He was this close to saying it. With hundreds of butterflies in his stomach as he took BP, he couldn't wait to get back and show her how much he truly cared.
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That day that Anthony brought up meeting his parents triggered a whole chain reaction of emotional turmoil, which he knows absolutely nothing about.
Maybe to you I'm being a baby about it, but I come from an extremely tight-knit family so being apart from them for this long has taken a toll on me which I thought he would understand and respect. I don't know how much more clearer I could have expressed my feelings to him about it. One thing that he has made clear to me though is how selfish he can be.
I felt myself pull away a little, not out of pettiness, but just to breathe. And avoid conflict. But the worst part is how he seems so oblivious to it all even though I'm acting different. Can a woman just get a hug around here? One of those "Is everything okay baby?" talks with a back rub and good shoulder cry?
And before you try to blame me for not telling him how I feel right now, I've been reluctant to do so since he ignored it the first time.
I heard the front door opening followed by plastic crinkling noises. Food is my love language, I will gladly enjoy whatever it is he brought home for us as long as it's not that one pasta place he swears by on 4th.
"Good morning baby." He grinned holding fresh cut flowers in his hand.
My heart! With the way I've been feeling lately, I'll take flowers over food in a heartbeat. Even if he's like three days late with it. Blame it on my hopeless romantic Libra ass.
"Baaabe.." I tilted my head giving him a soft smile.
He handed me the beautiful assortment while attacking my face with kisses.
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"Before you say anything, I just wanna say I'm sorry if I made you feel pressured or rushed into meeting my parents. If this is moving too fast for you, I understand Ar. I know it kind of came out of nowhere, but honestly it's been on my mind for a while. But I'm totally fine with putting it off baby, I swear it's no problem."
"It's not that babe. I'm excited to finally meet them... I just... I just miss my family. I guess I never realized how being away from them for so long would hit me this hard. And I tried to express that to you but you kind of, pretty much ignored me when I brought it up. That part really hurt. It made me feel like you didn't care about how I feel. And then you didn't even bother to address it."
He threw his head back in realization.
"I'm so sorry baby, I didn't mean to make you feel that way. I'm just so excited for you to finally meet them that I lost track of everything else going on. This is my first time doing something like this. I never brought a girl home to meet my parents before. I think at this point I'm more nervous than you," he chuckled. "But I promise that I would never intentionally ignore you like that. I care about how you feel more than you'll ever know honey."
He gripped my chin softly. His face and voice full of concern. All of a sudden I feel terrible for ever doubting him.
My lips cracked a crooked smile at him before leaned in to give me a forhead kiss.
"And I 100% understand how much you miss your family baby. I'll ask Kevin to arrange for us to flyout and see them during the All-Star break."
I know my face lit up. Those words sound lovely, a little late but still lovely.
"You want to meet them?"
"Absolutely." He smiled and now all the tantrums I just threw over the past three days seemed so silly.
"Well good because actually..." I paused my sentence to build suspense.
"What?" His eyes opened wide, anxiously waiting while I just smiled looking around avoiding eye contact. "Whaaat?" He softly tackled me back into the bed, smashing the flowers between us as he laid on me.
"Anthony! The flowers!" I laughed.
"It's okay I can buy you new ones." He said kissing me on the lips. "Now finish."
"They're flying up here on Wednesday."
"Wednesday?! As in, 2 days?" The panic on his face I tell you.
"I know it's so sudden, but my mom insisted. But she also wants to see Eliot, Margot, and Maddi. And they have lots of friends here so they'll be busy doi..."
He stopped me by placing a finger on my lips.
"Its fine babe. I'm excited."
I know we weren't actually fighting the past couple days but I was ready for the makeup sex.
It was the slowest, most passionate lovemaking we've ever done. He was in no rush to get me there. He took his time with everything, as if he was savoring every kiss and lick on my body.
It felt nice to be connected to him again. To know how he felt about me. It was a small miscommunication, something that all couples go through. But I learned that we both have to be extra patient with eachother since we both haven't done the relationship thing in a while.
And to think I was this close to telling him that I needed a little space...
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Soooo.... another filler chapter 🥱 please embrace the fluff guys lol usually i'm anti🙅🏻♀️ lovey dovey stuff so this was painfullycringe to write haha! Oh! & i'm still working on oneshot requests that some of you asked for, I didn't forget 🫶🏼 I'm also not liking how empty the Padres one looks. Anyways... Thank you for reading! 🥹 xo: Evie 🔆
