Pretty (The Weeknd Fanfic)

Chapter 8

Alice

There is about a week left until Abel's arrival. I've been doing good for the most part, I've attended two interviews all in beautiful retail boutiques,  I'm hoping they all went great. Three weeks ago, after the incident with Alex, I stopped showing up to work and I'm sure he's caught on that I'm no longer working there, or even want to see his face ever again. Its weird that he hasn't tried to contact me, or even show up to my place like he did before. The last three weeks have been tough, every time my phone rang, or the doorbell rang, I felt myself literally jump out of my skin. Constantly fearing that Alex was back, it's like a part of me wanted him here. Why did I crave this constant attention from him? I questioned myself as I sat on the sofa beside Maria, watching this lame soap opera that I had absolutely no interest in.

Maria eventually noticed me deep in thought and waved her hand in front of my face.

"Hello? Earth to Alice?" She laughed. "What's going on? What are you thinking about?"

I sighed. "I don't know, I'm just afraid. Afraid that Alex is going to show up, and I'm gonna get sucked back into this whirlwind of him and his evil ways"

"Alice, look around you. This home belongs to you and Abel, he has given you everything you ever wanted and more, I've never seen you so happy before in your life, so why such a sudden change? Do you not love him anymore"

I gave her question a deep thought. I do love Abel, I always have and I always will. Maria was right, he gave me everything I wanted in life and more. Even with all of this why did I find myself going back to Alex? Abel did give me attention even though it was fairly minimal, he is a super busy person, working on his music and giving back to his amazing fans, I really can't  blame him. The problem is me, not him. All Alex was is a good fuck, and that's all he ever will be. I don't love him, and I never will.

I realized I was silent for way too long. "Of course I love him Maria, what kind of question is that?"

She definitely did not look impressed with my answer. "Yeah, okay." She turned to look back at the screen.

November 25th, 2013

Alice

Abel is arriving in two days, things possibly couldn't have been going better. I received a call back from an interview I did at the Kate Spade boutique and I'm starting my first day today. The excitement was definitely real. It'll be almost a month since I've seen that fucking scumbag, and probably a couple of days since I've even thought about him. At this point I wasn't even thinking about how I was going to tell Abel about it, and possibly even considering not telling him. I mean Alex hasn't tried to contact me, I haven't seen him. I definitely don't want my relationship to be at stake by telling Abel any of this. I could slowly convince Maria into going along with my decision. I just hope this guilt doesn't eat me alive.

I walked into the big front doors of the boutique, I made my way across the store glancing at myself through a mirror on the way. I dressed in a lavender dress that was more flowy than fitting, I felt and looked way better than I did in weeks. I walked up to the front cash desk and was greeted by a beautiful lady who looked like she was in her mid 30's.

"Hello, you must be Alice. My name is Theresa, I'm the floor coordinator, it's so nice to meet you!" She beamed. 

"Hi, it's great to meet you as well Theresa." I stuck out my hand for her to shake it. She firmly shook my hand, that could possibly even leave a bruise. I shook it off easily though,  I'm guessing she just has a strong grip.

Theresa walked around the cash desk and waved me over to follow her.

"So,  considering the fact that it is a Monday we are fairly having a lot of downtime in the store, I'll get you to start off in fits." she waved her hand towards the fitting room area.

Theresa gave me a quick tour of the store just recapping what I went over with the manager of the store, along with attending to a couple of customers. The fitting room was extremely boring, I'm guessing nobody buys clothing from Kate Spade. My first shift flew by pretty quickly. I got home by 9pm, this was fairly early considering the fact I had been there since 12. Theresa and I hit it off pretty good, she was really nice and helpful besides the fact that she has very strong and firm grip. That's besides the point. I ate a quick dinner and got straight to bed, exhausted from the entire day, i drifted off to sleep thinking about how excited I was to see Abel in a day.

November 27th, 2013

Abel

Finally. I rested my head against the soft headrest of the private jet. I was high out of my mind, ready to knock out. But damn, was I fucking excited to be back. I definitely wanted to hit the studio again once I got back, making music was my passion. However, I wanted to give as much time as I could to Alice. She started her new job at Kate Spade, and by the sounds of it, it seems like she really loves it. I just don't know why she left her job at  Marc Jacobs, her and her manager seemed like they got along just fine. I looked out the window and realized we were ready to take off. Soon I realized we were up in the clouds, just as I was mentally. I laid my head back and dozed off.

"Yo, wake up!" Lamar shook me. I hazily opened my eyes and realized we landed. I slept through the entire fucking flight.

I got up and grabbed my shit. As I was making my way out of the jet, Freddy grabbed my bags from me. Getting out of the jet I saw Alice standing there waiting for me, a huge grin on her face. She looked fucking beautiful. Her blonde hair swaying in the chilled air, wearing a long cardigan that hugged her curves so perfectly. I stood there in awe as she ran towards me. She jumped up on me, holding me tight, I gripped the railing of the jet to help me from toppling over, as I caught my balance I held my gorgeous lady in my arms. Engulfed in the smell of her strawberry scented hair I closed my eyes and wished I could hold onto this moment forever. Eventually Alice got off, I brought my lips closer to her and watched my warm breath creating mist in the chilled air. I kissed her with a passion I've never felt in my life before. This is the one I said to myself, I really do love her. Alice pulled back, and with that I realized the tears welling up in her eyes. I furrowed my brows together.

"Baby, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Abel I'm so happy to see you, I missed you so much." And with that she nuzzled into my neck, and held onto me, moving her head down, she started to sob into my chest. Something definitely must be up.