Back Together ~ pt 4

❤︎︎ Thirty-Three ❤︎︎

*Lando's POV*

I needed to calm down the next morning so I decided to play some old tracks on my drums. I always played the drums when I needed to let out my anger. Liliana came downstairs after a while and stood in the doorway

"dad... are you seriously this pissed off with yourself...?"

"Yeah, I am. And it's going to take more than your mother's nagging to get me to stop"

"i don't think she cares, dad. she can sleep through anything. she's still asleep now. which song were you playing? was it one from the 2000s again?"

"Yeah, it's like 90s and 2000s. I've always loved this one. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana"

"sounds like a pretty cool song. even if it's like 40 years old now... we're in like 2040 now, dad"

"Well, you know what they say, Classic never goes out of style" I said before playing another song. "How about this one?"

"which one is this one? it sounds pretty cool"

"This one's called In the End by Linkin Park. Definitely one of my favourites"

"the 2000s must have been a fun decade..."

"It definitely was. There was a lot of great music coming out then"

"thank god I was a 2026 baby. I think I'd die in the 2000s. I wouldn't have my iPhone"

"Oh, you would have survived just fine. In fact, you might even enjoy some of the simpler things from that time. Like rollerblading and Tamagotchis"

"that's still not the same as a phone though"

"True. But think about all the things we had to do without them back then. We actually had to talk to people face to face instead of hiding behind screens all the time"

"you literally played on your PS2 all the time back when you were a kid besides obviously doing all your karting"

"And...?" I said with a laugh. Liliana went back to bed after that for some more sleep. After a couple hours Lexi came downstairs and literally shoved divorce papers in my face.

"you are such a fucking cunt. I found out this morning that you had put the house up for sale and you didn't even talk to me first. we've had this house for 16 fucking years. I have just as much fucking say in this!!! you have fucked up over and over again recently and it's getting so fucking stupid now!!!" She said. Shit.

"I know, I messed up..."

"you are taking the house off sale and you are getting out of here as soon as we have our Paris trip in a couple days. I'm so fucking pissed off at you. I don't care if you sign those papers now or later but you're signing them at some point"

"I promise I'll leave after Paris..."

"i don't even wanna fucking speak to you right now"

"Okay... I'll give you some space to cool off" I said as I went to leave the room

"it's not even like you fucking care!!! you're not even gonna fight for our marriage??? you're just gonna accept defeat??? shows how much you cared about this marriage..."

"I care. I care more than anything"

"that's such bullshit!!!"

"Don't you dare accuse me of not caring. I've never loved anyone the way I love you, and I would do anything to make things right between us"

"then why do you keep doing all these different things??? mentioning my parents when you know my situation with them, not stopping during sex even though I told you numerous times to stop because I couldn't take it any longer, and now you put the house up for sale without even talking to me about it!!!!"

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have mentioned your parents without thinking first. And I should have listened to you during sex"

"no fucking shit!!! I could have passed out during that sex session!!! I was so close to passing out and you wouldn't stop!!!"

"You're right. I was wrong to push you like that. I'll never do it again, I promise"

"you have been such a fucking cunt recently. I don't know what the fuck has gotten into you but you've pushed me so far that I've gotten fucking divorce papers so think about that for a minute"

"I didn't mean to push you so hard. I just wanted us to be closer than ever before"

"how the fuck was this meant to make us closer than ever???"

"I don't know... It was a mistake. I should have talked to you about it instead of just...doing it"

"Yeah, you should have" she said as she started walking towards the door. I could feel my anxiety getting worse as she got closer to the door. Tears were literally filling my eyes and my lungs were so tight. I grabbed her wrist and looked at her

"Please... don't leave me..."

"why shouldn't I???"

"Because...because you mean more to me than anything else in the world..." I said with tears down my face. My breathing started to get faster and my lungs got even tighter. Lexi's eyes immediately softened as she pulled me to the couch and wrapped me up in a blanket while holding me close. We both knew that I was gonna have an anxiety attack. Luckily she calmed me down.

"Look, I'll forgive you eventually but right now I'm just insanely pissed off... you don't have to sign the divorce papers..." she said. Thank god...