"That's it! I'm leaving!" He yelled loudly, sure that the kids could hear him. In fact, he had no doubt they could hear. He didn't care. They needed to hear. Needed to know what their mother was really like.
"Junior! I told you, it isn't what you think!" She screamed, running after him and trying to catch his arm. He turned around and had such a look of anger on his face that she instantly backed away.
"Oh yeah? Then explain why you two were hugging," he said, a little more quietly this time.
"You're overreacting. Please, just let me explain," Kris said to her husband, trying to console him with the comfort of her voice. It didn't work this time. She could tell that he wouldn't let it work this time. He continued his wrath of stomping and went up the stairs to their bedroom.
"Seriously, Kris," he said when they were both in the safety of their bedroom, "I thought we were done with that a long time ago. You knew how I felt about it. You knew how much you hurt me last time. God, I just- I thought you loved me," He said quietly, feeling hotness at the back of his eyes as he stared at the carpet. "But, I guess I was wrong. Apparently being married means nothing to you and you can still walk all over me. Well, not any more."
"Junior, you know I love you. And our being married does mean so much to me. Please, just listen," she pleaded, tears streaming down her face fully now.
"I don't need to, Kris. I know what I saw," he said as he grabbed a duffel bag from the closet. "I'm staying in a hotel for a few days. I think it's best for us to not talk for a while." He grabbed a pile of clean clothes off a chair and grabbed onto the handle of the duffel bag, lugging down the stairs, trying to ignore the sobbing woman that tried to get in his way.
He threw the duffel bag in the backseat of his Porsche and backed out of the driveway. He didn't want them to be apart for good, he just needed time. Maybe he should have told her that, but with how he currently felt, he just couldn't muster up the niceness inside of him. Junior knew he should have listened to her, but it just hurt too much at the time. He didn't let her explain because he was afraid of the explanation. He would come back as soon as his head was cleared. He would come back and everything would be settled.
He decided on a hotel only three miles from their home. He checked himself in and tried to get as settled as he could. He fell asleep faster than he would have thought given the certain circumstances. However, he tossed and turned all night long. He couldn't stop her from entering his thoughts. Especially when they were subconscious thoughts. Then he really couldn't help it. Pictures of them together haunted his mind. He finally got up, putting on clothes and looking at the clock, which read 4:45 A.M. He went to the parking lot and got back into his car, grabbing his duffel bag.
She lay in bed, thinking over their fight. She knew that maybe this time things couldn't be fixed. She knew that if he didn't believe her, then maybe his love for her was running out. She couldn't, no she wouldn't, deal with that. She flipped over and looked out the window. She heard gentle sobs coming from the room right next to hers, and then, not long after, multiplications of those. She recognized them as Bailey's, Gavin's, and Keegan's.
She walked over to their room, where the door was cracked and saw them, huddled together. They looked up at her and she gave them a pitying look. They all ran up to her and hugged her legs tightly.
"Guys, it's fine. Daddy just went out for a little bit, okay?" She said to them, rubbing their backs softly and comfortingly.
The nodded at her and then, when their heaves of crying breath had subsided, went back to their beds. She walked out and back into her room. Not long after she lay down, she found herself in a fit of sobs. She knew now what she needed to do. And it wouldn't make her happier, nor Junior, but it would be best for the kids. And they were her first priority right now.
A/N: Okay, i know i said on the GC forum that it was gonna be long, but i decided to make it shorter and leave it on a cliffhanger! Aren't i NICE?! lol. so review! i'm going to torture everyone by expecting 5 reviews before I get the next chapter up! you can also review on the GC forum and I will count those!
