Angel (Reneé Rapp/You)

29

Your POV

I slammed my laptop shut as I groaned. Getting any work done was damn near impossible right now.

I hadn't left my apartment in days. I could tell Bazzi and Olivia were starting to get worried about me. I just didn't have the energy to interact with anyone. I had so many things to worry about.

I rubbed my eyes as my phone started ringing. I looked down and saw that it was Ethan. Decline. I didn't want to talk to him right now, but I should've expected what happened next. I let out a sigh when my phone started ringing again.

"What?" I spoke as soon as I answered the phone.

"Whoa. Calm down," he said as I heard shuffling on the other line. "Whats got you all upset?"

"Ethan, please just tell me what you want."

I didn't want to be mean to him, but I didn't want  to sit there on the phone with him either.

"I called to give you some news," he spoke again. "You're going to need to come to the office tomorrow. We have a meeting with Reneé's team."

My eyes widened.

"Why?" I asked as I suddenly sat up.

"To talk business about the PR stunt."

"I thought that was next week?" I asked as I stood up and began pacing my living room.

"Actually, if you would have read your contract you'd know that the meeting could fall anytime between the 7th and 21st this month. They called me earlier and we scheduled for tomorrow."

I stayed silent. I didn't know what to say.

"Hello?"

"I'm here," I answered him. "What time is it at?"

"Ten. I scheduled it later than usual so you could sleep in."

I couldn't help the small smile on my face when he said that.

"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow."

I hung up the phone and threw it onto the couch, running my hands through my hair. It was already after seven. I had a half mind to just take myself to bed so that I didn't have a chance to overthink everything.

That's when I heard someone banging on my front door. My head snapped in that direction, but my feet didn't move.

After about ten seconds of non stop knocking I heard a key enter the lock aggressively.

"What the fuck-"

I was cut off when the door swung open. All I saw was a blur of blonde hair coming towards me as the door slammed shut behind her.

"You fucking asshole," she spoke as she shoved me backwards. "Fuck you!"

I couldn't even speak as she continued to curse and push me. Every time I would regain my balance she would close the gap and push me backwards again.

"Reneé, stop," I spoke, grabbing her arms and trying to calm her down. "Nae."

"Don't fucking call me that," she said, trying to break free from my grip. "Let me go!"

"I'll let you go when you calm down," I attempted to bargain as she tried harder to break away.

"Let me go! You fucking asshole."

Her voice was cracking while she was yelling and there were tears in her eyes. I just let her say whatever she needed to say and took it.

"You fucking love me? Why don't you tell them that at this stupid fucking meeting tomorrow!"

Oh, so that's why she was here after not speaking a word to me for almost two weeks. Looks like someone got the call before I did.

"Reneé..." I trailed off as she could no longer hold back the tears that were streaming down her face.

She was still attempting to break out of my hold, but suddenly she broke down and rested all her weight against me. I think if I let go in that moment she would've crumpled to the floor.

"Why did you have to say it?" She cried into my neck. "I was so ready to let you go and you just had to say it."

"Reneé, I'm so fucking sorry," I whispered as I did my best to not cry. "I'm so sorry."

I walked her over to my couch, sitting down with her as she cried into my neck.

"Tell me you didn't mean it."

"I did mean it. I love you," I spoke, shaking my head as she cried harder in my neck. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Olivia before."

"Why is it so fucking hard to walk away from you?"

It hurt to hear that.

"Reneé, why'd you come over here?" I asked as I pulled back to look her in her eyes.

She looked tired. Seems like I'm not the only one who hadn't been sleeping.

"I don't know," she looked away. "I didn't want tomorrow at the meeting to be the first time I see you again."

I knew she wasn't telling me the whole truth because she wasn't maintaining eye contact with me.

"Want to tell me the real reason?"

"I'm not ready to let you go," she barely got out between sobs.

I didn't speak, wrapping my arms around her entirely. She continued to cry into my neck as I rubbed her back. I was doing my best to comfort her.

"Promise me," she mumbled, prompting me to lean back slightly so I could look her in the eyes. "Promise me that it's been only me since the start."

"Reneé, I haven't had eyes for anyone else ever since I saw you a backstage at the VMAs," I told her. "I swear to you nothing has happened between me and anyone else."

She nodded to show me she believed me as I used my thumbs to wipe the tears off of her cheeks. I leaned in slightly, but left a few inches of space between us.

I wanted her to be the one to close the gap between us, and she did almost immediately. As soon as her lips touched mine my chest felt like it exploded.

She was kissing me in a way she hadn't kissed me before.

"Wait," I broke the kiss and backed up slightly. "What does this mean for us? I don't want this to be over but I also want you to make your own decision-"

"I love you. You fucking idiot," she cut me off, making my jaw drop slightly. "I'm so in love with you. That's why it hurt so much when I found out through Olivia that you guys have been romantically involved in the past."

I ducked my head and she lifted my chin so that I would look into her eyes again.

"I trust you. I do. I just couldn't figure out why you felt the need to lie about it. If we really do this then we have to be completely honest with each other, Y/n."

"I promise you that you won't have to worry about that," I said, doing my best to prevent the tears that were welling in my eyes from falling. "What are we going to say in this meeting tomorrow?"

"We'll get there when we get there," she shook her head, leaning in to kiss my lips again.

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