Meant To Be

21. Aftermath

Cecilia's POV

As soon as I entered my room, I was tackled by the girls.

"How was it? What did you guys do? Did he kiss you?" Hope asked, still sitting on top if me.

"Hope....get off of me." She clambered off.

"So what happened?" Ellie asked. I blushed and explained everything to them, from the amusement park to him walking me back to my room and our almost-kiss.

They all squealed in unison. "Celia this is awesome! But he didn't kiss you." Naomi pouted.

"Well in his defense he was going to, but some dumb bitch interrupted their moment." Ellie said.

"Thank you guys, for everything." I smiled at my friends.

"Anytime, boo. But its getting late, and I have to finish an assignment due Monday. Bye guys." Naomi hugged me and Hope.

"Bye girlies. See ya." Ellie hugged us and they both exited.

Hope turned to me. "Well I'm pooped. I'm gonna head in the shower. Call me if you need anything." She called as she entered the bathroom.

I stripped out of my dress and into my pink pajama pants and white tank top. I climbed into my bed and stared at the ceiling. This was officially the best day of my life. I had went on a date with Charlie, the most sweet and caring guy I had ever met, and even though I had known him for only a month, he was having a huge affect on me.

I think I could actually be in lo-

"Hey Celia! Have you seen my shampoo?" Hope yells from the bathroom, interrupting my thoughts.

"Yeah, its on the sink." I replied.

She yelled a 'thank you' before I heard the shower turn on. I stared at the ceiling for a little longer before drifting off to sleep.

***
Charlie's POV

"Who was your first girlfriend?" Cecilia asks me as we sit in class, bored out of our minds.

It was Monday now, two days after our date. The guys had pressured me into telling them how it went and teased me about it the entire weekend.

We were struggling to keep our eyes open as the professor droned on and on about the Human Anatomy and such, and decided to just ask each other random questions. It was now her turn.

I let out a small laugh halfheartedly.
"Jessica Shannon. The first and only girlfriend I've ever had."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "What happened? Why'd you break up?"

I sighed. "We started dating in my sophomore year in high school. She was new and we hit it off almost immediately, since she was into most of the things I was. Was, being the key word. Partying, drinking, all that kinda stuff. We seemed to be doing great, for a while. Until one night at this party," I took a deep breath. "We drove there together along with a couple of mutual friends, including my best friend at the time, Aaron. During the party I drank a lot and eventually lost Jessica.

When I went around the house trying to find her, I heard sounds coming form some room and looked inside. She was making out with Aaron. I lost it and started yelling at her, but Aaron just smirked and said it was bound to happen. I almost broke up with her but she practically begged for forgiveness. Well long story short she kept cheating on me with multiple guys and I got sick of it so I broke it off."

Cecilia looked shocked. "Whoa. That's brutal."

I chuckled. "Yeah. I'm long over it, though. I'm also over the whole partying thing. Pretty much hate it now."

She nodded. "Yeah same. Not my type of crowd."

"Okay, my turn. What about your past boyfriends?" I asked. Honestly I was just curious to know how many guys she had been with before.

Hopefully not too many.

She looked down. "I'm trusting you with this, okay? You can't tell anyone."

I nodded. "Of course."

She took a deep breath and began. "I've also only had one boyfriend ever.  His name is Jake Wesley. We met in my junior year while I was sketching in the art room and he was painting. We started talking and became good friends. A few months later, he asked me to be his girlfriend and I of course said yes. We dated for around eight months pretty happily until the end of the school year. My family and I were going on a trip to Dubai and I begged my parents to let me invite Jake. They didn't like him so it took a lot of convincing until they finally agreed, only saying that his parents had to refund us the money for his plane ticket." She paused and shook her head. "I was such an idiot. I thanked them and told him the good news, and he seemed really excited.

"The day we were supposed to leave he didn't show up at the airport. I called him like 10 times and when he finally answered, he said he was sick and couldn't go. I was bummed, but the plane was leaving so we left. A few days into the trip, we were exploring the city when I see Jake standing in the street. For a second I stand there confused until a girl appears and he wraps his arm around her and kisses her. I lose my shit and go up to them and yell at him. The girl looks really shocked and turns out he had been cheating on me with three other girls and they had no idea, just like me. We all broke up with him, you know, after I bitch slapped him really hard." I chuckled when she said that.

"Now THAT'S brutal." I say, making her laugh.

"Alright class, remember to finish your essays by tomorrow afternoon." The professor states and we realize that the class was over.

"Wow, that class was boring as fuck. We made it go by faster, though." Cecilia said, laughing.

I bumped my shoulder against hers. "And he didn't even see us talking. Nice job, Peanut."

"See ya, Charlie." She waves and walked out.

I couldn't believe that some guy had hurt Cecilia. Cecilia! She was the sweetest, most kind and funny girl ever and he cheated on her with three other girls. Not only was he fucking insane, he was also a dog.

"Hey, Charlie!" Some guy came up to me.

"Yes?" I questioned. I'd never met this dude before.

"I heard you and Cecilia Adams went on a date."

I raised an eyebrow. "Okay? What's it to you?"

He shrugged. "Just wanted to congratulate you, man. All the guys like her. And you got her. Respect." He patted my shoulder and walked off.

Wow. This was just hitting me now. Over all the guys at this place, she chose me. She actually liked me. I'm not crazy, she said it on the day of our date.

I think she meant a lot more to me than just some crush. And I knew in my heart that I would never hurt her like that Jake guy did. Never.