Forty Two

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Demi

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Liked by matthew_scott_montgomery, angelokritikos and 8,926,481 others
ddlovato Dog Lady 🐶💖
View all 1,726,927 comments
obj So that where my shirt gone 😏😅
      ddlovato It smells of you 🥹

Odell flew back to Cleveland and then headed over to New York whilst I stayed in LA. I had a few meetings with Scooter who had a few acting roles lined up for me. I haven't acted for years because of this fear I had of watching myself on tv, but I've always wanted to go back to it so I accepted them.

"I'm gonna be in a movie with Will Ferrell" the smile on my face was enormous as I told Odell. I have been like a giddy little kid all day. I've been like a little kid hyped on sugar.

"Baby, that's crazy. I'm proud as fuck" my cheeks flushed as I watched the smile on his face grow. "I know how much his movies helped you in rehab. You deserve this, Baby."

"Thanks. I'm like a kid at Christmas, I'm that excited."

"I'm proud of you, like crazy amounts" my smile widened.

"So, how'd the meeting with Eliza go?"

"A little pointless. She didn't bring him"

"Why not?" Odell's eyes darted away from the phone. "O, why didn't she bring him?" my eyebrows scrunched together as he released a breath.

"She thought you were gonna be there."

"What have I done?" the confusion was obvious in my tone. Odell didn't reply, we just kind of silently stared at each other through the phone, until it clicked. "It's because of last year, isn't it? She doesn't want me around him because of the shit that I did. O, I'm so sorry if I've ruined..."

"No, you ain't ruined anything, Baby. She's just gonna have to get used to it. Demi, I ain't letting you go, we're engaged and I want a future with you. I told her that shit too. You gonna be in his life, D, because you're in mine and that ain't fucking changing" I blinked to push back the tears threatening to fall. "You ain't in the same place you were last year. Baby, please don't let this effect shit. She ain't ruining this."

"I just don't wanna be the reason that you don't get to see him. You've only just learnt about him, I don't wanna ruin it for you already" the last thing I want to do is impact Odell's relationship with his son.

"And you won't. Eliza's the one ruining it, not you" my eyes dropped to the floor. "I love you" my lips twitched at the corners as I nodded and glanced back up at him.

"I love you too."

We spoke for a while longer until he had to go. Odell rang the next day and couldn't stop expressing how amazing his son was, for a 9 month old, he already sounds so clever.

"Dem, it's gonna kill me when I have to leave him" that was the sentence that broke my heart. I glanced down at my lap as a heaviness began to build in my chest. Odell now lives in Cleveland and I live in Los Angeles, his son lives in New York. Cleveland is a lot closer to New York than LA. You can't think like this, Demi. You've got to be the supportive girlfriend. "...I can't fucking wait" I sort of jumped from my thoughts. Odell had obviously continued to talk but I wasn't taking any of it in. I was too busy thinking about whether this will take my fiancé away from me. How selfish do I sound right now? "You okay, Baby?" I forced a smile onto my face as I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm happy for you" for a moment it was silent.

"Then why you look like you wanna cry?"

"I live in LA, O" his eyebrows raised as he remained silent. "As-As much as I love New York, I couldn't ever see myself living there" the words coming from my mouth probably make me sound like a bitch. "You're always gonna have to choose between us, and one day you're probably gonna have to make a decision and I-I don't want you to end up hating me" tears welled up in my eyes as a lump formed in my throat. "I don't want this to be the thing that breaks us."

"Demi, I ain't gonna let that happen. You promised me that it wouldn't" I nodded as I bit down on my lip.

"I know, but that was before you said that it would kill you to leave him" I hate that our relationship has come to this. I don't want to end up giving him an ultimatum. I don't want to be that bitch. I knew this was going to be hard, but fuck.

"And it fucking kills me to leave you. You think I enjoy flying back to Cleveland cause I don't. Demi, I fucking hate being away from you. Why you suddenly think you're less important to me than Zydn?"

"I never said that, I just..."

"You think I'd choose him over you?" I kept my gaze down as my shoulders slightly shrugged. He scoffed as I clamped my eyes shut. "Is this it now then? You ain't gonna trust that I fucking love you?" my stomach twisted at his words. "Demi, you're the person I wanna spend the rest of my life with. I wouldn't have asked you to marry me if I didn't see that" my eyes moved to stare at my engagement ring. The sight of it just caused my tears to roll down my cheeks. "I'm gonna hang up before something I regret comes out my mouth" before I could stop him, he hung up. I leant back against the couch, tears flowing down my cheeks as I choked on a sob. The ache in my chest was heavier than what it was earlier and I suddenly felt sick to my stomach. I've fucked up.

The light buzz that my phone made, had my heart hammering against my chest. I quickly reached for it, my vision slightly blurred from my tears but I could easily make out the message.

From Odell❤️: I love YOU.

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