POV Cole
"Fuck!" I yell out when Jess closes the door behind her.
What the fuck is wrong with me? For real though what is my goddamned problem?! This poor girl didn't deserve my wrath and for what? Because I haven't been laid in a month and I think I have some sort of claim over her because of that? I'm not one to get jealous, very very rarely has that happened in my life. I'm a pretty confident person, maybe sometimes borderline conceited perhaps even a touch narcissistic. I'm so sure of everything and that I have the world in my hands for the taking. Ha little did I know. I don't know what made me go off the deep end, to give her the cold shoulder and ignore most of her questions. She came through for me when I needed someone the most, brought me food without me asking, and made me laugh today when the mere thought of happiness was light-years away. I fucked up, she's trying to be a friend and all I want to do is punish her for what? Kissing some too good for the world doctor? What would she even want from me? I have nothing to offer anymore and she's clearly into the clean-cut sort of guy and I'm the complete opposite covered in tattoos, less than manicured hair and you'd never catch me dead in a suit. She's been transparent from day one that she has a thing for Dr. Ridley…I guess that would be taking it lightly she's in love with him it's so obvious. And as far as I go? It's not like I actually want her, my hormones are just fucked right now. There's no fucking way I could even pursue another woman anytime soon, Lex and I just ended a long-term relationship I just need some time to breathe and clear my head before jumping back into the world of women. Hooking up though? That's never off the table I gotta get my rocks off somehow.
I continue to eat my burger and glance over at Jess's which has one large bite taken out of it and start to really feel like shit about sending her off. Seattle isn't cheap she probably overpaid for this meal that was meant to be eaten by the both of us not just me.
Two hours of sulking later the handle of the door begins to go down indicating someone is about to enter.
"Hi Cole!" Ugh, it's that fucking Chloe girl.
I nod my head slightly in greeting but don't return a word back.
"Ohhh you had some real food tonight I see, can I clear anything out for you?" She offers and blinks one too many times in a flirtatious manner.
"Uhh…yeah sure," I look at the mess on the table, I know it was kind of a dick move but I ate Jess's food. It wasn't like she was coming back for it anyway.
Chloe sets her laptop and phone down on the table next to me and in exchange, she takes hold of the two white styrofoam boxes and brings them to the trash can near the door.
When she comes back she puts in the earpieces of her stethoscope, "just going to do a quick check on your heart and lungs."
The cold stainless steel makes goosebumps rise on my skin. Chloe is nervous being this close to me I can tell. A loud beeping noise is coming from her hip, a pager I'm assuming. She pulls it away from her just enough to take a glance at it.
"Shoot, I'll be right back," she announces and bolts out of the room.
I sit in pure silence for a good minute when yet again for the second time in only two hours someone has left their phone just waiting for me to take it. This isn't me, I don't go through people's phones, especially not strangers, not even Lex, which I probably should have it would've saved me a year of deceit. This time though I have no interest in Chloe's messages or life, I want something that I know she probably has. I hurriedly take hold of the phone, open it, thank fuck she doesn't have a passcode, and search for what I'm looking for. While I'm doing this, some girl Nicole texts Chloe about some boy dilemma and to call her when she can, I slide the text upward leaving it to be unread, and continue on my mission. When I have successfully completed my task I copy my findings into my phone and set Chloe's phone back down where I found it. I hope I don't regret this.