Love or war?

Chapter Ten

I feel a tear stream down my face.

"I'm coming over," he replies sternly into the phone.

"I'd rather you didn't," I say trying not to cry more.

"I have to tell you the story but we need to talk in person. Things could get jumbled up or misinterpreted on the phone," he says about to hang up.

"Fine." I say into the phone hitting the end button.

My mom calls up the stairs that Ace is there and I tell her to send him up. I hear his footsteps up the stairs as I wipe a tear away from my eye not wanting him to know I was crying. He peeks in the door and his face immediately sinks once he sees me. I guess I'm not too good at hiding emotions. Ace walks over and sits beside me. I can tell he wants to hug me or hold my hand or rest his hand on my leg but he knows he can't because the tears are because of him.

"When I left here Alexis was out on the street and ran over to me. I said hi to her and talked because I didn't want to be rude even though we both know how awful she is. I said I had to go and she immediately threw her arms around me. I froze. I pulled away and got into my car and quickly drove home." He said refusing to make eye contact. I just look at him. My thoughts are all jumbled and I don't know what to believe. My mind is telling me not to fall again but my heart is saying just throw your arms around him you love this boy. My mind and heart have been at war ever since I met him. I don't know if this is true love or war.

"Thanks," is all I say still looking at him confused and feeling worse. He still stares out the window and I know I've hurt him. His thing is looking people in the eyes. He always looks at you when your talking and moves my head towards him when I talk so he can look at me. I get so mad at myself for hurting someone like that. He won't respond or look at me. I decide I have to do something before this is over. I move his head so he's facing me and look him dead in the eyes.

"I'm sorry," I say as my mind screams at me to not feel sorry for him all over again. He looks down at his hands and back up at me.

"I hurt you," I say seeing the pain in his eyes as mine start to water. A tear rolls down my cheek and Ace wipes it away.

"I forgive you," he says finally speaking. For some reason his response makes me mad because he hurt me too. I look at him with anger in my eyes. And he reads it just like a book.

"I hurt you too and I'm sorry. I'm not good at talking in these situations. But I'm sorry and I didn't mean for any of this to happen," he says as he looks away again. I'm done talking because I'm not good at it either and I know I'll only make things worse. So I just look out the window with him. It seems like we sit there forever in silence. Tension between us. Then I feel Ace turn my head towards him as he says

"I'm sorry. I was wrong to get mad at you. You had a right to be upset because it did look bad."

"I just want this to be over," I say hoping it would be.

"It is," he says looking down at his phone. I feel my body relax once he says that. I guess this ones over I just hope it's the last.

"I don't want to leave after it being like this so how bout you come to my place and we just chill?" He asks getting up off my bed.

"Sure. Just let me fix myself I look like a mess," I said walking over to my vanity.

"You may be a mess but you're my mess," Ace smirked and I blush at the cute statement.