugged my shoulders and looked around the bar. “Your loss, from the looks of the place it won’t be any problem for me to find someone up for some fun tonight,”

  I started to get up, but she grabbed my arm. “Uh, I don’t think so. You're mine tonight,” She purred

  I looked her up and down “Well as long as you understand this is just for tonight, there will be nothing after that, got it,” I said looking her in the eyes.

  I always made sure the chick understood that it was just sex and wasn’t gonna go past that night. I learned my lesson early with that one. “That’s all I want gorgeous, just a night of fun,” She purred giving me what I guess she thought was a seductive smile.

  Grabbing her hand I pulled her to the dance floor “Well let’s get this party started,” I told her. We danced for a while and it was cool, she could definitely grind but she also liked to talk a lot. We had fun dancing and drinking and by eleven I was pretty well drunk. I pulled Barbie (well I guess technically her name was Jessica) from the dance floor to the back where I knew there was an unlocked storage room, I may or may not have used it a few times.

  Once we were inside I pushed her against the wall and kissed her hard. “Caleb aren’t you going to at least take me to your place?” she whined I chuckled they always asked this shit.

  “Sorry sweetheart, if you want it you take it here. I don’t bring chicks home,” I said with a shrug and then started to kiss down her neck.

  “Ok…ay” she stuttered. I quickly pulled down her panties while she worked on my belt. I used one hand to explore her down below while my other hand played with one of her big fake tits as my tongue made its way to the other. She made quick work of my pants and boxers and I groaned when I felt her grab me.

  “Oh god Ari” Oh shit why am I thinking about her, fuck!

  “What did you say?” she asked.

  I thought quickly for a response. “I was saying oh god, are you ready,” The best I could think of, but luckily it worked for her.

  "Oh yeah, I'm more than ready,” She replied.

  I quickly put on some protection turned her so she was facing the wall and pushed into her. It didn't take long before she was moaning and screaming my name. Soon after I had pleased her for a second time I found my own release but made sure to keep my mouth shut in fear of calling out the wrong name. I have never thought of another chick while being with one but I couldn't for the life of me get Ari out of my head.

  What the fuck has this girl done to me. This was supposed to get her out of my head, not make me think of her even more. After we were dressed I thanked Jessica (Barbie) for a good time and left the room. Most of my friends had already left. The only one I could find was Dan, who was at the bar flirting with a cute little Asian chick. I walked up to them. “Hey Dan, I’m going to take off,”

  “Okay man, you good to drive?” He asked

  I nodded “Yeah I j
ust sobered up a little in the back,” I said giving him a wink.

  He gave me a knowing look “Alright man, take care,” We gave each other a little man hug and I took off.

  The short drive home, I thought of Ari and how I had left her alone all day. Was that an asshole move? I mean if Jake were still my roommate I wouldn’t even be thinking like this, but this girl makes it where I want to make sure she’s happy all the time. “Shit” and why do I feel guilty about hooking up tonight? Ari is just a friend. I need to keep repeating that until it finally sinks in.

  When I walked into the house, it was dark and quiet she must have gone to bed already. I went to my room, took a quick shower and then went straight to bed myself. Thinking about, how much I actually missed just hanging with her today. Damn I’ve got it bad and this was something I just didn't understand. I don't fall for girls. I can't let myself. I have to find a way to get over, whatever this is.

  Ari

  I woke up the next morning at six, since I was already in a t-shirt and yoga pants; I just threw on my running shoes and went out the door. After a thirty-minute run through the neighborhood, I went back to the house and straight to the shower. When I was done, I dried and straightened my hair. I decided just to leave it down today and put just a little makeup on. I wore a black pencil skirt and blazer, with a teal blouse underneath and a pair of matching teal pumps. When I was finally ready, I looked at the clock to see it was already almost eight. I headed to the kitchen for some coffee and a banana for my breakfast.

  To my surprise, I found Caleb in the kitchen leaned against the counter with his own travel mug of coffee. Damn did he look good, he was wearing a grey suit with a teal shirt making his eyes look even more amazing. Now the suit that’s another story it fits him like a glove, and I could see all his muscles when he moved. God I think I might be drooling. I quickly shook my head to clear all the nasty things I was imagining doing with this boy. “Hey, good morning,” I said

  .Noticing how he had been staring at me just as much as I had him. He shook his head “Oh…Uh…Hey Ari, Good morning to you too,” He replied. With the way he was looking at me, I was starting to feel a little self-conscious. I mean shit just two nights ago he had seen me practically naked.

  “Is that what you’re wearing?” He asked. I looked down at myself.

  I thought I looked good, yet professional, what's the problem. I looked up to meet his eyes. “Uh…Yeah, I was planning to wear this. Is there something wrong with it? Do I look bad?” I asked biting my bottom lip and looking down.

  He moved towards me quickly lifting my head to meet his eyes. “Ari babe do not think that, you look far from bad. Shit you look sexy as hell, the reason I asked is because the guys at work aren’t going to be able to get shit done with you around,”

  I shook my head at him and smiled, and sure I was blushing.

  His eye's fell to my lip and his thumb rubbed across my bottom lip that I was still biting. “Please don’t do that, you really don’t know the affect you have on the opposite sex do you,” He said with a small chuckle.

  I scoffed, rolling my eyes and walking away towards the coffee machine. "Whatever Caleb?" I said laughing at him. "So why are you dressed up? I thought you were off till Thursday,” I asked.

  “Well, technically I am, but I have a client that wants to meet for lunch to talk about a few changes. So I figured I could drive you in to show you where the building is and where your parking spot will be,” He said with a shrug.

  "Oh Okay. Thanks,” With that, we grabbed our stuff and headed out the door. When we got there, it was a quarter to nine He parked in the parking spot reserved with his name and I saw the one next to it had the name Carla Crane on it. His current PA's name.

  Once we were out of the car Caleb lead me to a private elevator that needed a swipe card to enter. “So this is my private elevator, it goes directly to my office. The only people with access to it are me, my PA, and the security team. You will receive your own key card today after you meet with HR,” He said giving me a big smile.

  I just nodded my understanding. We both got in the elevator when the doors opened and he pressed the button for the top floor. “Man I’m glad you’re my boss,” I said not even realizing it.

  “Oh yeah?” he said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes.

  “I just mean I couldn’t imagine being stuck in an elevator with a guy I didn't know,” I said with a shrug. He just looked at me with a knowing smile.

  The doors opened into a private office instead of a hall or lobby. “So this is my office,” Caleb moved his hands around the room.

  I turned in a circle taking it all in. “It’s nice,”

  He walked to a door and it opened to another office that was a bit smaller and unlike the privacy his office had this one had Glass windows that looked out to the rest of the office. “This will be your office,” He said.

  I looked around and saw that it was pretty dull. Tan walls and a large cherry desk and bookcase on one side. There were two chairs in front of the desk and then in the corner was a table with a Keurig machine and water cooler, on the wall next to that was a small couch. I guess this is where clients will wait to meet with Caleb. "It's nice, A little plain. But nice,” I said.

  He chuckled just a little "Yeah; you're welcome to decorate however you would like. Carla had pictures of her family all over the place, but she's already packed it all up. So it does look pretty boring right now. I'm sure you can bring some of your Ari spunk in and liven it up though,” He smirked and bumped my shoulder with his.

  I rolled my eyes and shook my head. “Well, I'll see what I can do,”

  Just then someone opened the door to the office and we turned to see Carla walk in with a big smile.

  “I see you two have met; I think you guys will be a great pair. You have a lot in common…”

  Caleb cut her off before she could keep going. “Actually Carla, Ari and I met a few days ago, it’s a small world. You just so happened to hire my cousins best friend and my new roommate as my PA,”

  Her eyes widened “Oh my gosh, I had no idea, are you guys okay working together?” She asked concern in her tone.

  Caleb and I looked at each other, even though I was a little uncomfortable about what went down between us the other night we still smiled at each other. “Well, I don’t know if I can work for such a conceded slob like him,” I told Carla with a scowl.

  Her eyes widened even more. "Oh," She said.

  “Yeah and how did you expect me to work with such a stuck up bitch like her,” Caleb said in a hateful tone.

  “Oh... I …uh” was all Carla got out before we both started laughing.

  “Oh man, you should have seen your face Carla. We're joking, we're cool. Actually I think this will work out great. I’ll have access to my PA twenty-four seven. He said with a wink.

  “Uh, I think we will have to have some limits to that one,” I said giving him a smile. He laughed. Carla just looked back and forth between us.

  “Well, I think you both need a smack upside the head for scaring me,” She huffed.

  We both laughed again "Sorry Carla” I said between laughs.

  “Well, I’m glad you guys get along, now come on Ari and let’s get down to HR,” She said leading me out of the office.

  After a bit of paperwork, I had my key card and tablet with all of Caleb's important dates and contacts in it. The day went by smoothly. When it was time to leave I took Caleb's elevator down, he had already left, so I wasn't sure how I was going to get home, but to my surprise Caleb was leaning against his car on his phone when I came down.

  We both got in his car; he was still on the phone though. “Mm yeah, so you get in on Thursday. You staying at your dad’s condo?” Caleb asked “Oh well that sucks, uh…well…you know I got a new roommate right?” I looked over at that and he looked at me “Yeah, she’s right here, I’ll ask her. Hold on just a second,” He put the phone down and looked at me.

  “Hey, so my friend Aiden w
ill be in town Thursday and his Dad is at his place until Sunday, so do you mind if he crashes on the couch for a few nights. I want you to know if it bothers you it’s not a big deal he can just stay in a hotel or…” I cut him off. This was his place, and I was tired of my issues causing other people to feel like they needed to walk on eggshells with me.

  "Caleb calm down it’s cool if he stays,” I smiled

  “Yeah, you’re cool with it?”

  I nodded. “Yeah, it’s cool,”

  He sighed "Thanks, Babe,”

  He put the phone back up to his ear. “Hey Yeah, it's cool for you to stay at our place. Whatever man, not saying… No, not happening…. Yeah, she’s Tess’ college roommate and my new PA at the office… Yeah, that’s her… I Know… I know… no, really,” I kind of quit listening after that it’s hard to figure out a one side conversation.

  When we were back home, I decided to do a little laundry, I was putting in a load of Caleb’s, when I found it, I had picked up a pair of pants, going through the pockets when I pulled out a used tied up condom. I automatically dropped it and started to gag. Once I composed myself I yelled at the top of my lungs, “CALEB CARTER GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!” Caleb came running towards me.

  “Ari are you okay? What’s wrong?” He asked concerned. I picked it back up and threw it at his chest. He caught it looked down at it and then looked at me. I could see so many emotions go through his face, Guilt, shock, regret. “I… Uh…it” Then his face changed at was replaced with his cocky smirk.

  “Sorry babe. Ya know. I went back to that bar last night with the guys and that hot little blond offered some no strings fun. So ya know,” He shrugged. “I’m sorry I forgot to dispose of it though, I promise in the future you won’t find any more in my pockets,”