Adopted By Septiplier

Chapter 51

Joe's POV

I wait nervously, sitting on the park bench. My legs feel like jelly as I wait for Laura to show up. What happens if she doesn't show up? Will she even talk to me? I try to ignore the thoughts in my head, but it isn't working.

This is my first time seeing and talking to Laura since 'the whole kissing thing' happened, and I'm fucking nervous. How will she react? Will she get angry at me? Does she even love me anymore?

Suddenly I see a figure walking towards me in the distance. Laura. I contemplate whether I stay standing or sit down, but I decide to sit down cause if I stood up I was probably collapse because of my legs feeling like jelly.

Laura walks towards me slowly, and it feels like ages until she finally reaches me. She sits down, not saying a word. She sits up straight, her back not touching the bench. She does this when she's nervous for some reason, I learned this while being with her.

"So" I say, trying to strike up some type of conversation. "Mhm" she replies, not bothered to say a word. I sigh, looking up at the sky trying to think of what to say. I have to pick my words carefully, Laura could explode at any minute.

"Laura, we have to talk about this. We can't just not talk about it and live our lives normally like before this happened. Ask me any question, and I will answer it fully and honestly, one hundred percent" I say, my voice shaky from my nerves. Laura finally looks at me, her eyes are bluer than normal, or maybe they've just always been like that.

"Okay..." She begins. It feels so nice to hear her voice again, her voice is calming and I relax a little bit. "Why? Why did you do it?" She asks, you can hear the anger in her voice. "Well, first of all I didn't kiss her. She kissed me" I say, looking at Laura for a reaction, but her face stays straight, and she just nods, beckoning me to continue.

"And I still love you, even if you don't love me. I will always love you, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I want everything to go back to normal, I want to fire Chloe and never see her again" Tears start to form in my eyes. Laura looks at me again, and I can see that she has sympathy for me, maybe she's finally realising that I'm telling the truth.

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Laura's POV

Fuck fuck fuck fuck

I stare at him, not knowing how to respond. Tears start rolling down his face and I want to hug him so badly. I want to wrap my arms around him and kiss him on the forehead and says that everything is okay. But instead I just awkwardly pat him on the shoulder.

He looks at me, giving me a small smile. I return it, squeezing his shoulder slightly. "I believe you Joe, I believe that you didn't mean to do it. But I want us to regain back our trust. You could've done much more on that tour and I would've never known and -" "But I didn't! I swear on my life that I didn't!" He interrupts me, grabbing my hand. I don't pull away from him, but I don't let him hold my hand properly.

Not yet.

"Okay, but still you could've if you wanted to. So we need to regain our trust and then we will see" Joe lights up when I say the last few words. "Okay, I'll do anything, how do we regain our trust?" He asks, and I hesitate. "I-i'm not sure yet, but if you badly want to try and gain my trust you'll figure it out" I reply. He nods, giving me a bigger smile. He genuinely looks happy.

I miss him.

But suddenly images of Hannah begin to appear in my mind. The question of 'Hannah or Joe?' comes back into my mind. I can't tell Joe about Hannah and I kissing. It would break his heart, and I don't think he needs that right now. So I just smile back, stand up and I begin to walk back down the park path.

"Bye!" He shouts. I turn around and give him a small wave before continuing my journey home. I wrap my scarf that I grabbed on my way out tighter around my neck, the cold wind making my face feel numb. 

I put my hands in my jean pockets and quickly walk home, walking on the orange-brown leaves. Everything looks so pretty exactly at this moment. I take out my phone, and take a picture. I smile as I put it as my home background. I love Autumn so much.

I finally reach my flat, and I put on the fire. I make myself a cup of tea and I grab a cupcake from the cupboard. I get my laptop and I make myself comfy on the living room couch. I scroll through Twitter and then through Instagram. One picture catches my eye.

It's Hannah's. It's a picture of us from when we were teenagers. The caption says "Find someone that will stay with you through thick and thin, I love you ❤️" I smile, but thoughts begin to come into my head again. I like Hannah, but I've been with Joe for literally my whole life.

Who do I pick?

I decide to call Jack and Mark. They've always been there for me through everything and I know they will understand. They might be able to actually help me. Hopefully.

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Aoife~ 13th of November