the right thing

Craig wasn't sure what he was looking for anymore. Especially, with Chloe around. He had every right to hate her as she did him, but as it was she had perhaps saved him from going to the hospital with pneumonia.

He hadn't meant for that happened. He had hoped he wouldn't have seen her at all, but Kadan was gone. Gone to the states and left her and baby Caroline to fend for themselves he suspected. Although, she never said as much. She never really talked about Kadan. Except that she was excited for him and hoped she would hear from him soon.

Still he wondered if she suspected anything. Him and Kadan.

Perhaps she was above that. Her faith in him would some how suffice. He thought now watching her with her little one.

He'd vowed they would not be friends in the beginning when he first laid eyes on her. Now he found himself looking forward to seeing her. To share tea with her, or maybe a walk in the park with the baby. He couldn't quite remember when it began or when he stopped thinking about Kadan's eyes or his hands even his bum.

"Do you think about him much?" He asked one day when they were bundled up enjoying a fresh winter's day at the park.

"Constantly." She smiled, hugging herself as if she'd have to until Kadan came back.

"Good." It wasn't a lie he told her. He felt she should think of him constantly. After all she was the mother of his child. He smiled back. "And you haven't forgotten his smile or his hands?"

"Never."

"I'm sure he thinks of you constantly too," Craig said but was sure Kadan didn't. Craig was sure Kadan thought of no one but himself. And it made him angry to think where or what Kadan might be up too.

She took his hand then. Told him he'd been a good friend to Kadan. Told him how she appreciated him being there for him.

"He adores you , that I know is true." Her sincerity unnerved him. He thought he might cry, but instead he suggested that maybe he should stay with her for awhile. Actually, just to get away from the footballers in his flat would be a vacation.

"I think its the right thing to do." But then he wondered if he ever knew what the right thing was.