Walk on Water | Eminem Fan Fiction

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avery pov
february fourteenth, two thousand and twenty

"i'm happy you're here" I said softly. marshall nodded in agreement, "i'm happy i'm here, too" he said as he chewed at his lip. I watched as he reached into his pocket for his phone, trying to sneak a picture of me.

I shook my head and blocked the camera, "h-hey, why would you do that?" he asked. I let out a belly laugh and covered my face, "cause i'm off the clock, and samantha does that shit all day long" I said, scrunching my nose up.

marshall sighed, reaching into his pocket again. "how does twenty bucks sound?" he asked as he threw it on the table. I curiously raised an eyebrow, "mr.mathers, are you bribing me right now?"

he nodded, "I am.." he said. I pursed my lips before grabbing the cash and tucking it into the sleeve of my shirt. "i'm positive you have more than enough pictures of me, do you really need more?"

marshall let out a chuckle, "I think you underestimate, how much of a simple man I am" he said as I rolled my eyes. I pressed my tongue to my cheek, "okay, fine, take the picture but i'm only allowing it cause it's valentines day" I said as he took the picture, satisfied. 

"I love you, honey" he said
"you more" I said softly. 

marshall cleared his throat, "so, I actually have a gift for you" he said, stuttering nervously. my face contorted as I shook my head, "but, we said no presents.." I said before anxiously mashing my lips together. 

"I know we did, but I can't help it" he said as he let out a low chuckle, and slid a small box across the table. hesitation paralyzed me, "go on and open it, honey" he encouraged. I opened the top, letting out a sigh of relief seeing it wasn't a ring. 

"a key.. what's the key to?" I asked. marshall tried his best to hide a smile full of hope and happiness, "to my house, honey. I-I have really missed you.. and I was hoping you'd want to stay longer then ten days"

"I-I can make room in the closets, and the drawers so you can leave whatever you want at the house" he said. my lip quivered, as I tried to grasp what was happening. "wait, really?" I asked
as he nodded.  

I chewed at my lip and ran my fingers on the rim of the cocktail glass in front of me. "you you like that, baby?" he asked as I nodded, letting out a soft yeah, as relief washed over him. 

"sweet girl, you are everything to me. I never thought I was gonna find someone i'd be able to  actually trust and open up to. I was lonely as shit, and then out of nowhere I met you. and when you were in michigan I was happy, and content"

"my friends and family haven't seen that side of me in, years." he said as he started to ramble. I let a small smile curved my lips, as my heart raced knowing my feelings were satisfied. "I would love nothing more.."

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"hey, honey" samantha said as I walked into the store. I scrunched my nose at her, giving her a goofy little smile. "where's marshall?" she asked as she raised an eyebrow. I turned to the front door, pointing outside.

"how was y'alls valentines lunch?" she asked. I crossed my arms, "marshall gifted me a key to his house and asked if I would stay in michigan longer than a couple days" I said. shocked fell over her face before she chewed at her lip.

"and, how do you feel about that?" samantha asked. I shrugged, "I don't really know, cause the only other person I was serious with was ryan. and we all know how that ended"

I sighed, "don't get me wrong, I love marshall but.." I said before samantha interrupted me. "but you're scared to get hurt again, and that's understandable. but honey, marshall is outwardly showing you that he's not messing around"

"just sleep on it" she said, as I nodded. "oh, by the way. you did get some special valentines deliveries while you were gone honey" she said as my face scrunched in confusion. "from who?" I asked. 

samantha cleared her throat, "ryan.." she said as I let out a deeply annoyed sigh. "he's a fucking psychopath.." I said before chucking the flowers into the trash.

"avery james, you do realize at one point you loved him.. and were engaged to him?" samantha asked as I rolled my eyes. "and I almost made the biggest mistake of my life, dude I was minutes away from ruining my life"

"I understand you were miserable but you didn't have to leave him at the alter" she said as I pressed my tongue to my cheek, trying to avoid the conversation. samantha quickly changed the subject..

"your dad also stopped by.." she said as she pointed to the almost life size teddy bear sitting in the rollie chair. I sighed, "I guess flowers didn't cut it this year" I said before hearing the door open. I poked my head out of the back office, seeing marshall walk in. 

"I see you back there, baby" he said, before making his way toward me. he quickly wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into him. "so, I heard through the grapevine that avery's gonna be a part time michigander?" samantha said.

marshall nodded and let out a nervous laugh, "that's the plan.." he said as his face flushed, before pressing a kiss to the top of my head. 

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