Glassheart (RedxChloe) Book 2

Chapter 3

Red sighs as she runs her hand through her hair. "Mom?" Red quickly wipes her tears before turning to the twins. "Twins! Hey, i didn't hear you come down. Your siblings are playing in the sprinklers if you wanna join them!" She stands and puts away the dishes. "Um, everything ok?" Cree asks her. "Yeah, everything's fine. Your ma just went to get some groceries. It's been a while since we came up here so the fridge is kinda empty." She prayed that her kids would believe that lie. She also makes a side note to text Chloe, despite them arguing right now, to get some groceries on her way back. Because the fridge was indeed almost empty, they did have four kids after all.

"Mom, we kinda heard." Crimson sighs. Red groans and rests her face in her hands. "Kids, I'm sorry you had to hear that." Red sighs. "Actually mom, we're sorry." Crimson bites her lip. "What would you have to be sorry for?" She closes the cabinets and washes her hands. "Because it's our faults." Red quickly turns around. "Oh lovebugs, it's not your fault. Don't you ever think that! It's never your fault. Your ma and i, we just....it....it's complicated." Red shrugs. "No, mom. It really is our faults." Cree scratches his neck. "What do you mean?" "Umm, we uh....we kinda time travelled...." Red stares at them for a moment. "It was an accident, i swear." Red blinks before taking a deep breath. "Rabbits...." She silently cursed to herself. "I knew you two were acting strange, i fucking knew it! You acted like you've never seen this house before, you acted like you didn't know who your younger siblings were! Of course you don't, because you changed the future! What else did you change?! Huh?!" They wince as Red yells at them. "Umm, you're not gonna like it...." "I don't like any of this, now tell me! What else?!" The twins look at each other. "You and Ma aren't together anymore." Red looks at them confused. "Of course we aren't, we haven't been together ever since your siblings were born."

"No, i mean, you guys were together before we went back in time and when we came back, you guys weren't." Cree sighs. Red stares at her kids for a few seconds, taking very deep breaths. "You mean to tell me that I've been living this hell for the past seven years because you two went back in time?!" She yells at them. The weight of what they caused actually starts to sink in. Seven years?! Their siblings are seven years old? Their mom's have been divorced for seven years? Their mom has been suffering for seven years? Out of nowhere, they burst into tears. "We're so sorry mom, we never meant for any of this to happen." Red shakes her head. "No, no. You two are beyond grounded! Give me that pocket watch that i know you still have and go up to your rooms! And when your ma comes back, you can explain to her how and why i just lost the love of my life!" Red holds out her hand. "But wait, with the pocket watch, you can get her back!" "If I'm gonna get her back, it'll be by her choice and not some kind of manipulation through time travel, now give it!" Cree sighs and pulls the pocket watch out of his pocket. He hands it to her and she motions for them to go upstairs.

She places the pocket watch on the counter and stares at it. "This is all your fault, you know? None of this would have happened if it wasn't for you. But then again, i might not have had all my kids. My mom would still be a tyrant. Chloe's mom would be dead. So i don't know if i should thank you or smash you. I don't even know if i can do that without going back in time again." "Red?!" She quickly hides the pocket watch in the drawer as Chloe enters the house. "In the kitchen!" Chloe comes in and sets the groceries down. "Can i get some help putting them away?" Red nods and starts helping her put away some groceries. Chloe seems to struggle putting away a box of cereal so red decides to help her. "Here, i got it." She reaches up and helps her push in the cereal box.

"Thanks." Chloe turns around and sees Red inches away from her face. "Um, thanks." She goes to move away before Red quickly grabs her arm. "Chlo...." She whispered. Chloe stares intensely into her eyes before crashing her lips onto hers. Red quickly reciprocates before reaching under Chloe's behind to hoist her up onto the counter. As if no time had passed, like they never broke up, their kiss was as passionate and full as ever. Full of love? Desire? Lust? All of the above? As tongue's start to become involved, Chloe soon comes to her senses and quickly pushes Red away. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. I just...i.... you're just so beautiful and i missed you so much." Red admits with tears in her eyes. "Red, this can't happen again, we can't happen again. We don't work, we just don't. Maybe....maybe we never did." Chloe whispered.

"I'm sorry Chloe, i just, i love you so much...." Red starts to cry. "I don't love you anymore." Chloe tells her. "That's a lie! I can see it in your eyes! I hear it in your laugh!" Red presses her hand on Chloe's chest. "I feel it in your heart. You can't tell me that you don't love me anymore." Chloe starts to tear up. "Maybe i do. But that doesn't change anything. We can't be together, this is toxic! We're toxic! Don't you see that?!" Chloe wipes her tears and pushes past her ex-wife. "You kissed me, Chloe!" "And it was a mistake, i know that now. Look, I'm gonna change and join the kids in the water. Let's just pretend this never happened." Red shakes her head. "You can pretend if you want, but I'm not. I'm not gonna pretend that you aren't the best thing that ever happened to me. That you aren't the love of my life and that i still love you!" Chloe shakes her head. "Well, you're just gonna have to." She heads to the backyard and stays with her younger kids. Red was seriously contemplating what her kids were telling her. But should she do it? What if she changes something else? What if she just makes things worse? What if she saw herself? Oh that wouldn't be good. What if....she sent her twins instead?....

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