One Chance (Part 1)(35)

I have done as Liam asked, I’ve stayed away and anytime he’s come within any distance of me, I leave. No point in causing any more trouble.

“How many more boxes do you have to take over to the house?” Quinn yells from the kitchen.

“Two.”

“Okay, let’s take them over then come back and hang out.”

“Sounds good,” I say as I grab my boxes to put in her car, “Remind me when we get back that I need to book a flight home.”

“Will do. Are you sure he won’t take you home?” she asks with a concerned look.

“You didn’t see him that night, he was pissed. Plus, sitting in a car with him for ten to eleven hours wouldn’t pan out well. This is best,” I say as I load the last two boxes in her car. She shoves a few more in and we hop in to drop the rest of these off at the sorority house.

We head inside carrying the last of the boxes into our new room. “Do you want to unbox them now?”

“No, we can do that when we come back. It will give us something to do for a day or so.”

“True, sounds good,” she says as we walk out into the hall to head back to the dorm.

“There you are, I was wondering if was going to see you today,” Meg says cheerfully.

“Hey what’s up? We’re getting ready to head back over to the dorm,” I tell her kindly.

“We are leaving on Saturday around 6:00 a.m., can you be ready by then?” she asks.

“What?” I ask confused.

“I’m going home with you and Liam. I’m staying for a week, so he had said when I saw you to mention that we’d be leaving at 6:00 a.m. Can you be ready by then?”

“Umm, yeah that’s fine,” I say completely shocked by this news.

“Perfect, I’ll let him know,” she says before walking away. I walk out the door with Quinn on my tail.

“Well that won’t be awkward at all,” she says giggling. All I can do is give her a death glare. “So don’t go home with him, get your flight and fly home.”

“And explain to everyone why I’m on a flight and not in the car, no thank you,” I say pissed off.

“Then make sure you have your iPod and your Kindle charged,” she says laughing.

“I’m going to stay up all night, so I can sleep most of the way.”

“That sounds like an awesome idea.”

The rest of the week is finished with finals that I’m sure I failed a few and packing the rest of my things to go home.

“You ready to leave tomorrow?”

“I’m ready to go home, just not looking forward to the ride,” I admit.

“You can text me,” she says happily.

“No, I can’t, you have to worry about driving. I just need to stay awake all night tonight, so I can sleep tomorrow on the way home.”

I’ll stay up with you as long as possible.”

“Thanks Quinn. I’m going to miss you.”

“I’ll miss you too, but we are going to talk and text and who knows, I may even come visit you.”

“That would be great.”

Quinn ends up falling asleep around 2:00 a.m., leaving me here to try to stay awake for as long as I can. I end up falling asleep around 3:30 a.m., not able to keep my eyes open any longer. Before I know it, my alarm is going off waking me up at 5:30 a.m. I turn it off wanting nothing more than to fall back to sleep, but can’t, knowing that Liam and Meg will be here soon.

I grab a quick shower and throw on some yoga pants, a tee shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt before throwing the rest of my stuff in a bag ready for them when they get here. At exactly 6:00 a.m., I look out the window and watch Liam’s mustang pull in.

“You planning on leaving and not saying bye?” Quinn asks from her bed.

“I wasn’t going to wake you up,” I admit.

“Bitch, I told you last night to make sure I got up to say bye,” she says as she throws on a sweatshirt.

“I’m going to miss the hell out of you,” I tell her as I pull her in for a hug.

“I’ll miss you too. Let me know when you get home and how the car ride goes,” she says with a slight laugh.

“Will do. They’re here,” I say pulling back so I can grab a bag.

“I’ll help you carry your stuff out.”

“Thanks,” I say as she grabs a bag. We walk down to the parking lot, towards Liam’s car.

“You’ll have to put that in the back seat, Meg has the trunk full,” he says as he leans his seat up so I can throw my three bags in, leaving even less room for me in the already small backseat.

“That’s fine,” I say as I throw my bags in behind the passenger side seat. “Thanks for helping Quinn, I’ll see you soon,” I say before giving her one more hug goodbye. I climb into the back of the car wanting nothing more than to fall asleep.