True Love | Book 2

Chapter 20

(Josh)
* 2 months later*

I pull up to the parking lot and we get out, Jennifer getting Ava out of her car seat. I get the stroller out of the trunk and she puts Ava in it. "I'll push her." She offers, smiling at Ava. I close the trunk and follow her. We walk for a while, Ava mumbling things trying to make words. "Look." Jennifer points to an ice cream truck pulled over across the street. "I'm gonna go get ice cream. Do you want some?" She asks. "Yeah, just get me whatever looks good." I watch her walk away, push Ava to a bench and sit down. "You're mommy is so pretty." I tell Ava. She smiles and makes noises, similar to talking. "See." I point to her as she walks towards us and Ava giggles. "What are you guys talking about?" She sits down next to me. "You." She hands me a Popsicle. "Yours is orange and mine is pineapple." She sticks the Popsicle in her mouth. "Why did I have to get orange?" I complain, unwrapping mine. "Because I hate orange and I went and got them." She explains, in between licks. I look around as I eat my Popsicle and I see a dark haired girl jogging. She looks familiar but I can't tell why. She has long curled hair, and she's wearing a grey tank top and shorts. She stops to catch her breath and smiles at me before running away. I direct my attention back to Jennifer who is almost finished with her Popsicle. I finish mine and throw it into the trash can. I try not to think about the girl I saw, but I'm sure I know her.

We get home and I take a sleeping Ava up to her room and put her in her crib. I watch her sleep for a few seconds, then walk downstairs. I find Jennifer in the kitchen. She's eating Doritos. She doesn't look happy to see me. "Hey. What's wrong?" I try to think of what I could've done. "I don't know....why don't you go for a jog and find out?" At first I'm confused, then I get it. "That's seriously what this is about?" I can't believe she would get mad at me for something so stupid. "It's fine Josh. If you wanna look at other girls you can. I'll just wait here and have your baby." She rolls her eyes and sets the bag of Doritos down. "I wasn't looking at her. I just happened to see her and you don't hear me complaining when you're dreaming about your ex!" She looks at me, shocked. "You said his name in your sleep! I heard it perfectly!" She runs upstairs. I take a deep breath and follow her, feeling guilty for yelling at her. I find her in our bedroom and sit down with her. "Go away Josh." I can tell she's crying. "I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry." We barely ever fight. "I did dream about Nick. I called him the next morning. We talked, he's much better now. More like the Nick I knew when we first met. He apologized for everything and were friends now. I hated how things ended between us. We were both working and under a lot of stress and we dealt with it differently. We're not going to see each other anymore. He's moved on and so have I with you. I just wanted to fix things between us. That's all that happened and that's all that ever will. I love you Josh, not him. You have to know that." She sits up and looks at me waiting for my response. "I know you love me. I shouldn't have even brought that up. I don't understand why you would think I would wanna be with anyone but you. That girl was just some random person, she doesn't mean anything to me. If we're gonna start getting jealous over strangers I think we have a serious problem. I love you, just you. That's not going to change." I chose my words carefully, everything I said was true. She wraps her arms around me and I do the same. "I just don't want to lose you Josh. You're so sweet and attractive and you always take care of me and I feel like I do nothing for you. You always seem like you don't need me and I need you so much and it scares me to think that someone else could be better for you." She tightens her grip on me. "Jennifer, you could never lose me, not even if you wanted to. You're everything I've ever wanted." I try to calm her down by running my fingers through her hair. "I love you so much Josh." She pulls away and looks at me. "I love you too." I kiss her, tangling my fingers into her hair.

A/N: I feel like this chapter seems kinda rushed? But that could be because I was writing really fast so I could get the words out before I forget what I wanted to say. Btw I promise this is the last time Nick will be in the story.