I Didn't Change My Number - Sequel

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chen's pov:

Her soft voice snaps me out of my haze. "Hey, Billie." She puts her hand out for me to shake and I quickly hold her hand, shaking it. I sniffle and rub my eyes, but honestly I just wanted to wipe the tears that were forming.

"You good?" She asks, raising an eyebrow. "Y-Yeah." I look around for Finneas and Jesse worriedly. I can't believe that this is finally happening. I get to see her again. Feel her again. God I wish I could pull her in my arms and smell-
Chanel clears her throat and I snap back to reality, again.

"Oh, H-hi, Chanel." I stutter, letting my hand linger in hers longer than it's supposed to. "I missed you." I regret what I said right after it came out of my mouth.

"Look at what I got." She said, taking out the bunny ring from her pocket. "I'm sorry for acting this way, I just wasn't expecting to see you again. I-I thought-" "Here I am though." She cuts me off, glancing at her daughter, silently telling me to shut up. I understood her signal and blushed.

"Mommy, you know Billie personally?" Ocean walks to her with shock splattered on her face. "She's an old friend." She gives me a death glare, but smiles at the same time. And let me fucking tell you, I was terrified. I look away nervously and while rubbing my chin. Finneas finally comes and spots Chen.

"That's so cool!" Sofia says. "Why didn't you tell me anything?! I could've met her sooner!" Ocean lashed out at her mother and I couldn't help but pull my hand away from hers. I folded my arms together uncomfortably, feeling so overwhelmed and... I don't know how I'm feeling honestly. "We lost touch a long time ago, baby. It doesn't matter though, here she is with you."

"Oh, wow! Hey, Chen, how are you?" Finneas smiles, pulling her in a quick hug. She hugged him back happily, "I'm good. How are you, ginger? Long time no see." She giggled. Her giggle sounded like the sweetest melody to my ears, a giggle that sounds greater than my whole album, holding much more emotions and memories that tug at my heart. It's pure magic. Her giggle is light and airy, and she looked prettier than ever while doing that simple, natural act. It has a way of making the world around her sparkle. At that moment my heart fluttered and my cheeks got warm, reminding me of how I used to make her giggle just like that. It also made me somewhat sad, that I can't - Or I'm not allowed to, make her giggle like that again - because of the fact that both of us are in a relationship, but I couldn't help but fall deeper in love with her at this exact moment.

"Wait... Oh my god, it all makes sense now..." "Ocean, go call your dad he wants to talk to you." She cuts Ocean off before she could speak again. She seemed scared of what the little girl was about to say. What did she piece together? I wanna know. Especially that it involves Chanel.
I wanna know everything about her.

Sofia and Ocean walked away to - I guess - go call her father.

"Hey." I say awkwardly, readjusting my fitted cap and my fake $10k grandma glasses on my nose. "Hey." She says ever so nonchalantly, like it didn't matter that I was in front of her. Finneas walked away after sensing the tension between us.

I looked her up and down, taking her in. I noticed an engagement ring on her left hand and felt my heart shatter.

Ouch.

I felt like it was my chance to say what I've been wanting to say this whole time, so I took it.

"I'm so sorry, Chanel. There hasn't been a day that you didn't cross my mind-" "No need, Billie. You've done that a loooooooong time ago." She gives me a forced smile. "Please don't do this." I say, feeling guilty. "I couldn't tell you to stop leaving so..." She shrugs then continues, "Bare with it... Bunny." She says 'Bunny' like it's an insult.

"So who's the lucky guy?" I asked, trying to feed my curiosity. "Andrew Rodriguez. He played in the school band. Remember him?" She says, smiling.

Him?
She can not be serious.
It can't be him!

I laughed a little. "Really, who is it?" I ask. She pulls out her phone and shows me some pictures of them. "Oh." I said sadly. She scrunched her eyebrows offended. "I mean, you could pull better." I confess. I can't just fucking smile and act like it's okay after seeing that, them together.

I wish it was us kissing in that picture. I wish we'd gotten engaged and married. I wish Ocean was our daughter instead. I wish I can take back what I did. But she isn't mine anymore and I gotta live with that, which fucking hurts more than leaving her, more than thinking that she was dead. It's all my fault. I should've fucking listened to everyone and stayed. I hate how he makes her smile, how happy they look together. I left her when she was at the lowest point of her life and that was the shittiest thing any human could do, but guess who was there for her... he was. He deserves her more than I do, but that doesn't mean that I'm backing off. And fuck Jesse too.

I wanna punch something. I feel like I'm about to explode from jealousy. It's like I'm going through a nightmare. But she was mine. How can she be someone else's?! I love her so much. More than he ever will. I adore her with my whole being.

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Chen says, putting her phone back in her bag and facing me. Oh, she was gonna fight me? over this bum?!

"I meant what I said, Chen. You can do better." I said, standing my ground. "And you have the fucking audacity to say that after you left me and he stayed there for me?! You are a bad person, I was just blind the whole time!" She huffs.

"No- Chanel, I didn't mean it like that-" "Oh, yes, you did. You fucking did. And it's ironic for you to talk about my fiancé like that when you're dating a fucking pedo creep who looks like a rat!"

"Oh, so we're talking about looks now?! Your man looks like he was drawn with my left hand." I said. She scrunched her face up and shook her head. "Fuck you, seriously." She turned around to walk away.

Fuck, fuck, fuck. No, no, don't leave!

Jesse walked up to me after he heard us argue loudly in the middle of the place, but I ignored him and ran after her. What the fuck am I doing?!
"Chen, Chen, Chen, wait." I called, pulling her by her arm. "Don't fucking touch me. What do you want?" She shakes my hand off of her and turns around, her curls flying in the air as she does and the coconut scent fills my nostrils. The scene unrealistically played in slow-mo in my head. My girl was in an EDIT.

"I wish I could apologize, but I actually meant what I said about your fiancé. It was nice seeing you again." I smiled. "You're such a bitch." She scoffed and started to walk away. "O-oh, c'mon..." I stutter and my voice cracks nervously, making me blush in embarrassment.

She didn't even turn around, which pissed me off. I had no choice but to keep chasing her now. "Chanel, c'mon. Let's meet up later and talk." I tried with her. "Fuck no, I've got a wedding to get ready to."

Oh.

I cleared my throat and looked away, as I walked besides her. She didn't bother to stop or to even turn to look at me. "W-When is it?" I asked nervously. "In a two months. Don't crash it. You're not invited anyway." She says, giving me an idea.

"Can't promise you that." I say and stop walking, expecting her to stop too, but she just kept going!

Ugh, fjne, whatever. I'll see you in that white dress.