Those eyes

The truth

Lizzie's POV.

So I have been calling her for a whole month at the same time everyday, I can't say it has been easy she has been through too much and the healing process has been back and forth, sometimes she would get frustrated and put it on me being rude trying to get me to stay away from her but I never did.

Today y/n finally gets out of rehab and she let me come pick her up which is great progress between us considering she didn't even want to see me again.

I'm not going to lie I'm a little nervous to see her again after a month of only seeing her on FaceTime or just hearing her voice, I just want everything to be perfect and for her to trust me again and give me a chance to get back together.

Right now I'm standing in front of the rehab center trying to calm my nerves before I go in to see her, I take a big breath and open the door.

She was standing in front of the reception talking to the secretary and laughing about who knows what, she looks so much better, she has gained a little weight, she has a smile on her face, as always she looks beautiful.

They turn to look at me when they hear the door close.

"Hello" I say shyly.
"Elizabeth hi" y/n says, knowing she no longer tells me my nickname makes me sad but I guess in time she will say it again "she is veronica the secretary here, Vero she is Elizabeth".
'Vero? Now she calls the secretary nicknames?' I thought to myself.
"Nice to meet you veronica".
"Nice to meet you Miss Olsen" she says arranging her glasses on her face.
"So are you ready to go?" I ask.
"Yes" she says and turns to look at the secretary "Vero thank you for everything, I hope we can see each other again in other conditions, I will miss you and everyone else, take care".
"We will miss you too, please take care and I hope to see you anywhere else but here".
"Okay let's go" I said taking her bags and carrying them to the car.
"Bye everyone" she says following me.

Inside the car no one says anything, I have to admit I was jealous of the little interaction between her and the secretary but I couldn't say anything, I knew if I did it would make an argument between us and I didn't want that.

"Soo what are the media saying about me" she decided to break the silence that at this point was already quite uncomfortable.
"Nothing"
"Oh come on Elizabeth don't lie to me again".
"You don't want to know" I said knowing that if I told her the truth I was going to hurt her because the media was hating her right now, ever since she started dating Dylan everything they said about her was bad and after the scream at the girl they started eating her alive.
"Oh come on I can handle it."
"Okay, they don't like you right now."
"I figured" that was all she said.

"Are you hungry?" I asked knowing that if we did anything else before we got to her house she would be entertained.
"I'm starving" she says smiling.

I decided to take her to a McDonalds drive thru so we could park and talk inside the car without being interrupted.

"Welcome to McDonalds what are you going to order?"
"What do you want to eat?" I whispered to her.
"Hey could I get a Big Mac and fries, I'll have an orange juice and a vanilla ice cream please" she says leaning a little towards me so they could hear her order on the other side.
"Sure, is this all?"
"No, could you also order the same for me please" I said.
"Sure" the woman on the other end of the speaker replies.
"Thank you" y/n and I replied.

We got our food and drove around for a while until we found a place where we could park without any paparazzi seeing us.

"So you're happy to finally be out of rehab?"
"Well it's a mixed feeling actually."
"Tell me about it" I said taking a bite of my burger.
"Well at first I wanted to go home as soon as possible but then I started making friends and I liked learning about other people's lives and not just being so focused on me all the time, you know our life is complicated and all the time we have to think about whether what we are doing is wrong or not, we can't make mistakes because everyone will be talking about it."
"You're right"
"But on the other hand I miss my house, my sister, my friends..."
"You miss me?" The words came out of my mouth without thinking first "I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that."
"It's okay, yes Elizabeth I have missed you and too much" she says trying to avoid my eye contact.
"I've missed you too that's why I have to tell you something...I'm sorry for breaking up with you and for saying all those mean things"
"It's all good, you don't have to do this." She says dipping a potato into the ice cream and then popping it into her mouth.
"Yes I have to" I said insistent
"Okayy"
"Listen I didn't mean what I said, I didn't even mean what I said"
"Which part?" She interrupts me.
"All of it, I didn't mean to break up with you and I didn't mean anything I said, I only did it to protect you"
"What do you mean?" She says biting into her burger.
"Well do you remember the day you went to meet Kevin?" She agrees "well that day I was at your house and Madison was there too, at first I thought she was looking for you but she wasn't, she was looking for me, she threatened me she told me I had to break up with you or she would post some pictures of us together."

"That's impossible, how can she have those pictures of us?" Y/n says confused.
"She hired a private detective, well that doesn't matter I did what she asked me to do because I didn't want you to have to choose between me or your career" I said with tears in my eyes.
"You know I would have chosen you a million times right?" She says with her eyes full of tears.
"You don't know how much I regret making that decision."
"Don't be so hard on yourself"
"Please forgive me" I said letting the tears fall from my eyes.
"I already forgave you" she put her hand on my cheek wiping away my tears.

"I really want to kiss you right now" I said looking at her lips moving closer to her.
She moved back "oh Elizabeth I'm not ready for all of this yet, I want to heal first before I'm with someone".
"I understand, I'm sorry" I said moving back again.
"Can you take me home please? I'm tired" she says in a sweet voice.
"Sure" I said giving her a smile.
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