My Best Friend

Ch. 21

-Lewis' POV-

After Andie left, I pounded on Niall's door. He answered and I could tell he was half asleep but I didn't care.

"You bastard. You ripped her heart in two, you know that?" I yell. He grunts and sits on his bed.

"Did you even look at the book she made you?" He shakes his head no. I see it sitting on the desk so I grab it and flip it to the first page.

"Look at it." I shove it in his face. He takes it from me and starts flipping through the pages.

-Niall's POV-

When Lewis shoves the book in my face, realization slaps me in the face. She made this. It's a bunch of pictures from our lives together. I tear up looking through it. When I get to the last page, it's of us kissing and a little paragraph under it.

'Niall James,

When I was trying to figure out what to get you, I had no idea. Alex gave me the idea to make a scrapbook of our lives. I am so nervous to give you this. You already have everything you could want. I am so nervous you're going to hate it. I am so in love with you and I have everything I want; you. You're all I want.

Happy 25th Friendiversary

I love you,
Rea'

I see dried tears along with with my fresh ones. I flip to the back and see three envelopes taped to it. One says "April 20th, 2021", another says "April 20th, 2025", and another says "Wedding day". I immediately start bawling. I shouldn't have let her go. I screwed up so badly... I let the love of my life and the woman I want to marry, walk out the door. I have no idea where she is. Shit!

"Now do you see?" Lewis asks. I nod and sniffle.

"Where is she?" I ask him. I need to find her.

"I'm sorry, mate, but I can't tell you that. She needs time." He says.

"Lewis, I need her. Please." I beg but he shakes his head no. Then it dawns on me. Nonna's. Shit, I'm a dead man.

"I know where she is..." I sigh.

"She needs time. Give it to her." He pats my shoulder then leaves.

How could I let her leave? Why did I call her a whore and compare her to Hailee? She's nothing like her. Rea is the most beautiful woman on this planet. She's my oxygen. Without her, I feel like I'm dying. Like everything is closing in.

I just hope she can forgive me.

-Andie's POV-

I knocked on Nonna's on door at 3pm. She was excited but worried. She knows I'm supposed to be touring. Right now, I'm drinking some wine and eating spaghetti. I haven't said a word other than "I needed a break". Nonna knows I'm lying. Hell even Nonno knows. When I'm finished eating, she grabs my plate to put in the sink then sits in front of me.

"Tell me what happened." She demands. So I fill her in on everything. From the very first moment we kissed to a few hours ago. I told her how much I love him and that I miss him. After all he said, I still miss him.

"I told you, you're in love. Now do we send the boys?" Ok, backstory. My last name is Vallanzasca. Nonna was married to Renato Vallanzasca, a mobster in Milan. When he went to prison, she divorced him but by then they had a few children. They kept the last name and Nonna ran the mob for a while, until my cousin Mark took over. She married Nonno a few years ago. I've never met Renato since he's still in prison. I really don't know much about him. It's kind of weird, being related to a bunch of mobsters. I don't associate with any of that but I still love my family. They all support me and will do anything for me.

"No no. Once he realizes where I am, he'll know he's in trouble. It just really hurt, Nonna." She sighs and sips her wine.

"Oh yes, he's in trouble. Stupido... but he loves you. He will come begging on his knees. Just you wait." I chuckle, knowing he will.

"I know Nonna... is it crazy that I miss him?" I ask her. I've never been in love. I don't know if I'm being clingy or if I actually just want to be around him.

"No, no. That's love, mi amore. He will come to you. Spend some time with your family! Everyone will be come over this weekend." She smiles.

"Sounds good, Nonna. I think I'm going to sit by the pool for a while." I get up and kiss her cheek before going to my room. Niall is texting me, apologizing. I mute my phone and put my AirPods in before changing into my suit.

I feel broken. It feels like my heart is ripped in half and I can't breathe but I know the only person who can fix that is all the way in Georgia. He's the one that caused the pain but he's the only one that can fix it. He wouldn't even let me explain which I understand but he shouldn't have called me a whore. Being compared to Hailee hurt the most. That was a stab to the heart. I wonder if he opened the book? He should've realized that I would never hurt him.