TRAPPED
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NOTES: This part of the fic may be a tad graphical towards the end, so you might want to cover your eyes lmao. Nah I tried to tone it down as best i could.
Disclaimer: The only character I own is Chris :). And thank you Cec for the borrowing of your vase throwing idea hehe!.
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As Connor caught site of Laura coming towards him, he shot her a look of disgust. He was absolutely sickened by the way that Laura had pretended to be so close to Bron, when all the time she was only after one thing, Chris.
“I hope you’re satisfied” snarled Connor
“Connor please… I didn’t-“she tried to defend herself but couldn’t get a word in edgewise.
“No! don’t you try and defend yourself! The least you could do is admit that it was wrong!!!” Connor yelled.
As Luke came out of the lift he could hear the commotion.
“Have you any idea what you’ve done Laura?!!!” continued Connor
“Con-“
“HAVE YOU???!!!!!”
“Hey, what’s going on?” Luke asked as he stood beside them “I can hear you two from the lifts”
“It’s nothing” whispered Laura
“Nothing?!” exclaimed Connor loudly “Nothing?!!!!”
“CONNOR CALM DOWN” Luke yelled over the top of him “look things are obviously getting out of hand here… maybe you should take a break Laura”
“She just had one” snarled Connor “Maybe she should find a new job! Would make all our lives easier”
“Alright that’s enough!” said a frustrated Luke.
Bron emerged from her office with her belongings, ready to leave the hospital
“Bron I think you need to have a word with these two” Luke said referring to both Laura and Connor “Connor seems to think he can throw his weight around due to the fact that he’s 2ic. He seems to think that Laura needs to find a new job.”
“Well maybe she does!” Bron said bitterly as she headed towards the elevator.
Look stood shocked as he saw her walk away. As the doors opened, Chris was in view of everyone. Bron quickly turned to walk away from him, trying to head towards the stairs but he quickly grabbed hold of her arm in full view of everyone else.
“Let go of me!” she demanded
“We need to talk Bron!” he said forcefully
“I don’t have anything to say” Bron said as she tugged herself out of his grip and started heading back towards Connor for security.
Connor couldn’t handle it anymore. He could no longer stand by and watch as the tears falling down Bron’s face. Suddenly he slammed Chris up against the wall and began yelling “YOU PRICK!!!.” Before Chris could do a thing, Connor threw a punch which was sure to give Chris a black eye.
Luke quickly stepped in and pulled Connor back “Connor come on, calm down” he demanded.
Struggling under Luke’s hold, Connor could only use words to fight Chris “You bastard! I hope you’re satisfied!.”
Bron couldn’t watch any longer. She needed to get out of that place. She moved quickly past Laura, then past Chris as she muttered “You stay away from me Chris.”
“What the hell was that all about?” Luke asked as he entered the NUM office, closing the door behind him.
“The bastards been screwing Laura behind Bron’s back”
Luke was stunned “What?... Are you sure?”
“She saw them together” explained Connor
“Shit… maybe I should go and see how she is…”
“You know all these years I thought you were a prick… boy was I wrong.”
As Luke came through the front door, Bron came from the bathroom. She didn’t notice him till she had finished wiping the remaining tears from her eyes. She looked up at him as he moved towards her. She could see by the look on his face that he knew.
“Go on you can say it” Bron said softly
“Say what?” Asked Luke
“I told you so” she sniffled “I know that’s what you’re thinking. You were the one telling me I should get out before I get hurt, and now look at me.”
“Bron you couldn’t have known” Luke said as he wiped a tear from her face. His hand slid down and held hers in his.
“You know what the worse thing about this whole situation is?” Bron whispered as she looked into Luke’s deep blue eyes.
“What?”
“I’m almost as bad as he is”
“You’re nothing like him Bron!” Luke was quick to her defence.
“Yes I am Luke. We both know it’s true. It’s damn hard trying to pretend that all I want from you is friendship. I was close to giving in and I’m sure in a few more days I would have. That makes me as bad as him.” Explained Bron as more tears formed in her eyes.
“It’s different” Luke replied
“How?” queried Bron “It isn’t. It’s the same thing. The only difference between you and I, and Chris and Laura is that he gave in and I didn’t.” Bron pulled away slowly before heading up stairs to her room.
At
about
“Is that all you brought?” Bron asked as Connor put a pile of paperwork on the table in front of her. She needed to escape everything, the only way she could ever escape was to do large amounts of paperwork.
“Yeah, that’s heaps! And besides if you want more, you can always come in and get it”
Luke put the last dish away and before slipping past Connor and sitting at the table opposite Bron. “You going to sit down or what?” he teased.
As Connor sat down, the distinct sound of Chris’s car was heard. “One guess who that is.. do you want Luke and I to leave?” asked Connor.
“Not really, but it might be a good idea.”
“Alright. Well come on Lukey I’ll take you to the local for a beer or two hey?”
An hour later as Luke, looked at his watch “Wonder how its going?”
Connor chuckled “How do you think its going mate? I don’t think it’ll be too much of a picnic for Bron.”
Luke glaired at Connor “That’s not what I meant Connor.”
The smile quickly disappeared from Connor’s face, he hadn’t expected Luke to be quite so snappy, after all it was only a joke. “Yeah I know… sorry.”
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Connor came to the realisation that Luke still hat feelings for Bron, feelings which ran deeper than friendship, feelings which led him to be quick to defend her. “I see what’s going on here. You’re still in love with her” Connor said as the bartender brought them each a beer.
Luke looked over at Connor in astonishment. How had Connor picked up on his feelings so easily?. “Well you’re seeing wrong” was his response.
“I’m right aren’t I?. Don’t try and deny it because I recognise the signs! You’re quick to her defence, worried about her, overly kind to her… you’re infected by the love bug!.” Connor laughed.
“So what if I am? What am I doing? This isn’t any of your business anyway!” snapped Luke as he stood up to leave.
“Hey hang on” Connor said following Luke towards the door “You know she feels exactly the same about you.”
Luke turns to face him “Did she say that?”
“No, not as such… I can just tell. I can read her like a book you know… she was the same way when you two first got together, it was so obvious that it wasn’t funny. She kept falling over herself to be around you… these days she’s got you living in her house mate! Think about it.” Connor looked back over at the bar “come on lets go finish off those beers, I’m sure Chris hasn’t left yet. And I’m sure Bron hasn’t finished hurling things at him.”
After an hour of talking, things were starting to get heated as the truth came out.
“How long Chris?!!!” Bron demanded to know. She needed to know, even though it disgusted her to the core, she had to find out for piece of mind if nothing else.
“On and off for a year” Chris told her.
“A year.” Bron repeated “You’ve been seeing her for an entire year and you didn’t bloody tell me?!!!.”
“Look it didn’t mean anything. She was just there. After the miscarriage-“
“You went to her when I lost the baby?!!!” Bron screamed “Oh it all makes sense now, everything is falling into place.”
“Well none of this would be happening if you had just listened to me! If you hadn’t worked yourself into the ground, you would never have lost the baby and we wouldn’t be having this conversation!!!.” He was infuriated now after remaining so calm for so long.
“Get out!” Bron yelled as she pointed towards the door. She couldn’t bear the thought of him blaming her for their broken marriage, he was the one who had committed adultery, not her.
He glaired at her as tears ran down her face freely, then headed towards the door. He turned back.
“Get out!!!” She screamed as she picked up a vase given to them by her mother-in-law and hurled it in his direction. He shifted quickly and avoided the vase by before quickly retreating to the safety of his car.
“You know it’s getting kinda late” Connor said as he placed his empty glass on the bar “maybe we should think about heading back to Bron’s.”
“Yeah. Good idea.” Luke replied
They walked through the door to find Bron down on her knees picking up the pieces of the broken vase. She looked up to find Connor and Luke standing in front of her.
“Didn’t go well then?” Connor asked
“No… it didn’t” Bron muttered as she stood up and dumped the remainders of the vase in the bin. She turned to face them “He’s been with her for a year, a bloody year!.”
“A year” Connor repeated “But that means…”
“Yes that’s right Connor. You get the jackpot mate!”
“The bloody prick. He needs his bloody head read! I cant believe he would go to *her* so soon after you…”
“Look Connor… just leave it” She said, her voice shaky now “He’s not worth the energy.”
Connor nodded “Alright sorry… so what now?”
“What now?” Bron repeated, whilst half asking herself “I don’t know what I should do.”
“Alright, you defiantly need time off work right? So I’ll be acting NUM” said Connor assertively
“No. I don’t want any time off. I need to work”
“Bron-“ Luke tried to reason with her
“Luke just but out alright!” she spat. She looked away for a moment, then back at Luke “I, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. Ok I’ll take some time off.”
“Ok” Connor said gently “Well I better go… you ring if you need me ok?”
“Yeah, ok” Bron said as her colleague headed out the door.
Luke looked over at Bron as he sat at the table. She was so fragile, she looked like she was going to cry at any moment. He could tell that she was holding it back. He thought about going over to her, he wanted to make it all go away. But he knew that if he did, he wouldn’t want to let her go.
After a few minutes Luke finally broke the silence “Bron are you ok?”
Suddenly Bron turned on Luke, she couldn’t help but snap “What kind of a question was that?!!! Do you *really* think I would be *alright* in a situation like this?!!!. My life has gone down the drain practically over night! And you’re standing there asking if I’m alright!!!”
Luke stood up and went over to her, he placed his hand on her shoulder “I know it’s hard but-“
“No!” yelled Bron “You don’t know anything! You walk back into my life after 6 years and claim to know me, and what I’m feeling, when really you know *nothing*!!!.”
“I haven’t spoken to you in six years because you wanted nothing to do with me Bron!” Retorted a self-protective Luke. “In case you’ve forgotten, you are the one that cut all the ties between us! Not me!.”
“Oh so its my fault now is it Luke?! I see! So I was the one shagging the CEO was I?! I was the one *lying*. I was the one who broke *your* heart!. Look I don’t need you watching over me all the time! I don’t need you making everything harder! I especially don’t need you telling me that you know me, when you don’t!!!.” Hot tears began to run down her cheeks. She was angry at him for knowing her so well. He always knew when she was going to fall apart and she hated it. She hated it because she wanted to fall into his arms so badly, she wanted him to hold her so badly. The past needed to be brought up again, she had to put some distance between them.
“I’m not even going to try and defend myself Bron. That was way out of line” He goes off into his room closing the door behind him.
Bron felt like the tears would never stop. It had been an hour since her and Luke’s argument and all she had done was cry. She knew her harsh words had hurt him. She had to fix things though, she didn’t want to loose him as well.
Slowly she walked down the stairs, she didn’t know what she was going to say, but she knew that she needed to apologise. She tapped on Luke’s door before entering the room. “Luke…” She was about to go on but stopped mid sentence when she noticed the packed suitcases sitting by the door. “What are you doing?” she aksed.
Luke didn’t turn to face her as he continued to put some remaining items in the third suitcase “What do you think I’m doing?” he said coldly.
“Luke I’m sorry” She said softly as she moved towards him “I didn’t mean what I said I was just upset. And you were there…I”
“Look if you’re just apologising to me because you want me to stay then don’t.” He snapped as he moved past her and grabbed some shirts from the wardrobe “It won’t make any difference. It’s a bad Idea me staying here.” He turned to see hear tearstained face “What you said was *way* out of line. It was bloody years ago for gods sake!.”
As he proceeded to pack the final suitcase Bron just watched. Once again the tears were falling. She wanted so badly for him to stay, she needed him. “Please stay” she begged as she grabbed hold of his arm “please” she whispered.
Luke tuned to face her yet again, the coldness had now disappeared from his voice and was replaced with warmth “I can’t Bron.” He knew he couldn’t, the temptation was too much, he couldn’t handle living with her, knowing that he couldn’t have her.
“You’ll be ok” He said as he held her hand in his before leaning down and kissing her on the forehead. As he was slowly pulling away his eyes met hers.
“Don’t go” Bron whispered as she brought his lips to hers. The kiss was soft and gentle before increasing to a faster, heated one.
Bron didn’t care anymore. She didn’t care about what her mind was telling her to do. She had to listen to her heart, her heart wanted Luke. They were both at a stage where their hearts had ambushed their minds.
Luke’s hand slowly crept up the inside of her shirt. Her skin was just as he had remembered it, so soft and smooth.
Layer by layer of clothing fell to the ground before Luke picked Bron up and placed her on the bed gently. He looked into her eyes before planting kisses all over her body. He knew she needed to feel loved.
Soft moans escaped her mouth as his lips brushed against her. She felt so special whenever she was with him. Her hands slid down his body then back up into his hair. She loved his hair, so soft and smooth, never oily.
“Oh god Luke” She brought his head up to hers and began to kiss him wildly. “I can’t wait any longer.”
Luke smiled before planting kisses down her neck. He felt her shudder beneath her as he entered her.
As she clung to him their bodies moulded as one, their pace quickened, their love was obvious.
“Luke” she managed to whisper breathlessly
He looked into her eyes.
“I love you” she whispered, even though she knew it was far too soon for mentioning the L word.
At that moment she climaxed, she clung to him, digging into his back with her nails, trying not to hurt him.
As he followed, moans of pleasure filled the room
TO BE CONTINUED (and sorry again for the graphics lol)
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