**Small town girl Ivy Knight has planned out her fate. She'll leave the small town known as Silver Falls and make something of herself. That is till Maddox Silver comes back to town after being away for years. Dealing with her fathers death, her mot...
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The sound of kids laughing and screaming is prominent walking up the small steps of Adrianna's house with Maddox. A smile grows on my face as I ring the door bell.
"Thanks for inviting me. And sir grumpy back there." Maddox and I have either talked on the phone or texted all week. And by Friday I had invited Grayson to come with us to the party. Well only if Maddox was ok with it. So here we are the three of us.
"Grayson move your ass." Rolling his eyes at me while standing behind me he snakes a hand around my waist. Squeezing letting me know he's here to support me.
I whisper a thank you to him just as the door opens. "Hey! Come in! Come in! I'm so glad you could all come." She gives us each a hug while shuffling us in.
After hugging Grayson she winks at me, mouthing a wow. Earning an eye roll from me and a discreet middle finger while I itched my nose.
Adrianna laughs her cackle laugh. "Ok so," she claps her hands together, "beer is in here in the basement away from the kids in the fridge. There is food outside on the patio. Bathroom is the third door on the right down this hallway." She points walking us through the house out to the patio.
"There's a Pool if you feel like taking a dip and the kids are mostly in the jumpy castle. Enjoy!" She beams at us before her door bell goes off again causing her to rush off.
Looking at the two guys they just shrug obviously on the same brain length.
"Beer?" Maddox asks Grayson who just shrugs again. "Sure." They both turn back around disappearing back into the house. Leaving me all alone.
"Fucking men." I groan walking over to the trays of food that's out on a white outdoor table. There's beans, rice, shredded chicken, pork green Chile, carne asada, avocado dip, salsa, diced onions, cilantro, a pot of menudo, a pot of posole, and then a big ass bowl of fruit salad.
Which contains mangos, jicama, cucumber, watermelon, pineapple, green grapes, and strawberries. I'm basically salivating just looking it. Helping myself to a bowl of the fruit I work on filling my plate as much as I can with all this fucking gorgeous food.
Laugher from behind me startled me almost making me drop my plate on the floor.
"Damn jumpy with old age Ivy."
"Old who the fuck you calling old Miller." His laugh booms out again. Fucking Jacob his voice is recognizable anywhere.
"Aight, calm down mamasita, language. There's like a bunch of kids here remember."
I can't help but giggle. "Jacob I bet you're kid has heard more profanities from your mouth then they ever will from me in a life time."
"Damn I see you. But yeah you're probably right." Slapping my shoulder in a playful way before he slips inside the house as well.
"How is everything need some help?" Adrianna says her sweet voice approaches me. Laughing I reply, "yeah probably over served myself honestly."
"Girl you're skin and bones you need it." She laughs. Grabbing my plate from me I follow her to an empty table that's on the grass. Pulling out the light blue lawn chair sitting down. "I'm glad you're here I know there's so much I need to explain."
I know she's nervous because she does that thing with her thumbs. What's it called oh yeah fiddling. She's fiddling with her thumbs something she's always only done when nervous.
Sighing loudly I partly hang my head. "No you don't the past is the past. I'm hurt yes but it nothing that we can't move on from. Just don't disappear again." I playfully scold her.
"I promise I won't. Can I at least tell you what happened. More for my sake if anything?" She asks picking a piece of mango from my fruit bowl.
"Yeah definitely." I smile to her. Foster and a few boys run around our table only for Foster to stop and kiss his moms cheek. Such a sweet boy.
"It was right before you had called me and asked if I'd help you pack when I found out about him. And I was scared shitless. I stopped talking to everyone even Jacob."
"Oh wow." I say surprised.
"Yeah, I know. I just didn't know how to handle it honestly we had been so safe and I was on birth control. So when I missed a period I thought that it was just because of that, but it wasn't. After a few months you had moved away and my parents were getting suspicious of my poor clothing choices." Adrianna sighs leaning back in her chair slumping over a little.
"I even tried walking into a Planned ParentHood planning to you know. But I couldn't he was a part of me something god had blessed me with. So I came clean to my parents and told Jacob at the same time. Jacob was excited for me but as you can imagine."
"My parents not so much. So they kicked me out. I moved in with Jacob and his older brother till Foster came. Got a job worked hard Jacob too. Then once Foster turned around four we moved out here. I didn't think of looking for you since you had changed you're number. I'm sorry Ivy I am."
Side hugging her from my chair she returns it. "It's fine honestly that was the clarity I needed. Some crazy mile stones you had to watch Foster go through huh."
"You don't even fucking know!" She exclaimed her face going from sad to happy. "Potty training, kindergarten, fuck actually every school year. And today he's eight. Man time flies Ivy."
Eating a grape and a pineapple at the same time I shake my head in agreement. "Hell yeah it does."
"So what's the deal with red? You guys dating, or what. Give me the 511." Laughing hard because of her mistake a chunk of grape flies out of my mouth. "It's 411!"
"You got the point." She rolls her eyes.
"Yeah true, but there's nothing going on."
"Thats bullshit! And you know it." Pointedly she says.
"Okay, okay! We sleep together. We actually met my first year here in college. And we're just really good friends." I shrug.
"Yoouu, you devil you."
"We both agreed if one of us walked away it wouldn't hurt our friendship. He's too important to me to let go. He helped me heal when you left and he was just my go to for the past seven years."
Adrianna nods her head in agreement. "Yeah that's understandable, but I can tell you right now that man wants more from you. Are you willing to give him more?"
Scoffing I pretend to be hurt. "How the fuck do you do that? Know shit even after all this time."
"Because bitch I know you," She quickly stands from her seat, " Foster don't you dare young man!" She yells pointing at him.
"Give me a sec, I'll be right back." Rushing off further into her yard to where the kids play behind the jumping castle.
I laugh not able to contain it. I've missed her and I'm glad she's back in my life. Hopefully forever.
