The Life I Wish We'd Lived

23: "You're such a momma's boy"

           

Kat's POV

      Waking up with the sun in my eyes is not my idea of perfect. However, waking up in his arms. That, I would consider perfect. Honestly, it's been the best part of this trip.

      It's finally the last day and we are going home. It has been very tense in the house. We went ahead and let Chris stay at the house, just so we didn't have to worry about him up and leaving, harsh I know but we needed the van.

    "Good morning beautiful." Eli mumbles sleepily, pulling me from my thoughts.

    "Good morning."

    "Ready to go home?" he asks.

    "I guess. I mean I am because I cannot stand to be in this house any more but the sooner I get home the sooner I'll be leaving to see Krissy and I don't know if I'm ready for that."

    "You'll be fine." He tells me, kissing the side of my head. "Now let's go. I'm ready to be back to my mom's cooking." He says with a giant smile, pushing me from the bed.

    "You are such a momma's boy!"

    "Honestly. I'm one hundred percent okay with that." He tells me pulling a clean shirt from his suitcase and over his head.

      We dress quickly and do a final walk through to make sure we aren't leaving a mess for my parents or their cleaning staff since I didn't technically ask to use the house.

    Niki rode with us in the truck again, quickly falling asleep on my shoulder as I thought back to the night before.

"You know, even with all the crap that's gone down she still seems pretty happy." Eli says quietly into my ear, looking at Niki who is chasing Paisley with sparklers.

"I know. I mean, I think I'm angrier than she is. Is that weird, or wrong even?"

"No. he did try to say he cheated on her because it wasn't working because he still loved you." he replies tensing as he remembers Chris' words that first night.

"I don't like that he basically blamed me for their failed relationship. Granted I shouldn't have encouraged it, but he shouldn't have even gone there if he knew how he felt."

"Babe. You can't do that." He say spinning me to face him. "You're letting him into your head. You encouraged the relationship because you thought it was right. He was the one who should've walked away when he discovered it wasn't working. Hell he shouldn't have even started the relationship. He had us all fooled. Don't let him blame you or make you blame yourself. It's not your fault."

I nod and before I can speak my phone begins to ring. Pulling it from my pocket I see 'Krissy' in large text across my screen.

"Answer it." He tells me, kissing my forehead and walking away from me.

Taking a deep breath I slide my thumb across the bottom of the screen lifting it to my ear.

"Hey" I answer.

"Hey little sis! How's your fourth of July going?"

"Um actually it's been a rough one. Remember my ex Chris?"

"I think so. Friends with Eli?"

"Yeah that's him."

"Then yeah. What about him?"

"Well. I got him together with Niki and then he cheated on her right before we came on vacation so we have been stuck in the beach house all week with him and we all kind of hate him at the moment so, super awkward."