Her Keeper

Chapter 14

--Julliet Morrison--

It's been three weeks since I've last attempted to speak to Geo. He continues to ignore my existence, though he's still "in charge" of me.

I've tirelessly begged my Dad to stop torturing the both of us. It is obvious that Geo would rather not be bothered with me and I really could not take much more of this tension between us.

I was watching the television in the living room when the front door opened.

I quickly switched the television off and sat as still and as quietly as possible in the now completely dark room.

Footsteps made their way across the floor of the foyer and stopped at the bottom of the staircase. I turned slowly in that direction to see that Geo had taken a seat on the first stair.

He sat there quietly for a bit before he buried his hands in his face and began sobbing. Tears pricked at my own eyes as I looked at him.

I needed him to hold me so badly. Tell me that he missed me even, but it's clear that he's still too hurt for that.

I've been avoiding him for weeks now; giving him his space like everyone advised, but I couldn't bare it much longer.

I approached him cautiously.

"Geo?" I called softly.

"Get away from me." He demanded in a dangerously low tone.

"No." I rebutted. His head snapped up to meet my gaze

"Leave me the hell alone, Jules." He gritted, his volume increasing.

"I said no." I matched his tone as I wrapped my arms around him. He pried my arms from around himself and gently pushed me away.

"Stay away from me." He gritted.

"No." I shook my head. "No. No. No." I argued. "I'm sorry, Geo." I pleaded rather. "Can't you see that I'm sorry?" I stressed. "Geo please?" He got up, causing me to wrap my arms around his torso. "Baby, please?" I begged.

"I'm not your baby." He spat as he shrugged me off.

"Geo, please, don't do this to us?" I begged. "Please?" He pushed me away from himself once more.

"You did this to us, Julliet." He barked. "You did it!" I wrapped my arms around him again.

"I could fix it." I begged. "Geo, please?" I sobbed out. "I didn't even do anything. Give us another chance?" I begged.

"Get the fuck off of me, Jules!" He yelled as he pushed me a bit more aggressively this time, causing me to stumble backward unto the steps, falling on my butt. "Jules, I ain't mean to. I'm sorry." He quickly apologized as he pulled me up by one arm.

"You don't love me anymore." I mumbled. "I'm sorry, Geovanni. I was drunk. Sky ditched me. I was drunk." I babbled. "Nothing happened."

He only stood there looking at me for a while before walking past me and up the stairs.

I followed him. I didn't care that I seemed like a lost pup at the moment. I needed him to forgive me. It was driving me crazy.

"Geovanni?"

"Stop, Julliet. Just let me be." He snarled. "Could you do that?" I knew it wasn't really a question.

I nodded and shamefully walked down the hall to my room.

--Geovanni Parris--

It was around midnight and I kept fighting the urge to go sleep beside Julliet.

I missed her like hell, but I was also still very heartbroken. Even though she's brought me a fucking hell, I still felt like I'd find a peace of mind in her.

I love her so fucking much.

Why'd she have to do this to me?

I'm not even sure when I fell asleep, but I woke up with Julliet beside me.

I glared at her for a few minutes at first, then I unwrapped her arms from around me. Though I was mad about her not keeping her distance, I couldn't lie and say that her sleeping beside me wasn't the reason I actually slept through the entire night.

After I entered the bathroom, I closed the door behind me and started handling my business.

Uncle Jan told me that there was no way he'd forgive a woman cheating on him, but my decisions are all up to me.

Uncle Jan had always been a fair man. Though the disloyal woman in question was his daughter, he wasn't biased when giving his advice.

I was also a bit stunned to hear him say that he expected Julliet and I to develop a relationship of some sort. He wasn't angry like I thought he would be. He actually thought I was calling because of a possible pregnancy scare.

"Geo?" Julliet hesitantly called from the other side of the door. "Geo, I'm sorry."

I decided not to cut her off like I usually did.

"You kept avoiding and ignoring me. I went to the party to escape the tension between us." She siffled a little. "I had a drink, because Skylar told me it'll make me feel better and loosen up. One drink, Geo, that's all I had and the next thing I know, I was so drunk. I can't remember much, I only remember waking up in bed beside someone that wasn't you."

She began sobbing. "I'm sorry Geo. I wish I could take it back. I can't take this tension between us anymore. You're all I have apart from Daddy and Miss Elise." She began sobbing. "I'm not even asking for a relationship, just please talk to me at least. Don't shut me out. I can't even be mad if you choose to move on." She continued.

I rinsed my mouth and opened the door. She stood there staring at my chest. I placed my hand beneath her chin, lifted it and pecked her lips.

"Go get ready." I instructed. "We'd talk about this later."

"I'm sorry." She mumbled.

"Later, Jules." I reminded.

"Will you allow me to skip school?" She questioned hopefully.

"You mean like you've done about three times now?" She looked up at me in awe. "Yeah, I know."

"I was stressed out." She mumbled.

"You could skip, but I got shit to do."

"Can't I just come with you?"

I sighed as I nodded. "As long as you stay out of my way."

😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶

Oh yeah... I did not proofread.

~Dolly