Naomi's POV
I woke up to my mom caressing my cheek softly. "Honey, wake up."
"What time is it?" I responded with a groggy voice.
"It's 3 in the afternoon..."
"Wait, 3?"
"You sleep through the afternoon, and the night apparently. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I should probably get up and shower though."
"Mhm, do you want to eat anything?"
"I'm not exactly—"
"Let me rephrase, there's food ready downstairs." She widened her eyes at me.
"Okay, I'll be down in a few then." My mom nodded and walked out. I quickly got up and grabbed my phone. I had a bunch of texts from Nasim and a voicemail, from Mena...
"Nay, please call me back I really really owe you an explanation, she's not pregnant okay? I love you please just call me when you can."
I let out a breath of relief, but even though I was relieved, I couldn't run back to him. The scare was enough for me to realize my situation and boy was it a mess.
I had to heal from everything, years of not being with the right person, years of thinking I loved a person and dedicated my life to them, weeks of cheating on that person when they didn't deserve it, weeks of lying to myself and believing it was okay to go on in a relationship I didn't feel I could be in. I had to be alone, but for real this time.
I took a nice warm shower, washed my hair, scrubbed my body, shaved. Once I came out I moisturised my body, washed my face, let my wet curls roam free and slipped on some leggings and an oversized hoodie, my usual attire. Finally I made my way downstairs.
"Well look who finally decided to come downstairs." I heard my dad say.
"Sorry I needed a while to myself," I smiled nervously as I sat next to him.
"It's okay, it's your home princess..." He smiled and looked at my mom who made eyes at him as he ate.
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
"Actually, your mother and I, we've been meaning to ask you the same question, haven't we?"
"Yes, well you see Naomi, you've been here for what is it, two weeks now and yesterday, we all know what happened... we just want to know if you're all right and what's going on with you and Jordan, if there still even is a you and Jordan." I bit my lip as I took in a deep breath. "Okay before you freak out, we can take this at a slow pace, Nay."
"Your mother and I just want you to be okay Naomi. And in case you aren't feeling okay we want you to know that we're always here." My dad reached for my hand and squeezed it.
Looking at them both I stood up from the stool. "Actually there is something we should talk about... Jordan and I," I slipped off my ring for a second and stared at it. "We broke off the engagement, I mean we broke up."
"We figured."
"But the reason why is... a bit complicated. I wasn't exactly completely honest with him. The truth is , when we came back I thought I loved him but—"
"But then you saw Mena," My mom raised her eyebrows at me.
"What, how'd you know?"
"Because that day at the restaurant when you saw him for the first time, you turned so red you could've been mistaken for a lobster."
"Oh, well then yeah. I like Mena and I don't think I ever stopped liking Mena." I looked down to my hands as I played with my fingers.
"So all that with Jordan was...?"
"I don't know, I mean I do know I obviously did like him but I just feel like I always wanted it to happen so bad that eventually things just flowed because they had too. And don't get me wrong I'll always love Jordy, I just don't see myself spending the rest of my life with him." My parents both sighed. "I'm sorry if I disappointed you guys."
"You didn't, you can't control what you feel Nay. All we want is whats best for you."
"I know..."
"Just take it easy alright, it'll all work out." I nodded and proceeded to eat my food. After doing the dishes I went back upstairs and sat down to clear out some stuff I had left in boxes. I couldn't help but laugh at all my high school pictures, some assignments, it all brought back so many memories. As I tidied everything up I noticed my phone light up on the other side of the room.
I got up walked towards it, it was Nasim.
"Hey girl I haven't heard from you...I hope everything's okay. Text me when you can."
"Hi, I'm alright, I just need time to process some things. We have to talk though."
"Are you free in a few? We could get some coffee, walk around town if you want."
"Yeah I'm free, meet you @ joe's in 30?"
"See you there."
I quickly slipped on some jeans, a cute shirt, a bit of light makeup and headed downstairs.
"Where ya going?"
"Nas and I are gonna hang out for a bit why?"
"Just thought you should take that ring off... you know considering." I looked down to it, I honestly hadn't realized I had it on from last night.
"Oh, yeah, I guess I should...I think I'll just stop by at the hotel and give it back to Jordan, gotta pick some stuff over there anyway." My parents nodded as I walked out the door.
It was about time...
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