Page 78 of Molly: Part One
“Holy fuck, that’s good Molly.”
“See I told you to trust me. Right, I’m gonna head upstairs so you can get dressed. Thank you so much for doing that for me Jax.” I walk over and place a kiss on his cheek.
“No problem. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be actually.”
“Told you so. You can do it again sometime then! I’ll see you in a minute.”
I go upstairs before he can answer and head straight for the kettle, I’m dying for a cup of tea. Ryan is sat at the table surrounded by folders that he is marking with a deep frown on his face.
“Hey, do you want a coffee?”
“No thanks,” he says stroppily.
“Molly, I’m gonna head off. I’ve taken a picture of your drawing and sent it to Abbi. She says she wants it framed!” Jax says shaking his head and smiling at the mention of her.
“No problem, I’ll get it sorted for her after I’ve handed it in. Thanks again Jax, I really appreciate you doing that for me. I’ll see you in the morning.”
“Yeah bye. Bye Ryan,” he adds before he leaves the room but Ryan just grunts in response.
I make my tea before heading over to him and leaning my hip against the table right next to him. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” he snaps.
“It doesn’t look like nothing. Tell me.”
“Him,” he spits gesturing to where Jax was just stood.
“What has he done now?”
“You asked him to model for you.”
“Yeah, well I didn’t want to use whatever model we end up with on Wednesday. Plus I wanted to sketch his ink. Wait…are you jealous? Did you want me to ask you?”
Ryan lowers his head as if embarrassed. “You know what, yes I am,” he says raising his eyes back to mine. “Molly, I thought I was your best friend. Not only did I not know you were taking this class, you also didn’t ask me. I hate that we have drifted apart. I miss you.”
“You didn’t seem too up for modelling when we spoke about it in the summer so I didn’t think you would do it anyway.”
“We were just messing about in the summer. I’d do anything for you, you know that.” He reaches out his hand and grabs my free one. Caressing the back with his thumb sending tingles up my arm, so much so I have to put my tea down so I don’t drop it. “I hate that you’ve been staring at him practically naked all morning.” Shit, he really is jealous.
“It was art Ry, I was looking at him like I would a bowl of fruit.” I can’t help feeling warm inside at the thought of him being that jealous.
“That may be true but it doesn’t help me.” He stands in front of me and cups my cheek with his other hand. “I don’t want you having some other guys body in your mind,” he says quietly.
Whoa, what do I say to that?
“How would you feel if the situation was reversed?”
I don’t even have to think about it, the thought alone makes me feel sick. “Uh…”
“Exactly.” He moves his hand from my cheek around the back of my head and pulls me towards him. For a second I think he’s going to kiss me but at the last minute he presses his lips to my forehead.
I have to clear my throat before I can say anything, I’m totally choked up with emotion. “Have you got much more to do?” I ask changing the subject.
“Yeah, I’ve barely started.” He drops his hands from me and steps away.
“Okay, well I’m going to see if Megan is home and go see her.”
After drinking my tea I leave Ryan to his work. I text Megan to see if she is home, before getting changed and heading over to hers.
