I handed Will a small wrapped box. "It's your birthday gift. Don't open it until your birthday, okay?"

"I promise not to open it until then." He held out his pinky for me.

I laughed and wrapped my pinky around his.

"You pinky swore, now you definitely can't break that promise." I laughed.

"Like I would break any promise I make to you. I'll keep every single one."

"Do you promise to love me forever?" I asked.

"Yes I do. I promise. You'll see" he said and kissed my head.

He got up and put the box in his jacket pocket so he wouldn't forget it later.

He came back and laid down next to me. I laid my head on his chest and he rake his hands slowly through my hair. I could stay like the forever.

"So you leave tomorrow and I'm not very excited about that" I told Will.

We were the only ones home besides Bandit. The boys went out with everyone, Sky was at Lauren's, and Mom and Dad were doing something for the wedding.

I could hear his chuckle echo through his chest. "Yeah me either. I don't particularly want to leave all of this behind." He kissed my head.

"How was your week?" I asked him.

I know he was happy but I wanted to know exactly how he felt.

"I was with you almost every waking moment, so I'd say it was the best week I've had in a while" he answered.

I smiled up at him. "How was everyone?"

"Different but so am I. I'm just glad I got to see everyone."

"I'm glad you did too. How'd you feel about Logan? I know he was nervous to meet you"

Will stayed silent for a minute. He sat up. I looked worriedly at him and sat up too.

"Will?" I questioned. Did he not like Logan?

"I don't know how this is going to come across but I have to say it Cora." He started. "I don't like Logan hanging out with you."

I cocked my eyebrow at him. "What? Why not?" I asked completely flabbergasted.

"Because Cora, I have a bad feeling about him. I don't like the way he looks at you when he thinks no one's looking."

"He's just my friend Will. You don't have to worry about that." I assured him. I would never cheat on him and I'm hurt to think he thought I would.

"I'm not worried about you cheating on me. I know you wouldn't. I worried about him being in love you you Cor."

I scoffed. "Okay he is not in love with me. Not every guy that looks at me likes me. Guys and girls can be friends, you know?" I stood up and walked across the room.

"Cora you're not listening to me." He said and stood up from the bed. He kept his distance from me and stayed almost exactly where he was.

"I don't trust him, especially around you. Trust me, I know when someone is in love and he his with you. You don't see the way he looks at you." He said.

"Will! Enough with the paranoid boyfriend thing! You could've just came out and said you didn't like him! I would've accepted that! But this! This is crazy" I blew up at him.

I can't believe he just kept going with this. Enough was enough.

"I'm not being a paranoid boyfriend, Cora! I'm being serious! I'm getting a bad vibe from him and I don't want you hanging out with him, especially alone." He yelled back stepping closer to me.

"Woah woah woah" I stepped closer to will. "I get that you don't know him and don't trust him yet. You're four states away and it's easy to let your mind trick you into thinking certain things. You can say you don't trust him and think that he's in love with me, but I draw the line at you telling me who I can and can't hang out with"

"Cora, I'm not trying to tell you that you can't hang out with him!"

I crossed my arms and gave him a look. "Oh yeah? What do you call it then? Because it sure as hell sounds like you're trying to dictate my life."

"I'm just trying to warn you Cora. I don't like Logan and you hanging out." He defended.

I shook my head. I couldn't deal with this anymore. "No get out, Will, get out." I grabbed his jacket and shoved it into his arms. "Come back when you don't want to try and dictate my life" I pushed him out of my room and shut the door.

I leaned my forehead into the door. I wanted to cry. That was the biggest fight we've ever been in and he's leaving tomorrow.

I can't believe he was being that juvenile. How could he think that Logan was in love with me? We're just friends. Logan knows I'm hopelessly in love with Will.

"Cora! We're home" I heard Mom call from downstairs. Bandit scratched at the door wanting to go see them.

I opened it and closed it after he ran out.

"Cora?" She asked as I heard her walk up the stairs. She knocked on my door.

I stood up and opened the door for her.

"Did Will go home so early? I thought he was-" she stopped when she looked at me. "Are you okay?"

She walked in and shut the door behind her. She led me to my bed and sat me down.

"Um I don't know. Will and I just had our biggest fight and he's leaving tomorrow." I tried wiping the tears from my eyes.

She knocked my hands away and wiped them away herself. She held my face in her hands and gently kissed my head.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked me.

I shook my head. "Can you just stay here for a little bit?" I asked.

"Yeah. Yeah I can do that" she said and we laid down. I cried as she cradled me and calmed me.

We spent the rest of the night watching chick flicks and pigging out in my room.

***

Will left the next day without saying goodbye. I don't know how to feel about that. I still love him and he's my everything, but do I really want to fix this over the phone.

I just wish he would've came back that night or the next morning. That didn't happen.

"Whatchu thinking about?" Cooper asked as he fixed himself a bowl of cereal.

"Nothing, just some stuff."

"That doesn't look like nothing. You haven't touched your food." He said gesturing to the bowl of cereal I've take one bit of. I had just been playing with it for the past fifteen minutes. "Is it because Will left?" He asked.

I can't talk about Will right now. "I'm fine Coop" I snapped and dumped my bowl in the sink before storming up to my room.

"Coco!" He called after me. I ignored him and ran to my room. I shut Bandit out. He scratched at my door and whined.

I cried into my pillow unable to control my emotions.

A few minutes later the scratching stopped and my door creaked open. Bandit jumped up on my bed and laid down next to me comfortingly.

"Coco, are you okay? Coop just told me what happened and you shut Bandy out of your room. You never do that." Carter asked as he sat on the edge of my bed.

I sniffled and stayed silent. He placed his hand on my back and rubbed it soothingly.

"Talk to me Coco, please" he begged me.

I slowly sat up and he removed his hand. My crying was under control but still there.

I leaned my head on his shoulder. He instinctively wrapped his arms around me.

"Will and I got into a argument yesterday. I basically told him to get out and not come back until he figures shit out. He didn't even say goodbye before he left." I cried.

Carter's arms tightened slightly around my body. "I'll kill him," he growled.

"Carter no. He's your friend and I still love him. It was just one stupid argument." I popped my head up.

"He hurt you and that's not okay. No one hurts my baby sister and gets away with it even if he's my best friend." He told me.

"I appreciate that Carter but it was a stupid argument"

"If it was such a stupid argument then why didn't he come back this morning to apologize or even to say goodbye?"

He had a good point. At this point who was I trying to prove this to Carter or myself?

"Because we both said some stupid stuff that we didn't mean and we're both a little hurt right now. He'll come around."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Carter I'm sure" I assured him.

He nodded understandingly. "Okay I trust you. If I find out he hurts you ever again, I'm gonna beat the shit out of him okay?"

I rolled my eyes but nodded anyway.

"I love you" He said and kissed my head.

"I love you too Car" I said.

He sat back and we talked for a long time. Then he went to hang out with the boys.

I couldn't even tell Carter what Will said about Logan. I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around what Will accused him of.

I wasn't supposed to work today since I figured I'd be an emotional wreck because of Will leaving. I turned in my tv and found Miss Congeniality on Netflix. I would never pass up an opportunity to watch Sandra Bullock.

I pressed play as the movie began.

There was a tiny knock on the door followed by a small voice asking for entry. I paused the movie to answer her.

"Come in nugget" I said and she opened the door.

She opened and shut the door really quick before she ran and jumped up in my bed. She snuggled into my side.

"Can I watch with you, sissy?" She asked me.

"Of course you can nugget" I said and got comfortable with her next to me.

It wasn't like she hadn't heard cussing before. It's a occurrence in our house.

I unpaused the movie and we watched it together. There were parts that she definitely didn't get but I think she liked the movie.

We watched the whole thing together before Mom came in looking for Sky. She was a bit late since Sky had fallen asleep in my arms not minutes earlier. I had been playing games on my phone.

"Do you want me to take her into the other room?" Mom asked me.

I shook my head. "No I'm okay. I needed some Sky time anyway." I leaned over and kissed her head.

"Okay sweetie. I'm just going to start on dinner soon."

I nodded. "Sounds good to me. What's for dinner?"

"Chicken, corn, fried green beans, and mashed potatoes" she answered.

My stomach rumbled at the thought alone. "That sounds delicious"

"Have you eaten today? Coop said you didn't eat breakfast."

I shook my head. I had been in my room talking to Carter most of the day.

"Cora Maeve" she chastised.

"I know I know. It's been a rough day" I said.

"I know sweetie. I'm gonna make sure you eat dinner, alright?" She said.

I nodded in understanding and she left to make dinner.

My phone rang and Christian's face flashed up on the screen. I got out from under Sky carefully and answered my phone.

"Hello? Christian?" I said.

"What happened in Texas?" He asked immediately.

I raised and eyebrow at him. "What are you talking about?" I questioned.

"With Will, Cora. He got back and he looked emotionally destroyed. He was beating himself up over something" he explained.

At least I know he feels bad. "We got into a fight. Not a big deal."

"We'll you're not a big deal has got him drowning his sorrows in cheep beer."

"What?" I practically yelled. "Get him the hell away from it! Don't talk to me!"

"You don't think I already did that? He's sleeping on the futon because the bed reminds him too much of you. He's going to be hella hungover tomorrow. I just wanted to find out what happened."

"It was a stupid argument that shouldn't have happened. Look Christian, I gotta go. Text me updates please" I said before I hung up and threw my phone on my bed in anger. I made sure not to hit Sky.

I took a few calming breaths. Will hardly drinks more than one beer at one time. He wouldn't destroy his body like that. How could he be so dumb?

"Sissy?" Sky wondered groggily.

"Hey nugget I didn't mean to wake you up" I said softly and sat next to her.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing nugget. Everything is okay"

Or at least I hope it is.

***