Love, Apple [On Hold]

Family affair

Apple was awakened by a loud banging coming from downstairs, with sounds of people laughing.

Groaning awake, she felt a dull ache in between her legs, then memories of last night came flooding to her, and in an instant, she was fully awake and aware of her surroundings, making her instantly brace herself for what was next to come.

It didn't come, because once she turns to the other side of the bed, Luka was not there, he was gone, along with the clothes he left on her chair and looking around the room, it looked as if he was never in her room.

He left, why did he leave? Was it something she did? Or didn't do... She had to ask these things, it was the first time she'd ever had sex with someone before, and it was Luka of all people, the only guy she had ever liked.

The sounds from downstairs were getting louder, so Apple had to get up out of bed and find something to wear, all while wondering who could be downstairs, the only people who had a key were her neighbors.

She grabbed her phone, and once turning it on she noticed that Luka had sent her a text message at 4 AM this morning, it was currently almost 6:30 AM, opening her phone to read the text, she instantly blushed as she finished reading what he said.

Luka: Sorry I train early and I didn't want to wake you, you looked too comfortable to wake and u probably needed the rest, throw me a text when you wake up?

Apple smiled and chuckled as she slipped a pair of sweatpants and baggy t-shirt on, and once she was dressed she 'threw him a text' all while trying to hide her smile and ignore the butterflies flying around in her stomach.

Apple: Good morning, I hope you made it to practice in time :) if so, how was practice?

She hit send and then opened her door to go downstairs.

The closer she got to the end of the hall, the more she recognized the voice, and that voice was one she hadn't heard in almost two years, not since she left and didn't come back, and when she walked down the stairs, she was right, it was her.

Apple could see men carrying boxes from large moving vans into the house, going into different rooms of the house, Apple watched in confusion as she made it to the bottom of the stairs, then suddenly, she heard a loud laugh coming from the kitchen.

What the hell was going on? She had to ask herself, what was all this stuff?

Walking to the kitchen, she see her mother talking to a tall yet round man with thick glasses wearing a suit, once Apple entered the kitchen they both stopped talking and turned and looked directly at her.

The man clears his throat as her mother stays silent, and it upset Apple that she didn't even call, or text to let her know she was coming or moving back.

"Good morning Apple, I'm Claire's lawyer Sam Neeson." He greeted her, getting up from the stool to shake her hand.

She warily shakes his hand, looking at her mother in total confusion as to why a lawyer would be here.

"What's going on?" She asked her mother.

It didn't take a genius, and Apple was quite smart, to figure out what was going on right now, a piece of paper on the kitchen isle had caught her attention, in big letters it was obvious that it was a deed to the house, she had seen it before.

"I'm back, what does it look like?" Claire said blankly, not even looking at Apple but at her perfectly manicured nails.

This made Apple even more confused and hurt. "I see that... I-"