Me and Kyle
“Kyle, I have something to tell you,” I said nervously as I twisted my fingers together and hovered near where he was sitting on his living room couch.
“Sit down Nicky, you’re making me so nervous,” Nicky said in response as he inspected his nails. “I need a new emery board.” I sat down on the couch beside him, crossed my legs at the ankles, and then promptly uncrossed them.
“I have something to tell you,” I repeated as I looked down at my fingers.
“You said that,” he replied as he stopped examining his nails and looked over at me. “Spit it out Nicky.”
“IsleptwithTrevor,” I said really fast as I covered my eyes with both hands and sunk my head between my knees. “He returned from Atlanta a couple of weeks ago and he just showed up at my door. Derrick had just told me that he didn’t want to be in a relationship and…”
“Shut-up,” Kyle interrupted as he stood up and started for the kitchen. “I need some wine,” he added wearily as he strolled to the kitchen cabinets and pulled put a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
“Kyle, I’m so sorry,” I said as I stood up and walked over to him in the kitchen. Kyle filled his wine glass to the rim and then took a long swallow.
“Nicky, you think I didn’t know?” His voice was gruff and I felt myself begin to weaken internally, as if everything within me had collapsed and I was nothing but a bag of broken bones and skin.
“Kyle, I’m so sorry,” I whispered.
“Stop!” Kyle said before taking another long swallow of his wine. He turned and smiled at me. “How do you think that he knew about your new address? I told him. He called me a couple of months ago and we’ve been talking. I think that we’ve truly gotten to a place in which I’ve been able to get past this, which is why I told Trevor that it was ok to try to rekindle things with you?”
“What?” I shook my head in bewilderment and massaged my temples.
” I told Trevor that it was ok to try to start something with you again,” he said slowly before drinking more wine and then filling his glass again.
“Why?”
“Because you two should be together, you have the potential for something with Trevor that I never did. Lets not talk about this anymore,” he said calmly. “Praise Beyonce, tomorrow is your birthday and we are going to have a good damn time this weekend. Have some wine.”