Chasing You // Twisters

Chapter Six - Say the Words And I'll Leave

🌪️ Quincy Beck 🌪️

I should have known this was some stupid ploy created by Tyler and Kate. I'm so stupid. Cole didn't actually want me to come out tonight, he didn't even want to be here much less be here with me. Why is it that I always lose my mind around him? I'm an actual idiot when he's close to me.

I storm off, not exactly sure where I'm going. I just know I need to get a breather away from everything. I hate that I somehow let my guard down just for a moment and that stupid beautiful Owen's smile has ruined me. It's probably the dimples. I'm a sucker for a killer smile and dimples. And unfortunately Cole Owens has both.

I tip my head back gulping down my whiskey when Kate comes sliding up next to me. "That serious huh?" She chuckles.

"Why did you lie?" I turn my glare on her.

She doesn't falter, that sweet smile still permanently on her face. "Because sometimes you need a little shove in the right direction or you'll keep yourself from finding something worthwhile every once in a blue moon."

"And you think Cole is my blue moon?"

She shrugs, "I think the only person who can answer that is you."

I let out a sigh. "Why did everything have to get complicated?"

"That's life Becks. It's complicated and messy and sometimes it really sucks. But life also has beautiful moments that are worth letting your walls down for."

I know she's right, logically anyway.

She bumps my shoulder, "You have to do what's right for you. Don't settle because you're scared....take a chance."

"I am scared." I admit. She wraps her arm around my shoulders pulling me into a side hug. Ever since I stumbled into this little group, Kate has been the big sister I always wished I had.

"Life is scary Becks, and it's okay that you are."

I rest my head on her, "Can we go back to the hotel now. I'm just ready to go to bed." I ask.

"Sure. Let me just go tell the boys." She squeezes me before getting up and walking towards where we left them.

The ride back was awkward as hell. I could see the internal battle in Cole, he wanted to say something but couldn't. I close the hotel room door taking a deep sigh. So much for thinking this night was going to end differently. Not that I had high hopes that somehow Cole and I would confess that maybe this thing between us was more than arguing. I just thought maybe we would....I take a deep breath. It doesn't matter now.

I know Kate said not to settle. But part of me knows Javi would be the safer option. At the end of the day, Cole is only here for one more week and then he is gone. After next Saturday I will never see him again.

I start to slip out of my dress, pulling my bow out of my hair and tossing it on the floor of my room. I slip on my big comfy shirt that barely covers my thighs before I spread out my papers and turn on my laptop. I guess if I'm going to struggle with sleep I might as well struggle with this stupid proposal.

After thirty minutes of struggling to write anything but another sentence that I absolutely hated, I decided to find something on tv. This hotel had more stations than most and I was able to find The Princess Diaries. I curl up in bed snacking on some candy from the vending machine while laughing and crying throughout the movie.