More Than Just Happily Ever After

America 16

Sooo... I'm back.... please don't be mad even though you have the right to be😬. I am always reading other stories on here and neglecting my own😕😐😶, but when I see constant notifications about someone voting and commenting🙏... let's just say it becomes I priority to update a little more. Enjoy!❤😁
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After Maxon's doleful revelation and what turned out to be a steamy make out session, I went inside to find Katelyn... and to freshen my makeup. I can't believe I pressured him into telling me, but then again it's not like I knew how devastating the news would be.

After my maid freshened my makeup, I went to search for Katelyn. I searched the ballroom, her guest bedroom, the theater,  and the garden before I found her in the stables admiring one of the new horses.

I decided to break the silence and alert her of my presence, "He's beautiful isn't he?"

"He sure is, does he have a name?"

"Not yet, would you like to name him?" I question as I feed him a sugar cube.

"Hmm, I think I'll call him Apollo, he's golden like the sun."

"He is of the palomino breed," (for all you non horse term people, a palomino is a horse with a golden colored coat and silver mane and tail)
"As much as I'd like to sit and talk horses with you, Maxon would like to give you a chance. Please don't hurt him, I don't know if you realize that seeing you brings back a lot of painful memories for him."

"I'll try not to hurt him, America."

"You best not," I say with a teasing smile.
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On my way back inside, I run into Aspen.

"Hey Mer," He says grinning.

"You better not let Maxon hear you say that Aspen, you'll get in trouble. Also, I think I can go a while without any additional drama, thank you very much. Where's Eady?"

"I believe she's on a date with that one kid, what's his name again?" He says while pretending to remember that poor boy's name. "Echo... Eikky... Iko-"

I roll my eyes at his childish antics: "It's Eikko, Aspen stop butchering his name, it's not that hard."

"So I was close!"

"No, no you weren't."

"Whatever...Mer."

Little do we know, Osten has come over to us and heard the last statement: "Officer Leger, why do you have a nickname for my mom?"

"Uhh well you see, your mom and I used to-"

I cut Aspen off before he says something stupid, "We are childhood best friends. It's what he called me for years before I met your dad." Aspen just smirks at me.

"Ah, those were the years-" Aspen starts, but Osten cuts him off.

"Lalalalalalalalala... I can't hear you! Lalalalalalalalala!" He exclaims as he runs off.

Aspen leans over to my ear and whispers, "We had a lot of fun at night in the tree house-"

I gasp and smack his arm, "I'm telling Lucy!" I exclaim teasingly.

He laughs in response, "She knows you're my ex, you're the one who told her during your selection, remember?"

I just laugh and walk off. Now where is Eadlyn and Eikko?