Half A Heart ♡ A Marcus Bontempelli Fanfic

twenty three

I refused to sign the papers. Although my whole family was urging me to. I didn't want to sign the contract and lose everything I had built here in Melbourne. Although things weren't going well with Marcus right now, I wasn't going to give up on him and everything we had. He was worth fighting for. I had been putting it off for the longest time, knowing I had to do it soon enough.

"Bianca, we can't keep making them wait," Says Jay, giving me a disappointed look "You know how hard it is to even come close to getting an opportunity like this, they don't take things like this lightly." I let out a sigh.

"It's not easy." I say, blandly.

"I know it's not, Bianca." She frowns, rubbing my arm "But they're only giving you a week until they pass it off to someone else."

The realisation hits me. Once I sign these papers, I would be off with the span of just weeks. I hadn't even talked to Marcus about it yet and I know that I couldn't. He didn't want to see my face let alone want this sprung on him. I tell Jay that I would take the last week to think about it promising I would come to a decision. I say goodbye to her once again as she tells me to think about the opportunity infront me. I head back to my empty apartment. Daisy has decided to give me some space, although sometimes it worked out better that way, I also wish I had someone there to lean on.

I sit myself on my couch after staring into space and thinking about how my once perfect life - having the perfect boyfriend, an amazing Uni life and somewhat successful musical career developing, had now turned into a complete utter disaster.

"B?" I hear someone knock on my door, not sure how long for "Open up."

I walk over to my door, forcing myself to get up and open the door.

"Hey, J." I say, bluntly.

"What took you so long?" He says, concern taking over his face.

"Sorry, didn't hear you."

"That's okay." He says, his eyebrows furrowing in concern before taking a good look at me and pointing out I didn't look good "How have you been, B? You haven't been texting me. I've been worried, thats why I came."

"I'm sorry, JJ. Just been busy and preoccupied."

"You don't look good. Please tell me you're taking care of yourself."

"My wellbeing has been the least of my worries, Jason." I say, looking up at him.

"B," He frowns "I know you've got lots going on at the moment, Bianca, but c'mon you can't keep doing this to yourself."

"Jason, I don't know what to do." I say, trying to hold in my emotions "I have to make my decision about London in a week." I blurt out. I wasn't planning on telling anyone let alone telling Jason.

"Oh," He says, barely a whisper "Do you know what you're going to do?"

"I have to take it, Jason." I say, basically convincing myself. It hurt me to even just say it.

"Of course." He says, looking down.

"I'm sorry." I say, a tear coming down my cheek.

"Don't be sorry, Bianca." He says, pulling me into a hug "You have to take it. I am not letting you turn this down."

"I don't want to take it." I cry.

"B, look at me," He says, putting his finger on my chin, wiping my tears away "You've worked harder than anyone I know for what you want. You're strong and you're determined. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I am not letting you turn this down, B. I will drag you on the plane if I have to." He says, chuckling at the last part of his pep talk causing me to push out a smile. "Much better." He smiles down at me. I look into his dark brown eyes, then down to his perfect white teeth as he leans in closer. I feel myself coming closer, as I hesitate and pull out knowing that it wasn't the right thing to do.

"I'm sorry." I whisper, releasing myself from his grip.

"No, I'm sorry." He says looking down "I better go." He says, hesitating to give me a hug but he does followed by a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye, J." I say.

"Take care of yourself." He says, before looking at me one last time, closing the door behind him.

I think about the awkward moment we had just shared. Jason and I's friendship was one of the only things that was still intact in my life and was something I cherished and I didn't want to ruin it.

I'm sorry, Bianca. I didn't mean it, I got too ahead of myself. Please forgive me.

I look down at my phone, staring at the message I had just received from Jason thinking how I was going to handle this situation.

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hey guys, a short one but hoped you all liked x not a big fan of this one, just a filler. Bianca's going through all sorts at the moment :( What do you think will happen with Jason and Bianca's friendship? Hopefully they can work it out.

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