CHAPTER 37–Something like a break up
CHAPTER 37–Something like a tree up
KYLIE & POV
My mind raced with every possible way could pe out of promp on a walk with him and her taking too long to reply, he nited heart to the side
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I wanted to say “yes” meet t was a no Buttcolor bring myself to finan
It’s not go on a walk with you” concefet because in the end didnt have a reason to tell him No. There was also a part of me that genuinely warned to hear what he had to say
The evening ar wrapped around us like a co hup while my mid raced with every possible thought of what he might have to say. Could it be that he had finaly discovered I was not his man? Was this his way of trying to let me down softly? Would this be his goodbye? And what was from ao dio with myself if he decided to leave me??
I mean, sure we were not on good terms, and maybe I don’t know how we could ever get better, but i didn’t exactly want him gone. That would be so sad
Too many questions filled my mind as we slenty waked around the school campus. Perhaps, if he left, it would be for the
But if it was going to be for the best, why did I feel such heaviness in my heart then?
“Katie?” He questioned and tumed to me so that we stopped waking and I turned to face him.
Year?” I said and sucked in a breath it was only then that I noticed how uneasy he seemed to look as well.
Kylie, before all things go completey south between you and me, I need you to know how much I like you. I need you to know that you mean a whole lot to me
I already had my response to him wanting to leave at the tp of my tongue. I was ready to pretend that it didn’t matter and to tell him I thought it for the best. But the words the sad reached my mind, and for a moment I said nothing. I was just starting to sinke
“What what is it, Kylie? You aren’t saying anything?
1 didn’t expect that I sad in a low voice and the reached out to take my hand in his.
I know this past couple of days have been tough for you and me, but I was hoping you would give me a chance to fix that. I was hoping that you liked me too
“Like you too.” I repeated, sounding dumbfounded as I took back my hand.
Yeah, I mean do you?” He asked softly and all that sofiness did something to squeeze my heart. All that softness had heat reing up to my cheeks, had me taking back my hand, and hopefully my power.
I shook my head, “No. No, Elijah, I do not sad, unable to believe my own lie. But it didn’t matter if I didn’t believe it. Elijah had to believe it. That was going to be enough for mow
“You don’t?” He asked, sounding a bit bewildered and I shook my head, trying and failing to find the right words.
His confession had left me a bit shaky. In the end, I found myself clinging to the only emotion that didn’t make me want to fall apart. Anger
“No, Elijah, I don’t, I don’t have any business liking a man who doesn’t take me seriously. Because that’s what you are, unserious. You flirt around and try to make women fall for you. You kiss them, sleep with them, then you leave them. You make them hurt.” I said, speaking from experience and that made me feel more angry. How dare he talk about liking me after all that he has done with Lisa?
“Kyle, what the hell are you talking about? Elijah questioned looking like he wanted to argue, but then he shook his head deciding against a
“You know exactly what I’m talking about,” I said through grinder teeth, but he shook his head again.
“No, Kylie. I’m afraid that you won’t. You don’t know what you’re talking about. I didn’t sleep with anyone. I’m not going around flirting with anyone
“Oh really? Then explain to me the kiss mark I found on your neck the other day.”
“It was fake, Kylie.” He said, sounding somewhat defeated.
Fake? How was that fake?”
“It means, no one kissed me. I just put that there to make it look like someone did so that you would think someone did whenever you came around.”
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CHAPTER 12 Something like a break up
“And why on earth would you do that?”
“To make you Jealous”
“To make wait what?”
“You heard me, Kylie I was trying to make you Jealous. You’ve been acting distant, going about with other men. I wanted my girl back. So… I did that.”
“Well, that was unnecessary,” I said, pressing my hand to my chest. This boy made me feel too much. And right then, I felt like my heart was hurting.
“I only did it because I saw no other way. I just wanted you back, Kylie.” He said and reached out to take my hand in his, “1 want nothing more than for you and me to be good again. Better even. I want nothing more than for you to be my girlfriend. Let me make things right.”
“Make things right.” I murmured as I took back my hand, “Elijah, No.”
“No?” He questioned and I shook my head.
“You toyed with me. You tried to play my emotions when all along you could have been direct and honest. That was all i ever wanted, Elijah. Direct honesty. Now, you’re talking to me about starting over. Why would I want to be with someone who manipulates me just because he has decided I’m suddenly what he wants?”
“I didn’t suddenly decide, Kylie!” He said, throwing up his hands.
“Yeah, well, you don’t always get what you want just because it’s what you want. That’s life, that’s the real world. Welcome to it.”
“Kylie-”
“Enough, Elijah,” I said, sounding very tired to my own ears.
“Fine.” He said quietly, “If this is what you want, then fine.”
“It is.”
“Then if you won’t be with me right now. If you won’t love me, then maybe we could be friends.”
Friendship, I thought, with sadness weighing on my heart like a stone, but I nodded regardless.
“Friendship works.”
ELIJAH’S POV
I was looking at her, she was right in front of me, but she felt so far away. It felt like a wall had reason between us and I was too powerless to break it down.
But I was going to respect her wishes, even though it was killing me on the inside.
“Then we will be friends,” I said, and felt like I was betraying myself.
“We will be friends.” She repeated, and hearing her say those words felt like my undoing. She had rejected me, and it shattered me.
But what made things even worse, was that there wasn’t a thing I could do about it.
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