Picture Perfect

Chapter 18: The Truth Will Set You Free

          "What was that back there?" Cameron smirks asking Chase as he walks up the driveway.

          "A little bit of mind your own business Cameron because I know what you're up to," Chase smiles.

          "I don't know what you're talking about. You should have kissed her. You know you wanted to," Cameron says as the boys walk through the front door.

          "She messed with my head and left me. She'll need to do a little more than ditch her boyfriend if we were to get back together. Plus, I'm sure she'll be gone in a few days again anyway."

         "Yeah if you are a negative Nancy like you are being now," Cameron comments.

          "Hey, I've made an effort with her for two years. I did, and she left me with nothing besides her family."

          "Let it go Chase," Cameron sighs as they walk into the kitchen. To get the whole dilemma out of his mind, he starts to get out some eggs and other stuff for breakfast not knowing Cameron leaves with the intention of leaving the two alone.

          Walking into the house a few minutes later, Deagan notices not that much has changed in Chase's house. Hearing noises coming from the kitchen, she makes her way to the kitchen, passing the crib that Chase made for her brother and his girlfriend.

          "Where did Cameron go?" Deagan asks the moment she sees Chase.

         "He probably left so we'd be alone together," Chase laughs a little, realizing what his brother did.

          "Oh," Deagan says crossing her arms walking around the kitchen, "this place hasn't changed."

          Chase gets out pans and messing with the oven, eggs and some sausage beside him, "Well not much has changed around here at all. A few people got married or are having kids, and we're getting a strip mall but not much else."

          Sitting down at the bar stool, "Umm do you need any help?"

          "Well, you can cut up the fruit that is in the fridge if you would like," Chase smiles.

          Nodding her head, Deagan gets up and raids Chase's fridge getting out a variety of fruit and pulling out a knife out of the knife block. She begins to chop up the different fruits standing right beside Chase. Joking around and talking they get everything ready for breakfast, Chase making his famous omelets that he always made when Deagan and him were dating. She can't help but smile as she smells the delicious aroma of the eggs and onions, filling her nose.

         After making three omelets, one for Deagan and two for himself along with the fruit and setting the table, Chase grabs two bottles of water out of the fridge and placing one in front of Deagan.

          "Thank you," she smiles taking a small sip.

          "Yep," cutting his omelet. "Do you like it?" He asks, pointing over to the crib that he just caught her admiring again.

          "It's nice," she smiles wiping her mouth.

         "Thanks, I started making it when you thought you were pregnant," Chase says quietly looking at Deagan.

          Looking up at him, a small smile forming on her lips the memory flooding to her mind. "Well, I'm glad it's getting some use," she says, thinking about the pregnancy scare they had only two months of dating.

          "Yeah me too," Chase nods smiling a little, "you know I missed you every second that you were gone. I even went to LA to try and bring you back home a couple of weeks after you left but I saw you already out on a date with Troy, that dumb ass," says Chase taking a deep breath. "And it killed me that you would never tell me that you loved me and that you just up and left," Chase finishes.