𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 [𝟑]

chapter eight.

ANDY WALKED into the home, shutting the door quietly behind her and looked around. "Andy?" Ziggy called out and Andy smiled softly. "Yeah, I'm back, Zig." She replied back and headed towards the kitchen. "Good, dinner's ready." The woman smiled when Andy walked in and the other just walked up to her, suddenly wrapping her arms around her.

Ziggy is taken back a bit, putting her hands over Andy's arms. "Hey, what's this?" She chuckled and turned around, putting her arms around Andy's shoulders. "I just really wanted a hug..." Andy whispered to her and Ziggy just smiles softly, hugging back tighter.

She pulled back, pushing the hair out of Andy's face. "Is everything okay?" She asked and the brunette simply nodded. "Yeah. I'm hungry, let's eat." She says, turning to the table where everything was all set up, the burgers on two plates, one for Ziggy and one for Andy as a separate plate is between them that had both the onion rings and fries on it.

"Alright... are you sure, though?" Ziggy had to ask to make sure as she sat down across the other woman who nodded, smiling at her. They dig in, talking in between their bites and sips of their chocolate and strawberry milkshakes.

Sometimes they swap the shakes or feed each other a fry or onion ring. All felt right again in Andy's life, the only thing bothering her however was that she had to tell Ziggy that she was moving away to Chicago.

When they finished eating, Ziggy sat at the couch and patted the spot by her. "Come on, I rented your favourite... Halloween." She smiled widely at Andy who stared at her. "We have to talk first..." She said and that statement alone had Ziggy feeling nervous.

"Is it... good or bad?" She asked and Andy came over, sitting next to her. "Zig, you know I love you and care about you..." She says, taking Ziggy's hands into hers. "What is this all about, Andy?" Ziggy asked worriedly.

"I'm moving." Andy finally told her and Ziggy's brows furrow together. "To where?" She asked in an instant. "Chicago... Marcus might be coming with me." She tells her and Ziggy frowns. "Why are you telling me this? So, I pack up and come with you?" She said as she stood up, pulling her hands back from Andy's.

"No. I couldn't ask you to do that, Zig... and I won't." Andy says and Ziggy turns around to face her. "I'm telling you because you deserve to know, Ziggy." She says and the other just stared at her. "I thought that... nevermind." She turned away, rolling her eyes at how she's been so delusional the whole time.

"Ziggy. I'll come back sometimes... and we don't have to give up on us. You don't have to give up on me..." Andy said and Ziggy just stared at her. Andy stood up, grabbing Ziggy's arm. "I'm sorry. I come back and I'm leaving you again... I keep doing this to you." She says and Ziggy just looks down, shaking her head softly.

She looked up and grabbed Andy's face, stepping closer. Andy stared at the woman's face getting closer and closer to hers when lips met in the middle, Andy's hands going to her waist as the kiss deepens even further.

Andy's hands go lower down to her hips before they quickly rise to Ziggy's lower back. She pulled away suddenly, looking into Ziggy's eyes. "I really missed you... I want to go with you." Ziggy whispered and Andy's brows raise.

"T-To Chicago?"

"Yeah, duh, Andy." Ziggy chuckled softly and Andy wrapped her arms around the woman's waist, putting her face into the other's neck. Ziggy brushed her fingers through Andy's hair, "I love you too, Andy... So if you're leaving, I'll come with you. If you stayed, I'd offer you to stay with me forever." She whispered to her.

"I'm lucky you're so forgiving, Zig..." Andy whispered and Ziggy pulled back. She smiled widely, looking down as she shook her head. "Andrea Davis... I'm not a forgiving person. You're just my weakness." She said, raising her hand to the side of Andy's face, caressing her cheekbone softly with her thumb.

Andy smiled and leaned in, kissing Ziggy softly on the lips before pulling away. "I made a wrong decision that night sixteen years ago.." She whispered and Ziggy just smiled before leaning in again, kissing Andy once more.

They watched Halloween and Ziggy actually fell asleep with her feet on Andy's lap. When the movie was over, Andy turned off the tv and grabbed the spare house keys that Ziggy gave her before she heads out the front door.

On the way to the Porter home, Andy thought of what to say to Susan and Adam about her bringing Marcus along with her to live with her in Chicago. She walked up to her sister's home and knocked on the front door.

Adam opened it and she awkwardly smiled at her brother-in-law. "Hey Adam." She says and he just moves to the side a bit, "hi Andy. Oh, yeah, come on in, we were about to eat." He says and she just waves her hand slightly. "I already ate with Ziggy... I just wanted to talk to you and Susan." She explains and he nods.

By his wife's command, Adam poured a glass of wine for Andy who sat down beside Marcus. "Hey Mar, what chapter are you on of Carrie?" She asked and he raised a slightly bigger book. "I finished it already so I'm starting this one about the killer clown or whatever." He shrugs and the woman slowly nodded.

"That's like over 1,000 pages, Mar..." She says and he shrugs. "I like to read a lot..." He said and Susan glanced between her son and her sister, smiling as she saw a resemblance between the two. "Me too." Andy smiled, looking away as she now looked at Susan and Adam. They were halfway done with their meal when Andy cleared her throat and sighed softly.

"So... you both know I'm leaving to Chicago now. So I was thinking, why don't I bring Marcus along with me?" She raised her glass of wine to take a sip as Adam choked on his food and Susan looked at her with wide eyes.

"What?"

 

  

  

   

   

    

   

AUTHORS NOTE
pls i was gonna write that ziggy doesn't go with andy but then when andy comes back for thanksgiving, ziggy is the first person she goes to see, kisses her and begs her to move with her to chicago but i was like "let me just wrap it up now rather than later" because they deserve to be together after all those years <3 :(
and also yes burgers and milkshakes dates are now a lesbian thing, claimed by deena & sam and andy & ziggy