I Never Stopped Loving You

You Look The Same

Valerie's P.O.V.

"Val, wake up!" a voice said.

Instead of properly responding, I groaned and pulled the covers over my head.

Then I felt coldness.

"You didn't cove to visit us so you can disturb my slumber." I say to Isabelle, who is now holding my cover.

"Shush you ungrateful child, Cole is sleeping." Mikey says entering the room and snatching the covers away from Belle.

I sigh and take the covers from Mikey.

"Why are you waking me up?" I say wrapping the overs around me and sitting on my bed.

"If we tell you promise me that you won't get mad." Mikey says.

"Mikey, it's 8:30, you better have a damn good reason for waking me up, otherwise I can't promise you anything." I said, leaning against the headboard of my bed.

"Anthonyiscoming." Belle rushes out.

"If you could say that a little slower, that would be awesome." I said looking at her.

Belle takes a deep breath.

"Anthony. Martinez. Is. Coming." she says talking slower now.

My heart stops.

Reprocessing the words, making sure I didn't get anything wrong.

"Are you okay?" Mikey asks.

"Yeah. I'm totally fine. I understand that a son misses his parents, and of course would want to visit them." I say taking deep breaths throughout the sentences.

"And...."

"Oh great, there's more." I say with a thick coat of sarcasm covering my voice.

"He's married, Val. With a child." Isabelle informs me.

I don't know why, but a piece of me broke.

No I thought.

He betrayed me. He cheated on me. And didn't feel any remorse. I'm over him.  I think reassuring myself.

"Are you okay?" Mikey now asks for the second time.

"Why wouldn't I be?" I ask arching my eyebrows.

"Well you guys didn't leave on the best terms." Isabelle answers.

"I know, but I'm over him." I say reassuring them.

"That's great because he's coming at 10 with his family." Mikey said before rushing out of the room, with Isabelle close behind.

"WHAT?!" I yell and quickly looking at the clock.

8:45 a.m.

I quickly rush to my bathroom. But soon realized.

I have nobody to impress!

I quickly laid back down and drifted off to sleep.

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Valerie's P.O.V.

"Valerie! Honey! Wake up." yet another voice attempts to wake me up.

Like the first time, I roll over and pull the covers over my head.

But yet again, I am suddenly greeted by coldness.

"Why?" I whine getting up and stretching.

I look ahead to see the culprit, Julie Martinez, Mikey and Anthony's mother.