Hating You Sweetly

13. Farewell

Happy Thanksgiving to all my lovely readers. Hope you have a blessed day. Enjoy 

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 Laura's POV

The next morning I woke up exhausted. I didn't want to get up but I knew I had to. Everyone was going to the park to let off some wedding stress steam. It was already 1pm and as tempting as laying in bed for the rest of my life sounded I knew I couldn't. I quickly changed and headed over to Demi's since my brother Garret had obviously left without me. 

Demi was in her room throwing clothes in every direction. "Hey Laura."

"Hey," I jumped on her bed, completely exhausted.

"Soooo," she asked curiously while getting closer to me. "How did your night end? I saw you talking to Chris." 

"Did you also see me talking to Ben?"

"What!" She hopped on the bed beside me. "No. What happened?"

I trusted Demi. She was the only person that knew about me and Chris so why not tell her the whole story. So I did. I told her every last detail from the moment Ben walked back into my life to last night when I was in Chris' arms. 

She was anxiously soaking up every word I was telling her. "Oh wow Laura."

"That's all you have to say?"

Demi leaned back until her head restlessly hit the pillow, hard. "I can't believe everything you've been through."

Yeah, me either. 

"So what are you going to do about Ben? Do you still have any feelings for him? Is there any chance you'll forgive him and take him back?" 

Oh gosh I knew the bombarding of questions were going to come. 

I shut my eyes and really thought about her questions. How did I really feel about Ben? "I wanted to forgive him...lastnight. I did but I couldn't. Ben just isn't the person I thought he was."

"And Chris?" 

That completely threw me off guard. "What about Chris?"

Demi moved in closer like she didn't want anyone to hear. "How do you feel about him?"

I didn't reply. I didn't know what to say so she started talking again. 

"I personally think there's something wild but very good happening between the two of you."

I rolled my eyes. "Nothing good can come from the two of us."

"Laura he cares about you."

I pushed myself off the bed. Standing always makes me feel like I have things under control. "Like hell he does."

She crossed her arms over her chest. "Laura he went after you...after you confessed. He followed you home to see if you were okay. Then, then," she stumbled to get the right words. "Then he took you away from Ben when you needed to escape. Laura, come on. You have got to see that maybe Chris isn't as bad as he tries to make himself seem." 

She did have some good points. "Maybe you're right."

Demi clapped her hands together. "This is more exciting than soap opera. When you two have babies you must name one after me."

I took the closest item of clothing and threw it at her. She blocked it easily and laughed. 

"Shut up Demi."

Chris' POV

I was debating on whether to come or not. The park did not sound appealing in the least especially after the long wedding night. This little get together was supposed to be a stress reliever for all the drama packed wedding planning we've been through the last few days. I wasn't exactly sure who all was coming but for some reason I was finding myself hoping Laura would show up.