The Calm
Chapter 42
-Scarlett’s POV-
“But I never told you that okay?” Alan said.
I now looked at him puzzled.
“It’s what Brook and I think…I mean you haven’t been on social media much and the guys just assumed you and Austin went off somewhere, but seeing you today I know that’s not true.” Alan said and I swallowed. Yeah, I wished that is what had happened.
“Wait you and Brook?” I asked.
“We are on good terms…but don’t avoid the subject Scar. You and Austin were practically back together.” He said.
“I know this Alan, but after we all flew back here, he got in a car and promised he’d make plans with me the next day. And look where I am Alan!” I was now kind of mad. I’ve been keeping to myself and I didn’t really want to discuss Austin.
“I’m so sorry Scar. You don’t deserve this. I just know that you opened up to him about what happened to you. He was with you after it, so that didn’t scare him off. He’ll be back around Scar. He’ll always come back for you.” Alan said and I could tell that he really meant it.
I just couldn’t handle this and I had to be at work soon. So I did the only thing I knew to do. I got up and left without saying a single word to Alan.
Now here I am outside of work, in my car crying.
Erin has a bigger location for her bakery between Huntington Beach and San Diego so both of us travel and I’m a good friend even though her boyfriend’s best friend fucked me over.
I mean all I do is stay in the back and help Erin, mostly by icing or sprinkling things, so it isn’t that bad.
Suddenly my passenger door opens and Erin sits and looks at me.
“You heard from Austin?” she asks hesitantly. She’s the only one I trust now, so much so that I asked her not to say anything about me to Tony.
“No” I say as I wipe the tears from my face.
“Then dear what is it?”
“I ran into Alan. He claims that Austin disappeared…by the way how did you recognize me?” I ask now I remembering my hair change.
“Well you would be the only person I know who drives a green jeep wrangler in this end of town.” She said and laughed. “Plus I was waiting for you to do something and I like it. Now why did Alan say that to you?”
I laughed. “Thanks. I don’t know apparently him and Brook are on good terms and that’s what they think. I mean it’s possible, right?” I said.
“Yeah, but it’s strange. Everyone thought you guys would be back together.” She said.
“Apparently the other Of Mice guys think we ran off somewhere together.” I said.
“Pierce thinks the same thing. I haven’t said anything.” Erin said.
“I wish it was true Erin! That’s why I’m pathetically sitting in here crying.”
“It’s perfectly okay that you are sitting here crying. I mean he led you on again regardless of his true intentions. How about you come inside and I’ll make or fuck up some cookies so we can eat them? Okay?”
“Thank you, that sounds good as long as I can dip them in icing!”
-Alan’s POV-
Running into Scar today really fucked with me. She’s still so stunning. I walked into my apartment and noticed that Brook looked at me as I walked past her and into the bedroom.
I needed a blunt and I needed it badly.
I grabbed the supplies out of my drawer, rolled one, and then cracked the balcony door before I lit it.
This needed to fix my problems, I knew it wouldn’t and that it was temporary but I needed something.
Brook came in.
“What’s wrong?” she asked and I just looked at her, she knew me too well.
“Alan is it Austin?” she asked again and I sat the blunt down and pulled my hands through my hair. She came over by me and tried to touch me, but I refused.
“No. No! I fucking ran into Scarlett today Brook.” I said and she looked at me with now widen eyes.
“He- he left her…he disappeared on her. Alan what are you thinking? You have to tell me what you’re thinking!” she said. She knew that I was close to shutting down from dealing with everything I was just so stressed; Austin’s like my brother. She also knew what I meant the second I said I saw Scarlett.
“I can’t do this Brook.” I said.
“Can’t do what?”
“My life.”
“Alan. Don’t you dare say that!” she said and pulled me into her.
Her scent had me lost. The way she was holding me, damn I missed this. It was the most physical contact we had. Being high and courageous, I smashed my lips to hers. Things got heated.
“Baby you can’t shut down on me.” Brook said as she pulled my face to look at hers with her hands. “I love you and I never should’ve left. If you think you have nothing else to live for that’s not true. You have me Alan. You’re mine Alan.” She said.
I wanted this. I wanted her, to be with her forever.
“Be mine? Forever?” I said.
“Alan, what exactly are you asking?”
“I don’t have a ring at the moment and this isn’t the best way to propose but I’ve been wanting to and I promise that I will live for you everyday if you be my wife. So Brook, marry me darling?” I asked looking directly into her eyes while I now held her face.
“Yes, yes Alan!” she said and our lips crashed again.
“But I never told you that okay?” Alan said.
I now looked at him puzzled.
“It’s what Brook and I think…I mean you haven’t been on social media much and the guys just assumed you and Austin went off somewhere, but seeing you today I know that’s not true.” Alan said and I swallowed. Yeah, I wished that is what had happened.
“Wait you and Brook?” I asked.
“We are on good terms…but don’t avoid the subject Scar. You and Austin were practically back together.” He said.
“I know this Alan, but after we all flew back here, he got in a car and promised he’d make plans with me the next day. And look where I am Alan!” I was now kind of mad. I’ve been keeping to myself and I didn’t really want to discuss Austin.
“I’m so sorry Scar. You don’t deserve this. I just know that you opened up to him about what happened to you. He was with you after it, so that didn’t scare him off. He’ll be back around Scar. He’ll always come back for you.” Alan said and I could tell that he really meant it.
I just couldn’t handle this and I had to be at work soon. So I did the only thing I knew to do. I got up and left without saying a single word to Alan.
Now here I am outside of work, in my car crying.
Erin has a bigger location for her bakery between Huntington Beach and San Diego so both of us travel and I’m a good friend even though her boyfriend’s best friend fucked me over.
I mean all I do is stay in the back and help Erin, mostly by icing or sprinkling things, so it isn’t that bad.
Suddenly my passenger door opens and Erin sits and looks at me.
“You heard from Austin?” she asks hesitantly. She’s the only one I trust now, so much so that I asked her not to say anything about me to Tony.
“No” I say as I wipe the tears from my face.
“Then dear what is it?”
“I ran into Alan. He claims that Austin disappeared…by the way how did you recognize me?” I ask now I remembering my hair change.
“Well you would be the only person I know who drives a green jeep wrangler in this end of town.” She said and laughed. “Plus I was waiting for you to do something and I like it. Now why did Alan say that to you?”
I laughed. “Thanks. I don’t know apparently him and Brook are on good terms and that’s what they think. I mean it’s possible, right?” I said.
“Yeah, but it’s strange. Everyone thought you guys would be back together.” She said.
“Apparently the other Of Mice guys think we ran off somewhere together.” I said.
“Pierce thinks the same thing. I haven’t said anything.” Erin said.
“I wish it was true Erin! That’s why I’m pathetically sitting in here crying.”
“It’s perfectly okay that you are sitting here crying. I mean he led you on again regardless of his true intentions. How about you come inside and I’ll make or fuck up some cookies so we can eat them? Okay?”
“Thank you, that sounds good as long as I can dip them in icing!”
-Alan’s POV-
Running into Scar today really fucked with me. She’s still so stunning. I walked into my apartment and noticed that Brook looked at me as I walked past her and into the bedroom.
I needed a blunt and I needed it badly.
I grabbed the supplies out of my drawer, rolled one, and then cracked the balcony door before I lit it.
This needed to fix my problems, I knew it wouldn’t and that it was temporary but I needed something.
Brook came in.
“What’s wrong?” she asked and I just looked at her, she knew me too well.
“Alan is it Austin?” she asked again and I sat the blunt down and pulled my hands through my hair. She came over by me and tried to touch me, but I refused.
“No. No! I fucking ran into Scarlett today Brook.” I said and she looked at me with now widen eyes.
“He- he left her…he disappeared on her. Alan what are you thinking? You have to tell me what you’re thinking!” she said. She knew that I was close to shutting down from dealing with everything I was just so stressed; Austin’s like my brother. She also knew what I meant the second I said I saw Scarlett.
“I can’t do this Brook.” I said.
“Can’t do what?”
“My life.”
“Alan. Don’t you dare say that!” she said and pulled me into her.
Her scent had me lost. The way she was holding me, damn I missed this. It was the most physical contact we had. Being high and courageous, I smashed my lips to hers. Things got heated.
“Baby you can’t shut down on me.” Brook said as she pulled my face to look at hers with her hands. “I love you and I never should’ve left. If you think you have nothing else to live for that’s not true. You have me Alan. You’re mine Alan.” She said.
I wanted this. I wanted her, to be with her forever.
“Be mine? Forever?” I said.
“Alan, what exactly are you asking?”
“I don’t have a ring at the moment and this isn’t the best way to propose but I’ve been wanting to and I promise that I will live for you everyday if you be my wife. So Brook, marry me darling?” I asked looking directly into her eyes while I now held her face.
“Yes, yes Alan!” she said and our lips crashed again.
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12/22/14