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Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel,
This love is difficult but it's real
Don't be afraid we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story, baby just say "Yes!" – Love Story, Taylor Swift
Elisa sat in a booth in the Boston restaurant folding napkins.
"Guess who?" She giggled feeling hands slip over her eyes. "You have to guess."
"Dad?" She said playfully. Hunter laughed and pulled them off. She jumped up and hugged him. "What are you doing here?"
"While I appreciated all the space you gave me over the past week," he shrugged. "I wanted to see you."
"I'm glad," she said. "How are you doing?"
"I'm OK," he nodded. "I wouldn't have even come, but my dad's moving his stuff out of the apartment and I'm really not ready to see him."
"Sure," she nodded. "Want to make Pope hats with me?"
"God yeah," he said and kissed her on the cheek. She giggled. "Elisa, I'm really sorry, about last weekend."
"I know," she nodded. "It's OK," she rubbed his knee. "It probably wasn't the best idea anyway, you know? You don't want to associate our first time with that day anyway."
"Good point," he nodded.
"Finally found a parking space," Bonnie sighed walking in. "Hi Elisa."
"Hi Mrs. Nichols," Elisa said. "How are you doing?"
"I'm alright, thank you sweetie," Bonnie smiled.
"It's cold out there," Jimmy said walking in. He stopped. "Hi Bonnie."
"Hi James," she smiled at him.
"Daddy," Elisa said. "Maybe you should go get Mrs. Hunter a cup of coffee. Mommy's in the kitchen trying to figure out the lunch specials."
"Right," Jimmy said. "Want to come back?"
"Sure," Bonnie said and they walked into the kitchen. She hugged him tightly.
"God, Bonnie, I'm so sorry," he whispered and stroked her hair. She started crying.
"Jimmy," Julie walked over, "I'm having trouble deciding," they pulled apart. "Hi Bonnie."
"Hi," Bonnie said and wiped her eyes.
"You know what we should do," Julie said, walking back a few steps, she opened the freezer. Jimmy smiled at his wife.
"I don't understand," Bonnie said.
"What's your favorite flavor?" Julie shrugged. "Or we just got these amazing cheesecakes sent up from this bakery in New Jersey."
"Cheesecake sounds good," Bonnie sniffled.
"OK," Julie nodded and grabbed one. The three of them walked over to a counter. "I never liked Liam, even when Kelly was going out with him." Bonnie laughed.
"I doubt you saw this one coming," she said.
"No," Julie shook her head. "I doubt anyone saw this one coming." Bonnie nodded. "How's Hunter doing?"
"He seems alright," Bonnie sighed, "he's so angry. My parents didn't split after my dad's affair, so I don't even know how to handle anything but the pretending it's not there."
"You should have Tammy talk to him," Jimmy said. Bonnie nodded. "I'm serious, she was angry for a long time and screwed her up, she could like warn him." Julie looked at him. "Or Jules, your parents were divorced."
"Yeah, but no cheating there," Julie said. "Cal and Jaime were buds until he died. Well, not always, like that time I almost get raped, they were pretty pissed at each other then."
"God, it must have been fascinating being in high school with you," Bonnie shook her head.
"We had fun," Jimmy nodded. "What are you going to do?"
"I had a good lawyer read the pre-nup," Bonnie shrugged, "I get the apartment, and Hunter's trust fund is OK. Plus the infidelity clause is good, so I get like three million up front."
"Shit," Julie said. Bonnie looked at her. "What? When my parents got divorced my dad got the house and me, and Jaime got, life in California and didn't have to pay for anything until USC. Three million dollars is a lot of money." She stopped. "Have you ever thought about investing in the food industry?"
"Julie," Jimmy said. "Not a good time to ask her to invest in the Vegas restaurant."
"Right sorry," Julie grimaced, "I'm in fundraising mode."
"It's OK," Bonnie said. "You're opening in Vegas?"
"We're trying to," Julie said. "Under a different name though, CE Café by Julia's," Bonnie looked at her. "For my dad and my step mom, they got married in Vegas." Bonnie smiled.
"That should be fun," Bonnie said.
"Come on," Bella said walking into the Conways.
"Hi," Gordon said from the couch.
"Come on," she grabbed his hand. "It's snowing, we're going for a walk." He looked at her. "Please?" She pouted and sliding into his lap.
"But there's no one here," he said. "I can think of better things we could be doing." She whimpered and kissed him. "And it's so cold out there and we can be nice and warm in here," he slid his hands under her shirt.
"But the snow is so pretty," she said. "And after we can come back and have hot chocolate, and then other things." She kissed him.
"Or we can skip the walk and hot chocolate and get right to the other things," he said. "It's been almost a week since the other things, and I missed them." They kissed again and he swept her off her feet. She giggled and put her arms around his neck.
"You are a very bad man, Mr. Conway," she whispered. He laughed and walked upstairs. As he lay her down he slid his hand up her arm and she shuddered. He carefully kissed the inside of her elbow and she giggled. She looked up at him. "Gordon," she said softly.
"Mm hm," he nodded and kissed her neck.
"We'll always be together, won't we?" She said softly and ran her hands through his hair.
"Always," he nodded. "I need you. You're in here," he pulled her hand against his heart. She smiled. "You're everything I want." They kissed. "I love you." She smiled. "I'm going to marry you." She blinked up at him and sat up.
"What?" She said.
"I'm going to marry you," he said simply. "I mean, not like right away because I'm not insane."
"Your parents got married right after high school and so did mine," she shrugged.
"Yeah," he nodded. "Insane." She laughed and they sat up. "But yeah, I definitely want to marry you." She smiled. "Why are you surprised? Or even that happy about it?"
"You said it," she said. "And I wasn't even wearing a debutante gown."
"I love when you get crazy," he laughed. She frowned. "I mean it," he said. "Your face gets all squishy." He kissed her. "But I have no idea what you're talking about."
"It's not important," she said. "I want to marry you too." He smiled. "What does someday mean to you?"
"After college," he shrugged. "Maybe when you're out of law school." She smiled and kissed him. "You know, you'll be the bread winner, and I'll sit around spending your money until you can't stand me anymore." She laughed.
"Mm, that sounds so sexy!" She nodded and kissed him.
"Maybe I'll get fat too," he said leaning her back, "and bald."
"Ooh, yeah," she teased, "keep talking baby." He laughed and pulled her shirt over her head.
Anne settled in on her dorm bed and swallowed starting to unpack. She looked at the picture on her dresser of her and Kevin and started to cry. After all of the fuss she'd made about him treating her like a real girlfriend, she'd ruined it by being stupid and impulsive. And what was worse it was all for nothing! Hunter had gone running to Boston and Elisa the first chance he got. She had thought that Hunter, if no one else could really love her. But he didn't. Like Kevin, she was the good time girl, the distraction.
"Hey," Kevin smiled walking in and sitting down, "this coming early thing was a good plan." She rolled over and faced the wall, pulling the covers over her head. "Anne, what's wrong?"
"Just go," she mumbled.
"Anne, come on baby," he pulled the covers down and kissed her. "It's me. You can tell me anything. I love you." She started to sob. "What's wrong? Is everything OK? Did something happen to Cal?" He couldn't imagine anything upsetting her this much unless it was about her brother.
"No," she shook her head. "Cal's OK,"
"Yeah?" He nodded. She nodded. "So, then what? Are you mad at me? I invited you to Thanksgiving." She laughed.
"No, it's not you," she sighed. "You're amazing. Hunter, um," she sighed. "I love you, so much!" She kissed him. He pulled away.
"You slept with him didn't you?" He stood up.
"No!" She shook her head. "I mean, we fooled around a little, and we were going to," he stared at her. "Kevin, it was a mistake. A huge terrible mistake!"
"God, I actually convinced myself that you'd grown out of this shit," he shook his head. She stared at him. "I thought you wanted this to be real, that we would really be together."
"I do want that," she sniffed. "Of course I want it! I know I screwed up and I'm so sorry. I love you Kevin." She kissed him. He pushed her away.
"I need time on this," he said. She nodded. "Time, OK?" She nodded. "I'll call you." He grabbed his jacket and walked out.
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