How Did It Begin? | cf au | (*Slowly Editing*)

Chapter 32

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Pay attention to the switching of POVs, it may confuse you if you speed through this chapter. You may need a pillow to hug(?) Idk how y'all will react to this.

Song List:

Dressed in Black - Sia

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Connor's POV

I just basically spill all of my guts to her, all my feelings, all of what I've been holding in for these many long days. Now here she is, right in front of me, still just as beautiful and heartwarming. I saw in her eyes that she remembered everything, our relationship, our memories, our love.

Everything was going out better than expected until Caspar shows up with a very interesting lady. By interesting, I mean very strange.

I should have guessed that this woman knows Autumn. Right when she said "Alissa", Autumn automatically shut down. Her face paled, her hands started to shake, her eyes were filled with nothing but absolute terror. She was shriveled up like a prune, like this lady sucked out everything from her body. She was like a child, defensive and untrusting.

"Ms. Diana???" Autumn croaks, her voice lifeless. It was nighttime, so I had to squint to adjust my vision. The lady, I'm guessing Ms. Diana, laughed sharply. She was holding her phone light to her face. Her eyes were so green it almost startles me.

"What? No proper hello? It's been so long hun", her voice is like ice. Sheer coldness and full of fake sympathy. The voice that comes out of Autumn is unrecognizable.

"It's only been a fücking year. One. Fücking. Year. That isn't that long", Autumn seethes, her voice laced with venom and fear. Diana's façade never faltered. "Honey, it feels like years to me. Now why don't you come over and give me a hug?" she takes a big step forward. Autumn takes a big step backwards, but she almost slips in the water if it wasn't for me catching her. I steady her stance, my hand on the small of her back. I turn to see Caspar smirking at the whole scene.

Autumn snaps back into reality for a couple of seconds and lays her eyes on Caspar. Her eyes glaze over again with fear, then realization. "C-Caspar...you're....that's.....your mom?" Autumn's voice barely comes out as a whisper.

Caspar, on the other hand, has no reaction to her words. "I found out a year into our relationship. Amusing really, I guess it slipped my mind", his voice held nothing but sarcasm.

I wanted to walk up and punch him in the face, but that wouldn't clearly help.

Autumn's face looked betrayed, broken, and mostly shock. "Why...why did you bring her then? More importantly why didn't you tell me before?!" she says, her voice now hysteric. I still don't know who exactly this lady was, but I know that she didn't make Autumn happy.

"Oh babe, if I told you then you wouldn't have stayed with me then", his voice held no love or gentleness. Autumn finally snaps. "Oh shut the fück up Caspar! You didn't love me at all!! I knew right away when I saw you with the bitçh-åss skank in that room that day!" she cries. Her body was now full on shaking from anger.

Caspar's mask of a smirk falls, his face now gravelly serious. "I still regret that day Autumn...I really do", his voice was thick with emotion. Somewhere in the back of my head I feel like he's lying and he's a really really good actor. Caspar turns to his mom, Diana. "Mom, tell her why you're here."

Diana turns to face us, her green eyes shining brighter than earlier. "Alissa", she begins. Autumn flinches at the sound of her real name. I grab her hand and squeeze it tightly.