ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross POV

“Wow, and he didn’t do anything back? You should have called the cops on him instead,”

“He didn’t get the chance to do shit and I didn’t think about calling the cops,”

She replied going back to eating her chocolates.

“Don’t eat too much of those on an empty stomach,”

I warned, I knew she hasn’t eaten because I asked Nora before I went out, and even when I came back.

“Don’t worry, I have a high chocolate tolerance level,”

She answered.

“Is that even a thing?”

“Yup, it is, so back to Louis, he hasn’t shown his face since and I told him if he does that he would get even worst, he had been too shocked and in pain to do anything, and I drove off before he could get himself back together,”

She disclosed.

“Okay, that’s a one-time thing, next time just call the cops okay?”

“Yes, and my older sister gave birth,”

She revealed, once again something I also missed because I was being an asshole.

“For real? That’s so cool, Anna is due soon too, so many babies in the family,”

“Yeah, I know right? I plan on going home after my exams,”

“Oh, it exam seasons no wonder there are books everywhere in the house,”

“Yup, and I hate studying but I have to,”

“Where were you last night?”

I asked after we sat there in silence for a while, the question had been burning in my mind, I really wanted to know where she was.

“With Marilyn,”

She responded, once again I didn’t know who she was.

“Who is Marilyn?”

“My project partner and new friend,”

She revealed I didn’t want her mingling with the wrong crowd and the fact that she stayed up late with this Marilyn didn’t tell well of her.

“Not to sound overprotective but are you sure it safe to be around her? I am not trying to control you or anything, I just don’t want you mixing with the wrong people,”

I said, I tried to put it in a way that won’t offend her, thankfully she got the message as she smiled at me, I missed her smile so much.

“Don’t worry, Marilyn is perfectly okay, and not to mention she is twice my age and have two grown-ass kids,”

She revealed.

“And she let you stay out so late?”

I couldn’t help but ask.

“No, I left her house early, I just didn’t want to come back home to an empty house so I went to a night carnival and watched their performance before coming back home, I was shocked when I saw you, I honestly didn’t think you will be home,”

She replied.

“Okay, if you say so, you seem to like her a lot,”

“Yes, she is so nice and easy to talk to, and she makes the best food too,”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

She revealed excitedly.

“She sounds interesting, I will like to meet her too,”

“Alright, you can, you just need to make out time, I am going to see her this weekend so that we can finalize our project,”

“Okay, how about your leg?”

I asked remembering she had an injury that hadn’t healed properly before our fight, I felt like a shitty husband for forgetting.

“It’s fine, perfectly okay, and doesn’t hurt anymore,”

She replied showing her leg to me and wiggling them.

“That’s good to know,”

I said and she smiled at me.

“Will you move back into the main room with me? I don’t like us sleeping apart,”

“I will if you ask nicely,”

She answered, I collected the bowl of chocolate from her, and lifted her onto my lap, held her waist, she stared at me wildly, I kisses off the chocolate on her lips, she tasted like chocolate, the best chocolate I have ever tasted.

“Please?”

“You needed to work harder than that,”

She teased, I kissed her again.

“How about that?”

I asked after we pulled apart.

“Convincing, but still lacking but I will just let you owe me, so yes I will,”

She finally agreed, I kissed her again, leaving kisses all over her face and she giggled in response.

We talked a lot throughout the day and spent the night together after we moved her things back to the room together, I was happy and glad we were back on good terms and promised myself that whatever happens, I won’t make the same mistake again, and making our marriage work became one of my top goals. The times few by and everything was going just fine.

I helped Ginna get her apartment and also helped her get a job, things were looking good for her too, Kathy was busy for the rest part of the month, she had exams and spent most of her time studying, but we still make out time for each other and I made sure to help her as much as I can, stayed up late with her and even helped her revise, we had plans to travel home to Arizona to visit her sister who gave birth and our families after her exams, I couldn’t say I was in love with Kathy, bit I liked her a hell lot and seeing her happy made my day, everyday waking up with her was amazing, I knew it won’t take so long for me to fall for her, Ginna and I cleared things up about our past and she told it she didn’t hold me countable for what happened that night, that it was just ill fate, she said she had been mad at me but that was a long time ago, I planned on telling Kathy about it tonight, and also telling her about that other stuff, she had her final papers today and I was going to surprise her.

“Aha, finally, after this I am not reading until next semester,”

She let out as she sat in the car, she looked stressed but still, she glowed.

“You did well, and I hate to say this but this is just the beginning,”

I said patting her back.

“That didn’t help, I shouldn’t have gone back to school,”

She cried dramatically.

“What would you have done then?”

“I don’t know, maybe work as your secretary,”

She replied.

“As much as I like that, I don’t think I will be able to get any work done if you are my secretary,”

“Tish, killjoy,”

I laughed at her expression as we left the house.

“Call me when you are done,”

I said kissing her when we got to the school.

“Of course, I love you,”

She said smiling at me, she had formed the habit of telling me she loved me a week ago, I liked hearing her say those words, but I couldn’t say it back, at first I apologized, but she had told me not to, that she would wait for me, I really wanted to say them back, but I didn’t want to say what I didn’t mean so I held back.

“See you later,”

She said and got out of the car, and walked off without looking back, I sat there watching her, my phone rang, bring back to where I was.

“Hey, Ginna,”

I said as I picked up the phone.

“Cross, help!!”

“What’s going on Ginna? Ginna?”

She didn’t say anything else before the phone hung up, I tried calling her again but she didn’t take her calls, afraid that something might have happened to her, I drove towards her house instead of the office…