It's been a loooooong time my loves. I have missed you so. I promise not to leave for so long again. I finally graduated, YAY me, so now I can get back to thing I love. Happy reading. xoxo Ally
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3 months later
"Baby did you pack everything in the car?" Angel asked Michelle as she looked around aimlessly for her keys.
"Yes, babe. I put all of your bags in my car." Michelle said coming up to Angel and wrapping her arms around her waist.
"Oooh." Angel giggled as she rubbed her nose against Michelle's.
"Are you two love birds ready to go yet?" Elise said from the doorway.
Angel stuck her tongue out at her.
"I'll be ready to go as soon as I find my keys." Angel said once again looking for her keys.
"Did you check your back pocket?" Michelle said cupping Angel's ass and successfully slipping her key there.
Angel cupped her pocket. "Dammit, I swore I checked there first. Ok, I'm ready. You two grumps ride together, Cami and I will ride together." Angel said marching off to Michelle's rental car.
"Don't change any of my presets!" Michelle yelled in vain.
Angel and Camilla gushed as Angel put the top down on the Chrysler 200 convertible.
They both put on their shades at the same time and made a pose, "Straight flexin." They said in unison and laughed.
"What are we going to do with those two?" Elise said as she and Michelle looked to the girls in wonder.
"Fuck them senseless." Michelle said with a grin getting into Elise's suv.
Elise and Michelle followed behind the convertible at a safe distance. The couples were all headed to their hometown for Independence Day celebrations.
"So how have things been going between you and the misses?" Elise asked as she seamlessly merged into the left lane.
"They are going very well actually. So well that I'm actually thinking of giving her a promise ring." Michelle said smiling as she looked at the girls up ahead.
"You know that's childish right?" Elise said with a chuckle and shake of her head.
"I know it may seem childish...but sometimes you have to let a woman know your intent." Michelle began.
"I want Angel to know in no uncertain terms that she is mine and I want to be with her forever." Michelle said possessively.
"Well piss on her leg why don't you!" Elise said with a laugh.
Michelle stared off pensively.
Eventually Elise shoved Michelle's shoulder and said, "I know I joke around with you but it's good that you want to mark your territory. I'm sure Angel will love your gift. She loves you so much."
"I know. She tells me as much every day. I'm very lucky and very blessed." Michelle said with a smile.
"Yea having a woman that loves you and showers you with affection is a blessing." Elise said with a hint of sadness.
Michelle could tell by Elise's tone that something was off.
"What do you mean by that? Is there something wrong with you and Camilla?" Michelle asked concerned.
"For some reason we just are not seeing eye to eye. In the beginning everything was great, but now it seems like she is mad at me all the time." Elise said.
"Have you asked her what's wrong?" Michelle asked.
"I've tried." Elise said.
"Tell me about your last fight." Michelle said sitting back.
"Well we actually had a huge fight right before we came here. I work a lot so I really have to schedule time to go see her." Elise began.
"I try to see her just about every weekend. I try to text her throughout the week and check on her and you know just check in."
"Ok..." Michelle murmured.
"A few days ago she got really mad at me because I went out to a party and didn't get a chance to text her when she got off work."
"Do you always text her when she gets off work?" Michelle asked.
"Yes like clockwork, every night at 10pm." Elise said.
"Ok I see then, she was worried about you when you didn't text her that night." Michelle suggested.
"She also got really mad at me the next day when pictures surfaced from the party that night." Elise said.
"What was in the pictures that made her upset?" Michelle asked.
"I took a few photos with some friends. Some she knew, some she didn't know and my ex Bianca was in a few. She wasn't being inappropriate and we didn't do anything though so I don't get the anger." Elise began.
"Bianca is my friend, not just my ex. We text many times throughout the week but it's never inappropriate and Camilla knows about it." Elise continued.
"I see. Is Bianca the last girl you dated before Camilla?" Michelle asked.
"Yes, but like I said we don't talk about anything inappropriate." Elise said not seeing what Michelle was trying to get at.
"Hmm. Have you tried to think of this from Camilla's perspective?" Michelle asked.
"Yes. That's why I tell her every time I talk to the girl and I let her know how much I care for her. That's something I wasn't doing before, I've improved on that." Elise said defensively.
"Didn't you at one point in time think you were in love with this girl?" Michelle asked.
"Yes." Elise replied.
"Doesn't this girl have intimate knowledge of you and you of her?" Michelle asked raising a brow.
"Yes." Elise said.
"And she was your last ex and you two talk incessantly?" Michelle said rhetorically.
"Well, yea but..." Elise began but was cut off.
"Are you seeing what I'm getting at?" Michelle said.
"If I was Camilla, I would think that you are still in love with the girl. Your actions and your words just aren't lining up." Michelle said.
"I never thought of it like that." Elise said after a while taking a deep breath.
"I was just trying to be friendly." Elise said.
"Camilla is your priority now. Everyone else especially other women are irrelevant. You have to look out for Camilla, have her back and do what's best for her." Michelle said.
"You're right." Elise said.
After a while Elise continued with a chuckle and another shoulder push, "Maybe I should get Camilla a promise ring too."
"Maybe you should. You do need to commit to her." Michelle said.
The rest of the journey was continued in silence as Elise contemplated what was said and Michelle pondered when and how she would give Angel the promise ring.
When the girls arrived to Akron, their first stop was Angel's family home.