Endlessly // R. Bortuzzo

Chapter 5

Been a while since I updated this, but here's a shorter chapter than I usually write. Feedback is cool. If y'all got any comments or concerns, you know where to leave them!

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Somehow the two of us survived the week with the Bennett children. Neither of us are sure how, but it went faster than we thought.

"We really need to get you a different hat for when we're traveling together." Robert pulled down the bill of my beat up Canucks hat so I couldn't see my phone.

"Suck my ass." I mumbled, trying to check my emails.

"Not in the airport, Scar." I looked up at him to see a giant grin on his face and I shoved him, knocking him off balance. "You should know better than that, Scarlett."

"You should know not to mess with me this early in the morning if I haven't eaten or had coffee yet."

"Touché. I love you even with your ugly Canucks hat." He leaned down to give me a sloppy kiss on the cheek. I had to wipe off the spit he left behind.

"Gross. I have standards and you're going to have to give me time to warm up to the idea that you're playing in St. Louis. It was hard enough finding out I slept with someone that played for the Penguins."

"You can take a girl out of Canucks territory but apparently you can't take the Canucks out of her." He shook his head, smiling at me. Like always.

"It's in my blood." I shrugged, ordering my bagel and coffee before finding a seat in our concourse. Robert set his stuff down next to me as I started reading on my kindle. My legs were draped across his as he scrolled through his phone.

The flight would be around three hours. We were in business class so I wouldn't have to deal with screaming babies or children kicking the back of my seat.

"I'm going skating with your dad, you want to join?"

"Actually, I'm going to the studio with Lilly. I guess she needs my brilliant dance moves so I'll leave you two to bond. That will never not scare me." I shook my head, taking a sip of the coffee sitting in front of me. Robert kissed my cheek, Beaming at me.

"Speaking of dancing, I have another surprise for you when we land."

"A new bikini, what next? My anniversary present is going to look sad compared to all these gifts. Except for maybe one part of it. I know you'll like it." I winked, putting my ear buds back in as he held my hand.

Halfway through the flight, I'm guessing somewhere over Oregon, Making Memories of Us came on my phone and I couldn't help but cry. I had only a couple of months with my husband until we would be parted for how long and even coffee didn't help it.

"What's wrong?"

"You're moving to St. Louis and I'm not gonna be there."

"Scarlett, stop overthinking. It's not worth it. We have until September to worry about that and until then, I'll be with you almost every day." He wrapped his arm around me, letting me sob into his shoulder.

I felt stupid, I'm not going to lie. We had so much planned between now and the time I was going back to school and I was still crying over him leaving.

We had been apart before but it was awful. Those few months were torture. Sleeping alone. Not being able to tell him about my day or hear about his. We didn't go on walks with Stan. It was good for our relationship in the end but both of us were pretty miserable being alone.