Distance

Chapter 6

Bella's POV-

It was so nice to finally feel loved by people. My whole life, my "mom" treated me nice when she was in a good mood. Which was rare. Most of the time she was drunk and abused me. But now, I have the most amazing mom and dad and brother. I love it so much.

I no longer have to worry if I'm going to be killed in my sleep by the people in my building because now I'm in a house with a safe neighbourhood.

I don't have to be scared if someone is going to burst through my door and hurt me because I know these people love me.

And I don't have to wish every night for someone to come and save me because, well, I love this family too.

And I never want to leave them again.

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"Bella! Hurry up! We still need to take you to meet your Auntie Anya and Uncle Johnson!" My mom said from downstairs.

I went downstairs and put on my shoes. "Question. Is his first name Johnson?"

"No, his name is actually Jack too. But your dad's name is Jack too so we usually call your dad,Jack and your uncle, Johnson. It just makes everything easier." She said and gave a light chuckle.

All of a sudden the phone rang and my mom rushed to answer it. 

"Hello? Anya? What? Slow down." There was a pause. "You're coming here? Ok ok. I'll get the guest room ready?" She hung up and turned to us with a sad look on her face. "Change of plans. Auntie Anya is coming here. Jack, I need to talk to you in the room."

"What happened?" I asked Alex. 

"I don't know. This never happens."

"Do you think it's really bad?"

"There's one thing you should know about mom. If she has that look on her face, it's really bad. Especially if she needs to talk about it to dad."

"What about Auntie Anya? Has she ever had to come here like this? You know, coming here instead of us going to her?"

"No, usually Auntie Anya is lazy. But if she's coming here, I don't think it's a good thing. The conversation didn't sound to good.

Madison's POV-

"Change of plans. Auntie Anya is coming here. Jack, I need to talk to you in the room." I walked into the room as Jack followed me.

"Babe, what happened with Anya?"

"Jack, h-he cheated on her."

"What?! No, Johnson would never do that! I know him really well. He doesn't cheat."

"Anya caught him in the act."

He was silent for a moment. He got up and left the room.

Then the doorbell rang. "I got it!" I yelled so the kids wouldn't answer it.

I opened the door and there stood my best friend, crying. I pulled her into a hug and  rub her back. "It's ok. I'm sorry he did that to you."

"I loved him. I still love him." She started crying even more.

The kids came to see her but I discreetly told them to go upstairs to their rooms. I turned back to Anya. "Sit on the couch and tell me what happened."

We sat down and she started the story.

"So last year, I found out about her, she was somebody who helped Jack and Jack make their music. So as you know, they were really busy last year making the album. Which means they saw each other a lot. They started talking and...and they hooked up. I caught him but he didn't know. I thought it ended then and was a one time thing. But i-it wasn't." She cried a little more. "A-And then last night we...we did it and this morning I was throwing up at work so I came home early. T-That's when I caught him. He could've been doing this for a year! I-I thought he loved me. I really thought he loved me. And you know what the crappy thing is? I. Still. Love him. Isn't that crazy? My husband cheated on me twice, maybe even more, and I still love him. I still have this feeling inside of me, hoping that he still feels the same way about me." 

The phone rang and I went to pick it up.

"Auntie Madison?" I heard Ethan ask.

"Yes Ethan?"

"Is my mom there?" I called Anya over to the phone. She's right here."

"Ethan? Baby? I'm so sorry I left suddenly, mom and dad are just having a rough time right now." There was a silence. Tears started falling down her face. "You know what? I'm going to pick you up right now, pack a bag, and after I get you, I'll bring Bella and Alex so we can go out to shop and eat ice cream and go to that really big park ok, baby? I love you." She hung up.

"What did he say?"

"H-He said that he heard Johnson screaming at the girl and that he was saying really rude things to her. Then she left and smacked Ethan on the way out. Then Johnson came out and tried saying how sorry he was but Ethan told him that he was the reason that I left. Ethan told him that he ruined the family." There was silence. "Do you know how sad that is? To hear your own kid talking about how sad he is about his mother leaving and saying that his family is ruined? He is saying that there is permanent damage on the family and him. I never wanted him to go through this. I'm going to pick him up right now and I'll take Alex and Bella so that he can be happy. Is that ok?"

I nodded and she called the kids down and they left.

I went upstairs to see Jack. I saw him sitting on the balcony floor looking into the distance. I sat next to him. We sat in silence.

"My best friend is a cheater. He ruined my other best friend. Who am I supposed to defend?"

"None. Don't choose a side. They have to figure it out themselves. Like we did. All they need is a little push. Remember when you cheated on me? How did we fix it?"

"We got locked into a room together and we talked it out."

Flashback

She pushed us into the room, and I heard the lock click.

I slid against the door and pulled at my hair.

"Madison, I miss you."

"Did you miss me when you were fucking that girl?"

"Madison! I'm sorry! I'm sorry I broke your heart, I'm sorry I went behind your back, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I can't express how much guilt and regret I feel everyday in words. I'm practically dying without you each day. Madison, I wish I could wake up with you again, I wish I could tell you how much I love you again. I wish I could show you how much you I love you again. I miss you so much everyday..." We were both crying at this point.

No matter how much I hated him, how much I disliked him, I always have to go back to him.

He's like my drug.

No, he's like my new beginning.

Because when I met him, everything of my bad past, all went away and didn't matter.

End of flashback

"We talked it out and we ended up getting married."

"And we just needed a push. Literally."

"And they did that for us, and now we need to do it for them."

"I love you." He said and kissed my lips.

I pulled away. "I love you too."

1267 words! Does that make up for my late and short updates?

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