There was a part of Gracie that wanted Matt back, but there was an even bigger part of her that wouldn’t allow him back in. She couldn’t trust him and she knew that was stupid, he hadn’t been the one to fuck her over, she’d been lost until she met him. But, now she didn’t trust anyone and everyone was her enemy.
"Yeah, she's fine. She missed you too Grace." he breathed and she closed her eyes focousing more on his voice because that’s what she wanted to hear "The cancer's gone and she hasn't had trouble with her heart in a while." he said and she sighed relieved to hear the Chels was doing better "I convinced her to start going back to school again. She's the reason I came back." Gracie smiled as she listened to him talk, for once they were actually talking and not fighting. "She said I had to get you back or she'd drop out of school, so I took this job to make her happy. That' all it was at first, making her happy." She opened her eyes then and pressed the bottle to her lips again. "But I stuck around because I like the idea of still being able to keep you safe. Even if I can't have you." the honesty in his voice made her wince.
It feel silent, there were a thousand things she wanted to say. She was both angry and relived. She was angry that he’d been honest, because it made her feel like shit. She was relived because she could hear it in his voice that he still loved her and all though she’d never admit it that was enough to keep her from killing herself. She lend forward, swiping his cigarette with a smirk as she took a drag off of it and stood up grabbing a towel and wrapping it around her before stepping out of the bathtub.
“Keeping me safe?” she repeated with a wicked smirk on her lips as she looked down at him. “From who? No one wants me Matty.” She shrugged. “The first person to kidnap me would return me to Louie within the hour and beg him to take me back.” she teased. “I don’t need to be babied.” She said simply taking another drag of his cigarette. “But, for what it’s worth, I kind of like having you around.” She bit her lip. “You better get that one in writing, you might never get that out of me again.” She laughed.
She dropped her towel then and made her way to her and Louie’s giant walk in closet, she slipped on a pair of jean shorts and a tank top, before making her way back out to where Matt was still sitting on the ground. She grabbed his hand and pulled him up from the ground as she looked him over.
“You know, Gracie and Tyler should be here any minuet. It will be like old times only this time you and Tyler will be our arm candy.” She winked. “I think this little reunion, should be properly celebrated. You think Louie will mind if we through a party?” she raised a brow, holding his eyes.
Once Kylie was in the car, he pulled out onto the road. The entire car ride was silent, neither of them wanted to talk to each other. He wasn’t going to start another fight and he sure as hell wasn’t going to continue laying his feeling out on the table. He tried and she’d rejected him and that was that. He wasn’t going to try again. He wasn’t going to play her games or feed into her like Peter and Chase, because that was exactly what she wanted him to do. His phone rang in and he sighed as he grabbed it picking it up and answering it, it was Marshall and he already knew what he was calling for and he couldn’t ignore it.
“Is she with you?” Marshall asked and Tyler answered with a simple yes, although Kylie wouldn’t be able to hear, but he still had to keep his answers vague. “Are we doing this or not?” he asked and Tyler sighed.
“I’ll call you back, when I talk to Matt.” He said before hanging up. Thankfully just as he hung up they pulled into Louie’s drive way and he cut the ignition. “Hey, I’m sorry about earlier. I was high.” He said honestly, despite the fact he’d meant every word he said, but he wasn’t going to let her know that.
Tyler waited for her to get out of the car, before he got out and he didn’t go in at first, he watch Kylie slip inside and he sighed as he lit a cigarette before following inside after her.