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Backing You Back To Bumble

Author:Emily Category:urban Update time:2022-10-28 04:37:29

Baileys POV

"This is a ridiculously long trip!" Emily dramatically said. I look over at her, rolling my eyes.

"We shouldve gotten a flight." She whined again.

"And who was going to pay for that?" I ask her, staring at the road ahead. Emily exaggerated a breath of annoyance. I roll my eyes at her once again. Emily was recently cut off by her parents because she didn graduate. She failed out of too many classes. She also didn tell her parents about her progress or lack thereof. They had planned a whole thing for her graduation. Party, vacation, the whole nine yards. When they discovered from our Dean Marks on Emilys graduation status. They became very angry with her. Not even Dan is speaking to her now. Its in its own right ridiculous but if you knew the Slight family, youd understand.

Emily slouched down in her seat, folding her arms over her chest. Emily pouted like a small child. Its been like this for a couple weeks now. Her life completely changed overnight. No money, no graduation, no friends. Well except for me, of course. Most likely her last option.

She was coming back to Bumble with me. Not only for Luke and Lilys wedding in just a few days, but Emily was coming to live with me in Bumble. I was going to let her live in Papaws -my- house. So, she could at least transfer and finish her degree. She profusely complained about this plan. Emily wanted so badly to stay in the city. I had to tell her more than once I couldn afford to take care of her and myself in San Diego. Not with just my income from the Mill. We locked away the rest of my inheritance for three more years. I also knew there was no way Uncle Leroy would approve of using it to help my irresponsible best friend.

We only had a few more hours of this trip. Emily slept most of the way. She was tossing and turning in her seat dramatically. Sometimes she could be so insufferable. Especially the last couple weeks. She wasn happy with any of my efforts to help her. I don think she understands what it means for me to go back to Bumble. That I would have to endure the one man who hurt me so badly.

I tried hard, so hard to keep my mind from Wayne. It would be the first time Id seen him in almost ten months. He finally a few weeks ago, sent me my things that were in his home. I remember opening the box with his sloppy handwriting. All of my things smelt like him, his home. It broke me that night again. I cried for a few hours before falling asleep emotionally exhausted.

Emily always pulled me back to reality. That "It was for the best it happened so soon." My mother saying something similar. They were right, but it didn stop me from the pain I felt. Neither my best friend nor my mom consoled me. Not like Lily did thirty some odd hours away.

Lily would take my call anytime. Listen to me cry to her for hours until I fell asleep. She was always there. Every heartbreaking step away from Wayne. Shed answer any of my questions without judgement. She told me Wayne had taken it as hard as I had. I don know why that gave me some comfort at the time, but it did.

Lily told me Waynes story she heard from Luke. She also told me Mirandas story she heard from Amy. Thats the problem with small town though, isn it? Everyone runs in the same circles. Everyone knew something about everything that happens in that small town.

With all of Lilys support the last months. She deserves the best weekend, and I was going to give it to her. No drama. I plan on avoiding Wayne like a plague. Thursday was Lilys bachelorette party, Friday rehearsal dinner, and Wedding was Saturday.

I just prayed to God that Id keep myself together. I needed to be okay with being around Wayne. I was going to be staying in Bumble for now. He was my neighbor, and I was going to see him. There was no doubt about that. Nothing I could do but sell Papaws house. I refused to do that. I could never sell his home.

Nearly ten months had passed since Lilys engagement party and they were agonizingly long. I, myself almost didn graduate. Not for partying or spending too much time socializing like Emily. Instead, it was because most days at the beginning of this year I could hardly get out of bed. I missed Aunt Donna and Uncle Leroy. I missed Lily and Luke. Even Mimi Dawson, Blake and everyone else who resided in Bumble. But Id be lying if I didn say the one I truly missed the most was Wayne. He hurt me so badly but no matter how hard I try. I can stop loving him, wanting him. It was pathetic, I know.

Driving down the highway. Emily sleeping again, snoring lightly. I distract myself with the memory of my graduation day. It was the first time Id seen my mom in months. Her, Stan and the boys graced me with their presence. It was an awkward reunion. The pictures with my family even more awkward.

Aunt Donna and Uncle Leroy made the trip for my graduation. It was heartwarming to see them. My mom wasn very pleased. She was even more upset when I told her Id be going back to Bumble. I explained to her I really had no other options. Which was partly true. I would be fine in San Diego if I didn have to help Emily. She needed me, and I would do what I could to help her.

When we finally enter into Bumble. I see many familiar faces driving down Main Street. Some notice me, waving at me from the sidewalk. I waved back with a smile. A mixture of comfort and a heart wrenching sadness mixed within me.

It wasn until I was driving down that old dirt road when my anxiety spiked. If I see Wayne, what would I do? What would he do? Would we avoid one another, or would he directly approach me? After I left, he had called, texted, snapped, and facebooked me. He gave up after a week of no response. Let me tell you how hard that was. It felt like torture, but I wasn ready to talk to him. Am I now? I don know. These were the thoughts Ive had for the last week. They consumed me.

I let out a long breath when we got closer to the house. Waynes truck wasn in its usual spot. I felt relieved, but at the same time, a sting at my heart strings came. I almost missed my driveway staring at the house that I knew too well.

I woke up Emily getting out of the car.

"Oh, God this isn a dream, is it?" Emily groaned, stepping out of my car. I opened up my back driver side door, ignoring her, pulling out my duffle bags filled with my things. The rest of my belongings would be shipped here, it wasn too much. I didn have much room in my dorm. My things from my moms were mainly the extra stuff.

I look back at Waynes yard. The only difference was the blue leash tied around one of his trees. I squinted my eyes trying to make out what I believe was a leash. It was, Wayne must have gotten a dog. Maybe? Emily broke me from my thoughts with.

"Bails, I needa get out of this humid air! Lets get inside. It stinks less of swamp in there."

"Better get used to it." I mumble looking back at my best friend.

"Don remind me." She murmured back.

When I turn the metal doorknob. The door creaked open. The home smelt freshly cleaned. Im guessing thanks to Aunt Donna. I dropped my bags at the door. Exploring the home like I did so many months ago. The furniture changed, giving it a different feel. Everything was as I left it, cleaner actually. I wasn messy just disorganized. Everything was put in its place. I grabbed my bags before heading up to my room.

Not one piece of my clothing on the floor of my room. The clothes I left here were neatly tucked away in the drawers and closet. My bed was made with fresh sheets and my pink quilt. I drop my bags on the bed. A mixture of comfort and sadness came to me. I had missed Papaw home more than I had realized.

Emily followed me, moping around the house. I showed her one of the old empty rooms. It was clean and one of the bigger rooms. All of her stuff was due to arrive by the end of next week. Its a lot, she has a ridiculous amount of clothes and things.

"So, where do I sleep until my things come in?"

"I would share a bed with you, but you move too much." I tell her with a teasing smile. She just rolled her eyes at me. "You can sleep in my room, and Ill be down the hall in my dads old room."

"Eh, okay." Emily said. Sounding displeased with the situation. Before her phone began to ring. I left her and her bags in her new room. I put away my clothes, packing some for the weekend.

The hours passed and I needed to get to bed. I told Emily the plan for this weekend. I had told her twice now. I would be gone all weekend. We bought everything she may need for the next few days on the way here. She would have Papaws keys to his truck if she needed anything from town. I don think Emily has been alone like this before. Hopefully shell be fine.

After our conversation. I was getting up from my couch to head to bed. When I heard it. The loud rumble of Waynes truck. Its been so long since I heard that sound I used to love. The one sound I used to wait for every day.

I peak out of my front window. Wayne parked his truck in his driveway. He hopped out not once looking back at Papaws house. He wore his uniform, jogging inside. Just seeing him from here made my heart twist in an uncomfortable way. He opened his door and disappeared behind it. I wasn able to see his face. An odd feeling of disappointment rushed through me. Was I disappointed? That what? I didn see him completely or because he didn barge in here.

I laid in bed that night tossing and turning. The knots never settling. Emily was in the comfort of my bed. I, on the other hand, lay in my dads old, lumpy, twin sized bed. His shadow looming over me. His childhood toys and belongings on display all over the room. His clothes still in his closet. I still hadn step foot in Papaws room. My dad had passed away when I was so young. Staying in his room was a lot less emotional than if Id stayed in Papaws.

Tomorrow I would be busy all day. I had to be up by six in the morning. I should be sleeping. Instead, I lay awake wondering what the next days would bring.

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