Forever And Always

Chapter 125

After spending some time at Pops, catching up with the others. Callie was walking to the 5 seasons, she and the kids were staying there till returning back to Rhode Island. Sweet Pea was walking her to the hotel, as she held Grady in one arm and Lottie in the other, both sleep. 

"I heard you got married," Sweet Pea said as he was trying to break the ice. "You must have really loved him."

"Not even a little," Callie denied softly, Sweet Pea looked down at her. "You changed your number."

"New phone, new number," Sweet Pea stated as he looked away. 

"You never visited me at Harvard," Callie brought up as they entered the hotel. 

"I figured it was for the best," Sweet Pea stated. "If I came to visit you, you would probably slam the door in my face." He looked over at Grady. "Why didn't you come to me when you found out?"

"What are you talking about?" Callie asked finally looking at him. "I called, I tried your social, I wrote you a gazillion times. I have written you a total of 84 months, which equals a total of seven years, but you never responded."

"So that kept you from coming back to Riverdale?" Sweet Pea asked as they got on the elevator.

"You never wrote back," Callie brought up, there was some anger in her voice. "I figured you wanted nothing to do with me or Grady."

"Cal, I never got any of your letters," Sweet Pea stated as the doors opened.

"That's absurd," Callie breathed as they walked down the hall.

"If I knew about Grady, I would have been there in a heartbeat and you know that," Sweet Pea stated, his voice trembling a bit. "Why did you keep writing even if I wasn't responding?"

"I wanted you to know about Grady, so I gave monthly updates," Callie answered. "Even if it seemed you didn't want to be a part of his life." She then took out the room key she put in Grady's back pocket, then opened the door. "Thank you for walking us to the hotel, be safe getting home." She slipped inside and went to close the door for it to be stopped. Callie looked back, Sweet Pea was on his hands and his knees, and with his head lowered, she could see a puddle forming below his face from possible tears.

"Let me stay with you," Sweet Pea pleaded.

"Why?" Callie asked. 

"Callie," Sweet Pea breathed looking up, tears flowing out of his eyes. "I know there is no way I can make up for not being there for you, but I truly did not know about Grady until Archie came back to town." Callie stared down at him in annoyance. "I already missed six years, I do not want to miss any more of our son's life." Callie sighed, she looked up to see Ghoulies starting to round the corner, she remembers Archie telling her on the phone about Ghoulies becoming the renters of their house, not very respectful ones either.

"Come inside," Callie said. "But you are on the couch."

"That's fine," Sweet Pea said as he wiped his eyes. He got to his feet; making his way inside, Sweet Pea looked back to see a short glimpse of Ghoulies walking down the hallway before Callie closed the door. "Protecting me for what?"

"I'm guessing Archie also told you about my gang," Callie stated as she walked past him.

"Mhmm," Sweet Pea breathed. "Vixens."

"It is against Vixen Law to betray a Serpent, it is also against Vixen Law to leave a serpent as bait to enemies...That extends even to you. I would be foolish to break my own laws."

"Why do you have those laws?" Sweet Pea asked as he followed her into a bedroom.

"FP helped me come with it, they extend to this Badger Gang as well," Callie answered with a small smile as she put the kids on the bed. "Plus, our breakup was going to have no effect on my alliance with you, snakes."