Stars Hollow's Princess (Book 2)

Scarlett?

Spencer and i walk into his apartment, and i kick off my shoes and face plant onto his couch

"give me your clothes, ill put them in the dryer"

In one swift movment, the boxers and shirt are in his hand, and i snuffles against his couch

"you like Indian food?" he asks, walking into the bathroom, he comes back seconds later

"ive never had it" i admit, wrapping myself in his fluffy magenta blanket

"theres-theres this great indian place down the streat, great Chicken Tandoori"

"ok" i mumble

"why dont you check out my office while i go pick it up? find a book?"

i nod, and stand up, Spencer stands in the kitchen, taking in my body, i wrap my arms around my chest

"im sorry-"

"its fine" i cut him off "wheres your office?"

He points to a room off the living room, i nod and he kisses my cheek before leaving
"iil be back in five"

I walk into his office, running my fingers along the spines of the books on his wooden bookshelf

I pull out one of the books and look at the cover  'Deviance: The Secret Desires of Sadistic Serial Killers' by David Rossi

sitting down on his comfy desk chair, i open the book and start reading, two minutes in, i get a sudden urge

I get up from my seat, setting the book down   and walking into his bedroom, i picked up my bag, and digged through it

Pulling out the vape, something tingled through me, i pressed the hard plastic to my lips as i walked back to the office and sat in the chair, Putting my legs up and cross them at the ankle

I inhaled the smoke, and blew it out of my mouth, leaning my head against the back of the chair

"Scarlett?"

Spencer's POV

As i walk down the street to my favorite Indian restaurant, i cant stop thinking about her

How her hair looks in the sun, how her eyesw shimmered

Shes so smart, like supper mega-smart, not just with stuff like school, shes street-smart, shes good with people, and god does she know how to work her tongue

I order & pay, and stand off to the side, thinking of her

She dosent deserve whats happening to her, first the kidnapping, now one of her childhood friends got abducted

Scarlett hasnt down anything for her to deserve all this bad stuff in her life

They call me name, and i thank the old lady who hands me my grey plastic bag, and walk out

I walk up the stairs of my apartment with a smile on my face, i open the door, and as i close it, i smell something

Blue rasberry?

Maybe Scarlett got some new perfume

I walk in "so, i was thinking, we lay out a blanket on the floor in the living room and eat, like a picnic, i can put on music, or-or we can watch Doctor Who or Star Trek"

I step into the office, and see Scarlett sitting on my chair, her head rested onto the back of the chair and smoke coming out of her mouth

"Scarlett?"

Her head shoots up, and an expression crosses her face, a expression that i cant read

"Spencer i-"

I walk out of the room, and let the bag drop on the coffee table, and i walk into the bathroom

When i walk back out shes standing into the living room, a book in one hand, and a black peice of plastic in the other

I toss her warm clothes as her, and she catches them, but only puts on the boxers, she lays the shirt neatly on the couch

I walk into my bedroom and grab a light green blanket off my bed and carry it into the liviing room, i lay it out, then walk back into the kitchen, Scarlett follows

"Spencer?-"

I hand her a cup, and fill in with milk, i get my own and do the same

Without saying anything, i sit down oon the blanket, and open the gray plastic bag, taking out the styrophom containers

Scarlett frowns as she sits next to me, crossing her legs like a child, her container in her lap, as she picked at her food with a plastic fork

I glance over at her, the book is sat beside her, the plastic sat ontop of it

What hurts me the most, is that i stopped taking Dilaudid for her

all for her

"Spencer" she syas "please talk"

"i know first hand" i start, opening my container "that-that things like that are so easy to get addicted to"

"Spencer-"

"Did you know that vapes contain the same harmful chemicals found in cleaning froducts, nail polish remover, weed killer, and-and bug spray?"

"i-"

"vapes leave-they leave young people at increased risk of depression and anxiety"

Scarlett looks down at her food

I sigh, and take her hand "i know first hand, red, that-that some habits are hard to break"

Scarlett's POV

"im sorry" i croak through tears

He shakes his head, and wipes a tear from my cheek, i look up at him, into his big brown eyes

and i realize one thing

I Love This Man