All In For Fitz

Chapter Twenty Five

- Parker's POV -

The majority of Ellie and I's April was filled with work and school.

For her, April was about prepping for finals and planning for future trips and job opportunities. One of the things I loved most about Ellie was her drive. When she put her mind to something, she never half-assed it.

No matter if it was Asher's foundation, writing a paper for class or trying to make homemade macaroons.

It pushed me to put my entire heart into my work.

So while I was in Europe looking at properties for three weeks, I thought about her.

Am I putting my heart into this like Ellie? Is this going to be beneficial to people? Do I like this or am I just trying to beat my father?

I put everything I had into my future developments.

Not only did I want to make beautiful hotels and resorts, but I also wanted to make communities better. So I funded after school activities for children, clinics, and donated to local non-profit organizations in the areas that I was building in.

The best and only way to lead was with the heart.

I was happy that I was finally doing it.

She always made me a better person.

Then the month of May came.

I was finally back in New York City and I could finally see my girl after thirty four long-ass days. But it was finals season and she was stressed the fuck out.

The least I could do to show my appreciation for her and to relieve her stress was to set up a romantic dinner. I got her favorite wine, put candles around the living room, and got her favorite meal from Estella's.

I heard the door open and got off of the couch.

She looked as beautiful as ever but she looked tired.

"Hey baby, I missed you." she held her arms out, "I was getting so tired of the time differences."

I wrapped my arms around her, "I missed you more. It's so nice to finally be able to touch you. A phone screen can only do so much."

"Exactly." she pulled away and her eyes lit up, "It looks so nice! It's like an indoor picnic."

"That's exactly what I was going for." I said all giddy, "I'm gonna get the food but you can chill. Maybe put some music on? Surprise me."

Ellie kissed my cheek, "I will."

I walked into the kitchen and moved the food from the styrofoam boxes to nice plates. I poured glasses of wine and water then set them on the coffee table in the living room.

"I've been studying all day and I'm so tired." Ellie said as she looked at her food, "How was your day?"

"I've just been unpacking and washing clothes all day." I answered her question, "And getting this ready of course."

She gave me a small smile, "You did a great job. You even got what I was craving the most without even knowing."

"See we're soulmates." I looked her in the eyes, "At least you're close to being done. A year from now we'll be exploring Thailand or something."

Ellie looked away, "Yeah about that. I think that I want to move back home when I'm finished with school."

My jaw dropped and I froze up.

This was the same girl who had a shared Google Document with me that had a billion and two places that she wanted to go. She already had restaurants, activities, and even some outfits picked out and she wanted to go back to the same city she lived her whole life in.

"Where the hell is this coming from?" I asked her as I stopped chewing

"I - I - just had a change in heart." she answered me

I ran my hands over my face, "You want to move two thousand miles away from me? We're young! We still have time to travel. I don't understand why you'd wanna go back."

"Because my family is there! Our family is there!" she raised her voice, "It's warm and I miss my family sometimes."

"Ellie we can always move back when we're older! My whole life is here right now and I hate that you're trying to uproot me when I need to be here right now." I shoot back, "I'm not some little intern, I'm a CEO."

She lowered her eyebrows, "Uproot you? I moved to New York for you in the first place! Don't forget that you just left me for a few months without saying anything."

"I didn't ask you to move here!" I looked at her as she began to get worked up, "This is not what this conversation is supposed to be about."

"So you're saying you never wanted me here in the first place?" the pitch in her voice went up

I slammed my hands down, "When did I say that!"

"I don't even know why you're yelling at me and getting so upset right now!" she spoke as tears went down her cheeks

Deep breaths. Deep breaths.

I always had my father's quick temper and random spurts of anger.

"I'm not upset with you. I just don't know where this is coming from." I spoke calmly

She looked down, "In California the weather is warm, it has a lot of memories and palm trees, my family is there, I got a job opportunity with my Dad's company. I'm not even ready to settle down and move back to Los Angeles. But I have to do it, I really do."

"Then don't do it." I tapped the table so she would look at me, "You don't have to worry about getting a job or anything. I told you, no I promised you that I would take care of you until that August."

Ellie nodded her head, "I know you did but..."

"But what?" I question her as she finally made eye contact with me

Her eyes were all bloodshot and I could see the tears swelling.

"Parker." she began as she pointed to the wine glass that hadn't been touched

I just stared at it and then back at her.

My eyes got big as my eyes met hers.

"No, you arent -"I mumbled as she began to nod her head and cry

I pushed the table out of the way and wrapped my arms around her.

She just sobbed into my shoulder as I rocked her, "I'm not ready. I'm not ready. I can't do this."