Revenge and Regrets {ICONic Boyz Love Story}

Chapter Sixteen

I sat on the plane for the seemingly endless flight back to California, and I couldn't help but wonder. The plane ride was my first time of true lonliness since the split of Nick and I, and being left alone with my thoughts was not pleasurable.

A few major questions ran through my mind: Why would he do this? What was wrong with me that led him to run to Maria? What could I have done to change this?

But my thoughts screamed a question to me repeatedly, a deafening noise that I had tried desperately to block out but kept seeping back into my conscience.

Was he even in love with me at all?

As I stepped off the plane at LAX, I couldn't help but wish my thoughts would silence themselves. Muteness came in the form of my two beautiful, Australian best friends.

"Oh Lelo, sweetie, I am so sorry" Cody came up and wrapped me in a tight hug, both him and Alli covered in rediculous disguises so the general public wouldn't recognize them.

"Thanks Cod, I don't really want to talk about it though, if thats okay?" I sort of muffled into his shirt, but he understood was I was saying and nodded as he let go of me.

"Today we do whatever you want" Alli smiled and hugged me, telling me how much she missed me and how deeply horrible life was when Cody was the only other kid around.

"Can we go to your house and watch funny movies in the movie room? I feel like that would literally be the perfect thing for me right now" I said and both of them shook their heads in approval. 

"Oh wait guys, I was supposed to meet and talk with Madison today" I said as a text from him popped up on my phone. Being caught inside my own thoughts for four hours made me completely forget.

"Why don't you just invite him to the movie marathon, we don't mind" Cody said and Alli gave a thumbs up, so I replied to Madison quickly telling him the Simpson's address and our plans for the day.

"He said he will be here in twenty" I told them as we all hopped out of Cody's car. I ran home to put away my bags and say a quick hello to my parents, both of them having this pitying expression that made me want to leave as quickly as possible.

"Knock, knock" I said as I entered the house, so familiar with the Simpson's that they didn't really mind if I let myself in. 

"They're in the screening room" Mrs. Simpson came up to me, smiling and giving me a quick hug before saying, "he didn't deserve you anyways"

"Thank you Mrs. Simpson" I grabbed an apple off the the kitchen counter and prepared to head into my rom-com sanctuary before I heard the door bell ring. Mrs. Simpson was busy preparing dinner, so I took the liberty of answering the door.

"Hey, babe" Madison said to me as he stood in the doorway, both hands in the pockets of his skinny jeans. My pulse rate elevated at his use of the word 'babe' and a sort of indescribable feeling washed over me.

"How are you?" He asked. 

"Oh you know, just fucking peachy. I won a Guinness world record, didn't you hear? World's biggest idiot"

"Oh shut up, you're not an idiot. He's the idiot, for cheating on someone as great as you"

"Thanks Mad, ready to watch some embarrassingly cheesy movies for the rest of your day?"

"For you, of course. Lead the way" He said and I began walking the familiar path to the screening room. Alli and Cody already had a plethora of snacks out, pillows and blankets sprawled on the couches, and a impressive collection of DVDs stacked up infront of the TV.

"We figured we'd let you choose" Cody said.

"Do you guys have-wait, found it!" I said as I pulled She's All That from the stack.

"Yes!" Three heads turned to see Madison looking incredibly embarrassed, "I didn't mean to say that out loud" He continued and we all laughed. 

Alli and Cody sat on one couch, the two of them fighting over who would be in charge of the remote. Madison and I took the other couch and he offered to share a blanket and body heat, knowing how quickly I get cold.

"Thanks" I said and crawled in next to him, the distance between us so minimal that I could barely pay attention to the movie and instead only to the increasing race of my heart beat.

He put his arm around me and shivers ran up and down my spine from his touch. I had no clue what had washed over me, why I was feeling these emotions just mere days after a break up with the supposed love of my life. And in that moment I realized I hadn't thought about the breakup since Madison showed up.

He made the pain vanish.