One Time [Montgomery De La Cruz x OC]

Sometimes you drive a car and lose control.

I took another gulp from my bottle of Arnold Palmer half and half as I sat on the couch and was doing some of my school work for college. It had only been a couple of days since Monty and I had made up and we were back together but taking things slow. I was still living at my dads for a little while longer and I hadn't put my ring back on yet... mainly because Monty was holding it hostage from me until he felt like it was the right time. I did agree with him though that after everything that happened, we probably shouldn't jump right back into being engaged and living together. He was still very depressed and not himself at all, he had tried to commit suicide, he fucked Lyla twice even if his reasons weren't what I originally thought they were, and he had relapsed. A lot had happened over that short span of time and I wanted to give him the time that he needed. He had the girls' and Dallas at his house since yesterday and I knew that he'd be back with them soon since he was going back to work tomorrow. Emma and Dallas were staying at my dads now too until Monty would let us come back home because she couldn't take staying with her parents anymore. As I had personally learned myself, her family is crazy so I understood. She had unfortunately been talking to David lately and according to her, he's a really awesome guy now that he's sober. I was pretty sure that I heard them having sex the night before but I wasn't asking questions unless she decided to tell me herself. Monty didn't know yet and I was curious how he was going to respond whenever he found out that David was heavily around his son now. I heard them giggling in the kitchen and I rolled my eyes at the sound. Even though him and Emma had been together every day for the past couple of weeks, I had still managed to have had zero interaction with him. "Marci!" Emma called from the kitchen and I sighed before calling out a "yeah". "When is Monty gonna be here with the babies?" She asked as both her and David came walking out of the kitchen and into my living room sanctuary. I shrugged my shoulders and avoided David's eyes but looking back down at my school work. "Hey, Marci." David said, trying to build communication between us. "Hello." I mumbled, still not looking up from my work. Emma snickered because she knew herself how long I could hold a grudge if I wanted to. "I see you got yourself some tattoos. Mind if I look?" He tried again. I sighed and put all of my stuff down on the couch and looked at him. "What the hell." I said with a shrug of my shoulders. I showed him my tattoos and he was very pleased with the work. "They look really good. I also like how you got Monty's name on you too like he has yours." I laughed at his words and he gave me a confused look. "Okay, David... you don't have to kiss my ass. You wanna be cool? We'll be cool." He smiled at me with a nod but I wasn't finished yet. "But keep that bitch Rosie and that fucking slut Lyla away from me." I snapped and his eyes widened before he cracked a smile and nodded. "Deal." He said while sticking his hand out. I took it in my own and we shook hands, calling a truce. Before he disconnected, the front door opened and Savannah came wobbling around the corner with a giant smile on her face while chanting my name. "Hey, baby." I smiled while meeting her halfway and picking her up. "Did you have fun with daddy?" I questioned and she nodded her head with a smile. Monty rounded the corner after putting everything down and taking Brooklyn out of her car seat. He had her in one arm and Dallas in the other. He stopped in his tracks whenever he saw David and crinkled his eyebrows together in confusion. "Hey man?" He said confused and David smiled and waved at him. "What's up, Monty? How have you been?" David said while standing up and walking towards him. They dapped each other up the best they could so I took Brooklyn from him and Emma took Dallas. "Were you here for me?" Monty asked and David shook his head. That made Montgomery even more confused. "Even though it is awesome to see you." He added after a second. Monty looked at me panicked and I laughed while shaking my head. "He's not here for me either." I laughed and I watched as he visibly blew out a relieved breath. He honestly got scared for a second that I was leaving him for David of all people. Monty's eyes widened in realization and he started cracking up. It was the biggest laugh I'd heard out of him in forever and I couldn't help but to brightly smile at the sound. Emma and I glanced at each other and her face matched mine. Who knew that finding out that Emma and David are fucking would be the thing to get his first real laugh out of him. "Y'all are fucking?" He asked through laughter while gesturing back and forth between the two of them. They both nodded their heads unsure of his reaction but he just kept laughing. "I could've seen that coming from the first time y'all met." He laughed and that caused all of us to crack up too. "So you're okay with it then?" Emma asked and Monty nodded his head but looked confused. "What you do isn't my business, Emma. The only thing that is my business whenever it comes to you is Dallas and I know that David isn't gonna hurt my son in any way. He's clean and learned from his mistakes just like I did. I mean, shit, I was worse off than him and I'm the one who relapsed and he didn't... so really I'm worse." Monty said with a shrug of his shoulders. David's eyes widened and I realized that Emma hadn't informed him about anything that had to do with Monty. I guess she felt like it wasn't her business to share. "The only adult in my life who's business is my business too is this one right here." Montgomery chuckled while he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. The way that his arm was hanging, you could perfectly see the scar on that wrist from him trying to commit suicide. David's eyes widened again and I saw sadness wash over his face. Monty was caught up in conversation with Emma so I caught David's eye. "I'll catch you up later." I mouthed and he nodded his head. I had recently hated David a lot but I realized now that whenever he's sober or even not completely strung out, he really does care about Monty and consider him his friend. I kind of felt bad for all of the awful things that I'd said about David... but I guess at that time he did deserve it because he wasn't being a good friend or person. We all eventually made our way to the couches and continued in casual conversation. Monty wasn't participating as much as he normally would considering everything that he was struggling with right now but he was trying, which was a step in the right direction. "So, what happened with you and Lyla? She gets all upset if your name is ever even mentioned over the past day or so." David asked Monty and he immediately tensed up. Apparently Emma didn't mention that part to him either. How didn't he put two and two together whenever I was so hostile about her. "Uh... nothing." "He fucked her twice." Monty and I both said at the same time. Emma looked away awkwardly and David widened his eyes in horror that he had clearly accidentally brought up a very sensitive topic. "The first time was a couple of weeks ago and the second time was just a couple of days ago." I clarified with a tone. "Marci..." Montgomery started but I got up and said that I was going to get something to drink. I heard David profusely apologizing to Monty but he kept telling him that it was okay because he didn't know. I took a deep breath and tried to compose myself before I went back out there. I couldn't let this get in the way of the progress that we were making. Not now, not ever. I knew that I probably needed to excuse myself from the situation though or I was going to end up losing my cool and causing a scene and/or saying nasty things to Monty that I didn't mean out of hurt, anger, and jealousy. I pushed my shoulders back and walked into the living room. "I think I'm gonna go lay down because I didn't get much sleep last night. Bring the girls to me whenever you're getting ready to leave?" I said to Montgomery and once I saw him nod his head slightly, I made my way up the staircase and into my room. It was no more than 10 minutes later and right after I'd settled into my bed with a movie on Netflix before my bedroom door opened and in walked Monty. I heard Emma and David going into the guest bedroom too and I was certain that I was going to have to hear their awful sex noises all night tonight too. "You should hear those barnyard animals going at it." I chuckled with a roll of my eyes and Monty cracked a smile before sitting down on my bed. "Maybe I could spend the night tonight and hear it for myself?" He asked timidly, using my joke as a way to ask if he could spend the night. "Mon, you don't have to ask to spend the night with me. Just do it if you want to." I laughed and he did too. Not as much as me but he did laugh some. He sighed and laid down next to me on the bed before speaking up. "I'm sorry about David bringing her up... he just didn't know..." "It's okay. I know that it was an honest mistake and it's not like you were talking about her." I interrupted him and he nodded. "I just hate that that even happened with her. It wouldn't even be an issue if I hadn't of fucked up and chose to sleep with her." He mumbled. I snuggled into him and I heard him sigh in content. "Just forget about it." I whispered, not wanting to talk about it anymore. He caught on and laid his head down onto mine. "Did you really get the girls to bed that easily?" I chuckled and he smiled proudly. "They were wore out so they went down really quick." He explained and I nodded my head. After a moment of silence and as I was shutting my eyes, Monty spoke up again. "I told David about everything. Me relapsing, what I did to you, me trying to kill myself and how I did it, me fucking Lyla, going back to rehab... the whole nine yards." He mumbled. I opened my eyes and looked at his sad face before answering. "What'd he say?" "The same thing that everyone says. 'I'm so happy that you didn't succeed.' But... what if...." he bit his lip and looked away, stopping himself from saying it. I sat up a little bit and did my best to make eye contact with him even though he wouldn't allow it. "What if you're not happy that you didn't succeed?" I whispered and he nodded his head ashamed of himself. "I'm gonna figure out how to make you happy again. How to make you want to be alive." I told him as I crawled on top of him and laid my entire body on his. "You and my kids are the only thing that makes me wanna be alive." He whispered as he wrapped his arms around me and buried his face into my neck. I didn't say any words because I knew that nothing else could be said to make him feel better. I placed a tender kiss on his cheek and I watched as he gently let his eyes close. For the rest of the night, we stayed exactly in that position. Even as we slept.