If I love you was a promise

CHAPTER 1: Everything I wanted

Dani kept waiting for her in the airport hallway. They had missed their plane anyway but Dani was worried something else happened. No honeymoon and no Sophie yet. She stood still on her chair, waiting for Sophie even if she felt weird deep down as if she had lost her. Why? She had no idea. At some point, she took the courage she had left to search for her in the airport. She went to the first floor, second floor, no one. And then... still nothing. She didn't know how she was supposed to feel. As usual in painful moments, she was shutting her emotions down. That's why she decided to go see if Finley had left for Missouri already. She remembered the latter was supposed to take her plane a little after when the couple was supposed to leave. Dani looked up to the screen « Gate 22B ». She saw the time of the departure and looked at her watch, the boarding was almost over. She started running like an idiot hoping she would get to see her best friend at least a little. She climbed up the stairs and there she was, about to disappear... holding Sophie's hand. They were gone and Dani felt like her world was falling upside down, wrecked from the inside. Betrayed. Everything was breaking into tiny little pieces inside of her. « How, why, when? » Nothing was making any sense anymore, especially the ring on her finger. Before she realized, tears came down on her cheeks. A tiny demonstration of how destroyed she was inside. Sophie had promised her in that damn tub that she would never leave her and she did. With her best friend.

Suddenly, her buzzing phone took her out of her overthinking session. Someone was calling her. She took her phone out of her pocket hoping it was Sophie. « Bette Porter » the screen showed.

« This is Dani » she answered.

« Dani hi, this is Bette » she heard.

« Yes Bette hi, did something happen? » she replied.

« Well I was cleaning the campaign mess in the house and found some of your stuffs. I was wondering if you would want them back. Plus if you do you could also stop by to have a drink. I owe you at least this after all you did for me. » Bette said. Dani was surprised.

« Hum sure why not. It's not like my honeymoon was cancelled or anything. At what time? » Dani asked. Bette was feeling a little uncomfortable hearing this and answered: « Is 5 okay for you? ».

Dani looked at her watch and saw « 3:00 », damn it. Then Dani abruptly replied: « What about I go back to my place to leave my luggage and then directly come at yours? »

« Sure, no problem. » Bette replied.

Dani got out of the airport searching for a cab. When she got home, their home, she only left her luggage in their old room. She was about to leave when she froze. She was still in their room and stared at her hand. The ring, that damn ring. She suddenly took it off and put it on Sophie's nightstand and finally left heading to Bette's.