finding me while loving you

part 17

Grace's POV

I woke up in Demi's bed with her arms wrapped around me, letting me be the little spoon. I smiled at the warmth that came from her body, and turned myself around in her arms so my face was in her chest.

"Good morning, sweetheart." I heard her say quietly.

"Oh, you're up!" I said.

"I've been up for a few minutes. I was just enjoying holding you."

I squeezed her tighter, feeling content exactly how I was.

"How are you feeling about everything?" She asked. "Are you okay?"

"I'm good, Dems. Just anxious to get to my family. I just really miss them."

She caressed the skin on my back and brought her hand up to my head, rubbing my scalp.

"What are the plans today?"

"I think I'm going to do lunch and bowling with a few old hometown friends. Do you want to come or do you want to stay back?"

"Do you want me to come?" I asked her.

"It's up to you. I always want you around, but I do want to catch up with them as well."

I nodded my head, fully understanding her wanting to spend alone time with her lifetime friends.

"I'll stay back and hang with your family. That sounds like a plan to me."

"Are you sure? I don't want to hurt your feelings."

"Of course, baby. I want you to go enjoy your time and I'll be waiting here patiently for you."

I leaned up and connected our lips, deepening the kiss.

"I love you so much. I hope you always know that." She whispered against my lips.

"I love you, baby. I love you forever." I reconnected our lips, and we spent our morning tangled up in each other.

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Demi left about an hour ago, and would be gone most of the day. I'm spending the day with Dallas and Madison, and we decided to go downtown and shop, get our nails done, and get Mexican for dinner. We got our nails done first. We all decided to get matching colors, which I thought was cute and made me feel apart of this family. We went into all sorts of shops and then decided that we were getting hungry and made our way to the restaurant.

I didn't get any texts from Demi yet, which made me a tiny bit sad, but I knew she was with her friends and she'd be coming home to me later.

"Did you see Demi's Instagram story?" Dallas asked the both of us.

We both shook our heads, pulling out our phones.

"That's weird. Why is Jake with them?" Madison questioned, looking at Dallas. "I'm not going through this again."

"Who's Jake?" I immediately questioned, feeling very curious.

Dallas sighed, and her and Madison gave each other another look. "She hasn't talked about him?"

I shook my head no, growing upset.

"Basically, he was always her fuck buddy. Every time she came home, they'd hook up. I also know she gets drugs from him."

My heart sank and I didn't know what words to make out.

"I don't think she's hooking up with him, Gracie. I know they're all mutual friends and he could've just shown up." Madison said trying to make me feel better, which didn't really work.