Its Always Been You

Chapter Twenty Two

•A/N- y'all can literally kill me for not posting regularly. I'm so sorry. I'm trying my best to be consistent with this writing and posting but my mental health has been shit and I just dont feel like doing anything at all. But I will try my best to write for y'all. I'm sorry once again. Hope y'all enjoy this chapter a little cz Its not that great but I'm trying.

My other book 'il suo amore' will surely have regularly updates because I have way too many chapters already written for that so y'all can try reading that too.

Hope y'all are good. Stay safe <3

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Azalea

"Are you coming here for the first time since you came back or?" he asks as we sit on a booth.

"Nah. Mom and Austin bought me here the day I landed" I answer and he places his hand on his heart dramatically.

"Damn it. I thought I was the first one to bring you here after years"

"Mhmh. Anyways. What are you gonna have?" I ask flipping through the menu card.

"The chicken Barbecue burger with fries" he answers and I look up at him.

That's one of my favorite dishes here.

A waiter approaches us soon and Elliott gives our order. We spoke about the most random things and after our lunch we decided to grab ice cream.

We get into the parking lot and stop as we someone call Elliott. We turn around and I see a very unfamiliar guy. He's tall, but Elliott is a little taller, he looked a little scary.

"Who's this?" He asks Elliott while looking at me.

"None of your business" Elliott says in a cold tone and puts me behind him.

I hear a chuckle from the guy. He looks back at Elliott.

"See you tonight then. You can get her too" he says with a smirk and then turns around walking away.

"Lets go" Elliott says wrapping his arms around my waist and walking to the car.

"Who is he?" I ask looking up at him.

"No one" he answers and opens the door for me. I sit down in confusion and wait till he gets in.

"Wow" I mutter and he looks at me while starting his engine.

"I'm not hiding anything Lea. Its just better if you dont know" he says and I roll my eyes.

"Fine. Where are you going tonight?" I ask.

"Nowhere"

"But he just-"

"It's nothing" he says and starts driving.

"But-" I start again and he cuts me off.

"Lea. Don't worry" he says.

"Why are you being so fucking sus about something?" I narrow my eyes looking at him.

"I'm not lea. Please trust me for this" he says

I sigh "Fine"

He then drops me home and I get in my room, I chnage my clothes and do my homework and then I decide to watch Gilmore Girls.

After dinner, when I was just about to sleep, I hear a notification. Elliott always texts me good night so I grab my phone excitedly and my smile drops as I read the message.

Unknown: I'm here as I promised. should have stayed with me in Australia but you didn't. So, here I'm to continue where we stopped. Adiós.

My heart drops in my stomach. No I'm dreaming. This can't be true. It can't be him. Its not him. Yeah its not him for sure. I try to cool ky anxiety down but the flashbacks from Australia keep coming back.

I suddenly feel nautiatic, I quickly get up and run in the washroom.

After cleaning up, I lay down on my bed silently staring at the ceiling. I hear my phone buzzing, I slowly grab my phone and see Elliotts name pop up. I answer the phone and hear his voice.

"Hey baby. Were you sleeping?" He asks softly.

"N-no. I wasn't"

"Are you okay?"

"Y-yes I'm" I say swallowing the lump in my throat.

"You don't sound okay. Do you want me to come over?" He asks, a tear rolls down my cheeks.

"N-no. Its fine eli" I say trying to sound fine.

"I'm coming over in ten" he says and ends the call before i could say anything. I rub my forehead and wipe the tears off my face.

Exactly after ten minutes I hear a knock on my window. I slowly open the blinds then the window. Elliott jumps in and wraps his arms around me. I instantly hug him back and try to control my tears.

"Whats wrong?" He asks pulling away and cupping my cheeks.

I shake my head as I look into his beautiful eyes.

"Lea" he says in a warning tone.

"I- um" no dont tell him anything right now "I just feel a little sick" I lie.

"What happened"

"My um head and stomach hurts really bad and I vomited" I say, the last part being true.

"Okay wow. What did you eat?" He asks as we sit down on the bed.

"Nothing fancy after what he had for dinner" I answer.

"Okay. Is Austin home?" He asks and I shake my head.

"Okay. I will go down and get you some medicines. Do you want anything else?" He asks and I shake my head. He nods kissing my forehead.

"Its in the right top side drawer of the pantry right?" He asks stopping at door, I nod with a smile.

He soon comes back with two pills and a bottle of water. He hands them to me and I move forward towards my dressing table, I turn around and see him texting on his phone, I quickly open the drawer and put the pills in it. I open the bottle and take a sip of water.

I turn around with a smile "Done" I say and he looks up at me with a smile. He puts his phone in his pocket and walks towards me.

"Good. You should sleep now" he says.

After washing my face again, I lay down beside Elliott. He immediately wraps his arms around me and rests his chin on my head.

I love this soft side of him way too much.

"Good night eli"

"Good night lea" he whispers back placing a soft kiss on the top of my head.

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