We met again in fall (book 2 of Just a professor)

Complications

Aubrey POV

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„Good. Now go she's already waiting for you." she clapped at my shoulder and I walked further in seeing Lizzie sitting there in her cozy fall outfit. Her mind was elsewhere and I saw the coffee standing on the small table with the biscuits beside them. The same ones I ordered for the first time when I took her to this place.

„Looks like I was so late that you had to order already Hmm?" I asked and pulled her attention to me as I sat down making myself comfortable.

„No it's fine. I wasn't waiting long. I figured you'd drink the same as usual. Or did your taste change?" she asks me rambled.

„It's okay thank you Liz." I answered while I took a sip off my coffee.

„So a Bird was twitching me that you came here often?" I asked slightly jokingly but she looked a bit embarrassed.

„It's my favorite spot now just as it was yours. I understood why you loved here so much."

„So does that mean I need to get a new favorite spot?" I asked jokingly and she shook her head.

„No. it could be ours y'know." she said and my chest tightened on the word ‚ours'.

„Ours?" I asked sounding a bit shocked. I don't understand why she wants to be here with me after I left her. But I didn't leave for nothing.
I had to.

„I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-." she began but I interrupted her.

„Lizzie we have a lot to talk about. I mean you didn't reach out for me when I was away and it..."

„It was really hard to move past us." I breathed out and I saw how her eyes glossed up. I hit a nerve and It wasn't just on my side but also on hers I could see that.

„I called you like a duzen times. I texted you for so long and I hoped you'd answer but there was nothing. You just left after you got pulled out of my class. What happened?" she asked and I could see how hurt she is. It's not like she didn't answer me as well.

„oh come on Lizzie. It's not like you answered me as well. I was waiting for that too but at some point I realized that it wasn't meant for me to be with you. Why are we even discussing what happened four years ago?"
I felt how all my emotions started to seep through and I wanted to forget them so bad.

„It's important for me to know what has happened four years ago. I didn't hear anything from you. You just vanished. You didn't even attend to your own graduation ceremony."

„You think I didn't want to be there? I have worked so hard for getting this far and all I got was a fucking headache what came for me. I'm not gonna talk about it because I'm not ready for that conversation."

„So you didn't enjoyed your time away? I heard you went to New York." I don't know if she knows but she pushes a lot off buttons right now and I can't help but get emotional and angry about it.

„You have no idea what I've had to see and do. I didn't come here to explain myself." I huffed out still trying to compose myself.

„Then why did you come here?" she asks me tilting  her head.

„Some Part of me hoped for a better ending..."

Her expression fell and so did mine. I was holding onto the fact that she would tell me that she loves me because that's what I told her in the letter. But she didn't care about that I guess.

Before she could say anything we got interrupted by my phone ringing. I turned it around and placed it on the table to see who calls.

„Hey where are you? I thought I'd see you after work?" Caitlin asked me as I picked up.