Chapter 19

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Sorry it's been a while since I last updated, I had a crazy cold that wouldn't go away. Doing better and I finally finished this chapter. Hope everyone is ready for some drama!

Grace POV

Thanksgiving night…

We are on the way to Shane's house for dinner.

I ask, "Where does your family live?"

He says, "My mom and my sister live in Malibu. My dad lives in Texas."

I say, "Oh you never really talked about your family."

He says, "My parents got divorced when I was 10. My dad runs an oil rig down in Texas. When they got divorced my mom wanted to move far away and she chose here because her family lives here."

I say, "I'm sorry, that must have been really hard."

He says, "I hardly saw my dad to begin with, he was a great provider and I appreciate the life I was able to have. But it is true that money can't buy happiness. My mom tried hard to hang on and make it work but it took its toll. My mother loves us but she isn't a typical nurturing mother, she is very strong and sometimes over opinionated."

I ask, "What is your sister like?"

He says, "Very warm and funny, like my dad when he was around. I only see him maybe once a year around Christmas time, he will fly in after Christmas to visit with us for a couple days."

I say, "That sounds rough, I'm sorry babe."

He says, "It's not your fault gorgeous. It was rough at first but I got used to it."

I ask, "Who will be at dinner tonight?"

He says, "My mother, my sister, my grandma."

I ask, "How old is your sister?"

He says, "She just turned 18 and her name is Sophia."

We get there and his sister answers the door and gives him a huge hug. His face lights up and I can tell he really loves his little sister.

Before he can introduce us she gives me a hug and says, "You must be Grace, my brother is right you are angelically beautifully."

I say, "You are so sweet and you are gorgeous!"

She has long perfectly wavy brown hair and greenish hazel eyes just like Shane. With a tall curvier body type, not fat but not really thin kind of like Scarlett Johansen.

She says, "I'm so excited to meet you!"

I say, "Me too!"

We are joined by two other ladies, one I'm assuming is his grandmother because she is older than the other.

She shakes my hand and says, "Nice to meet you, I'm Mary Shane's grandmother."

I say, "It's so nice to meet you too."

His mother shakes my hand and says, "I'm Elizabeth, Shane's Mother. You are younger than I expected. You look like you could be my daughter's age."

She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, like his sister she is tall and in good shape.

I get nervous and there is a lump in my throat and I don't know what to say.

Shane says, "She is 19 and our age difference isn't a big deal."

Shane gives her a cold annoyed look.

She then says, "Nice to have you join us."

I say, "Thank you for having me, I'm glad to be here."

We go into the dining area and enjoy the dinner together.

The following day…

Ricky POV

Everyone was very excited to hear that we are back together and are getting married. George and Anne told us to please keep the condo as a wedding gift, I had said we couldn't accept such a large gift but they kept on insisting and I guess the part that made me finally agree to accept it was that the condo has a fenced back yard area for John to play outside. I still haven't moved out of the butcher shop yet, I'm working for Bunny today because she has the weekend off for the holiday. I could use the extra money for the wedding anyways. We are slow today so far, the bell rings and I look to see who it is.

Clementine says, "Hey Ricky."

I say, "Hey."

She says, "Can I talk to you?"

I say, "Sure, I can take a break for a few minutes."

She says, "Can we talk somewhere more private, like the apartment?"

I say, "I don't know if that's a good idea."

She says, "Please."

I say, "Fine but real quick."

We go upstairs and she says, "I heard you are marrying Amy?"

I say, "Yes."

She says, "You are going to marry her after she left you?"

I say, "She came back and that's all that matters."

She says, "She came back for her son, she didn't come back for you."

I say, "It is none of your business."

She says, "She is just going to hurt you again."

I say, "They say everyone will hurt you, you just need to find the one worth hurting for."

She says, "Are you doing this just for John?"

I say, "No, I'm in love with her."

She says, "Why didn't you give us a chance, you could have fell in love with me?"

I say, "I gave my heart away to her a long time ago and I've never gotten it back and I don't want it back."

She says, "I'm sorry, I just had to try to talk to you one more time. I still feel like you are making a mistake but it's your life. I hope you both are happy together."

I say, "Thank you, I hope you find someone who is totally in love with you."

She says, "Yeah, me too… Things have been so tough lately Adrian was my only friend and now she has moved away. I feel so alone."

I say, "I'm your friend. I'm sure you have other friends, you are a nice person."

She says, "Nope, maybe we can hang out sometime in public place for lunch so Amy doesn't think anything is going on."

I say, "I don't think that's a good idea because Amy knows about the making out when we were just hanging out."

Before she can respond Amy and John walk into the apartment. She has been taking a lot of John's stuff over to the condo and probably came back to get more stuff.

She looks kind of annoyed and says, "Hey."

Clementine says, 'Hi, Congrats on the engagement."

Amy sarcastically says, "Oh I'm so sure you really mean that."

Clementine says, "I should go, good luck with everything."

Once Clementine leaves Amy goes into John's room to get some other boxes of toys we packed up earlier.

I say, "I can carry those for you babe."

She is still upset and says, "I got it, you need to get back to work anyways."

I say, "I'll get it real quick, don't be stubborn because you're upset."

She hands me the boxes and we walk out of the apartment, then out of the butcher shop to her car.

She says, "I am upset, it annoys me that she is still trying to go after you and that you were alone with her in the apartment."

I say, "You know you can trust me Amy, I would never hurt you like that."

She says, "I know but still."

I say, "We can finish this conversation when I get out of work, I should get out early today."

She says, "Okay."

I ask, "What do you have planned?"

She says, "Just moving stuff and Jay was going to stop by the condo at noon to talk to me about something."

I say, "What is there for him to say? I don't like that. I don't trust that guy."

She says, "Well at least I told you about it, instead of you having to walk in on us talking alone at the condo."

I say, "Talk with him another time. I wanted to take you and John out when I get out of work. Maybe take him to Chuck E Cheese or something fun."

She says, "Fine, we will be waiting."

She gives me a peck on the cheek after I load the boxes into her car.

I say, "I love you."

She says, "I love you too Ricky.

Jack POV

I didn't talk to Kayla all day yesterday because she has been rejecting my calls and not responding to my text messages. I decide to text her this morning "Good Morning, I miss you gorgeous."

She actually texted me back this time, "I need space Jack."

I say, "Don't do this; I will do whatever I have to do. I already called Madison and told her not to send messages or anything because I love you Kayla."

She says, "I hate that the first time you tell me that is when we are fighting and through text message! Just leave me alone Jack."

I say, "Fine, I will leave you alone. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving with your family."

She says, "You too."

I go to the store and buy her favorite chocolates and then drive over to her house.

Once she answers the door I give her the candy and say, "I remember on our first date you told me that you weren't much of a flowers type of girl, but you could never turn down chocolates."

She laughs and says, "I didn't think you would remember that."

I say, "I remember everything about you."

She says, "I'm sorry I've been so mean, everything with your ex just dug up a lot of bad memories."

I say, "Don't be sorry, I'm sorry that I hurt you."

I wrap my arms around her and kiss her forehead.

She says, "I love you too."

I give her a sweet kiss and say, "I love you Kayla Thomas."

She says, "I love you too Jack Pappas."

Adrian POV

It is Friday evening and it has great being back home, I just wish Omar would get here already. I call to check on him.

He says, "Hey babe, how are you?"

I say, "Good, where are you? I know the weather has finally cleared up. I checked with the airline and flights are coming out of New York now? I thought maybe you would come spend the rest of the weekend with me here."

He says, "I actually have a business dinner meeting tonight with another possible client."

I ask, "Oh really, what is their name?"

He says, "Chris."

I ask, "Is he some old married guy or are you guys going to look like bachelor's on the prowl?"

He replies, "She is in her 30's and Chris is short for Christine and I don't think she is married. I didn't ask because I don't care."

I sarcastically say, "I hope your meeting goes well! I will see you when I get back home."

Then I hang up, I'm so pissed off because he is too busy to spend the weekend back home with me. Now he is out to dinner with a business partner who is a female. I call Grace to see if she wants to hang out but she doesn't answer.

I call Ben.

He says, "Hey Adrian."

I say, "Hey Ben."

He says, "What's wrong?"

I say, "I'm just having a bad night. I just need someone to talk to."

He says, "I'm always here for you, you can talk to me about anything."

I say, "I know, I love that about you. Where is your family tonight?"

He says, "My Dad and Camille are out for the weekend. Chloe is hanging out at Anne's with Ashley, they have become best friends. "

I say, "Can I come visit you so we can talk?"

He says, "Sure, it is no problem for me. Are you sure it isn't a problem for you and Omar?"

I say, "No, it isn't."

He says, "I will see you in a little bit."

I know I shouldn't but I want to look good for Ben so I polish up my make up and put on my new black Guess Ruffle Dress. Once I'm ready, I sneak out the back door so my parents won't ask any questions. Life is so funny; I'm 20 years old and sneaking out of my parent's house like a criminal. Once I get to Ben's he invites me inside, when he saw me his eyes lingered a bit but he quickly looked away.

I ask, "What were you doing?"

He says, "I was in my dad's study printing out a couple edited chapters of my novel to go through."

I say, "Well we should go do that. Can I read them?"

He says, "No, not until the whole book is finished editing."

I pout and beg, "Please?"

He laughs and says, "Fine."

He asks, "Would you like something to drink?"

I ask, "Do you have wine or champagne so we can toast your novel?"

He says, "My dad has a really good selection of wine and champagne, are you sure we should drink?"

I reply, "We are both adults and it should be fine."

He says, "I will be back"

I bring the chapters that he printed from the novel into his room. I sit on his bed and start reading the first chapter.

I guess he goes into the wine cellar when he comes back he has champagne glasses and two bottles.

He says, "I didn't know which one you would like."

After a few glasses later for both of us, while still reading through the book.

I say, "I need to read the whole book, so far it is amazing. Did he kill that guy?"

He says, 'I can't say, you have to read it."

I say, "The main character Beck reminds me of you. I don't like his girlfriend Annie. I think he is secretly in love with his best friend Audrina."

He laughs and I laugh.

Yeah we are both a little drunk and I say, "I didn't realize we finished the whole bottle."

It finally clicks and I put it together, "Audrina is me in the book?"

He says, "I was wondering when you would catch that."

A surge of passion runs through me and I just start kissing him. Like he is everything to me and I want him more than anything. We lose ourselves to each other partly because of intoxication and partly because of our connection that we could never deny even if we tried.

When I wake up it is late afternoon because we stayed up really late having sex. It is around noon when I wake up in his arms, it is a feeling that can't be described.

I get up and get dressed, my cell phone rings and I quickly go into the bathroom down the hall to answer it.

Omar says, "Hey baby, I took the red eye last night and I'm about 20 minutes away from your house."

I say, "Okay, I will see you soon."

Ben is still asleep and I don't want to wake him. I want to leave a note but I don't know what to say, "Thanks for the amazing sex but my fiancé is waiting for me at my house."

So I don't leave a note, I sneak out before he wakes up.

I will update soon! As soon as I get enough feedback! I'm curious to see what everyone wants, couples check:

Who do you want Adrian with? : Ben or Omar?

Who do you want Amy with? : Jay or Ricky?

Who do you want Ricky with?: Amy or Clementine?

Who do you want Grace with? : Shane or Jack?

Who do you want Jack with? : Kayla, Grace, or Madison?

Who do you want Ethan with? : Ashley or Kathy?