Posted: April. 18, 2016
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42. Austin.
Once I get off work, I drive to Rowan's house, walking up to the front door. I turn the knob and of course it opens, and I can't help but roll my eyes.
"Rowan! Stop leaving the door unlocked!" I yell, and she comes running out from her room, wearing nothing but a towel and goes to lock the door "I already locked it" I say before she reaches the door handle. She turns to me, and unlocks the door, shooting me a glare.
"I know" She smirks, and runs back to her room to put clothes on. I huff and lock the door again, and walk to her kitchen, furrowing my eyebrows in confusion at the bouquet of flowers on her kitchen counter. Rowan walks into the kitchen, and grabbing a glass from her cabinet "Why do you look like you want to kill my flowers?"
"Where'd you get them?" I ask, and she snorts.
"As if you don't know" She shakes her head, filling up her glass with water.
"I really don't. Ro, where are they from?" I ask slowly.
"Austin, stop playing" She rolls her eyes.
"Rowan, I swear on my life they aren't from me" I say seriously, and the glass slips from her hand, shattering onto her floor, water going everywhere. She stares at the flowers with widened eyes, and I look at her in confusion "Rowan, what's going on?"
"He knows where I work" She starts mumbling repeatedly, running her hands through her hair. She begins to pace around the kitchen, talking to herself quietly.
"Ro, Baby" I say but she ignores me still pacing around the kitchen. The glass on the floor had seemed to be forgot until she steps on it, snapping out of her daze to let out a pained cry. She hops off into the living room, blood dripping along her carpet as she attempts to make it to the couch however she trips over a cat toy and falls onto the floor "Shit, Rowan" I sigh, picking her up, and sitting her on the couch. I kneel in front of her, and lift up her foot.
"Don't touch it" She whines.
"Baby, I have to take the glass out"
"No, leave it in there forever. It's a part of me now. We're connected"
"And you're dramatic" I mumble, and she raises her eyebrow at me.
"Though I'm in pain, my foot is still very close to somewhere you don't want to be hit" She smirks sarcastically, and I look down at her foot in my lap.
"Please don't. You'd be hurting the both of us" I say, reaching to grab the large piece of glass from her foot.
"Don't hurt me" She pouts.
"Hold your breath" I say, and she does, as I quickly pull out the piece of glass and she squeals, pulling her foot away from me.
"I told you not to hurt me"
"I'm sorry Baby" I kiss her nose, carrying the glass to the trash can. I toss her a roll of paper towels while I pick up the glass from the floor, using a kitchen towel to wipe up the water. When I walk back into the living room, Rowan isn't there, and I shake my head, grabbing the roll of paper towels and carpet cleaner to clean the blood from the floor. Once I'm done I walk to Rowan's room, seeing her laying in her bed, chewing on her finger nails.
"Stop biting your nails" I say as I walk through the door. She looks up at me, and back down at her nails before letting her hand fall back into her lap "What's wrong Baby?" I ask, laying down next to her, propping my head on my hand.
"Nothing" She shakes her head "Just thinking"
"Are you going to tell me who that guy is?" I ask her, and she shakes her head.
"I can't. Not right now"
"Alright" I nod, turning over to lay on my back "Let's go to be then"
***
"Do I really have to?" I whine to Trish, and she nods with a sigh.
"Yes really Darling, if you want to continue striving these are very important meetings for you. It could change this business completely" She says, scrolling through the iPad in her hands "I just booked your flight for tomorrow, Jessica will be at the airport to pick you up. Good luck, Love you" She kisses my forehead and I cringe.
"Gross" I mumble and she laughs loudly flipping me off.
"Be a good boy" She points a finger at me sternly, and I nod.
"Okay Mom" I chuckle, and she walks out of the room. My door creaks back open not too long after Trish leaves, and my face brightens at the sight of Rowan walking through the door.
"Two visits in two days..." I trail off, walking over to her, placing my hands on her waist "How did I ever get so lucky?"
"Cute" She chuckles, kissing my lips softly. She still hadn't told me about that guy, and I've concluded from yesterday that those flowers were from him, and I'm worried "How's your day been?" She asks, moving to sit on my desk chair.
"Boring" I shrug "How's yours been?"
"The same" She sighs.
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" She nods.
"Alright" I nod, though I don't actually believe her "So, I was just told my Trish that I have to fly out to California for a little while to do some meetings and stuff for the company is that okay?"
"Yeah sure" She shrugs, and I look at her in confusion.
"Are you sure you're okay?" I ask her, standing in front of her.
"Yes, Austin" She nods.
"You'd tell me if you weren't right?"
She hesitated for a moment before nodding "I'd tell you"
"That doesn't sound too convincing"
"That's alright" She stands up from the chair.
"Leaving already?" I ask, and she nods.
"I have to get back to the bakery"
"Okay, well I love you and I'll see you later" I say quietly, leaning in to kiss her. She moves her face just enough so that my lips hit the corner of her mouth, and I try to suppress the hurt look wanting to show through.
"Bye Austin" She mumbles, walking out of my office. I walk back to my chair, and put my face in my hands, wondering what's going on with my girlfriend.
***
I check my phone for the millionth time, looking to see a text from Rowan. My plane is about to start boarding and she was supposed to be here an hour ago. I dial her phone number, and let it ring and ring until it eventually goes to voicemail. My plane is called from over the intercom, and I'm faced with two options. I either board my plane, or I go look for my girlfriend and find out what the hell is going on.
I go with the first option, she was supposed to be here, and it's not my fault she isn't. I board my plane and find my seat, thankful it's a window seat. I put my phone on airplane mode, and lean my head against the back of the seat as the plane takes off, flying to California.
When the plane lands, I stretch out my arms and legs, getting off the flight and turning airplane mode off. Immediately my phone is lit up with messages all from Rowan.
From: Loser💕💑😍🍑
Austin! I overslept and missed your flight.
From: Loser💕💑😍🍑
I didn't mean to
From: Loser💕💑😍🍑
I feel so bad
From: Loser💕💑😍🍑
Did everything go okay?
To: Loser💕💑😍🍑
Everything went fine. I just landed.
From: Loser💕💑😍🍑
That's good.
I slide my phone back into my pocket, deciding to just call her once I got into the car. I walk out of the airport and see Jessica leaning against her car.
"Hello" She smiles, giving me a quick hug "It's nice to see you"
"You as well, how's Miami been? "
"It's been great! I absolutely love it" She gushes.
"Good, I'm glad" I smile, putting my suitcase into the trunk. It's no surprise to me that Trish wanted Jessica to accompany me on this trip, Jessica knows the ins and outs of the company, something that took her years to learn. Once Jessica starts driving off, I pull my phone back out and dial Rowan's number, actually having her answer.
"Hello?"
"Hi"
"Austin, hi" She says, for some reason sounding surprised I'm calling.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine, I feel really bad about missing the flight though"
"Don't worry about it. It's alright" I shrug.
"What are you up to?" She asks.
"I'm driving to the hotel I'm staying at, and then I'm going to unpack. What are you doing?"
"I am laying in bed, about to go to bed I guess"
"Already?"
"Austin, it's 8 something here" She giggles.
"Still, that's pretty early"
"I don't have anyone to keep me awake so I'm going to use this time to go to bed early" She laughs, and I grin.
"Well, I'll let you get to bed, I'll call you tomorrow"
"Okay, goodnight, I love you and I'll talk to you tomorrow"
"Goodnight, I love you" I smile, before hanging up the phone. I slide it back into my pocket just as Jessica pulls into the parking lot of the hotel. We both get out, and Jessica reaches into her pocket and hands me a room key.
"Top floor, end of the hallway" She smiles, and I grab my bags "I'll see you later"
"See you" I nod, grabbing my suitcase and walking into the hotel while she parks the car. I take the elevator up to the top floor and find my room, opening the door. I breathe in relief when I see that I will be staying alone, because in all honesty I wouldn't want to stay in a room with Jessica. Though she's worked for me a long time, I find her annoying if I see her for too long.
I drag my suitcase to the bedroom, sitting it by the door and flopping onto my bed. I grab a room service menu, and prepare myself for a very boring night.
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