I didn't get much sleep last night. I left the party early, obviously. I went home and slept in one of the extra 10 rooms. I didn't necessarily want to be in the same house as Austin but I wasn't really able to run away from my problem this time, I had nowhere to go. I got out of bed and made my way downstairs.
Austin was nowhere to be found. He probably never even came home last night. I made myself a bowl of cereal and took a seat on the couch. I watched the news for awhile. Lots of articles about how Austin and I are broken up, and how he was with another girl last night. I finally turned the tv off, I was only putting myself through pain. I sat in silence for a few minutes, still no Austin. I heard a car pull into the driveway, so I got up to see who it was. I stood out on the porch, there was a Mercedes G Wagon tuat I had never seen before. It parked and Austin hops out. I crossed my arms and he quickly ran over to me.
"I know your mad" he started
"Oh you think?"
He sighed. He grabbed my hand and pulled me down to the car.
"So, to apologize, I bought you this" he said standing me in front of the car. Yes I've always wanted a G Wagon, yes it was rose gold like I wanted. I looked at him and just stared. He had a nervous smile.
"You can't just buy you're way out of trouble" I spat and walked away.
"Please" he said he ran over to me.
"Why? Cause you're a celebrity and you can do what you want now?" I asked, quoting him from the night earlier.
"I shouldn't have said that" he said. I scoffed and turned.
"Avery I was drunk, I wasn't thinking-"
"So what? I've been drunk to and I never not once considered cheating on you" I spat.
"I know" he said quietly. We stood quietly for a moment.
"Eneesa and Eniyah are on their way, and I'm leaving for awhile" I mumbled.
"Please don't" he said. His eyes and face were desperate. I shook my head.
"You made the choice Austin" I said quietly. I could feel my eyes start to get hot.
"There's no valid excuse for what I did, but I don't want you to leave" he pleaded. I shook my head and walked into the house, he followed.
"We can work this out" he said
"I don't want to work this out Austin, not this time" I said. Now tears were streaming down my face.
"Don't say that, you don't mean it" he said, pulling me towards him. I slowly pushed away and shook my head.
"No, I do mean it this time" I said quietly.
***
That night, I slept in a spare bedroom, and packed a few of my things that I would need. Today was leaving day, finally. Things between Austin and I had been distant, and awkward. It was all over every media channel that Austin had cheated on me and we were now broken up, it's funny how they know everything when no one has told them.
"Just please stay" Austin said to me. I shook my head.
"Please" he said. His voice cracked, it was soft and broken.
I took a deep breath and extended the handle of my suit case.
"I'll be back for the rest of my things" I said quietly. He didn't say anything.
"I wish you the best of luck Austin" I finally told him and made my way out to the car. Eneesa and a Eniyah had rented out an Airbnb, which is where we'd be staying before going home to New York.
We drove to the Airbnb and I set my things down in the living room. Everyone was pretty quiet, I don't think anyone really saw this coming.
I grabbed my purse, and opened it. Really I was just looking for something to do, since I felt kind of lost, like there was nothing to do, no one to talk to. I looked down at a shiny white card that had Scooters name and contact info on it. I looked at it for a moment. I rolled my eyes and set it down on the side table.
