Coming home (book 2)

Chapter 9

Your pov

We we're heading home today. Our flight leaves in 4 hours. Christen and Tobin have already gone to the airport, their flight leaves in about an hour so they are already at the airport.

The verdict about Collins was televised and my testimony was also made public so everyone knows about It. I don't mind It, but my family checks in with me almost every hour to make sure I'm okay. I know they are doing It out of love and care but It honestly feels suffocating.

I sigh and toss my phone at the end of the bed. Mal who was in the bathroom, walks out and comes over to me.

"You okay babe?" She asks

"Yeah I'm okay." I say

"Let me guess, your parents?" She asks

Yeah, every hour on the dot they are asking how I am. I know they mean well but. I say

"But it's suffocating?" She asks

"Yeah, it's exactly the reason why I never told them the stuff I went through, because I knew this would happen." I say as I run my fingers through my hair with my good arm.

"Yeah I can understand that, I probably would have done the same thing." She says

"I think it's a mix of that and a mix of the entire world finding out, now all I get is a million questions. I didn't want this to happen."  I say

"How about we take a break from social media? Log out of everything and forget about It for a bit. You deserve a break and to focus on yourself, not worry about what others are thinking or saying. If you want I can talk to Chris about your family. She says

I just nod my head.

Okay, I've avoided saying anything the past couple days but I've noticed you seem to be very angry. She says

"I am angry, I can't explain why or give a reason why."  I say

You have every right to be. A lot of stuff got brought up. Like you said a lot of stuff that you probably haven't talked about but in a long time or even ever. I think you're emotionally and physically exhausted. You also just had surgery on top of that. If you weren't angry or upset I'd be even more worried." She says  and I nod my head. She was right, she always is.

She picks my phone up and unlocks It. I can see her typing away and I don't ask her about It.

I texted the team and your family, told them you were taking a break and if they need to get in contact with you, to call or text me.  That way you aren't getting bombarded with hundreds of messages and questions. I'm also gonna post to social media and let the fans know you're taking a break. She says

"Thank you, I don't know what I'd do without you." I say

"Anything for you." She says coming over to me and kissing my cheek. She sits down and we watch a random show until our Uber arrives.

We grab our bags and head downstairs. We give the front desk our room keys and head out to the Uber. The guy grabs our bags from us and puts them In the back. We get in the back seat and the driver heads to the airport.

He gets our bags out and we head inside. We get our bags checked in and head through security, took a bit longer because of my arm but we made It though. We stopped at Starbucks to grab some coffee before heading to our terminal. We take a seat at our terminal and wait for our flight to be called.

*skipping the flight because I'm lazy🙃*

Our flight just landed, we waited until It was our turn to get off and we head to baggage claim. Our Uber was already there so all we had to do was wait for them to pull around. The guy got out and put our bags in the back and we got in the back. The drive home was quiet and pretty quick. I think Mal and I were just ready to be home.

The guy pulls up and gets out and grabs our bags for us. We thank him and grab our bags and head inside. We already paid and tipped him on the app.

We didn't even bother unpacking our bags. We both just got changed and climbed into bed. I wrapped my arms around Mal. Her head was on my chest.

"I think I'm gonna check and see if Bethany has any open appointments for tomorrow." I say softly.

Bethany is the therapist I've been seeing since I got home. With everything going on I haven't been able to make our appointments like normal, maybe she can help me with the anger and other feelings I'm having.

"That's not a bad idea.Dr.Marin is also wanting to see you now that we're home." She says

"Oh right, I'll give her a call in the morning too." I say

"I think I'm gonna take the next couple weeks off. I want to focus on you and us." She says

I go to say something but she continues her thoughts before I can open my mouth.

"Before you try to talk me out out of It, I don't feel forced or anything. I could care less about anything else. You're my everything y/n and I'd do anything for you. I want to be here for you and you're health and well-being  is 10x more important then playing soccer." She finishes and is now looking up at me.

You're my everything too. I know I probably haven't told you enough, but I really am thankful for you and everything you have done for me. I don't think I would be where I am if It wasn't for you.  I say

"I think you would have been just fine without me. But I'm happy I've been able to help you. I wouldn't want It any other way." She says  leaning up and kissing me, I kiss her back and his her hand.

She ends up falling asleep soon after. I stayed up for a bit with my thoughts. I'm one lucky girl and I can't wait to marry this girl. She means the world to me and I just love her so much.

I was up for a while longer before finally being able to fall asleep.

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Little bit on the shorter side than my normal chapters but I wanted to get this out. I finally have a day off tomorrow so I'm hoping to update at least one of my books tomorrow, I'll try my hardest to get both up! Thanks so much for reading! Have a great night/ day!