What?-! This hasn't been updated in almost three months! Holy crackers...I need to get the ball rollin' huh? LoL...thanks for all the reviews and for sticking with me, you guys are awesome! Now, without further a-do, Chapter 15...

Chapter 15:
The next day:

Laura blew softly on her coffee as she sat down on the small chair beside her bed. She took a sip of the hot liquid and closed her eyes to savor the strong taste, she had lost count of how many cups she's had this morning but at this point, Laura didn't care. Staying up practically all night had taken a toll on her and her body was craving sleep, but she had packing to do.

She placed the cup down on the nightstand and stood up to finish gathering up her things, Laura looked up and caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror across the room. She looked horrible, dark circles under her eyes, make-up still smeared from last nights crying, not to mention her hair was everywhere. For someone that freaked if one hair was out of place, at the moment Laura could care less about her appearance. She sighed and continued packing as she tried concentrating on the task at hand, all of a sudden her hand hit something solid and she moved an article of clothing aside and took a deep breath. It was a picture of her and Cristina the day they started to travel with John, Laura felt the anger boil inside her as she held up the picture and with all the strength left in her she hurled it against the wall.

The sound of breaking glass immediately brought tears to Laura's eyes as she let out a scream and sat down on the bed, burying her face in her hands. Everything seemed perfect; she had a great job, house, and an amazing boyfriend that had proposed to her and she had her best friend with her. Laura looked up and starred at the platinum silver ring on her left hand, the diamond was shining brightly and reflected rainbow colors on her shirt.

Laura wiped the tears from her eyes and slowly removed the sparking object from her finger, she held it for a few moments and admired the beautiful sparkles and colors

Flashback:

"Why are you being like this?" John said loudly.

"Why am I being like this? John you're the one that's been practically ignoring me for the past month. You're the one that never wants to spend time with me, I mean damn have I done something wrong here? Did I say something to make you act like this?" Laura said.

"Baby it's not you. Please don't cry," John said as he pulled Laura into a hug. "You know I love you, I'm sorry."

"I..I'm just so scared that I'll loose you John, I can't think about being away from you, I love you so much," Laura cried into John's shoulder.

"You'll never loose me Laura ..I love you so much", John said a few moments later, he gently pulled away from her and wiped the tears from her eyes. "I'm sorry for the way I've been acting..I guess I've just been nervous".

"What do you mean?" Laura asked as she looked up at John and gasped. For the first time in her life, she was speechless. There in front of her, was a ring, and not only that, but the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. Laura slowly lifted her hand and touched the box it was in, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"I wanted to do this at a more..appropriate time but Icouldn't wait to see the look on your face", John smiled as he watched Laura gap over the ring. He took the ring out of the box and said jokingly, "I better do this right then, huh?" He kneeled down in front of Laura and took her hand, "Laura Marie Jones...Will you marry me?"

Laura felt tears welling up in her eyes; she had wanted this moment to come for the longest time. This is what she wanted, to marry the man she loved. The final puzzle in her world of content and happiness. Laura smiled huge and nodded her head, still unable to speak. John smiled and placed the ring on her finger and stood up. Laura admired the ring for a few moments before looking up at her future husband and jumping into his arms in excitement.

End of Flashback:

Laura sighed at the memory as she took the ring and placed it gently in her purse, she couldn't bear to look at it any more. The sound of the door opening made Laura jump out of her thoughts. She quickly stood up and watched as John slowly entered the room.

"Umm, hey". John greeted softly. Laura just stood there with a cold look on her face, she looked at John and noticed that he too had dark circles under his eyes and they were red and puffy. Laura bit her bottom lip and turned back to her suitcase, "You were with Cristina I'm assuming?" she commented bitterly as she stuffed the rest of her things into the bag.

"Laura..I" John started.

"You know what?" Laura interrupted as she zipped her suitcase closed and reached for her purse, "I don't even want to hear it". She reached into her purse and took out the ring, she walked over to John and took his hand. "This belongs to you", Laura said as she placed the ring into his hand.

John looked down at his hand before looking up at Laura, "I'm so sorry baby", he whispered softly. Laura closed her eyes and whispered back, "I am too". John reached out and ran his hand down her cheek, Laura felt the tears running down as John wiped them away. Why did he have to hurt her so bad? All she wanted at that moment was to jump into his arms and forget anything ever happened, but she knew that couldn't happen. The trust was gone, and her friendship with Cristina was destroyed.

Laura sighed and moved away from John, she turned around and walked over to the bed, lifting her bags over her shoulder.

"Where are you going?" John asked softly. Laura looked over at John and said, "As far away from you, and that slut I used to call a friend, as possible".

"Laura please, don't leave", John pleaded as he walked over to her and grabbed her hand. "We need to work things out".

"There's nothing to work out, John," Laura said as she put on her sunglasses. "I told you last night that I want nothing to do with either of you, and I plan on sticking to my word".

"Don't blame this on Cristina, Laura. I'm the one that kissed her first and I'm the one that insisted on us to keep seeing each other. If you want to be mad at anyone then let it be me, not Cristina", John said.

"It takes two to tango John!" Laura said loudly. "She's supposed to be my best friend! Best friends don't sleep with their best friend's boyfriend!" Laura brushed past John and went to open the door, but just as she opened it, a hand reached from behind her and shut it.

"Please stay with me", John whispered as he wrapped his arms around Laura's waist. Laura fought back tears as she removed John's arms and turned to face him, "Good-bye John", she said softly.

John took a deep breath as he reached up and pushed Laura's sunglasses on top of her head. His heart almost broke again when he saw the tears in those beautiful blue eyes...tears that were cause by him. John let his hand slide down the side of her face gently, wiping the tears away. He stepped closer to her and leaned down and captured Laura's lips in a soft kiss.

Laura felt her breath catch in her throat by the feeling of John's lips, he always knew how to take her breath away. She felt like she was flying and floating in the air at the same time. She felt...happy. For that brief second it was as if nothing had ever happened; it was just like it was supposed to be.

But before either of them knew it, the moment was gone and Laura found the strength in her to push him away. "No", was all she said.

"I love you Laura", John said as he stepped closer to her.

"Don't say that to me", Laura said as she re-adjusted the bag on her shoulder. "Those words are empty coming from you". Laura reached up and pulled the sunglasses back over her eyes and turned towards the door and opened it.

John could do nothing but stand there as he watched her slip out the door, and out of his life.


Sorry it took so long to update, I've just been stuck as to what to do with this story. I hope you guys like this chapter, I wanted to write something that involved Laura more and I wanted to do a scene with just John and Laura; just a little change that I hope you guys liked. Don't forget to Review!