It's his birthday. My lovely fiancé is turning 22 today and all I can do I stand in the bathroom in shock, the only words my mouth being able to for is, "Well fuck." The piece of plastic that sits in front of me is almost mocking, my future in its inanimate hands.
Taking a deep breath, I throw it away and leave the room, stepping out into my crowd of friends, who are loudly talking and laughing, beers in hand. Ariel disbands herself from the rest of the boys and quickly walks to me, anticipating my response. It still being fresh in my mind, it's hard to even speak. Thankfully, she picks up immediately and grabs my hand.
"Yeah?" She asks, looking for clarification.
"Yeah." I whisper back, being pulled into a hug and I feel the tears brim my eyes. I'm not sure why I'm so nervous, but for some reason this truth is sitting heavily in my chest. This may be the reason that he chooses to leave.
No Nida, he loves you. He won't leave because of this, right?
Maybe.
Another body joins our group. As I pull away from Ariel's embrace, I see Adam's girlfriend, Eliza, with a concerned look on her face. She's a new comer to the group, but from what I can tell in these months is that her and Adam really love each other. It's good to see them happy together, they even look like they were meant to be. Both are blonde, both have pretty dark eyes, shiny smiles. They're literally a puzzle, fit together in harmony.
A/N
I'm not going into detail about their relationship because that's literally spoiling the entire spinoff so that's as much as you're gonna get.
Eliza puts her hand on my shoulder and doesn't verbalize the question but instead the look in her eyes told me she knew. We stood there, taking it all in.
"When are you gonna tell him?" Ariel whispers, the question making my heart stop. I shake my head.
"I dunno." I reply meekly. Eliza grabs my other hand in sympathy.
"You have to." She advises, her blonde bangs fall into her eyes, but I can still see the softness within them.
"I know." I reply. Just then all of the guys laugh loudly again, taking our attention from my situation to them.
"Babe! Come hereeee!" Daniel whines, placing his beer down and opening his arms. I slap a fake smile on my face and walk over to him, sitting in his lap as his arms wrap around my waist, flinching when his hand touches my stomach. Instantly after however, I relax and sink into his chest. Daniel's arms wrap around me tighter, causing me to really tense but quickly try to hide it. "What's wrong, baby girl?" He attempts to say quietly but with the alcohol in his system, his voice amplifies and gains a lot of attention. All the voices in the room stop all at once and turn their eyes to me.
I don't say a single thing, scared out of my mind. I'm not ready to just say it yet. As time moves on in silence, the guys' faces grow more concerned.
"Why don't you boys get another drink?" Ariel pipes up, getting all their attention and they all smile. A chorus of "hell yeah" comes as Chris stands, goes to the kitchen, and comes back with another case of beer. He starts handing them to everyone and gets to Daniel and I last. Daniel takes his with a smile and without even thinking, I turn down the drink. Chris raises a brow, still holding the bottle towards me.
"You don't want it?" He queries and I shake my head. Then, from the couch opposite of us, Adam says, "Well, why not?"
My heart starts beating wildly again, as the attention is back to me. Eliza is quick to say, "Adam, stop it." But that doesn't phase anyone. Chris straightens his back and puts the bottle back in the case.
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