Free Beautiful Goodbye by Chandin Whitten

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CHAPTER 10
    When Sadie
dropped me off, I saw Larkin's bike sitting in the parking lot, but
Gage's truck was gone. We had the apartment to ourselves, nice. I
walked into our apartment and yelled out, "Honey I'm home."
Nothing. I walked through and didn't see him in the kitchen or
living room. I tiptoed into my room and found him asleep and curled
up in my bed. How freakin cute! I tried to be quiet as I kicked my
flip flops off. I'm not the most graceful person, and as I tried
kicking my flip flop into my closet it ended up hitting my dresser
knocking over a picture frame and candle. Shit. I quickly turned to
see Larkin staring at me.
    "Sorry I
didn't mean to wake you up. I was trying to be quiet but I guess my
flip flop decided to go all Chuck Norris and take out a
picture."
    "S'ok I wasn't
sleeping," Larkin said, though his deep raspy voice betrayed
him.
    "Hm really? Is
that why you were snoring?" I laughed.
    Larkin chucked
a pillow at me and as I tried to dodge it he grabbed me by the hips
and pulled me onto the bed. "I was not snoring. You snore, I
don't."
    "I do not,
asshat! Now where the hell is my surprise?"
    "Ha. That’s
what you think." Larkin got off the bed and went to my dresser.
There was a small box sitting on top that I hadn't seen earlier. He
walked back over, handed it to me and said, “Open it."
    I
took the box and started pulling the paper off. I opened the box
and saw a beautiful white gold chain with the Open Heart pendant covered in diamonds hanging from
it. "Oh my God, this is gorgeous. You didn't have to get me
anything."
    Larkin sat
down beside me. "I know, but I wanted to. Being around you has
changed me, you make me want to be a better person than who I am.
Jinx tells me all the time I don't deserve a girl like you and he's
right, I don't. I am every mistake I have ever made, every person I
have ever hurt, and every word I have ever said. I am a completely
fucked up kinda guy. I should tell you to turn around and walk away
from me, never looking back. But I can't. There is something about
you that pulls me to you. I wanted to get you the Open Heart to
remind us both if we just keep an open mind anything can happen. I
have never done the girlfriend thing, never had the desire. Until
you."
    "W-what? What
are you saying Larkin?" I sputtered out.
    "I want to be
with you and only you. I'm not sure what I'm feeling but the
thought of you being with someone else makes me want to cut the
guys dick off and feed it to him for breakfast." Larkin grabbed my
hands, looking me in the eye so I could see how serious he was. His
eyes really were amazing, they were such a dark brown but had tiny
gold flecks reflecting the light.
    "Larkin I did
the boyfriend thing and I got hurt. I'm not saying you would be
like that but it's just that last time was bad, really bad. I don't
think I could handle that again. He took everything from
me."
    "Jenna, I
can't promise you the perfect relationship without argument or
trust issues. But if you’re willing to try so am I. I can be an
asshole and I know my fucking attitude and temper can get out of
control. My past is something I'm not proud of but I can't change
it, that’s why I came here, to get away and start over. I want to
prove everyone wrong and show them I can make something of my damn
self. Maybe I will make it to the NFL and maybe I won't but I know
I want you to be the one holding my hand, by my side through this.
Just give me a chance."
    Hell how could
I say no to that? "This won't be easy for me and I have a lot of
issues that I am going to have to face but I'm willing to try. But
on one condition."
    Larkin looked
nervous when he asked, "What's that?"
    "Show me how
much you want me." I lay down and ran my hand along my
body.
    "As you wish,
baby." Larkin leaned over trapping my mouth while pulling me into
him and pulling my shirt over my head. He rolled us, so he was on
top of me and ran his mouth down my neck and to my chest. Grabbing
my bra he slid the straps