It's Never Too Late

Chapter 12

Throughout the rest of the day, I did what I needed to do to tend to my Youtube. Normally, this was something I could get done no problem but I couldn't get my mind to focus. All it kept focusing on was the conversation with Samantha and Lucas. The entire time that I've known them, they've never been one to come right out and apologize. They always had to beat around the bush with an issue. It's one of the few things I didn't like about them when I was friends with them. So for them to come down here and openly admit that they did something wrong? Let's just say I'm more than suspicious about the whole fucking thing.

After finally finishing what needed to get done, I decided to head home. At this point, I was excited for a night of 'Netflix and pondering what my life has come to'. 

I arrived at home quicker than I usually do. I wasn't complaining, though! I almost instantly changed into a pair of gray sweatpants and t-shirt. I nearly sighed in relief as I felt the soft cotton slip over my skin. If I could live in sweatpants every day of my life, I would. 

With a warm cup of hot chocolate, I settled into my couch as I turned on Netflix. Just as my cursor hung over 'Prison Break', there was a knock on my door, followed by Joey's voice through the door. "Hope you're not too busy with your evening to invite your boyfriend in." Just as I was about to turn on my Prison Break too!

I sighed before getting up off the couch and padding my way towards the front door. When I opened the door, I saw Joey standing there in a similar attire.

"Whatcha doing here?"

"I know you said you're busy but I figured you couldn't deny me entry if I told you that I ordered a pizza on the way over and it should be here in 15 minutes." That and the combination of the smile that started growing on his face, I opened the door further and proceeded to walk back towards my couch.

"What are you watching?" 

"Prison Break."

"Isn't it that show where those guys are in Prison and they break out?"

"Wow, it's almost as if you just looked at the title, but yes it's that show. There's more to it though, it's the fact that Michael and Lincoln have a brotherly bond so unbreakable that Michael is willing to become a felon and get sent to prison just so he can break his brother out and clear his name!" I get excited about Prison Break, ok? It's not a crime!

I hit play on Netflix as I felt Joey make himself comfortable on the other side of the couch. "Maybe I'll have to see this unbreakable brotherly bond for myself."

It was a few hours later and Joey and I were still watching Prison Break. He got into the show as much as I did which was pretty fantastic. Lincoln became is his favorite character which I think is hysterical because the two of them are practically polar opposites.

Instead of being on separate ends of the couch, I was now laying with my back against his chest with his arms wrapped loosely around my waist. He would occasionally tap some unknown beat against my stomach with his fingers but other than that his hands usually stayed on my hips. There wasn't much of a conversation between the two of us which I was ok with.

Which is why I was surprised when he started a conversation with me. "I should have said this earlier Violet but I know the conversation with Samantha and Lucas was difficult for you." Joey's voice was gravely from not speaking for several hours.

"It's ok, It's something I would have had to deal with later. I wasn't really prepared with having to deal with it this soon but it's out of my hair now."

"Besides, you've shown them that you're the better person here." He lightly placed a kiss against my hair. I had to stop myself from cringing at his statement. Not to state the fucking obvious here but wasn't I already the better person for not retaliating against them? "It's all about forgiving and forgetting what they did to you." I cringed yet again.

"Forgive and forget huh? So I should just forgive both of them for leaving me when I needed them the most? I should forgive them for the hell they both put me through and just move on?" I could help the angry tone that had crept into my voice.

"Not like that no, but you have to move past it. You can't let what they did to you in the past affect you in the future."

"What they did to me is the reason I have the life I have now! I have a youtube channel because of what they did to me, I do what I do because of the hell they put me through! How can I put it behind me?" I got up off the couch to stare Joey down. With the glare I was giving him, he himself stood up from the couch to stand in front of me, his hands raised in defense.

"I'm sorry Violet, I should have worded that better. I meant that you need to-"

"Let me guess, I need to not stoop down to their level, right? That I need to take the high road?!"

"In a way yes-"

"In case I haven't made this clear before Joey, THEY WERE PART OF THE REASON I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF?! Let me ask this, how can you be so calm and forgiving towards the people that made your girlfriend into the shell of a person she used to be, huh? Does what they did to me not anger you in the slightest?!" I let out a breath as I roughly ran a hand through my hair.

"You should leave Joey, I'm not really feeling this date night anymore." It took the reserve I had to not crack when I watched his blue eyes become lighter as a sad look appeared in them.

"Alright, I'll leave." He leaned forward enough to quickly kiss my forehead. "I'll see you at work tomorrow." With one last smile cast towards me, Joey made his way to the front door and left.