•*•𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬•*•

Promise

"While you were gone he did something..." Hermione started to explain, Alice listened carefully.

Hermione thought for a moment, she knew this was wrong but Alice was her friend. They've been friends since high school and they're used to do this kind of stuff.

"He divorced Gladys, he gave her the papers and she signed before she took off to Toledo again." She finally said, breathed out all the air she's been holding in.

Hermione looked Alice in the eyes, she was paralysed. Like someone had taken her mind far away from where they are now.

It was quiet for a moment, Alice had her mouth wide open. She was speechless, how could she not know this.

"I... I had no idea." She whispered, as she was thinking about it she felt bad for him. "I know he's been a little said lately but I didn't know it was because of that."

Hermione looked down, she knew it was FP who was supposed to tell her. Not herself, she sighed a little.

"He needs someone to talk to..." She said quietly, looked up again and into Alice's eyes. "I think you're the one Alice, you need to talk to him." She said quietly, gave her a weak smile.

"I have to go!" Alice said all of a sudden, she quickly stood up from the booth, grabbed her jacket and ran out of the diner.

She knew what she had to do, she couldn't continue to pretend not to care for him anymore, she needed to talk to him to be able stop it.

•••

The door swung open and Alice stepped in. "FP!" She yelled, took of her jacket while she heard foot steps coming from the stairs.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" He asked confused, made his way over to her. But before he could say anything else he was met by a hug.

She had her arms tightly wrapped around him, buried her face into his chest. "I'm sorry FP." She whispered into his shirt.

FP was a little hesitant whether he should hug her back or not, but he did it either way. He wrapped his arms around her, put his head on top of hers.

He had no clue about what she was talking about, all he knew was that her mind could be a little messy right now.

She's been in a cult, was brainwashed for sure and managed to get out. Her mind isn't the same, he knew that.

"Look I know stuff is weird right now, things might be messy for you. But you have to stop hallucinating about stuff, you haven't done anything." He explained softly.

She backed away from the hug. "No FP you don't understand, I'm not hallucinating..." She paused, looked him in the eyes for him to believe her.

"You know I went to Pop's earlier." She said, he nodded. "I invited Hermione to come and have a talk, we haven't talked since the farm so we decided to catch up a little." She explained simply.

He grew very curious now, what was she talking about? "Alice wha-" He got interrupted quickly.

"Why didn't you tell me about Gladys?" She asked all of a sudden, clearly not mad at him but still curious why he didn't tell her.

"Alice I don't understa-" He got interrupted again. "That you divorced her." She finally said, grabbed his hands while she looked him in the eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked softly, he sighed and looked down. He never really wanted her to find out, though he did knew she would find out eventually.

"Who told you?" He asked softly, raised his head and looked her in the eyes.

"Hermione, at Pop's." She answered shortly, he nodded. "You mad?" She asked, looked him in the eyes with a worried look.

"I'm not mad, I just never wanted you to find out that way. I wanted to be the one who was telling you but I wasn't sure if you were ready yet." He explained.

"You should've told me from the very beginning, I ignored you because of our past. If I hadn't known you were newly divorced then maybe none of this would've happened." She explained softly, gave him a weak smile.

"You're right, I should've told you... I just..." He stopped for a second, stroked her hands while he looked her in the eyes.

"I still care for you Alice, I didn't want to hurt you by telling you that, I knew you needed time and I promise you I was going to tell you at some point." He said softly, she smiled at his words.

"I believe you, but promise me next time you'll tell me anything." She said while she squeezed his hands a little.

He nodded gratefully, squeezed her hands back a little. "I'm here for you." She said finally, felt her eyes tearing up a little.

He gave her a sweet smile before he went in for another hug. She wrapped her arms tightly around him while he did the same.

He was going to keep this promise even though he knew a promise is a big word. It either makes something or breaks something but he will make sure to do anything for her.

Anything for his Alice.

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This took some time and I'm not really sure if it turned out how I wanted it to. But anyways I finished it and it's done. Let me know what you think!😇

//falicestaaan