The Widows Daughter

Part seventy-three

(Chloe's POV )

In three days, the Bartons were completely packed and moved. "You ready to go home?" Mom asked me once we had finished moving everything to the new house.

"Yes. No. Wait. Yes. But I want to stay." I stated.

"So you want to go home? Or you want to stay here?"

"Yes."

"Well, which is it?" Mom asked confused but I shrugged. "You are no help."

"Can I stay and help them unpack? Please?"

"It's fine with me. I could use the help setting things up around the house. And I know Clint would love it if he and Cooper didn't have to do everything out in the barn." Laura said as she unpacked a box of dishes.

"Are you sure, Laura?" Mom asked looking at her friend.

"Yeah. It'll be nice. Maybe it will domesticate her a little bit more." Laura smiled and mom started laughing.

What?!

"I resent that Laura. I am too domesticated." I defended.

"Sure you are honey." Mom kissed the top of my head.

"Ugh." I groaned and went to find Clint. Just like I thought he would be, he and Cooper and Nate were out in the barn. "Your wife just called me 'undomesticated'." I told him stalking into the barn.

"Really? Wow. Well, she's not wrong." I gapped at him.

"Excuse me?!" I thwacked him with a wrench.

"Ow! Don't hit people with wrenches!"

"It was your leg. Calm down, old man." I snapped and could hear Cooper snorting in the corner.

Using my powers, I had a shadow smack him in the back of the head. "Ow! How did you do that?" He groaned.

"Do what? I'm aaaalllll the way over here." I smirked evilly.

"You did it on purpose." Nate pointed his finger at me from where he stood on a box.

"Yes, I did." I laughed picking him up and twirling around making him giggle.

"How come you never do that with me?" I looked at Cooper who was pouting like a baby.

"Because you are much too big, ya big baby." I smiled setting Nate on his lap.

Quicker than I thought possible, Cooper sat Nate down and picked me up spinning me in a circle. "Okay. Okay. Put me down." I laughed and he sat me down.

"I'm going back inside before you make me throw up." I waved goodbye.

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"You ready to go?" Mom asked looking me over.

"Yep. I got all my stuff. Not that it was much, to begin with, but yep." I said zipping my bag up.

"Okay then. Say goodbye and we will get going." I ran down the stairs with my bag behind me as I went obeying mom.

Saying goodbye to Laura, Clint, and Nate, Lila brought out a box and handed it to me. "I don't want it anymore. Open it." She instructed.

Opening it I saw writing on the inside of the lid. It read, "For all your dreams.".

"Thank you, Lila. I love it." I hugged her.

"Where's Cooper?" Clint asked.

"Uh...I think she said he had to go to the bathroom." I told him trying to find my phone. "And I think I left my phone inside. I'll be right back."

Running into the house I found Cooper. "Hey. I was looking for my phone." I smiled as he held it up. "Where was it?"

"The bathroom." He smiled as I took it from him.

"Thanks." I told him and started to leave but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back. I was caught extremely off-guard when his lips met mine.

Hold up. What's happening?

For a moment I didn't know what to do, then he pulled back sheepishly. I watched as a blush made itself known on his face. As he went to move around me I grabbed his face and smashed my lips into his.

And none of this is going to end well. Grrreeeaaattt... I just totally screwed everything up in my love life. Not that it wasn't already messed up, cause it was, but now it's worse.

As I pulled away I could tell I was blushing. Nodding awkwardly I went outside.

After making my way towards the jet mom stopped me by grabbing the crook of my arm. "Your face is all red. Are you alright?" She asked concerned.

"Mmhmm." I hummed in response, thankful that she let it go.

After one more quick goodbye, and avoiding all eye contact with Cooper, I walked up into the jet. Pausing halfway up the ramp, I turned around, made my way over to Cooper, and hugged him. "I can't leave without a hug. Sorry." I muttered in his ear. He just nodded and hugged me back then let me go.

Once we were up in the air mom turned to me. "You alright? You are unusually non-hyper-verbal right now." She raised her eyebrows at me.

"Just thinking." I told her. In truth, I was thinking.

I was thinking about how massively I screwed up. Cause I really did screw up big time. Like major big time.

As we flew, I put my headphones on. Listening to the music I reviewed the situation that I was in.

We had two choices.

And by we I meant me.

One was Harley.

The other was Cooper.

I was in a 'relationship' with Harley. And while we never actually talked about what we were, we had gone on a log of dates. And tended to kiss. A lot. So I counted it as a relationship of sorts.

But then there's Cooper. Clint's son. And we kissed. We've kissed before, but that was before whatever I have with Harley happened.

The real question was who did I like more. Actually, the real question was why did I have to decide?

Because I have to choose. And someone always gets hurt. That's why.

What I was hurting, was my relationship with both boys.

Man, my life sucks!

Why couldn't I just be a normal girl with normal issues? Cause I'm cursed. Although I guess that normal girls have to deal with this too. So basically, either way, I'm stuck with the same choice.

Perfect.

I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. I'm a sucker for rom-coms, so sorry about the last bit but I just wanted to so badly.

Also, it's my birthday! Yay! Happy birthday me!

Anywho...tell me what you thought like always. I enjoy getting your comments. They make my day.

Bye!