'Til We Meet Again Book 2

Chapter 54

I'm in my room packing up my stuff since today I'm going back to LA. Marshall is gonna drive me to the airport even though I insisted I would take a cab to the airport, he has custody hearing tomorrow at 11am and I hope he wins shared custody of his daughters. It's 8:45am and my flight is at 10. I'm a little stressed over missing my flight because I didn't pack anything yesterday since I stayed the night at Marshalls and we ate dinner together, watched a movie and we did some..... work in his bedroom "Oh my god where is my phone?" I ask Marshall panicking "Baby stop stressing out" Marshall laughs as I start to pull apart my bed "Shut up, Marshall, and help me look" I yell

"You know I feel bad for that bed" Marshall laughs and I throw a pillow at him "Man, that's fucked up" Marshall shakes his head "If you don't help me look" I walk over to him slowly "I'm going to do to you what I did to this bed" I glare at him and he smirks "You're so sexy" Marshall bites his bottom lip "Marshall" I say through my gritted teeth "Okay okay" Marshall puts his hands up "I'll help you look" I smile at him "Thanks baby" I kiss him and turn around "Devil woman" He smacks my butt and helps me look "Oh my god I can't find my phone and I'm gonna miss my flight" I panic "I'll call it" Marshall grabs his phone from the pocket of his hoodie and calls my phone up.

I'm not hearing my phone in the room but I hear a murmuring sound coming from the living room. I walk to my room only to find the murmuring sound coming from the couch cushions, I stick my hand in between the couch cushions and pull my phone out "Found it" I wave my phone as I get off "You know where I would like to stick myself in" Bad mistake bending over in front of him. Bad. Mistake "Is it really the time" I shake my head and walk back to my room, I hear him laugh behind me "It's always the time" something doesn't quite feel right, Marshall only acts like this if he has popped two pills or is horny or is nervous/angry at something and needs to get his mind off of it.

I zip my suitcase and put my phone and plane ticket in my bag, I walk over to Marshall in the living room and see him sat on my couch, he looks anxious "What's wrong?" I ask him and he looks up "Oh uh nothing" Marshall shakes his head and gets up, he walks over to me "You ready?" He asks me "Don't try to change the subject" I put my hand up "What is going on?" I ask him "I'm anxious about tomorrow's hearing" Marshall frowns and I place both my hands behind his neck "You're gonna do just fine tomorrow okay" I cock my head to the side "I wish you could come with me, I need you" He places his hands on my waist "I know this is the worst time for me to be going back to LA, I'll come back as soon as I can" I smile at him "Come back for New Years Eve, I wanna celebrate New Years with you" He smiles at me "Hopefully I can get a flight out" I giggle "No need, I'll buy you a ticket for the 27th December" Marshall leans in and gives me a long kiss "I'm gonna miss you so much" He mumbles against my lips "I'm gonna miss you too" I pull away from the kiss and smile at him.

..........

I'm finally back home in LA, now I'm just looking for Kristy to pick me up. Her birthday is on the 20th December she'll officially be 18 years old, I can't believe she's getting old, it feels like just yesterday she was a 10-year-old little girl. Proud sister moment. I see her waving at me by the exit of the airport, I practically race over to her and give her a massive hug "Someone missed me" Kristy giggles "You have no idea" I squeeze her tightly "Amanda, you're killing me" I let go of the hug and Kristy catches her breath "Jesus" Kristy pants "I'm sorry" I giggle "Oh that's completely fine" Kristy rolls her eyes at me.

We exit the airport and walk to her car, she is parked on Level 1 of the parking lot "How was your trip to Detroit?" Kristy asks me as she starts to drive "Great but I need to tell you something" I look at her and she eyes me "I broke up with Cole" I rip the band-aid off "Why?" She asks me "I've been with him for so long and never realized how crazy he is" I sigh "What did he do?" Kristy asks me and I tell her everything "And I thought Tinker Bell was crazy" That's Marshall's nickname "One more thing" I bite my bottom lip since I'm nervous "Marshall and I are officially together" I break the news to her "I've been giving you a hard time about you having feelings for Marshall and then I realized Cole is the crazy one, he physically hurt you but my question is; is Marshall treating you good?" Kristy asks me "He is" I nod and smile at her "You have my blessing" Kristy smiles at me "But you know who to turn to if Marshall treats you badly" Kristy smirks at me "I know" I smirk at her

"How are you and Chase doing?" I ask her "So you know Joey Tribbiani? He sleeps with women and never calls them again? Yeah well two nights ago me and Chase booked a hotel room and we slept together, since then I haven't heard anything from him" She sighs "When I messaged him yesterday about why is he all of a sudden blowing me off, he said 'I'm busy'" Kristy sounds heartbroken "What the hell is wrong with him? I thought you guys were doing fine" I shake my head "We were but I must have spooked him when I admitted I'm falling for him that night" My eyes widens "You're in love with him?" I ask her "What do you think I meant when I said I'm falling for him?" She rolls her eyes "I'm just so shocked" I lean my head back against the headrest "Believe me I'm just as shocked as you are because I didn't expect to fall for him and here I am" Kristy's eyes fixated on the road "Try calling him today, maybe he's fallen for you but just got scared" I advise her "Trust me, Amanda, he isn't scared of anything" Kristy laughs "You'd be surprised" I wink at her.

We finally got home and I unpack my stuff, I left a few of my sweaters and my earrings at Cole's place so I need to pick them up before I have lunch with Kristy, we're gonna have Chinese since we are both exhausted. I check the time and it's 11:07am, perfect timing since Cole is at work right now. I grab my car keys and head out to the living room "I need to head to Coles, I have to pick up a few of my stuff and then I'll be back" I smile at Kristy "Sure, but please be careful, Cole isn't right in his head" I walk over to her "I'll be careful" I hug her tightly "I love you sissy" I pull away from the hug "I love you too sissy" I wave at her and exit my apartment.

I get in my car and drive over to Coles house. After a twenty-minute drive I park outside of his home, I still have keys to his house. I walk over to the door and unlock it, as soon as I step in his house I hear a girl moans coming from the living room, I walk over to his living room and find Cole making out with this girl "We just broke up and you are already about to hook up with some slut on the couch we used to cuddle together" I yell at him "What are you doing here?" Cole asks me and glares at me "Babe, whose this?" This blonde girl with brown eyes asks him "Babe? Wow, you sure do move on fast" I yell "Go, I'll call you later" Cole tells his hookup to leave, she picks herself up and adjusts her bra strap and knee-high skirt "Me and Cole are in love" She says in a bitchy way "No you guys are not, you're just a cheap hookup babe" I serve her my attitude and she gasps "Who do you think you are?" She asks me "Someone whose gonna break your nose if you don't fucking leave" I threaten her

"Okay okay" She takes a few steps back "Bye babe" She waves at Cole and leaves "Seriously?" I look at him with disgust "Mind your own business" He puts on his t-shirt "So cliche you would have a hookup right after we break up, I didn't think you were cliche" I glare at him "and I didn't think you were a whore who sleeps with a famous rapper but here we are" Cole smirks at me "HEY" I raise my voice at him "I have known Marshall since I was 15 years old so shut the fuck up" I yell "Marshall really changed you" He shakes his head in disappointment "He didn't change me, I changed because I wanted to" I glare at him "I'm here to collect my stuff not argue with you" I race upstairs and head to his room, I collect my belongings and head back to the foyer "Goodbye" I place his keys he gave me on the table just by the door "Yeah" I open the door and leave his house. As soon as I get in my car I have a mental breakdown, I grab the steering wheel and place my forehead on it as I cry. This hurts.