21- Liquid courage
"Fuck." I whispered, we continued walking towards Austin.
Chris stopped and looked at me "I'll talk to you later, I have to get ready for work." I could see in his eyes that he wanted to stay, and not leave me behind, he walked past Austin saluting him as he walked by.
Austin turned around watching him walk away.
"Is there a problem?" I asked.
"Should there be?" He asked firmly.
"No." I snapped, walking away from him. He then grabbed my arm and pulled me to him, holding me tight. He lowered his face to mine with furrowed eyebrows "What the fuck is going on?"
"What are you talking about?" I snapped pulling away from his grip.
"Everytime I can't find you, or everytime I turn around you're always with him..." He says looking angry.
"Funny that you say that, this morning I wake up naked, you're gone and nowhere to be found, no note, nothing. All week long it's been that way. Since we have been on this cruise you disappear, you leave in the middle of the night and you don't come back until morning, your phone is constantly going off and it's always Kenna. So don't be giving me the third degree." I yelled walking away "Don't even bother talking to me if you're going to act like this." I put my hands up in the air "I'm done!"
"Where you going now?"
I stopped and turned around, giving him a dirty look "For your information, I'm going back to our room.." I snapped. I continued walking to the elevators, how dare he get pissed at me? Austin caught up with me but didn't say a word.
We got on the elevator together and no word was said. We get to our room and I laid down on my stomach on top of the bed looking towards the balcony, thinking how great my day was up until about ten minutes ago.
"Vanessa I'm sorry, I have a lot on my mind." He says standing next to the bed moving his hands through his hair.
I sighed, I didn't care what he had to say or what his excuse was "Yeah well you don't need to take it out on me.."
I laid there thinking how Chris told me that he loved me, I love how he makes me feel, and the words that came out of his mouth when he spoke to Lexi about how he felt about me. The magic between us that I feel when we're together is so intense, and it's a feeling that I have never had with Austin.
I then thought about Austin, about how this whole week with him has been, and the only one night that he made me feel special, if only for just a little while. I think about everything I want, I love Austin, but I don't think that I'm love with him. At least not amymore.
"Austin?" I ask quietly.
"What babe." He says softly sitting in the chair with his head leaning back against the wall.
"What happened with us?" I paused, rolled over to my back and stared at the ceiling. "What I mean is, we've been together for six years and I honestly thought that we would be together forever, and after this trip, it really has me doubting that."
Austin sat up in his chair and looked over at me confused. "What do you mean by that?"
Kenna POV:
(From earlier)
I took Austin's offer this morning to meet him for coffee. I walked into the coffee shop and the smell made me want to puke. "What's up?" I asked him as I sat down. I then held my mouth trying not to throw up.
"I figured that we would go over all of the numbers for the banks that we have to go to for the next couple days. I also wanted to see how you were feeling." He says opening his laptop.
"I don't know if I can stay here long, the smell is making me want to throw up, and I'm feeling extremely tired."
"Still not feeling well?" He asked concerned, raising his eyebrows at me.
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"Not at all. I don't know what's going on, I must have gotten the flu bug somewhere on one of these islands that we were at."
"Well if you're not feeling better within the next couple days, I'm bringing you to the doctor." He says grabbing my hand and rubbing my knuckles. He then took my hand and kissed it. "I'm really starting to get concerned."
I let out a big sigh while he wrapped his arm around me, squeezing me. I then began to tear up "I'm honestly beginning to think it's something else."
"Like what?" He asks, while looking at his laptop screen.
"Nothing.... nevermind." I started to rethink what I was going to say to him. I don't want to jump the gun, even though I'm almost positive about the real reason that I'm sick.
We went over everything and decided to go back to my room, I couldn't eat my breakfast and I felt like I needed to rest.
He helped me into my bed, I started to cry when I looked at him "Stay with me for a little while. Please?" I ask, wiping the tears away from my eyes.
"Just for a little bit, then I need to get back to Vanessa." He says caressing my forehead.
"Can you please grab me some cold water?"
He gets up and grabs me a glass of water, he then sat down on the bed next to me handing me the glass. "Seriously, if you don't feel better soon, I'm bringing you in."
"OK." I took a drink of the water and handed it back to him.
He laid down on the bed next to me snuggling up against me, wrapping his arm around me, and the tears started flowing "What are you crying for?" He asked, while caressing my back.
"I don't even want to know why I'm sick." I said quietly and sniffling, but am thinking that I have a pretty good idea that I may be pregnant. I closed my eyes
"Please don't leave me.." I beg.
"I have to go to Vanessa, I'll be talking to you later, get some rest." He then kissed my cheek, and just like that he left. I already know that if he brings me in, he's not going to like hearing the news.
Austin POV:
I sat on the chair laying my head back pinching the bridge of my nose, I sighed when I started thinking about what was going on with Kenna, and because of my actions I have Vanessa upset with me as well. I starting coming to my senses, and thinking that I can't do this anymore, not to either of them.
I was thrown off when Vanessa started talking, asking what happened with us, and then she threw in that this trip has her doubting us.
I sat up and looked at her "What do you mean by that?"
"I don't feel like going anywhere tonight, I just want to eat and have some drinks in this room, I think we really need to talk."
I was surprised that she didn't want to be with her best friend. That's not like her, they have been close since they were kids. I looked at her trying to figure out what was going on in that pretty little mind of hers.
I got up, called room service then made her a drink making it a little stiff but figured that it will lighten her up a bit, and handed it to her.
Vanessa POV:
Austin handed me a drink that he made, I took sip and choked on it.
"I figured that you would want a stronger drink." He says walking away to make himself a drink.
After a few of those drinks that he made, I was feeling a bit of courage to start asking him questions that has been on my mind.
He was sitting on the chair and I was sitting on the bed, I took a sip of my drink and looked at him "Out of curiosity what do you think about kids? Would you like to have some someday?
He choked on his drink and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and looked over at me "Um.. well.. I have never really thought about it. I like kids, but im not sure if I'd ever want any." He said hesitantly. "Why do you ask?"
I set my drink down and laid backwards on the bed, folding my hands "It's been on my mind for a while now, I'm 25 and I had always thought that I would have kids by now. I had always hoped to have them before I get too old to enjoy them and chase after them... you know? I also thought I'd be married by then also" I sigh sitting up to take a drink, then laid back down.
He stood up slamming his drink, and walked over to make himself another one "I guess none of that has ever crossed my mind, I've never been ready for kids, and marriage is a big step."
"Nobody is really ready for kids, you just deal with it and learn as you go, as for marriage it may be a big step but if you love someone that much I wouldn't think that it mattered."
I sat back up and looked at him, I knew it. He cannot commit, I then walked out on the balcany to watch the sunset.
Austin POV:
While making another drink for myself and another one for her, I thought about what she had just said.
She's right... She's absolutely right. I mumbled.
I'm just not ready for any of that, I have two women in my life right now, and I know I need to break it off with one of them, I just don't know who. I love them both and I'm not ready to break anyone's heart.
I walked out to the balcony and handed her a drink. "Vanessa.. I'm sorry you're feeling hurt by me, I'm just not ready for any of that yet, eventually.. just not right now."
She took her drink out of my hand and turned back around, looking at the sky "I already figured that out Austin, I just wanted to hear it come from you." She says quietly staring at the sunset.
Vanessa POV:
I continued staring at the sunset, breathing in all the fresh air. Austin pretty much just confirmed what I already had known. I don't think he's trying to hurt me, I just think that he's finally being honest with me about it.
Maybe this vacation was a test for us? It's like they say... Good things come to those who wait..
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She got the answers that she was looking for, not all of it, but at least most of it.
Now they both need to be honest with each other with the other ones in their lives 😉😉😉 but will they?🤔🤔🤔
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