Is it worth it?

Another morning w/o her

BESTIES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T FOLLOW MY CATE BLANCHETT FP ON TIKTOK ITS- Mrscateblanchett :) I ALSO HAVE AN INSTA ONE- Mrs.cateblanchett :))

I love to interact with my moots so feel free to comment and stuff 👯‍♂️ I try to follow most of u guys back cuz I'm cool 😎

but anyways enjoy the chapter <3 I'm trying to make them longer but also post more so bear with me, it'll probably be longer chapters after this one 😟🤞🏻 OOH ALSO IMMA START THIS NEW THING y/n thoughts are gonna be in italics and with ( ' ) that thing
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You wake up and see that she had hung up on the phone during the night, assuming she had a meeting scheduled for an earlier time this morning. You rolled over and sighed, upset you have to spend another day without her.

A ding comes from your phone and you quickly check it. Sure enough, it is Cate. Thank god she texted you. Talking to her was always the high light of your day, but not today. Today you were gonna enjoy. Just because she isn't here doesn't mean anything, you can still enjoy your life. You pick up your phone and text her back, then roll out of bed to start getting dressed.

Looking around the room you realize you haven't even barely started unpacking. That's something you can do today. The first thing you decide to pull out was the brown damaged box marked "extra clothes". You start with all the big t-shirts that you wear to bed, slowly stacking them onto each other in the dresser. Then it's time for your shorts, doing the same as you did with the shirts. This continues for the entire box until you grab a new one. The box this time says random, this one will be interesting.

*A few minutes later*

So far all you've pulled out are an old scratched-up yellow piggy bank, some loose change that must've fallen out of the piggy bank, a few books you never got around to reading, and a very random $25 gift card to Walmart. You decide today is the day you're going to read 'The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. Opening the book and getting a whiff of the old, dusty smell. You fell asleep reading and wake up the next day around 8 pm.

Oh my god. How the hell did I sleep for over 18 hours last night...I guess I must've needed that sleep huh?' Cate comes home in about 3 days!'

A knocking noise comes from the door.

"Who is it?" You yell out.

"Hey..it's Roman. Would you like to play a board game with us?"

"Sure!" Rushing out of bed quickly you throw the book off of you and run out the door.

Down the stairs, everyone, except cate, of course, was in a circle waiting for you to sit down with them. You take a seat next to Dashiell and smile at him, even though he had shown his disliking to you it would be nice for him to one day as you or at the very least accept you. He looked at you and then looked away, nothing special just that. Everyone picked out their pieces to play and set them on the correct spots of the board, the game was called 'Sorry'. Dashiell- Yellow, Iggy- Purple, Roman-Blue, and you chose red.

*15 minutes later*

"HAH! I beat you!" A scream with a laugh comes from Dashiell.

"SO NOT FAIR!" You yell back.

"OH, IT SO IS!!" He laughs.

"SCREW YOU!" You jokingly scream.

Everyone starts hysterically laughing. Key clanking comes from the door and it busts open. You see the tall blonde woman you love with all your heart.

"CATE!" The biggest smile appears on your face and you run up to her, giving her a huge hug like it's the last time you'll see her.

"I missed you too." She laughs in her beautiful accent.

"I missed that Aussie accent of yours." You give her a wink.

"Oh shut up!" She laughs turning to her children. "DASHIELL, ROMAN, IGGY, and EDITH! I missed you all so so much!!" She gives them a huge hug and kisses the tops of their heads.

On the back of her bag, you notice a red blot. It looks a lot like blood.

"Cate? What's that on your bag? It looks an awful lot like blood."

She quickly turns around and wipes it off your bags. "Oh gross!" She yells. "A man got punched in front of me on the subway and his blood must've gotten on my bag"

"Oh my god, are you okay?" You ask.

"Yes! I wasn't the one getting punched." Cate's laugher fills the room and gives you a warm hug.

"Okay.. well be careful." You sighed focusing on her perfectly sculpted face. Her pretty porcelain skin and her red lipstick amazingly contrasted each other.

"What're you staring at sweetheart?" She says letting go of her kids.

"You." You smile.

"What is there to stare at?" She raises her dirty blonde almost a light brown eyebrow.

"Oh just this absolutely stunning woman, in fact, I'm dating her, and might I add I am extremely lucky."

"Oh, is that so?" She says with a growing grin.

"Yes ma'am." You smile at her back.

"Calling me ma'am now are we?" She chuckles.

"I'm confused.. didn't I do that the night you left..?" You give her a wink.

She darts her eyes to the floor and you notice how her cheeks turn bright red just like a cherry.

"K-KIDS!" She yells, trying to change the subject. "what time is it?" She checks her watch in a very panicky manner. She looks back at you flustered from your little tease. "Okay... it's almost 9 pm..so GUYS GO GET READY FOR BED... BRUSH YOUR TEETH, PUT ON YOUR PJS!" She gives you a glare and a grin then turns her head quickly as she watches her kids run up the stairs.

She walks after them to make sure they do what they're supposed to do and gives them goodnight kisses. Andrew follows after her. He stops her and whispers something in her ear. She gets an upset look but continues walking.

'What did he say to her? Why did she look upset? Is something wrong?'

She slowly walks back down the stairs after being up there for a few minutes. She walks up to you and kisses your cheek.

"I may be a few minutes, Andrew would like to have a serious conversation with me if that's alright with you." She says with a low quiet town.

"Oh yeah no that's fine! I'll wait here." You give her a reassuring smile to help lighten the mood.

She smiles back at you and walks away to the kitchen to meet Andrew. They sat at the table together, you could tell she was nervous. Something was up. You tried not to eavesdrop but the walls in this house are thin.

"Cate.. this isn't working out. I think we should get a divorce. You've obviously fallen for somebody else. I mean you don't even sleep in our bed anymore. I can't do this."

'Holy shit. This is bad.. but it's also good you don't have to worry about him anymore... Aw but Cate must feel awful I hope she's okay

You hear her take a big breath in. "Well... if this marriage hurts you that much, I think you're right. I have fallen in love with y/n and I'm not ready to end it with her. I don't know if I'll ever be able to. I want what's best for you, Andrew, and if that's a divorce okay."

"Then it's settled. I'll have our lawyers divvy everything up I suppose." He sighs. You can tell by the tone of this voice he's hurt. He wanted her to choose him over you. I mean that's what everyone wants though isn't it? Someone to choose you over everyone else. To be someone's #1.
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lmk how you liked this chapter I was trying to broaden my vocabulary and try to describe things more :) tysm for reading and waiting for me to post <3