A Year with IM5

Chapter 20

Cole’s POV

I was scrolling through twitter and there was one tweet that caught my eye

@ElizabethIM5: I truly trusted you. I guess I learned the hard way who I can trust.

My heart broke. I knew she was talking about me. I let her down. I made one stupid mistake and my whole world fell apart. I loved her, I loved Elizabeth with all of my heart. I need to talk to her but I doubt she’ll listen. Dustin won’t let me anywhere near her so there is no way I can find time to talk to her. Not unless... “Dana!” I yelled.

“What” he yelled from downstairs.

“I need your help.” 

Dana walked in the room and asked what was going on. I told him I needed him and Dustin to go do something and catch up without Elizabeth so I could talk to her. he told me it was a bad idea but whatever got me back in a good mood he would do. All I did the rest of the afternoon is sit and wonder what I was going to say to Elizabeth and how I was going to get her to listen. Before I knew it, it was time. time for me to explain myself to Elizabeth and hope she would take me back. I got up and heard Will and Elizabeth down in the kitchen. They were laughing about something Gabe had said. I almost didn’t wan’t to go in there because I knew she would stop laughing the moment she saw me. I walked into the kitchen and just like I suspected she stopped laughing. 

“Pancakes?” Will asked.

“No, I’m not that hungry.”

“Then why’d you come in the kitchen?” Elizabeth asked very rudely.

“Someone’s a little moody today.” I said. Crap, get on her good side not insult her idiot.

“Excuse me?” she answered back.

“Hey y’all cut it out.” David said. Elizabeth rolled her eyes and walked out of the kitchen.

“What was that about man?” Gabe asked me.

“I don’t know. I’m trying to get back on her good side but-”

“Back,” Will asked, “When did you get off of it?”

“When Dustin found out about Reagan.”

“What about her? I thought y’all broke up?”

“We did but she’s trying to get me back and I should’ve ignored the texts but I just answered one and now she won’t stop calling me.”

“Well are you gonna talk to Elizabeth about it?” Gabe asked.

“You guys saw her, she doesn’t even want to be in the same room as me.”

“I heard all of that and I shouldn’t have been so quick to jump to conclusions. I should’ve asked you what was happening instead of trusting every word Dustin said. I’m sorry.” Elizabeth said as she walked through the doorway.

“It was all my fault I should’ve blocked her number or done something to get her to stop talking to me.” I said.

She wrapped her arms around me and held me close. We stood there and looked into each other’s eyes until we were interrupted by Dana and Dustin walking in. 

“Cole, I thought I told you to-” Dustin started but he was cut off by Elizabeth. 

“It’s not his fault. She was just some ex trying to get back with him.” she said.

“Is that all?” Dustin questioned. Elizabeth looked up at me and into my eyes.

“Yup” she said cheerfully then she went to fix her some more pancakes. 

“4 more pancakes that makes 6 you’ve ate since you woke up. Are you crazy?” Will asked. 

“No I’m hungry” Elizabeth answered him.

“How are you not fat?” Dana asked her.

“I honestly have yet to figure that one out.” she said as she poured syrup all over her pancakes.

After she finished eating we all went up to the game room.

“I’m going to lay down.” Elizabeth said.

“Is everything okay?” Dustin asked her.

“Yeah I’m just gonna go lay down.”

She left and two hours later she still hadn’t came back so I went to check on her. She was laying down and had fell asleep. She woke up right before I left the room.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“I came to check on you.” I told her.

“I’m fine.” 

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah”

“Ok then”

I left the room and went back to the game room and told the guys she was fine.We sat around playing Call of Duty until I got a text from Elizabeth

From: my Babygirl<3

Can you, Dustin, or Dana please bring me some pain killers???

I didn’t even bother answering her, I just left and got the pain killers and brought them back to her.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her as I gave her the pills.

“It’s nothing”

“Elizabeth. What is wrong”

“Nothing I promise.”

“If you don’t tell me I’m gonna tickle you.”

“Touch me and I will kill you.”

“That time of the month?” I asked her

“Mhmm” she nodded and leaned her head on my shoulder.

“I’m sorry”

“It’s fine. Nothing you can do about it.”

“Well there is but...”I trailed off.

“Shut up Pendery. We are, just no, don’t even, ugh, no” she said back.

“I was just sayin but, no you are still in school and Dustin would kill me.”

“And Dana, and my parents, and God knows what Justin would do.”

We both just laughed. 

“I wanna watch a movie” Elizabeth whined.

“What movie?”

“The Little Mermaid”

I went over and put the movie in the DVD player and then I got in her bed and cuddled up next to her. 

We watched the movie and then I asked her “So are you coming with me and the guys to LA?”

“I don’t know, I really want to but, I don’t like planes.”

“Have you ever been in one?”

“No but I still just.. Idk it’s just something about them.”

“We have 1st class tickets if that changes anything.”

“I don’t know, I’ll think about it.”

“Okay,” I said pulling her close, “I love you”

“I love you too.”