Forever Yours (More Than A Feeling|Sequel)

Twelve: Grace's Input And Strep Throat

Everything that Matt had said to me stuck in my head for the next two days. Mostly, it was the part about Elise still being in love with me. I wanted - no, needed - to know if that was true. It was just nagging at me, and I knew that if I didn't know the truth about Matt's assumption then it would only get worse and I couldn't have that to deal with. I have a lot of things I need to sort out in the next four weeks. But I couldn't ask Elise if it was true. Why would she admit to me that kind of thing knowing I was nearly ready to tie the knot? She'd told me once that she'd gotten over being jealous of the girl I was with that wasn't her, so maybe she'd gotten over me completely. No, I'd ask Grace. She's a good source of information when you need it, since Elise tells her everything, including things about me.

So, maybe it's kind of wrong to make her best friend spill things about her that she wouldn't want me to know, but this was necessary. It was mandatory. It wasn't something I could just forget about, I had to know the truth, because if I married Aubree with her still having feelings for me, I knew that I might start to regret my marriage. Why? Because maybe I was still just a little bit in love with her. That's why I need to get the facts and get all of this figured out before I promise myself to someone else. 

I'd texted Grace and told her there was something that I needed to talk to her about, to do with Elise, and she told me to just go ahead and come over, because apparently she had something to say as well. Knowing Grace, this should be very entertaining. 

I didn't have time to knock on the door, as soon as I was right in front of it, it swung open to reveal Grace, and her greeting was, "Get your ass in here, we have things to discuss." 

My eyebrows shot up. "Well ok then, I'm in." I said as I came into her house. 

"First, you tell me what it is you need to talk about." Grace ordered as we went into the living room to sit down. Zacky was there, screwing around on Grace's laptop. I didn't mind that he was here, and I didn't mind asking about it in front of him. 

"You said it was about Elise, right?" Grace asked. 

"Uh, yeah." I sat down on the couch, and saw Zacky glance up quickly from the computer screen. Grace waited for me to start talking, so I tried to find ways to ask my question. "Is she.... does she.... by any chance do you know if....?" 

Grace had this look on her face that told me I was pathetic. "I'm sorry, I didn't actually catch the question there." She said sarcastically.

I sighed, and quickly blurted out, "Is she still in love with me?" Zacky's head snapped up all the way, his attention off the laptop. Grace sat there, kind of surprised by the question for a moment before she replied,

"She's never said anything to me, and she's to stubborn to admit it, but I think she is. She might say that because she was away from you for a year that she's over you, but that's bullshit. She spent twelve years wishing you were hers, that doesn't just disappear into thin air after 365 days. There's no way she doesn't still love you, even her actions say she does." 

I felt my heartbeat pick up in pace. "So, you truly believe that she does still love me?" 

"Yeah, I do." She nodded.

I grinned. "Great, awesome, thanks. I'll be on my way now." I started to get up, but she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Hold it! I'm not done with you yet. I still have to have my word with you, I have a piece of my mind that you're going to receive whether you want to or not." She said firmly, and slowly sat all the way back down.

"Ok... and may I ask what this is about?" 

"This is mostly to do with Aubree and yourself, as well as maybe Elise." Grace answered simply.