Long time, no update huh? So sorry about that. I just honestly had no creative juices flowing this last month.
Anywhoo, here I am with an update. It is a pretty short chapter, but I hope you peeps still enjoy!
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It was one of those times for that rare trip home. It never failed for John to be excited about it; having some home cooked meals, along with that quality time spent with family and friends. What he hadn't expected and what he could've done without was the persistent nagging he was getting from everybody about this godforsaken high school reunion. Wasn't hearing it from Randy enough? Maybe he should've held off on the trip until after was all said and done.
"You're trying to avoid you know who." Greg, the oldest of the four boys teased. "I'd have kicked your ass senseless if was her. You really did that girl wrong."
John sighed. "Can we please just get off this subject?" The annoyance evident in his voice. "And I'm not trying to avoid anyone. I just don't want to go."
"I've been your brother for thirty years now, I think I know you better than anybody."
"I really don't fucking care. I just want you to shut up about this already."
Greg smiled, knowing just what buttons to push. "Do you think she's married?"
John snickered as he sipped at the bottle of beer. "Since it seems like you know everything, you tell me."
Greg gave a light hearted chuckle. "You know I'm just messing with you bro." John just eyed him. "And actually no, I don't know if she's married or not. I do know she's currently living in Atlanta. Received a job offer down there, after working a couple years here."
"And you know this how?" John asked impressed. "Is there something I don't know?"
Greg rolled his eyes and just went on to ignore his brother. "Someone had to apologize for my brother being a jackass." John pumped his fist as Greg raised his hands in defense. "Mom is still good friends with her mom, and they keep each other updated. That's how I know."
John nodded as he finished off the alcohol. "She's working as a Veterinarian, isn't she?"
It was Greg's turn to be impressed. "So, you do keep up on her."
"No." John caught himself smiling then, as memories flooded his mind. "I just always knew it's what she wanted to do. Even when she didn't think so." He'd also known that he was going to ask her to marry him then too, but obviously, not everything works out the way you want it to. "I wasn't as bad a guy as everyone thought." John defended.
Greg nodded his head as he stood. "There's no need to defend yourself to me, little brother. I know the great guy you've turned out to be, I just don't think Jordan does anymore."
"Jordan." He spoke out loud to himself. It had been the first time anyone had said her name. Why was this coming back up again? It'd been ten long years ago since they'd said goodbye to each other. They both had their own separate successful lives. She'd probably forgotten about him anyway, so why was everyone making a big ass deal about this? Why he was making a big ass deal about it, was the bigger question.
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Jordan flipped impatiently through a Cosmo magazine, as her mom went on and on about all the recent happenings back home. It's not that Jordan wasn't interested in what her mother had to say, just the topic at hand was what she could've done without. But she listened in anyway, giving a "That's nice" and an "Oh really" here and there, when it seemed fit to. It wasn't long before her mother caught on and called Jordan out on her less than enthused attitude.
"Are you ever gonna get over what that boy did to you?"
Jordan snorted at that. "Oh mother, please don't think I'd give ever give him that much pleasure."
Rebecca Cross wasn't stupid. She knew how much animosity her daughter still had toward the second oldest of the Cena boys. "He's actually turned out to be quite the gentleman."
Yeah. I bet he has. "Do you ever just call to ask how I'm doing?"
"Oh, stop it with that selfish attitude Jordan." She started to scold. "And don't even try to change the subject either."
Jordan gave an exaggerated sigh. "Sorry to burst your bubble mother, but I have more important things to do then reminisce about someone who's no longer existent in my life."
"I'll tell Eve you say hello." And before Jordan knew it, she was the one being hung up on.
"Love you too." Making a face, as she put the phone back on it's charger.
Eve was John's mother, of course. She'd been like a second one to Jordan and her brother. Even she had warned her about her son. "I worry about that boy sometimes" and "I don't know how he grabbed someone as sweet as you". Jordan had wished to stay in touch with Mama Cena; what she'd called the older woman for all those years. But under the circumstances, it would have been too hard and too complicated.
What was she doing? That was all done and over with now. Jordan was pretty sure that Eve Cena wasn't worried about losing touch with her son's ex-girlfriend, so why was she so worried about it? Just as she had told her mother and Lacey to stop talking about all this, here she was doing the exact opposite. Ten years later and he still managed to hold some kind of power over her. Stupid fuckin' high school reunion. Bringing up shit that should stay where it belongs. In the past.
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