My One True Love

Chapter Nine: Goodbye

ADALET...

What was I doing? I needed to stop. I abruptly stopped and quickly got up from his lap. He was still startled, I could see it in his eyes. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have done that," I said as I began pacing with my face covered with my hands. I heard his bed shift as he got up and then I felt his hands on my arms.

"Hey, it is all right Adalet, do not apologize," he whispered softly.

I studied him and then pulled away. "I shouldn't have done that," I repeated, the alcohol in my system was forgotten and now I left feeling ashamed. "I'm not like that, I would never do that. And oh my God, you probably have a girlfriend, I'm so sorry." I sat down on the edge of my bed and looked at my hands, I couldn't look at him, I had ruined everything.

"Her name is Adrianna Smith, she is from Scotland and I met her four years ago when I was traveling with my family there," he murmured and I almost couldn't hear what he had said. I looked up and saw he was standing on the edge of his bed too, facing me.

"What?" I asked confused, why was he telling me this?

"My girlfriend, you asked if I have one and I do," he said calmly as he looked at his hands that were on his lap.

"That makes what I did a bazillion times worse," I groaned and let myself fall on the bed.

I heard William chuckle at my response and only responded with an; "it is complicated, everything is complicated right now."

I sighed and raised my head to look at him, his brown eyes were already looking at me. "Can we just forget this ever happened?" I asked and he nodded. There was no need to say anything else, this just felt weird right now.

"I am going to step out and call Judy, maybe you should call your girlfriend, she was calling you earlier," I said and didn't wait for his response as I took my coat and phone and headed for the balcony outside. I considered telling Judy what had just happened and asking her for her advice but I wasn't sure and so I decided to debate on it as the phone rang. I checked twice to see if I had service there and thankfully I did, although it was late and there was a possibility Judy would already be asleep.

To my surprise, she picked up after the first ring which left me with no time to weigh my options. "Hey J, I lost service where I was and that's why I couldn't call you until now. What's up? and why are you still awake?"

I heard a sniffle and then a long sigh before my friend spoke, "I can't sleep. The wedding's off A." My mouth opened involuntarily in surprise and I didn't know what to say. Something bad had happened.

"What happened Judy? I thought everything was going perfectly between you and David," I said, trying to get her to talk.

I heard Judy sob, "I thought so too, I thought we were perfect together, I thought things couldn't be better. God, I imagined my whole life with him and now it's all just gone and over. He had me fooled A, he played me and I fell for it."

My hands closed into fist and I sat down on the ground as I heard Judy's sobs, it hurt me to hear my best friend like that. "What did that bastard do, Judy?"

Judy stayed silent and then she softly murmured, "he cheated on me, he has been cheating on me for the past year and I didn't even suspect it and get this, she's pregnant. She's pregnant with his kid and that's how I found out."

I sighed and let my head fall to my knees, "sweetie everything will be alright, tomorrow I am going to take the first flight back home first thing in the morning and I am going to stay with you until you can get back on your feet okay? Tomorrow I want you to tell me everything, I'll handle all the wedding arrangements that need to be canceled and I will be there for you, I'd prefer it for you to get it off your chest in person rather than through a phone call."

I heard Judy sniffle once more, "yes, okay. I can manage to wait. Thank you Adalet, you're like a sister to me and I love you so much."

"I love you too J, I will be back soon, I promise," I said before hanging up. I sat there staring at the sky without thinking on anything specifically. I was beginning to feel cold when I decided to go back inside. The room was dark and quiet and I guessed William had gone to sleep already.

"Is your friend okay?" I heard him whisper in the dark as I was taking off my coat and heading for my bed.

"She's hanging in there, apparently the wedding's off."

I heard the rustle of fabric as William moved and reached for the lamp next to our beds. He turned it on and looked at me puzzled. "What happened?"

I sighed, "all I know is that he has been cheating on her for a while now and she just found out. It makes me sad to think about it, Judy was so happy with him, she literally looked as she were shinning from how happy she was when she was with him."

William didn't say anything for a second and both of us got lost in our thoughts. "Do you have somebody that makes you feel like that?" he asked suddenly and I wanted to laugh.

Instead I snorted and shook my head, "nope, I have lost a lot of faith in love and nor I believe that there is true love or destiny or anything like that."

That's when he turned to look at me and spoke in a serious tone, "really? I really would have never guessed it. I mean I do not believe so much in destiny either but I do believe in love."

Then I laughed, "well now you know, that's why sometimes I avoid dating, I've found that either guys are just jerks and want to get in your pants or they are children waiting for their mother's replacement."

William was looking at me with wide eyes, he was now leaning his head on his arm as we talked. "I think you have had really tough luck on guys and love, not all guys are like that."

I shrugged and copied his posture as I turned to him. "I have only fallen in love once, it was before college and I was living with my family back in Texas and he and I really got along. He was my best friend, we spent most of our days together, helping out in the farm and then going on long walks in trails only we knew. We had known each other out whole lives and I really thought we were destined to be together," I smiled as I remembered the memories. "But it didn't last, we were both young and we both had dreams that we wanted to achieve. So we went our separate ways and we made a promise that on our 30th birthday we would meet again back home. Of course when my brother passed away, he heard and we saw each other at the funeral and I met his wife. So our promise was forgotten and taken like a kid's game and since him I can't say I have ever fallen in love again."

William just stared at me, there was so much in his eyes I couldn't read correctly, I couldn't begin to guess what he was thinking. "That is... quite a story, that is hard. But it was worth it was it not?" I nodded and he continued, "so you only need to let yourself fall in love again. You said it yourself, you have avoided the idea of love and that is because you do not want your heart to get broken again."

I shrugged, "I guess that's a possibility but I can't, I don't have time for a relationship."

William chuckled and pointed at me, "you are just stalling."

I rolled my eyes, "yeah right. How about you? Why don't you believe in destiny?"

He thought about it for a while and then he spoke, "I like to think that I can make my own path. My whole life seems to be planned out since I was born but on the things I can decide on I like to think I have free will. That is why I am with Adrianna. Years ago I was supposed to meet my arranged betrothed and before that happened, I met Adrianna and pushed my parents to change the rules, the protocol, the law so that I could be with whomever I wished. A year later the law changed and I have been with Adrianna for the past three years."

I smiled and decided to tease him to try and get back to how things were before, "wow look at you, you are such a rebellious prince." He waved me off and we both laughed.

"You should come to London with me some time," he blurted out and my eyes widened. He looked no less surprised, he must have said the first thing that came up to his mind.

"What? Go to London with royalty?" I asked confused and I chuckled. "Yeah right."

"I am serious Adalet, in fact, how about you come with me on Sunday?" he asked and I could see some excitement in his eyes.

"I can't William, I have a job to do, you know, to pay the bills. Besides as much as I would want to go, I promised Judy I would get back to New York tomorrow to be with her," I said softly and I saw as disappointed appeared on his face.

"Oh I did not know. That is all right, it would have to be another time then," he said and I nodded, sure, I could play along.

"Actually, thank you for reminding me, I need to check when the plane leaves tomorrow morning," I murmured and took out my phone. I managed t find a flight at 7am and I decided to take it. I looked at the clock and it was now 1:30am. I needed to sleep now if I wanted to wake up in the morning. "I am going to go to sleep now, I found a flight at 7am."

"That was quick," said William surprised and I chuckled. Then he turned of the light and murmured, "Good Night, Miss Trent."

"Good Night, Your Majesty," I said playfully and then I was gone.

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I heard my alarm at 5am and I quickly turned it off so that it wouldn't bother William who was still sleeping soundly. I got up and headed for the bathroom to take a quick shower and do my usual morning routine.

By 5:30 I was all set and ready to go. I quickly scribbled a note for William so he would see it when he woke up and also left an envelope with the money that payed my part of everything he had bought. I looked at the flowers he had given me after the concert and I sighed, he was truly charming. I didn't know if they would let me take them on the plane but it never hurt to try, so I took the bouquet and walked out of the room quietly.

I rushed down the steps and stepped out of the hotel to find a cab. Luckily, I did and by 5:45am, I was heading over to the airport. It was an half an hour ride to the airport and I made it just in time so that I could check in, pass through security and board the plane so that by 7am I was on the air. This time, I didn't sleep on the plane, I couldn't all I could think about was how much I was going to miss those spontaneous moments I ran into William.

Three hours and a half later, I was sitting in a cab heading for Judy's home. Then I saw a store that caught my eye and told the cab to leave me there instead. I got out of the cab with my bag and laptop and headed inside the store to buy Judy her favorite ice cream in the world. After that, I headed to my friend's house on foot since it wasn't that far away and by 11am I was knocking on her apartment door.

She opened the door and the first thing I said was, "look at what I brought!" She looked at the ice cream and gave me a slight smile as she let me through. "Yes, I managed to make you smile."

"Barely," she murmured and I looked at her. She looked terrible. Her curls were in knots and she was wearing a dirty sweater along with some pants and some crocs. Not only that but her eyes were red and puffy and she looked so tired.

"You didn't sleep last night, did you?" I asked more calmly now and she shook her head and sat down on the couch.

"I mean, how could I?" she asked defeatedly, "everything I thought I knew about us was a lie and the bed smells like him and this couch, oh so many things happened on this couch."

I looked at where I was sitting and I scrunched up my nose in disgust, "first of all, I did not need to know that J. Second of all, I know it's hard but you'll get through this and I'll help you and for starters I don't think you should be staying here."

She looked at me with tearful eyes, "and where am I supposed to go?"

I smiled and reached for her arms, "you can come live with me, as long as you want and that gets me to my second point, I think you should donate or sell all of the things that remind you too much of him," I suggested.

"Is that how you got over Cory? You threw every memory of him away and closed your heart off to everyone?" she asked and I shook my head.

"No sweetie, I still have memories of him, those will always be with me, but the past is in the past and that's where they should remain," I said softly and she nodded. "Okay, let's get started. You, go take a shower to relax yourself and because you stink," I teased and she chuckled, "while I'll get everything out and you can tell me what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of." Judy nodded and disappeared into her room to get some fresh set of clothes.

I could hear the shower in the background and meanwhile I took out two boxes and started folding Judy's clothes into piles so that they were ready to put on boxes. I didn't hear Judy walk up behind me until I heard her say; "do you want some water for those flowers?"

I turned to her looking puzzled and then I remembered the flowers William had given me. I took them out and looked at them, they looked a bit withered but still alive. Judy gave me a vase for them and I filled it with water in silence. Once the flowers were taken care of, I saw Judy was looking at me patiently. I sighed, "I'll tell you everything after all of this is packed and ready to go." She nodded and helped me put everything in two piles.

We finished packing everything as the sun was beginning to set in the horizon and both of us walked over to Judy's car that David had bought her. The boxes were all set and everything was ready. "Where's Darling? I haven't seen her in all day," I commented and instantly regretted it as my best friend began to break down.

"He took her, he said that she was his and that he was going to take her," she said through sobs and I hugged my friend tightly. She was truly heart broken and for the first time I didn't know what to do to make everything better.