Lovestruck in Los Angeles by Schurig Rachel

Author:Schurig, Rachel [Schurig, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Thomas booked Sofie’s flight for about the same time as our own, so we could all go to the airport together. After clearing security, we waited in the first class lounge, my stomach getting tighter and tighter as the moment of her departure drew closer.

“Stop,” she said, tossing her neck pillow at me.

“What?”

“Looking at me like that. Like I’m heading off to war. Like your freaking heart is going to break or something.”

“I can’t help it,” I said. “I’ve missed you. I will miss you.”

“Little reality check for you, sweetheart. The last text I got from my sister said it’s currently fifteen degrees and snowing in Detroit. You’re going to Malibu.”

“Good point.” I reached for her hand all the same, not at all surprised when she squeezed it back, hard. Sofie might act tough and unconcerned, but underneath she was every bit as much of a softie as I was.

When they called her flight, I walked her right up to the gate not wanting to say goodbye until I absolutely had to. She hugged Thomas first, thanking him for the trip, before turning to me. She had tears in her eyes, but she was obviously trying not to let them show so I tried to hold back my own.

“When will I see you again, do you think?” she asked, her voice wobbling.

I shook my head. “Don’t know.”

She threw her arms around me. “Just come home,” she whispered. “Sometime before you guys leave L.A. The flight’s only a few hours. Come home.”

“My dad—”

“Come stay with me. Stay in a hotel. Whatever. Just come home.” She pulled back and looked at me, straight in the eyes. “We miss you. All of us.”

I pulled her close again. “I’ll try, okay? I’ll try.”

“I’ll work on your dad and on Maria so things won’t be awkward.”

I knew she would try, but I had little faith in her, or anyone’s, ability to get them to change their mind. My mother hadn’t been able to do it in all this time. Stubborn didn’t begin to cover it when it came to those two.

“I’m so glad you came,” I said, two tears slipping down my cheeks despite my best efforts to keep them at bay.

“I’m glad I came, too. I…I didn’t really get it, Lizzie. Why you were so desperate to get back here in August. I knew you loved Thomas, but I really get it now. You made a life for yourself here.”

She pulled away again to look at me. She was crying, too. “You’re different here than you were at home. You’re confidant. Sure of yourself.” She sniffled. “You’re really happy.”

“I really am.”

She kissed my cheek. “Okay, enough sap. Love you, call me when you get to L.A.?”

“I will. Have a good flight, okay?”

She gave me a final grin. “Your boy swung for first class. I plan to drink myself shit-faced and then sleep on that bed thing the whole way home.”

I laughed, she gave a final wave, and then she turned, walking down the jet way.

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