9. Macy

Chapter 9

Macy

Cord shuts the door behind him and I stumble backwards until my body hits the wood. I slowly lower myself to the ground and hug my knees to my chest.

For so long I've been able to keep my distance from Cord. Cici's nice enough to let me know when Cord's going to be at something and it's given me the opportunity to happily stay home when he's going to be there.

I was able to pretend he didn't exist or at least we didn't live in the same town. Charlie and I became so skilled at avoiding the topics of our exes, I could almost act like I had never met Cord Powell at all. Like Wyatt never existed on Mulberry Lane. Like we weren't both completely heartbroken over the men we once loved.

But now, it's like those lines are blurring and I can no longer deny his existence. He's right, if I want to keep Charlie and Cici in my life, I'll have to figure out how to be friends with Cord again. There's no other way.

Macy: How do you become friends with your ex?

Cici: You want to be friends with Cord?

Charlie: Kiss him and make sure he's still an ex… *smirking emoji*

Macy: Listen here, you wench, I thought we discussed how I'm not getting back together with him!

Charlie: You said when Wyatt and I got back together, you would get back with Cord. *winking emoji*

Cici: You and Wyatt are dating again? What the heck, Charlie!

Charlie: We're not, but he almost kissed me last night… Then stupid Jax opened the door and ruined it all.

Charlie: Then we slept on the couch all night wrapped in each other's arms and since he got injured, I'm now living at his house *wincing emoji*

Macy: WHAT!

Cici: How's he feeling? Dad said it was pretty bad.

Macy: Whoa! Back up the caring train because I want to hear more about her LIVING WITH WYATT.

Charlie: He's still sore. I'm making him ice it the way Jesse told him to, and rest as much as possible, but he's stubborn. It's going to be a long few weeks.

Macy: A long few weeks of LIVING WITH WYATT.

Cici: I'm so sorry! I hope he's back to normal soon. I'm sure it's killing him to not be able to play.

Macy: Can you not read my messages? I know they're going through so why are you ignoring me?

Cici: Stop being dramatic, Mace. We can hear you loud and clear, but I'm worried about Wyatt.

Macy: You know, you used to be more fun, but now you're Miss Professional Business Woman.

Cici: Well, you haven't changed one bit. Always dramatic. *sticking tongue out emoji*

Charlie: Do you promise to keep this between us?

Cici: Obviously.

Macy: It's like you don't even know me.

Charlie: There might have been a homerun that took place in Wyatt's bedroom tonight *monkey covering eyes emoji*

Macy: What teams were involved!

Cici: Everson and Robinson, obviously. *rolling eyes emoji*

Macy: Can I kick her out of this group message? She's being mean to me.

Charlie: I guess that means it's time for you to give Cord another shot. Go kiss the sexy man!

Cici: Can we please stop using sexy in a sentence describing my twin brother? *grimacing emoji*

Macy: Would you rather I talk about the size of his

Cici: STOP! I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT CORD!

Macy: Pecs. Sorry, my finger slipped and I hit send too quickly.

Macy: His pecs are huge though. I'm fairly certain they're larger than my boobs.

Charlie: Please! You have massive boobs *rolling eyes emoji*

Cici: So… are the two of you getting back together too?

Macy: That's not the plan, Cici.

Charlie: She didn't say no. *smirking emoji*

Cici: *laughing emoji*

Macy: *middle finger emoji*

Charlie: *kissing face emoji*