So Happy Together

Your Love

  The next day came and went. Much of it being the same. The first thing you did was look at your phone to see if Ben had really texted you. He had. During the class you two had together he kept looking back at you. Everytime he looked back you stared at him like you were hoping he would catch on fire. After you grabbed you lunch from the lunch line you looked over at Reys table and he waved at you with a small smile. You kept eye contact with him as you walked out. The rest of the day you managed to avoid him, taking different routes to ensure you wouldn't run into him or Rey. Eventually the day ended, and you went straight for your dorm. Elaine hasn't been back from practice yet, and you don't expect her to be back anytime soon. She had that one NYU rep coming to her game there's no way she would risk messing up so you knew she would be practicing harder. You got right to doing your homework. It was about an hour after you started that someone had knocked on the door. You stood up and opened it seeing your grandfather on the other side. You both stared at each other a second before you let him in. 

“I know you're probably here to tear me a new one. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose it like that.” he examined your dorm looking at the papers scattered across the small desk that came with the room. 

“I'm not here to scold you. I'm just here to talk.” you stared at him. 

“I didn't know they would be there,” he started. “If I did , I never would have taken you. It surprised me as much as it surprised you. Trust me after you left I continued to yell at them both for not being there for you. I was shocked at myself for doing it.” he sat down on your bed and looked down at his hands. 

“When you ran off i didn't know what to do. I felt helpless, because you were hurting and there was nothing I could do about it. When you didn’t come back I assumed the worst had happened, and I felt like dying. I am mad. I'm mad, not because you fought with them, I'm mad because you ran off, and did not come back. I stayed in a panic all night, because I didn't know if you were safe or not. When Matt left he didn't say if you were safe or not he just ran out.” 

Hearing that made your stomach drop. You had been so worried about getting away that it never occured to you how it would affect him. You just wanted to get away. 

“Please. I'm begging. Next time do whatever you need. Walk into a different room, keep yelling, lock yourself away. Just please. Don't do that to me again.”

You hugged him tight. “I'm so so sorry. I didn't think about how you would react if I didn't go back. I just felt so embarrassed that I didn't want anyone seeing me.” 

You pulled away as tears fell down your face. “I know you're going through a lot, and I know they didn't help, but talk to me next time. I would have gladly taken us home so you wouldn't have to see them.”

“I know. I'm sorry.”

“How on earth did you find a way home.” you laughed. You sat him down and told him about everything. How you ran until your body felt numb. How you just knocked on someone's door for help, and Amilyn answered. You even told him about her. She was so nice when she didn't have to be that you knew you had to tell him about her. After a while of you both talking through last night's events he decided to leave so you could do your homework. You walked him out your door, and said your goodbyes. Right when he was about to walk away a door opened not far from yours. 

“I thought i heard you out here!” Rey walked out and ran over to your grandfather with a smile. She hugged him and he hugged back.