Broken Promises

Chapter 12

Louis POV

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me", I told her, "I want to meet him".

"That's outrageous. Why would you want to do that?"

"I have my reasons that you'll never know. Now, I'll say this one last time..I want to meet him".

"No".

"I'm sorry. Did you just say no?"

"Yes. I'm sorry, baby, but I can't have my boyfriend and my ex-boyfriend meeting. That would just be weird".

"Okay then".

Her face looked shocked.

"Really? You're okay with that?"

I nodded and walked towards the door.

"Wait", she said, "where are you going?"

"I'm leaving".

"Excuse me?"

Clearly, she didn't hear the first part of me talking.

"Look, I am SO sick of going here with you. Somehow, we always get back to this place. You hid this from me, and even though you say otherwise, I can't get the thought of my head that you want out. I keep thinking that the reason you didn't tell me is because you still want him. So, if you won't let me meet him, then I'm walking".

"You're not serious", she said.

"My bags are already packed. I'm telling you, Mikayla. I've had enough. So, it's your choice".

She wiped a tear and looked at me.

"Okay", I heard her mumble

. "I'm sorry. Can you speak up?"

"Okay, Lou. You can meet him".

"Good".

"Okay, so that's settled. Can you just come to bed so we can have a good night's sleep?"

I shook my head, and she frowned.

"I can't...I may not be walking away, but I need some time. I just can't...be in the same room with you tonight. Sorry, babe".

"Well, I don't understand, but then again, I guess I don't really have a choice".

"No, you don't. Good night".

"Night".

I walked away and left her sitting on the bed. I really only meant half of what I said. Yeah, I was still pissed at her, but I really had no intention of walking away. But, I knew that if I didn't give her an ultimatum, she would never agree to it. I hated making her sad, but I really was sick of her hiding things from me. Ana was right. Our relationship was failing, slowly but surely.

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When I woke up the next morning, it was much earlier than I wanted. It read "6AM" on my phone, and I rolled my eyes. Then, I realized what woke me up. Looking across the room, I saw Mikayla washing her face in the bathroom. Oh, yeah. She had to go to work. The boys and I had the day off, and I needed my sleep. But, I assumed that I was going to be meeting Cam today, and I needed to be fully awake.

"Hey", she said, as she ran a comb through her tangled, wet hair.

"Good morning".

"You can go ahead and get dressed. I have to leave for work in 15 minutes, and you're coming with me".