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Chapter 10

"EDDIE!" Willow squealed as she opened the door and engulfed me in a hug. She always was the hugging type, she even hugged Victor!

"Hey Willow!" I managed to get out when she let go of me. "How've you been?"

"Good! But enough about me! Come inside! Alfie's in the other room!"

I did as I was told and followed her into the other room, to see Alfie on the couch stuffing his face with popcorn.

"Eddie!" He said when he noticed me, "So good to see you!"

"Hey Alfie! You haven't changed a bit!" I said shaking his hand.

"So what's up with you, save the world from egyptian spirits lately?"

We all laughed at that comment. Willow was told everything after graduation. She was shocked at first, but then was proud that "her little Alfie" was part of it all.

We hung out for a while, and it was actually fun catching up with all my old buds. I don't know why Patricia and I never kept in touch.

Patricia. I sighed when I remembered the real reason I was here.

"Everything okay?" Alfie asked. I looked up to see concerned looks from him and Willow.

"Not really. Fabian told you what happened right?"

"Oh how Patricia went to live with Piper? Yeah..." Willow said trailing off.

I sighed, and we sat in silence for a while. Nobody really knew what to say. "I'm gonna... go to bed now. Thanks for everything, really, it means a lot." I said giving them a genuine smile, but it still didn't cover up how I felt inside.

Apparently Willow could sense my hurt, and she followed me to their guest room.

"Hey Eddie?" She said speaking up.

I turned around to face her.

"You're going to get her back, you know that right?"

I sighed. "I don't know, Patricia has always been a little stubborn and bad at sharing feelings..."

"That doesn't change how she feels about you." She said proving her point.

"Yeah... but, what if it does? What if she's moved on already, she doesn't even know I'm coming and-" I stopped when she put her hand on my shoulder.

"Forget all the reasons it won't work, and believe in the one reason that it will, okay?"

I smiled and nodded. "Thanks," And with that I gave her a hug and settled into the bed.

Willow was right, I just needed to keep believing everything would be okay.

I woke up earlier than usual. I figured I would take the opportunity to shower, since I hadn't properly showered in days. It was actually pretty gross. Patricia would disapprove.

I was getting closer to her, which made me happy, yet nervous. What was I even going to say to her? I couldn't just be like "I'm sorry, Come back" because that wouldn't fly with her.

But if I did some giant romantic gesture, she wouldn't like that either. Why did I have to fall for the most complicated girl out there?

6 hours later, I was somewhere in the middle of Ohio. Alfie and Willow had wished me luck, before giving me food for the road. Willow remembered how much I liked to eat, much like Alfie.

I promised to keep them updated, as I had so far. But when my phone beeped, it wasn't Alfie,

or Willow,

or Joy,

or Jerome,

or Fabian

asking how my trip was coming along. It was Piper, and what the message said worried me more than anything.

She knows. And she is NOT happy.

I sighed and slammed my fist on the wheel. Just when I though everything was going to be okay.

Who knows what Patricia'll do. She could take off, again, and I might not see her again ever.

That's when I started to panic. I sat there staring at my phone, thinking of something to say back to Piper.

But just as my phone's screen went black, so did everything else.