YOU 2 [Charli D'Amelio]

Chapter 105.

"Charli what are you doing here?" She asks and I wipe my eyes.

I know I look like hell, baggy jeans and sweatshirt, yesterday's smeared makeup and tangled hair. I look at the girl standing behind her and reach down to pick my bags up off the floor. Max seems to remember the girl is there and turns around to face her.

"Can you give us a minute?" She asks her and she nods before exiting the apartment.

"I can't believe you are here." She says and walks into the kitchen. She removes her jacket revealing a plain white t-shirt.

"I..I was just leaving." I manage to say. She looks so perfect, so beautiful. Such a beautiful disaster.

"Please just let me explain myself." She begs. The dark circles under her eyes are even more prominent than mine.

"No." I reach for my bags again but she grabs them out of my hands and sits them back onto the floor.

"Two minutes, that's all I am asking for."

Two minutes is too long to be here with Max but this is the closure I know I need so that I can move on with my life and never have to see her again.

I sigh and sit down, trying to hold back any noise that would betray my neutral expression. She is clearly surprised by me sitting down and she takes the seat across from me.

"You sure moved on fast." I say quietly.

"What?" She says then seems to remember the brunette.

"She works with me, well for the same publisher as I do, her husband is downstairs with their newborn daughter. She came to check out the apartment, they are looking for a new place so she wanted to see the layout of our.. the place." She explains.

"You're moving?" I ask.

"No, not if you will stay but I don't see the point in staying here when you aren't here. I am just going over my options here." she says.

I am slightly relieved but just because she isn't sleeping with her doesn't mean she won't be sleeping with someone else soon. I ignore the twinge of sorrow that comes along with Max talking about moving out already, even though I won't be here.

"You think I would bring someone here to our apartment? It's only been two days, is that how you think of me?" She asks and I nod.

Pain flashes across her face and she sighs.

"Where did you stay last night? I went to my father's and you weren't there." She says.

"My mother's."

"Oh." She looks down at her hands.

"Did you guys work everything out?" She asks.

"That is none of your business." I snap and look directly into her eyes.

"I miss you so much." She says and I lose my breath again.

"Sure you do."

Despite the whirlwind of emotions that I feel inside, I will not allow myself to come undone any further in front of her.

"I do, I know I fucked up big time but I love you."

"Just stop, save yourself the time and energy. You aren't fooling me, not anymore. Just stop. You got what you wanted so why not just stop?"

"Because I can't just stop., I love you. I need you to give me a chance to make this up to you. I need you Charli. I need you. You need me too." She reaches for my hand but I jerk it away.

"No, I don't actually. I was fine before you came into my life."

"Fine isn't happy." She says.

"Happy? And what I am happy now?" I scoff. How dare her try to say she makes me happy.