𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑒

Chapter 27 ~ Yours

Willow

It's been months. I left in December, it's August. I thought I was only going to be staying for the rest of the year and then go back in the summer. But Grandma ended up passing before Summer and my family needed me there.

Mine and Maddox's conversations cut off when Grandma passed. I needed him I will admit, but I didn't call him because I didn't want it to seem like I was using him. So I stopped texting and calling him.

It's been 3 months since we talked. And now that I'm going back to Seattle tomorrow, it will be quite interesting to see what has changed and what hasn't.

I know Maddox told me to call him whenever I needed him, but I was not thinking when Grandma passed so I didn't call him and then it became a habit.

I start back up at school in a week so that's why I'm heading down tomorrow. I ended up keeping the studio I have because it just meant so much to me and I knew I was going to come back so I sucked it up and paid for it even when I wasn't there.

I hope Maddox ate all the food that was in there. I would hate to come back to a moldy fridge.

I don't know how it's going to go down when I see him, all I know is that I'm ready for commitment if he is. I thought long and hard about it. I love him, and if he doesn't hate me when I come back, then I will tell him so.

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I let out a sigh of content as I plop down onto my loft bed. It feels so good to be home. It looked exactly the same as I left it, instead Maddox did end up taking all the food. So I had to order takeout and sit in front of a blank tv that didn't work.

Before I left, I threw a shoe at my tv and it cracked and it couldn't be fixed. So I left it there and hoped that it would fix itself. It didn't.

I throw away my trash, I look at the plant that was sitting by the trash. It wasn't dead? It looked like it did when I left.

Did Maddox water it?

I only smile at that though and plop myself back onto the couch. I lay a hand on my stomach and stay there till I feel like my food baby has calmed down.

I'm bored and awake, so I go to my computer and I start looking at my book. When I was over in Minnesota, I got an editor and published my book at the beginning of May. I was proud of my work.

I had published a book, and it already had 1000 buys and people are wondering when I'm going to start my next one.

"Over the Bridge"

Willow Carter

A romance novel

The cover was a picture of a bridge and a willow tree in the background. I saw it in Minnesota and took the picture seeing the opportunity.

I look at my phone and see it's close to one so I get myself ready for bed and lay down.

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I'm grocery shopping for the first time in a while. I needed food because I wasn't about to waste all my money on takeout.

Mom taught me a few recipes while I was up there and she gave me her cookbook so you best believe that I'm going to learn how to bake.

After the store, I decided I would head to the book store I put Mindy in charge of, to see if my book was there. I park in the parking lot and get out, walking to "Fayette's book nook and café"

I open the door to the smell of fresh books and coffee. Mindy's face pops up and smiles wide. "Willow!" She throws her arms around me and gives me a tight hug.

"I missed you!" Even though me and Mindy weren't close friends, she was one of my only friends besides Maddox.

"I missed you too! How was it?"

"So good! I have a surprise for you!" She grabs my hands and leads me through the bookshelves and to the back of the store. I look in front of me to see a table set up, 20 copies of my books on display.

"I thought it would be really neat of you to sign them for the people who come here often!" I don't even hesitate to give her a hug. I wrap my arms around her and spin around.

"I love you!" we pull away and she gestures for me to take a seat. I sit down in the chair and grab a sharpie.

I didn't even notice the line that formed while I was swinging at the books in front of me, in hardcover, paperback. All of it.

I smile and chat with the few people that end up coming to the table and asking for an autograph. I gladly do so and chat with them.

Some of the girls from my book club show up as well! They have been so supportive throughout everything, they said that they even read this book for the book club.

I'm beyond grateful for all of them. I got so lucky to surround myself with these people.

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It's around 10 at night and since more people came in, I have been sitting here all day. I had one more hardcover copy to sign and then I was done.

Once I closed the book, I closed my eyes and smiled.

My eyes open and my mouth falls when I hear a book being slammed on the table in front of me. I gape as Maddox stands in front of me, grinning.

"Carter, it's been a while." I can't even speak, I'm so lost for words. The man I had been missing all this time is in front of me. And he has a full beard covering his face but not long enough to hang off his chin. His hair is more grown out and darker.

His arms seemed to have grown and his arm that was plain, had more tattoos. I look him in the eye and see the shimmer.

"Maddox." It comes out as a whisper.

"Hey baby." I round the table and throw myself at him chanting 'sorry' over and over again. He just holds me and doesn't let me go, telling me he understands why I didn't call or text.

I pull away from him and give him the sloppy kiss that has been dying to come out since we parted. He kisses me back, smiling into the kiss, he wraps his arms around me tighter.

We pull away for air and smile. "I missed you." I whisper.

"Same here baby. Now can you sign my book?'

A/N I DID A TIMESKIP BECAUSE I NEED MY BABIES TOGETHER! ITS ALMOST THE END I HAVE ONE MORE CHAPTER PLANNED AND THEN THE EPILOUGE THAT WILL HOPFULLY BE OUT LATER TONIGHT.