12. The Truth

Skip to the day Geo comes home (3 days)

Today is the day Geo comes home from Florida and I'm nervous as hell. I don't see a positive response out of this at all. I fear that I have angered him enough and that this is going to be his breaking point. But the worse part is that it's on me. I can't blame Waleed or Geo, himself. This was my decision and it is what it is. I'm currently waiting for him to get home and it's 4:27 pm. He should be here any minute. I heard a car pull up in the drive way. My palms started to sweat and my heart was pounding though my chest. Everything moved in slow motion even though everything around me was still. I sat on the couch and waited for him to walk through the door.

"Oh hey Court," Waleed said.

"I told you not to call me that," I said as I released my breath.

"Okay, my bad, Cee Cee," He chuckled.

"Eww that's even worse. Don't call me that either."

We laughed together. It felt great. It felt like catching up with an old friend.

"Um.. Waleed," I said.

"Yeah? What is it?" He asked.

"Are we okay? We haven't talked that much," I said.

"Yeah. I was worried you would get that idea," He joined me on the couch. "I distanced myself from you so you and Geo could grow closer. You guys look good together. No matter if I want to be with you or not you want to be with Geo and I have to respect your relationship and your decision," He explained.

"You're a pretty cool dude Walter," I smiled.

"Who the fuck is Walter?" He chuckled.

"I don't know. Maybe he's related to Court and Cee Cee," I said. We laughed.

"I'm going to miss you Courtney," Waleed said.

I looked at him confused. "Why? What's happening?" I asked.

"I know we haven't been taking but I'm not stupid. More and more of your things are disappearing by the second," He said. "Are you and Geo okay?" He asked me. He was so genuine. You could hear it in his voice. He is actually caring about Geo's feelings and hoping the best for us.

"Yeah. We're fine. I mean, we are kinda in an argument but we are cool. I just feel it best if we had space but we are still together," I explained.

"Oh I get it. That makes sense. But do you think he will react well to this news?" He questioned.

"Oh definitely not."

"Well I'm sure he will get it as time passes."

"Yeah, that's the plan," I kinda chuckled.

I heard a car pull up.

"That must be Geo," I looked towards the front window.

"Well I'll be in my room. Good luck," He said. "Wait when are you living?"

"Um in 5 days if this goes well. If not 10 minutes," I laughed but I was nervous as hell.

"Well again, good luck. I'm sure he'll understand."

Waleed went up stairs to his room and closed the door. About 7 seconds later Geo came into the house and my heart dropped 8 feet. I texted Brysen to be on standby just in case I need to get out of there.

"Hey babe!" Geo cheered.

"Hey Geo," I said procrastinating.

"You're not going to give me a hug? I haven't seen you in 3 days. Don't tell me you are still mad about the fight we had when I left," He said extending his arms out to hug me.

"No. Of course not," I got off of the couch and hugged him.

We hugged for like 2 minutes straight. In that three days I've missed this. I felt safe. I felt secure. I felt loved. Something that I never fully got from the people I needed it from the most. Geo is so special to me and I hope I never lose him. Especially over something like this.

Geo headed for the stairs. Everything was moving in slow motion again. Should I let him find out while he's up stairs and make a run for it or should I just tell him right now? Those two voices in my head were arguing back and forth.

"GEO WAIT!!!" I screamed to him barley up the second step.

"Yes? Why are you screaming?" He smiled.

That smile made it that much harder. He seemed so happy. I don't want to ruin that for him.

"Geo I have to tell you something and you're not going to be happy about it," I blurted out.

His face grew serious, confused, and a sense of concerned for me.

"What is it?"

That's the end of chapter 12. Kinda a cliffhanger I guess but yeah. Um new chapter tomorrow?

Word count is 817

ignore all spelling errors

September 1, 2017