A Series Of Inconvenient Events And How I Survived Them

chapter seven

" I'll think about it, but shouldn't we just stay quiet and accept it? Are we really gonna try and fight back?" I asked, finally calm.

" Of course we are."

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" Do you really have to go somewhere else? It's bad enough Ricky threatened us, but now you're going somewhere I can't protect you." Jace pleaded as I searched for places to stay.

" Yes. You might be fine with me here, but I can't stand you right now so I'm leaving."

" You just get more and more blunt every time we talk." he sat next to me

" Is there a reason for me to protect your feelings, I mean it's not like you cared for mine." I pushed back.

I'll be the first to admit I'm pretty stubborn with these kinds of things. Which you wouldn't expect since I have such a hard time saying no in any other situation. But this was too much.

He might think his explanation earlier was enough, but it only made me angier and more frustrated at the fact that she was still out there. If he liked it so much before, he should have no problem going back now.

" Lynn, I told you everything and said I was sorry what else could you possibly want from me?" he sighed, tired with my stubborness.

" What else? Nothing. Did you expect me to just forgive you or something? Do you know how hard it was for me to find out the way I did? Or how hard it was for me to see Ricky earlier?" I shut the computer.

He looked down, suddenly feeling bad.

" Now we're in this stupid situation, and you hit me with this huge, great explanation of how you cheated on me. Did you think I would forget about everything else in my life and love you again? When the reason for my suffering was you?" I yelled, standing up and leaving the apartment.

JACE'S POV

*slam*

The apartment was dead silent after she left. I felt bad. Of course I did. But I was hoping for her to at least solve the issue with me. It sounds selfish, I know. But if we were friendly with each other, the hell we were about to go through would be so much easier.

At the beginning of the relationship, I remember asking her if she could ever forgive me for something as serious as cheating. Thinking of her answer now gives me chills. Is she some sort of genie?

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" I know it sounds suspicious, but I'm just curious." I started

" What is it?" lynn replied, a smile on her face.

" You're such a forgiving person, but what would you do if I cheated?"

She stopped to think, and when she found her answer, she jumped excitedly.

Cute.

" Well first, I think it would be later in the relationship if anything. You don't seem like someone to do it when it's just starting. And I think it would be for a reason that seemed valid, but ended up being something you could've easily solved." she spoke.

" What do you mean?"

" It would be almost as if you were looking for the person you're dating in someone else, then realizing you can't and regretting it. If it was something like that, it would be really hard for me, because it would make me feel like I'm easily replaceable since you didn't realize she wasn't me at first. But I think I could get over it after some time." she spoke again, drinking coffee after.

" I think you just like gave me a fortune, how can you be so sure? We've only been dating for three weeks, lol." I replied, amused.

" Well, one, you're a pretty simple person so it's not hard to find these kinds of things out. And two, you say lol out loud."

" What's wrong with that?"

" Nothing. Unless you use it every other sentence."

" Lol no i don't."

" You just did."

" O shet."

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I laughed, remembering the time when we were together. I did something so easily without any cares in the world. And it caused her to leave.

Thinking again, I realized she had left with no sweater, money, and at night. She really does crazy things when she's mad, doesn't she.

I ran out, grabbing an extra jacket and my wallet, knowing exactly where she was. Dumpling shop.

LYNNS POV

Dumplings can really save my life.

I sat, even fuller than when my mom came around, wondering how in the world I was gonna pay for the massive amount of dumplings I ate. And how I was gonna sneak three more boxes home without Jace noticing and eating them.

" Ma'am, your bill," the waiter set the receipt down, and smiling.

" Please pay before ten pm, as we close then. Enjoy."

I smiled, and waited for him to leave before I took another shot and let my stomach out again.

I saw Jace, sitting across from me, telling me to slow down.

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Petting my head, he slowly took the bottle from my hand.

" You must have suffered so much, huh? Look how much you're drinking." he cooed

I replied, my speech severely slurred,

" 'nd he didn't eben shay dankk youuu avter i did all datt." ( and he didn't even say thank you after I did all that. )

" Shhh, I know it's okay. What if we live together? Then we can both pay rent so it's a bit less than it is now, and we can eat here every day....And I can see you all the time." he suggested.

" k." i replied as I fell asleep on his shoulder.

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Sighing, I pushed away the shot glass, and chugged the rest of the alcohol and waited for it to take effect.

" Lynn!!" a familiar voice yelled. Jace?

JACE POV

I rushed over, laying the cash down for the food and quickly helping her sit up. She drank six bottles.

" Jace."

" What's wrong, honey."

" I can't live with you anymore." she said as I cleaned her up some.

" I know, you made it clear that you hate me."

" no."

I stopped, confused.

" I love you so much that I'm afraid. I'm afraid that you're gonna leave me again. Or that I'll forget she exists for too long, and become so confident and vulnerable to you that you could cheat a million times," she paused

" and I would still love you." she finished, pressing her lips to mine.

End of chapter seven

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What a dramatic ending i'm so extra sometimes.