Trying to Score
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Lucas scoffed as he rolled his eyes. “So this is a power thing? You are trying to show me who’s boss?”
Fallon glared. “I don’t have to show you anything. I am the boss.”
A heated moment passed between them as they gazed into each other’s eyes. Lucas’ lips were parted as one side pulled up a little while Fallon’s eyes narrowed even more.
Why did everything turn into flirting with him?
When Lucas’ gaze fell to her lips, Fallon took a deep breath in. “Don’t go over what I said again,” she said with nothing but anger in her voice. She had to stop being affected by him, or she would go back to the way she was — when she used to bend every which way for him. She would never let that happen again.
Lucas took a deep breath in as he took a step back. “I’m not getting into a power struggle with you. Aiden doesn’t like baseball. I’m thinking of him and what he wants, while all you are thinking about is trying to show me who’s boss and keep him in something that you are comfortable in because nothing else matters but you.”
Fallon’s mouth dropped at his accusations and anger filled her as she took a step towards him. “Are you calling me selfish because I don’t want my son to quit something?”
“I’m calling you selfish because you only want what you want. Hockey is a sport. You want him to play a sport, why not hockey?”
“Because it’s stupid!”
“No, because it’s my sport and you are scared that if you are around me and my sport, you’ll go back to the way we were. I get that you are scared that it will be the way it was, but don’t you get that we aren’t those people anymore? I’m not going to hurt you or Aiden. I care about you both. Fallon just give it up. This power struggle shit is getting old.”
Lucas looked down at her as she just stood there in complete shock, not able to form a word. When she didn’t say anything, Lucas shook his head and went down the stairs.
“I’ll see you guys Thursday.”
“Maybe you won’t!” she snapped causing him to whip around and glare at her.
“Are you going to keep him from me?”
Fallon couldn’t control her breathing, she felt like she was going to pass out or fall into a puddle of tears. She hated that he knew her so well that he knew what she was thinking, what she was scared of.
He drove her crazy!
When Fallon didn’t say anything, he turned back around and headed towards his truck. Fallon watched as he got in and started it, before pulling out the driveway without giving her even a second glance. She felt like falling against the door and crying but knew it wouldn’t do any good, and plus Aiden might hear her. Fallon took a deep breath and headed inside, seeing that Aiden was still sitting in his chair, his head hung low.
Fallon walked by him and poured herself a bowl of soup before sitting in front of him. Nothing was said as she started eating.
When Aiden looked up at her, and said, “I’m sorry, Mom,” Fallon’s heart broke.
“Aiden James, you have nothing to be sorry about.”
“Yeah I do. If I didn’t hate baseball so much Lucas wouldn’t have got mad and pulled me from practice.”
Fallon couldn’t look Aiden in the eyes because she knew her eyes were full of tears. “It’s over with, no big deal.”
“You’re mad at us, though.”
“I’m not mad at either of you,” she said, and it was true.
There was no way she was mad at her baby, and Lucas, he was right. It was a power struggle on her end and she had to learn to deal with it. He had told her many times he wasn’t going anywhere when it comes to Aiden. Fallon had to put what happened between them aside when it came to Aiden, but with other things not so much. She would never trust him with her heart again, and she needed to keep reminding herself that she could not sleep with him.
That spelled disaster.
“I like Lucas a lot, Mommy,” Aiden said quietly, and Fallon smiled.
“I know honey, and he adores you. Y’all are good buds, huh?”
Aiden nodded slowly, still not looking up at her. “Why do I get to hang out with him a lot?”
Fallon shrugged her shoulders. “Do you not want to?”
“I do, but I’m usually with AA.”
Fallon thought for a moment. “I don’t know what to say, honey. I just thought maybe hanging with a guy would be good for you.”
Fallon’s pulse kicked into high gear, because if Aiden asked if Lucas was his dad, Fallon had no clue what to do. She couldn’t lie to him, but she also wanted Lucas there for that.
“I do, I was just wonderin’,” Aiden said as he continued to eat. “Lucas plays hockey.”
“I know,” Fallon answered.
“He says you used to like it. He said y’all were friends when you guys were younger.”
Fallon nodded, nervous since she didn’t know Lucas had told Aiden about them. “We did, and I used to.”
“Why don’t you now? It’s so awesome! We went to the arena today. I met all his trainers and all kinds of people. I got to run on the ice and slide across it, and Lucas chased me around and fell twice!” Aiden gushed as he giggled. Fallon smiled as he went on. “He bought me a new jersey and told me I could come to all the games I want. He said you can come too. Thursday, we are going shopping for all my equipment! He’s so cool.”
Fallon smiled as Aiden took in a deep breath. The kid talked a mile a minute. “Sounds awesome, honey.”