watching you • joe burrow

it's over

"it's over joe, it doesn't matter."

after a while, about 2 and a half hours, grace was ready to leave. she knows that joe has had at least 5 more drinks in that time so she definitely had to drive.

once they got outside to joe's car, joe wouldn't let grace drive. he insisted he could and that he was fine. grace told him no and that he was drunk and she could do it but he wouldn't give in.

"i'm driving." joe said. he was obviously drunk because his words were slurred.

grace got in the passenger seat and honestly hoped for the best, hopefully they would get home safe.

it was about a 30 minute ride home and they had to take the highway for the most part. once they got to the highway, joe started speeding. going around cars, just driving recklessly.

"joe, slow down." grace said holding the car door. she really didn't want to get into a car accident.

"it's all good." joe said. his words were still slowed, he didn't slow down.

"joe. slow down." grace said. joe wouldn't listen. her eyes started to water, she was nervous.

"you are over reacting, grace i'm not even going that fast." joe said, still his words were slurred.

but grace wasn't over reacting. he was going 90 in a 60. if they got pulled over he was looking at speeding and a DUI.

"joe just slow down!" grace was yelling at this point. he seemed like a different person, grace has never been around joe while he was drunk before and she definitely didn't like it.

they were off of the highway now, his speed decreased but only to 60. the speed limit for these back roads were 25. their house wasn't far, 10 minutes away now.

grace was nervous the entire way to their house, what if they got pulled over or got in an accident?

they didn't, joe pulled up to his and abruptly stopped. "see, both in one piece."

grace ignored his comment and got out of the car and slammed the door. did he always act like this when he was drunk?

"hey!" joe said as he followed grace into the house. he was stumbling a little bit. "why are you mad?"

"i'm not talking about this while you are drunk joe." grace said. "go to sleep and we will talk about it in the morning."

"whatever." joe said as he waved her off and walked up the stairs to their room.

grace waited a while before she went in there, she wanted him to be asleep. she really didn't want to talk about this right now.

after about 30 minutes, grace went to lay down as well. she couldn't help but think of the possibilities of what could've happened to them tonight.

FLASHBACK

the accident

"i didn't even drink, i had one drink mom!" grace said jokingly as she got into the drivers seat.

"okay hun." mckenna said with a smile as she got into the passenger seat.

it was true, grace only had one drink and she didn't even finish it.

they were driving to their home, it wasn't far only about 5 minutes. some reckless driver was pulling out of the bar as well.

while they were driving on one of the main streets this car was going about 40 over the doors limit and went through the intersection when they weren't supposed to, at the same time and grace.

they rammed into mckenna's side of the car and grace's car spun out, grace didn't get hurt, but mckenna did....

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"my head is killing me." joe said rubbing his head as he grabbed some advil out of his drawer and dry swallowed it.

"morning." joe said rolling over to face grace, who wasn't facing joe, most likely unaware of what took place last night.

"grace?" he asked placing a hand on her shoulder and rubbing it to see if she was awake.

"leave me alone." she said brushing his shoulder off her arm.

"what's wrong?" joe asked sitting up.

"do you remember last night?" grace asked also sitting up.

"we went to a party and came home?" joe said. he was confused.

"do you remember how we got here?" grace asked.

"i'm assuming you drove." joe said. he didn't really remember how they got there.

grace proceeded to tell joe everything that happened last night from the time they left until joe fell asleep.

she also told him why it was such a big deal. she told him what happened to her mom as well.

"i, i'm so sorry." joe said.

"are you always like that when you are drunk?" grace asked.

"i'm never drunk, like ever." joe said. "i just can't, i really did that?"

grace nodded.

"i'm so sorry." joe said. "i'm so so so so so sorry."

"i don't even know what i was thinking, i wasn't thinking." joe said in disbelief. he felt terrible. he actually did that? "i'm sorry."

"it's over, joe. it doesn't matter." grace replied.

"what do you mean it's over?" joe said. was she really breaking up with him? "your breaking up with me?"

"what? no! i'm not breaking up with you, joe. i'm saying that the situation is over, i'm not mad. and i forgive you." grace said with a smile.

"oh." joe said scratching the back of his head and chuckled. "i got worried there for second."

7 chapters until this story is complete!! i am working on other story right now, it is called heart of glass • joe burrow.

idk when the first chapter will be out.