Back at work, Mandy and Brian kept looking at each other all throughout the day. Brian was about to go over to her to talk to her, despite being told not to by Mark, but stopped when he saw Nicky approaching her. He muttered something under his breath and sat back down, making Sam snort with laughter.
“There there Brian!” she giggled.
“What! The guy’s a fucking joke! Acting all nice to her, sending her all the wrong signals and then letting her down again. He is playing with her mind!” he hissed.
“Were you there when it happened?” she questioned him.
“Well, no but…” answered Brian.
“Well nothing. You cannot judge him can you?” interrupted Sam.
Brian stared at her. Damn her for being so outspoken, he thought. “Why are you defending him? The guy’s a fucking twat!”
“I am not defending anyone, Brian, but I am not siding with anyone either. This is none of our business, so really, we shouldn’t comment!” she answered.
“Pah, what do you know!” he moaned angrily looking back at them.
“What do you want, Nicky?” she asked.
“Look, can we talk please?” he pleaded.
“Why, so you can act like you love me again, and then throw it back in my face that I could never have you?” she spat.
“Mandz, I didn’t mean to give you false hope ok? You’ve got to believe me. I did mean what I said though. I still love you and care for you!” he sighed.
“Well, woopie-fucking-doodah!” sighed Mandy sarcastically.
Nicky stared at her, “Why can’t we be friends?”
Mandy’s face went red with anger, “How many more times must I answer that question? We cannot be friends, Nicky. We can’t! 1. because you cheated on me and 2. Because this is not some film with a nice happy ending where everyone ends up being mates. I cannot be friends with you Nicky. I can’t because for me it is all or nothing!”
Brian smiled to himself when he heard that, “Go Mandz. You tell him!” he whispered to himself..
Sam giggled and shook her head. Brian looked back and smiled, “What are you giggling about?”
“You!” she laughed, “You big freak!”
Brian grinned and turned to look at Mandy again. Nicky noticed Brian staring and rolled his eyes. He looked at Mandy again, “Can we please talk somewhere else by ourselves?”
“What’s wrong with speaking here?” she smirked.
“Well, half your colleagues are listening to us!” he shrugged.
“And that worries you, does it!” she grinned.
“Well, yeah it does!” he answered with a serious face.
Mandy shook her head, “Well, tough shit!” she snapped.
Nicky sighed angrily, “You know, you’re on about how I cheated on you and stuff, but you were no better!”
“H-how do you mean?” she stammered.
“You cheated on me too!” he snarled softly, leaning on the desk with his arms.
“What?” she shrieked. Everyone fell silent and looked at her. She looked around, smiled sheepishly and looked at Nicky again, “What the fuck are you on about?”
“You let that slip yesterday and I picked up on it. You said you and Brian had slept together twice!” he smirked.
“Yeah, so? Could have been when we were broken up!” she smirked.
“Well yeah. It could have been. Only it wasn’t, was it? You slept with him the day before Brian came over and I punched him in the face, didn’t you?” he growled.
Mandy just stood there speechless.
“Yeah. I thought as much.” He smirked victoriously, “So don’t you dare come across as all innocent. You were guilty too!”
“I was not the one who broke up this relationship, Nicky! And anyway, this is not about me. This is about you and your stupid preferences!” she snarled.
Nicky got closer to her, “Have you told anyone?”
“About what?” she sighed.
“About me…Being…Gay!” he whispered.
“Oh, Nicky! You say that like you are ashamed of it!” she mocked him in a sympathetic tone of voice.
Nicky looked at her and lifted a brow, wanting an answer.
Mandy sighed and looked at the papers on her desk, “Only Brian knows!” she admitted.
Nicky sighed and bowed his head down with his hands on his hips, “Great. The whole world probably fucking knows now!”
“No they don’t coz he has not told anyone!” came a voice from behind me. Mandy quickly looked up and Nicky quickly turned around.
“Good, you’d better keep it that way too!” he snarled.
“Or what?” asked Brian, pulling his chest out and getting closer to him.
“What’s the big deal, Nix?” smirked Mandy, “Seriously, are you ashamed of who you are? Coz you gave me the impression that you were comfortable with who you were. It was after all what you told me!”
“The big deal is that I have lots of friends who will stop being my friend once they find out!” he growled.
“OH, so you ARE ashamed then!” she grinned.
“No not ashamed. Just scared!” he sighed.
“Well, don’t you think it would be better to be honest with them then?” she shrugged.
“No, they wouldn’t understand!” he sighed again.
“Hmm you sure you’re just not more worried about being demoted than your friends turning their backs on you?” she smirked.
“No, they cannot demote me for being gay, I could sue them for that!” he smirked back.
“Ah, but they could just look for reasons to demote you and use that!” she added with a grin.
Nicky just stared at her, “Will you stop being such a fucking bitch, Mandy?” he sighed.
Brian got closer to him, “I dare ya to call her that again!” he growled.
Nicky looked right into his eyes, “Or what?”
“Or I’ll pay you back for what you did to my jaw the other night!” he snarled.
“Oh I would love to see you try!” laughed Nicky.
Brian got closer to him and Mandy lodged herself in the middle, “Enough! Argh too much testosterone in here.” She yelled. She looked at Brian and smiled, “Brian, just leave it. This has nothing to do with you!”
Nicky looked over at Brian, “And you’re a good one to talk, calling her a slapper!”
Brian heard the whole office gasp. He smiled, clearly embarrassed as he looked at the shocked faces around him and then he looked over at the smirking Nicky, “You’re treading on very thin ice, Byrne!” he threatened him.
Nicky smirked and Mandy turned around to look at him, “And you. You ever call me that again and I’ll see to myself that everyone in this office…NO…Make that, building…. everyone in this building known everything about you. And I mean EVERYTHING!!! And don’t think for one minute that I am kidding around Nicky. I will send circulars, I’ll put ads on every fucking notice board I see, I’ll send bulk emails to everyone. I’ll make sure you go down!” she threatened.
Nicky looked at her for a while and sighed, “So you won’t say anything then?”
“Just don’t cross me and I won’t!” she snarled.
“ok great thanks.” He smiled, “You coming to the party tonight?”
Mandy sighed and shook her head in disbelief, “We are still not mates Nicky, so stop acting like we are. And to answer your question, I dunno. I am not really in a party mood at the moment. But we’ll see!”
“You called her a slapper?” gasped Sam, looking at Brian.
Brian sighed and looked t Mandy, returning to her desk, “I don’t wanna talk about it.”
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