(Skye's POV)
About a week after Brie and Chibs had said their I love you's, Krystal and Juice were finally meeting us all in Belfast. I was going to have to give her the twenty I owed her. She had definitely rubbed it in my face when I had admitted that. I'd tried to get Brie to lie to her for me, but Brie wasn't going for it. She had told Krystal that she'd won the bet as soon as we'd called her to talk to her the next day. She had told us we were all going to sit down and have a talk when we had some time today. She missed our girl time. I kinda needed to talk about things with Wendy. I needed to know if I was worrying over nothing.
Something was off, I knew that much. She'd been more distant lately. She walked out of the room when answering calls when she never had before, and when she got a text while sitting next to me, she'd tilt the screen so I couldn't see it, when in the past, she wouldn't care if I saw her texts or not. I asked who she was talking to, and she just said a friend, but I didn't feel that was right. It was worrying me. I didn't want to lose her, but I didn't want things to keep going like this. I was going to try to talk to her soon.
When I woke up, she was out of bed. I decided to go find her. I found her outside on the stairs, having a conversation. She heard the door and quickly hung up, and I probably overreacted. "Why are you being so secretive?" I demanded. She gave me the same excuses, and I just sighed and shook my head. "Listen, if there's someone else, or whatever, at least tell me. I can't do this anymore if you can't be honest with me," I said softly. I waited, and she opened her mouth to speak, but the door opened and Tig and Chibs were coming outside for a smoke, so I turned and headed back inside.
There wasn't really a chance to talk after that. I was worried about whether our relationship had ended, but we had plans for the day, so I had to get in the shower. I guessed I would give her time to think about what she wanted and maybe we could talk later. Krystal, Brie and I were spending the day exploring by ourselves, as per her request. I got out of the shower and had just finished getting ready when Krystal and Juan arrived. Brie was already ready, so the three of us just started walking. The destination was the visitor center where the Titanic had been built. The rest of us had seen it already, but Krystal wanted to go, and Juice wasn't interested, so he was staying behind with the rest, and the Krystal was taking Brie and I to see it with her.
With large cups of hot chocolate, we began exploring. Juan insisted on coming with us initially, but she had told him that we'd be fine. She knew he didn't want to go, and she wanted some time alone with us, so he reluctantly agreed. He was extremely protective of Krystal, even though she could take care of herself. It was really sweet. I wanted someone who loved me that much one day. That made me think of Wendy, and I had to push the thought from my mind. I was trying to focus on Krystal as she told us all about her two weeks in Paris. I didn't want to bring them down with my drama.
As Krystal went on, I tried to focus on what she was saying. "It was SO beautiful, guys. It was honestly everything I dreamed it would be. The French people were rude, as everyone says, but I loved the energy of the city. And standing at the top of the Eiffel Tower at night, looking out over the city as the sun set and it began to light up," she trailed off, lost in thought. "It was great. Almost as good as the honeymoon sex," she grinned, and we both laughed. "By the way, gimme that 20, Skye," she said, remembering the bet, holding her hand out, then she demanded Brie tell her exactly how she'd said it, and why.
Taking a deep breath, Brie rolled her eyes, but began telling the story after I had handed over the bill. "Well, it was the day I met Fiona, who's a real bitch, by the way, but Kerrianne is great. You'll get to meet her today," she told Krystal, who nodded, but sent her a look telling her to go on. "Alright, anyway, we were all sitting in the living room, and I was sitting there, watching him talk and laugh with the guys, and I just felt so," she searched for the right word, "right. I mean, it felt perfect. I found myself thinking, I could get used to this. The butterflies I feel even when he simply looks at me, the tingles he sends up and down my spine with just a kiss. He looked over at me, noticing I was staring, and I just said it. I didn't even mean to. And he said it back. And I think I believe he means it, which may surprise me the most," she finished.
Grinning widely, Krystal resisted the urge to say 'I told you so,' but only for a minute. "I told you so! Both of you," she gestured to Brie, and then me. "I told you both, that Brie would say it first. And I told you, Skye, that you and Wendy would be good together, too, so I don't know why you guys ever doubt me. I'm good at this matchmaker thing. I know what I'm talking about," she was saying, but her bringing up Wendy again, made me think of our fight, and I had to fight back tears. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's wrong?" she pulled the three of us to an outdoor table at a Café nearby, and sat us down, looking at me intently.
Sighing, I knew I was going to have to explain it now. "I dunno. I really don't know what's wrong. Things have just been weird lately. She's having secret conversations. And I just don't know if she's found someone else or what. I've been stressing over it, but then this morning we had a fight. Well, I don't even know if it was a fight. I told her I couldn't handle any more secrets. And she needs to decide if she still wants me or not. I never got an answer because we were interrupted, and I haven't gotten a chance to talk to her since. I don't even know if we're still together or not," I explained, trying to keep the tears at bay.
To my surprise, Krystal started laughing. I looked at her in shock, but she quickly stopped. She composed herself, and reached over to put her hand on my arm. "Skye, dear, she doesn't have a secret girlfriend. She's been calling and texting me to figure out what to get you for Christmas. She's trying to find the perfect gift, and she wants to think of it on her own. So every time she comes up with an idea, she runs it by me, and I let her know if you'd like it or not," she explained. "When we get back, talk to her, dear. Everything will be okay," she reassured me.
Feeling like an idiot, I took another sip of my hot chocolate. "Really?" I asked as I mulled this all over, and she nodded earnestly. I had really messed up. And all that stressing had been for nothing. I hoped she would take me back. "God I'm an idiot. You know me though, I get worried and make problems out of nothing. She deserves so much better than me, and I just don't want her to realize that," I sighed, putting my head in my hands. "Do you think she'll forgive me for overreacting?" I asked, looking back up at Krystal and Brie.
Both of them put a hand on one of mine, giving them a squeeze. Krystal was the one who answered. "Listen, I've talked to Juan about her. She was in love with Jax for a long time. He says he can see the difference in her. She really loves you. I also know this from the way she's trying to get the perfect Christmas gift for you. So, I'm quite positive she'll forgive you. She doesn't want to lose you either. Stop being so hard on yourself. You know she's had her own issues in the past. If you can look past her issues, she can look past your issues. You most definitely do deserve her," she said, and Brie nodded in agreement.
Before I could respond, Brie spoke up. "Skye, you are amazing. Krystal and I both know it, and Wendy sees it, too. We've all been through shit, yet here we are, all three of us, and I'm so proud of who we've all become. We've come so far from the three broken, fucked up people we've been in the past. We've all dealt with our own mental illnesses, and yeah we still have days when we have to deal with them, but we're so much better than we have been in the past. We've all had so many days when we've wanted to end it, but we're all still here, almost at the end of another year, together, and I couldn't be more proud of the three of us," she said.
Wiping away the tears, I nodded. She was right. I took a deep breath. "I love you guys. Thanks for talking me through this, and thanks for always being here," I said, and they both said they loved me back. "Let's go. Krystal wants to see the place where the Titanic was built, and then I want to get back so I can make up with Wendy," I said, and the three of us got up and kept walking, sipping on our hot chocolate and gossiping about the two weeks since Krystal's wedding.
When we got back to the house later that evening, I found Wendy sitting in the living room talking to Tara and Jax, with Abel in her lap. "Can we talk?" I asked when she looked up at me. She nodded and Abel jumped out of her lap so she could get up and follow me outside. "I'm really sorry. I get insecure sometimes and Krystal explained things and I shouldn't have been freaking out. Can you forgive me?" I asked, and she answered with a kiss. "So we're all good?" I clarified when she broke the kiss, and she told me that of course we were. She wanted to fix things earlier, but we had never gotten the chance to talk. "I love you," I said, and she said it back before we went back inside.
A/N: Minor change. I took Brooke and Rat out of the last chapter and I'm not gonna have them in Europe, since they just spent their savings recently on their road trip, I figured it didn't make sense for them to have the money to go to Europe too. And I had Opie and Lyla stay in Charming cuz they still have the new baby (although I need to go back and reread to check and see how old the baby is now. I need to figure out my timeline again. I think only like a year has passed. That sounds about right. For some reason everything that's happened has made it seem like longer. Or I'm just having trouble remembering and I need to go back to reread all of it. Lol, that's possible too.). Also, because I'm going to up the drama next part, with deaths and such, I decided they're not out of guns yet. In a few chapters (I can't remember which one) Tara kinda explains what happened. I did want to give you this chapter for New Years, though (fair warning: I did not sleep last night because I was working all night, so I'm going on about 36 hours of no sleep, meaning my editing skills might not be perfect, so I'm sorry for any errors I missed when I read through this), as my gift to you guys. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter and I'll end this horribly long A/N now so you can (hopefully!) review. Thanks to everyone who reads and reviews. Next chapter is back to Krystal's POV for Thanksgiving.
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