Georgie put her black pea coat on. It had started snowing the night before. She and Dillon had lied awake in each other's arms watching the snow fall for awhile. Yesterday was one of the best days of her life. If she could go back, she wouldn't change a single thing about it.
"Georgie?" Dillon called out, startling her. She turned around to see him standing behind her. "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you…you okay?"
"Yeah," Georgie laughed. "I was just thinking about yesterday." She threw her arms around his neck. "Thank you."
"For what?" Dillon asked putting his hands on her back.
"For everything. You have been so good to me and I totally appreciate it," Georgie said giving him a warm smile.
Dillon leaned in towards her and gave her soft kiss on her lips. "You sure you don't want me to come with you?"
"I'll be fine," she said smiling. She kissed his cheek. "I'll see you later." She let go of him and headed towards the door.
"Just call me if you need anything," Dillon said to her. Georgie turned around to face him.
"I will," she smiled. She opened the door and left. She rested her head against the door once she closed it and breathed deeply. She really didn't want to go see Ryan by herself. In all honesty, she was scared to death. She knew what Ryan was capable of. She knew what she had to do though. She had to stand up for herself and not let him take control.
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Georgie knocked on her dorm room door and stood there for about a minute waiting for Ryan to open the door but he never came. She finally dug through her purse to look for her dorm room key. She found it and shoved it into the keyhole and turned so the lock would open. She slowly opened the door and peeked inside. There was Ryan passed out on their bed. Georgie opened the door all the way and shook her head at him in disgust. She closed the door quietly behind her.
She silently prayed to herself that he wouldn't wake up. Even though the whole point of her coming was to talk to him. She scratched out the idea and thought about grabbing some clothes for herself. She kneeled down to look under her bed for an empty duffle bag and found a big one. She pulled it out and blew the dust off of it and placed it on her desk.
Georgie went over to her closet and took out majority of her clothes and squished them into the bag. She went into the bathroom and grabbed her personal items and also put them in her bag. She looked around her room and realized she still had a lot of stuff she needed to take. Georgie kneeled down again and found an empty box and pulled it out. Georgie grabbed her school books and notebooks and dumped them into it. She opened her drawer in the desk and pulled out her things and put those in the box as well. She looked around the room again and figured that, that would do it for now.
All of sudden she heard a loud groan. She turned around and saw Ryan waking him. She started panicking but didn't know what to do. She looked around as if there would be someone there to help her. What was she thinking? Ryan couldn't hurt her now. She was strong enough to take care of herself and she could definitely hold him off.
Ryan slowly sat up in the bed. He blinked a few times to make sure that Georgie was actually standing there. "Georgie?" He asked. He stared at her finally realizing that she was there. "I knew you would come back to me."
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Dillon walked into the PC Grill. He spotted Diego and went over to him.
"Hey man," Dillon said sitting down across from him.
"I ordered you a beer," Diego said pushing the glass towards Dillon.
"Thanks," Dillon said taking a big gulp.
"Rough morning?" Diego asked him.
"Actually, I couldn't have asked for a better morning," Dillon said happily. "Georgie and I are…together now."
Diego chocked on his beer and spit some out. "What?" He asked Dillon in shock.
"Yeah, the night before yesterday…things happened fast and we 'hooked up'," Dillon said making quotation marks with his fingers. "I still can't believe it. But yeah we're together," Dillon said nodding his head.
"Wow. Never thought I'd see the day," Diego said. "Finally."
"I know. Wow, I can't even tell you how happy I am. It's just…wow, it's just incredible. I mean this is the girl that I've liked since forever and now I finally have her. It's just so overwhelming."
"I'm happy for you man," Diego said.
"Thanks," Dillon said happily.
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"I didn't come back to you," Georgie said softly. "We need to talk."
"I know exactly what you're gonna say sweetheart. Come, sit next to me." Ryan said patting the spot next to him on the bed. Georgie didn't move though. She stared at him straight in the eye.
"I'm breaking up with you," Georgie said. "We're over," She said in a slight whisper.
"Excuse me?"
"We're over Ryan. I'm not gonna take you back. That's all I came here to tell you. I might come back later to get the rest of my stuff," Georgie said turning around. She picked up her duffel bag and slung it over her shoulder.
"Let's talk about this Georgie," Ryan said standing up. "You don't understand how much I'm hurting. I-I mean I've been worried sick. Where were you yesterday?"
"Why do you care? I bet you were probably with that girl anyway or-or drunk."
"I was only drinking because I missed you so much."
"None of it matters anymore Ryan. I'm through of you. I can't put up with it anymore. You cheating on me finally gave me a big enough reason to leave you."
"So you're just gonna throw away everything we have? Our past? Georgie, we love each other. Don't you love me enough to forgive me?"
"See that's where you're wrong," Georgie said as she started crying. "I don't love you," she said quietly. "Ryan you have hurt me so much. And I am so done with just sitting back and taking it. I won't live like this anymore."
"Georgie, please give me another chance. I promise I won't cheat again. I'll never see that girl again."
"That's not it!" Georgie said raising her voice. "It's not just that Ryan. You've hurt me. Physically and emotionally and I can't forgive that. I can't."
Georgie tried lifting up the box with her things in it but she couldn't.
"It's too heavy for you to carry," Ryan said pointing out the obvious.
"Well do you want to carry it for me?" Georgie asked staring at him.
Ryan stared at her back and finally said, "No. Take it yourself."
Georgie dragged the box against the floor and towards the door. She had never been so hurt in her life. She did care about Ryan and when he treated her like this she felt like so berated. She opened the door and turned around for one last look. Ryan wasn't looking at her. He stared down at the floor waiting for her to leave. She opened the door and pushed the box outside. She closed it quietly behind her. She stood there for a minute wondering how to get the box downstairs.
She heard a loud crash from the room behind her and closed her eyes shut. She was tempted to go back in but decided against it.
"Georgie…"
Georgie opened her eyes and saw Brook standing in front of her.
"Georgie, you're a mess! What happened?" Brook asked concerned.
"A lot," Georgie replied rubbing her forehead. She wiped the tears from her face with her hands. "You think you can help me get this box to my car?"
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"As much as I'm hurting, I know I'll get over it fast because now I have Dillon and I know he's going to make everything better," Georgie said to Brook. They were sitting at Kelly's having coffee.
"Well I hope everything gets better for you. This Dillon person sounds like a great guy and I'm just really glad you finally got rid of Ryan."
"Me too."
"It might take you awhile to get over him but it's the best thing."
"I know," Georgie said. "Thank you for listening."
"What are best friends for?" Brook said smiling. She leaned over the table and gave Georgie a hug.
"Well I better get back to the apartment. Thanks again and we definitely need to meet up sometime soon and catch up. I'm really curious about this James guy," Georgie said standing up with a huge smile on her face.
Brook laughed. "You'll find out all about him the next time we talk," she said getting up.
"Sounds good," Georgie said. Georgie hugged her again tightly. "I'll see you later." She said leaving Kelly's.
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Dillon stuck his key into the keyhole to his apartment. He took it out and opened the door and saw Georgie sleeping on the couch. He smiled to himself. He closed the door behind him and went over the Georgie. He sat down on the coffee table and faced her.
He still couldn't believe this was happening. That he was actually here. With her. It was so surreal and he wanted to savor every moment. He watched her sleep. She seemed like she was finally at peace. Dillon leaned down closer to her and breathed in her scent.
Her eyes started opening slowly. She brought a hand to her face and started rubbing one eye. She yawned loudly and finally opened her eyes completely to see Dillon staring back at her.
"Oh my God!" She yelped. She sat up straight realizing that it was Dillon. "That's the second time you scared me today!"
Dillon couldn't stop laughing. "I'm sorry," he laughed. "I didn't mean to scare you. I was just watching you sleep."
'You could have warned me or something."
"How would I have warned you? You were sleeping!"
"So…" Georgie said confused. "Whatever," she said rubbing her face. She pulled her pink tank top down after she realized that it was halfway up her stomach. She started blushing a little after she saw that Dillon watching her.
Dillon chuckled. He got off the coffee table and sat down dangerously close to her on the sofa. He let his hand wander around in her hair.
"How was your day?" He asked her softly.
"Interesting and yours?"
"I had a nice time thinking about you all day."
Georgie smiled. "You couldn't get me out of your head?"
"Not even for a second."
Georgie grinned ear to ear. She leaned in and kissed him deeply. She wrapped her hands around his neck and softly caressed him.
Dillon let his hands fall down to her waist. He kissed her back with the same intensity. Georgie slowly fell back on the sofa so that Dillon was on top of her. He kissed her along her jaw line and down her neck. He moved back up and kissed her ear and whispered, "I love you." Georgie took his face in her hands and made him look at her. She stared at him for a few seconds trying to understand why she was feeling the way she was. She had never felt like that before. It was completely new to her. "Are you okay?" Dillon asked her as he pushed back a strand of her hair off her face.
"Yeah," she smiled. She pulled him down and kissed him again. "I've never been better."