Life As Ariana Grande's Little Sister

➰ Chapter 29: Returning to Fame

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Aliana's POV

"Cole..?" I blinked, trying to control my shaking hands.

"Should I, um, let him in?" Kaye asks, pursing her lips.

I didn't want to talk to Cole at the moment. Well first of all, he broke my heart. And then he broke my trust. And then all of the things he said were a lie. You'll come to that thought when you'll have a boyfriend. But I believed in Cole that he loved me, and he once said that he will never give up on me. Where's that promise?

I let out a rattled breath. "I don't know..."

A part of me misses him so bad and a part of me wants to crush him. I don't know which side I want to believe or do. I'm torn between my thoughts, befuddled and perplexed at the same time. But sometimes you have to live outside your box. If I'm so afraid of taking chances, how would I reach my destiny?

Okay, I have to let him in.

"Let him in." I breathe out.

Kaye nodded anxiously as she went to open the door. A guy with his usual khakis and statement shirt appeared. Except for the fact that he looked a bit more mature than last time. His jaw was in more shape, and his jet black hair is now in a shade of chestnut brown. His once happy green orbs was replaced with dull greens. And his smile was never the same.

"Hi." I greet with no expression, landing my eyes on my hands instead of him.

"Hey, Aliana." Cole said. "I have your favorite Chrysanthemum and Daisies. I don't know which one to give you, so I got them both." (A/N: boyfriend goals tho)

"Aren't you awfully sweet," Kaye scoffed. "So you finally managed to visit after you have your date with Morgan, huh?"

Cole's face paled. "I.. I'm so sorry, Aliana... I didn't know what to do.. One night I just got drunk and then she came up to me and kissed me. I missed you so bad that night so I thought you were the one I was kissing. I'm so sorry, Aliana.. Sweetie... Don't cry..."

I finally noticed the tears coming out of my eyes as I wiped them with the back of my hand. "But why did you stay with that.. with that girl? I thought you knew what happened to the both of us. Why did you date her? You're a jerk!"

A tear escaped his eye. "I understand that you're angry with me, Ali... But please give me the permission to explain, please."

Samantha and Kaye got out of the room to give us some space, and it gave me the chance to sob by myself.

"Ali, love, don't cry..." Cole cooed, holding my hand as he rubbed my palms with his thumb, the way he used to comfort me when I was sad.

I let out a humorless chuckle. "How am I supposed not to cry after what you did to me? I fucking saved you, and then this is all you're doing..?"

"I'm so sorry, Aliana, just please let me explain." He urged, lifting up my chin as he wiped away my tears. "Hey, look at me, look at me. I know I am a jerk. I can call myself an idiot, a doofus, a douchebag, a knucklehead, and whatever you can call me. But I'm going to tell you this, this jerk is very sorry to a beautiful princess. If he explains everything to you, he won't be a jerk anymore. Please, princess, let me explain. And I forgot to thank you, for saving me back there."

"I saved you because I loved you," I whispered ad I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "Fine. What's your explanation?"

"Finally." He cheers a bit. "Well I'm going to start now. First of all, I told you that I was drunk and I kissed Morgan, right? Well, that was true. I thought she was you. And then I came to the time when I knew about that and went to Morgan's house. She had this plot. She asked me to date her. If I didn't, she would pull away your plugs, your life support - "