Brian’s P.O.V

We were home from vacation and Erin and I had been spending a lot of our time planning our party and planning out her meeting with Gena from time to time. It was the day and it was 4:30 a.m. and I had an early day at the studio ahead of me when there was a knock on the door. I ran downstairs and a courier hand me a box.

“I have a package for Erin Haner?” The guy asked and I nodded.

“She is my wife” I said and he made me sign for it and left it with me not telling me who it was from and I carried it up to the room quietly but I saw that Erin was awake. I set the box down on the bed and kissed Erin gently.

“Someone dropped this package off for you… they didn’t say who it was from and it didn’t have a name on it” I said and she just smiled.

“I think Hannah and Matt will be here soon so you better go and get ready for your day, I gotta meet with the florist and look at my dress today and we can maybe do dinner later?” She asked and I nodded rubbing her back and continuing. When I got out Erin seemed hesitant to open the package still but I pulled my gaze from her hearing the door open downstairs.

“That must be Hannah and Matt, I gotta talk to them about some party stuff then I will send Hannah up” I said to Erin and she smiled and nodded silently and I walked downstairs. Hannah ran over and hugged me and Matt sat there looking through some of the party stuff.

“Sooo before you go up and see Erin I wanted to talk to you about something” I said to Hannah and she at Matt sat down with me.

“So I really want to do this party up well and get her a gift but I am so unsure that my gift or gifts I should say are that great… and one of them may be too much” I said laughing and rubbing my neck and I could tell that Hannah was really excited.

“Well what the heck did you do for her?” She asked and I just smiled.

“I got her a new Charger which was the outrageous gift but it’s what she will find attached to the steering wheel that I hope she likes… I got her this platinum bracelet and I have three charms attached to it the first is a sapphire heart, the second is this little platinum computer charm and the third is a double infinity charm… what do you think?” I asked… we were all silent for a moment.

“Honestly the car will excite her… but the bracelet is gonna bring her to tears… she will be so happy and love it” Matt said breaking the silence and I smiled. As Matt got some of the stuff out to the car I walked upstairs and I stopped outside the door hearing Erin crying and when I peeked in she was looking through the package that arrived earlier and just as I was about to walk in Hannah stopped me looking into the room as well.

“Don’t” She said softly.

“She is upset, why the hell am I just gonna sit here and act like there is nothing going on?” I asked her trying to push past but she literally wouldn’t let me move, Erin was holding something and flipping through pictures in an album.

“That’s Sarah’s things… and the necklace that she is holding was her mom’s and Sarah had taken it from her a few years ago” She said and suddenly we heard Erin strumming a little on one of my acoustic guitars.

“Oh yeah and she does like to sing and play the guitar” Hannah said so we sat there just watching..

Erin’s P.O.V

Brian was down talking to Matt and Hannah and I pulled the box close and pulled the brown paper off and there sat Sarah’s favorite wooden chest that she kept all of her files and valuables in. I just stared at it as I sat under the covers and pulled them off sitting up fully extending one of my legs and took a deep breath.

“Alright let’s see what ya got Sarah” I said and opened the box pulling out multiple files… the first one was on Andrew and Hannah, full of photos of them together and individually, then of Kevin, me, and of past relationships. I put the files to the side knowing that at some point the men would want to go through them. I pulled out some random jewels but my heart stopped when I saw the necklace Sarah had stolen from me that was my mother’s.

“Finally” I said gripping it tightly kissing it in my hand and saw a photo album in the box underneath some of the stuff and when I opened it… it was full of our baby photos… pictures of my father and I, family vacations and of my mom. I sat there flipping through pages and smiled but then the pain sunk in… and I started bawling… I hadn’t seen photos of Sarah and I in years let alone of my parents. The last page was a family photo from right before the divorce and… from before losing.. them. I had to find an outlet and when I looked around the room rubbing my eyes I spotted the guitar and I grabbed it sitting back down just thinking… strumming…

“The walls between
You and I

Always pushing us apart nothing left but scars fight after fight

The space between
Our calm and rage
Started growing shorter, disappearing slowly day after day

I was sitting there waiting in my room for you
You were waiting for me too
And it makes me wonder

The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed

I didn't know then it would hurt like this, but I think
The older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this

The time between
Those cutting words
Built up our defenses never made no sense, it just made me hurt
Do you believe
That time heals all wounds?
It started getting better, but it's easy not to fight when I'm not with you

What was I waiting for?
I should have taken less and given you more
I should have weathered the storm
I need to say so bad
What were you waiting for?
This could have been the best we ever had

The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I didn't know then it would hurt like this

But I think the older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this

I'm just getting older
I'm not getting over you, I'm trying to
I wish it didn't hurt like this
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this” I took a moment just to sit there and set the guitar back on the stand and walked out of the room seeing Hannah and Brian and they just stared at me as I threw on the necklace.

“Are you okay?” Hannah asked and I just nodded and walked downstairs and grabbed some coffee and kissed Brian as he left for the day. Hannah and I had been to multiple places planning the party AND her wedding, we had lunch together and the rest of the time I was planning out what the hell I was gonna do with Gena. To my surprise though Brian wasn’t home in time to see me off and he hadn’t called or texted me. I straightened my dress out and touched up my makeup heading out to the restaurant to meet up with Gena. I saw her through the window before I even walked through the doors and she smiled as she saw me. When I sat down we sat in silence and I just sipped my wine.

“You look stunning like usual Erin” She said and I just smiled and pulled my lips from my wine glass getting to the point.

“Alright let’s not make small talk; can we just get to why it is that you find the need to blackmail Brian over my screw up?” I asked her and she just repositioned herself in the chair.

“Because blackmailing Brian and Matt is the only way to get it into you and Hannah’s mind that Val and I were serious about you two.. did you think that after that I night we were just gonna let shit go?” She asked and I knew it was rhetoric. I just scoffed and licked my lips a little and sighed.

“Don’t ruin their careers over us though… I am sure that you and Val have done your dirt on Hannah and I know that we have literally died and come back from other shit… we don’t want repeats… and I don’t want Brian and Matt to lose the thing they love to do the most” I said to her and just as she was about to speak the waiter brought our food over and we fell completely quiet as we ate.

“Erin all I am asking is that after Hannah has her little chat with Val we all need to come to a compromise.. see how nice I can be when you actually communicate with me. The more you two see us… and play with us… the less likely we are to attack the men that you love” Gena said and I stood up leaving a tip for the waiter and walked out and just as I got to my car I stopped and kissed Gena to take her mind off of everything and she kissed me back her tongue exploring my mouth… but I was just thinking of Hannah… we decided to do this.

“Once Hannah gets back we will all sit down… we will figure this out” I smiled at her and got in my car driving home… when I arrived… the house was empty still… where the hell was Brian? I grabbed my phone as I took off my jewelry and called him but there was no answer… I called Hannah.

“Hey hun!” She answered… thank god.

“Hey was Matt home when you left to meet Val?” I asked her.

“No he wasn’t why?” She asked and I just sat there with my hand on my head.

“Bri isn’t home, he wont answer my calls… and he wasn’t here when I left…” I trailed off and I could hear her sigh and take some shallow breaths since she knew that this wasn’t a good thing probably...

Notes

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