Te Amo

Chapter Twenty Two: Corazón Romper

Chapter Twenty Two: Corazón Romper (Heart Break)

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Please don't be mad at me!

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I've been back at school for three months now. It's already April! Do you know how many bizarre pranks we've played on each other? Easter's coming up and I'm beyond excited. Alex always laughs when I tell him how excited I am, if anything our relationship grew even stronger.

Adrian's taken an interest in Alecia, and she has a thing for him too. But I haven't said anything about it. Tristan's trying to get Ricky, but she really doesn't seem interested. I know who she likes anyway, and I kinda feel bad for Tristan.

Ah, love's a funny thing.

I get dressed and put my makeup on before walking out. I head over to Alex's dorm. I would hang out there for a while almost every Saturday.

"Hello beautiful." Alex says as I walk in.

"Hello." I giggle. He's on his laptop but he closes it when I walk over and puts it away.

"Come here." Alex smiles, patting the spot on his bed beside him. I crawl in and snuggle in next to him. He wraps his arms around me.

"How was your week?" I ask.

"Good." Alex nods, although something flashes in his eyes. Sadness? Pain? Guilt? "How was yours?"

"Boring. The girls were busy, like, all week!" I groan.

He chuckles, playing with my hair.

At that moment Tristan walks in, carrying something in front of him and his back to us.

"Hey Alex, you still figuring out how to tell Arya bout that girl you kissed?" Tristan asks.

Like that, my heart shatters. I slide away from Alex. "I-Is that true?" I whisper.

"Arya, I got drunk and she looked like you." Alex looked panicky. "I thought you were in the bar too, I kissed her, but I promise I didn't mean to. I pulled away when I realized she wasn't you."

I shake my head. Drunk or not you don't do that to a girl.

"How can you not mean to kiss someone?" I ask, my voice breaking as I feel tears roll down my cheeks. "How can you mistake someone for me!?"

"Arya, I'm sorry!" Alex says, standing so he's in front of me. He tries to wipe my tears away but I slap him across the face hard.

"Sometimes sorry doesn't cut it." I spit. And as much as it hurt me, I said it. I would not date a cheater. "We're over."

If anything, I think I died inside.

I run from his dorm and straight to mine. I collapse on my bed and cry. I cry until I can't anymore and my head hurts.

Someone knocks on the door.

"GO AWAY!" I yell.

Instead Adrian steps in. I burst into a new round of tears.

"What's wrong Arya?" Adrian asks worriedly, running over to me and hugging me tight.

"Alex... He... He cheated on me." I sob.

Adrian grows stiff and continues to comfort me.

"Hey, I'm going to get your friends over because I have something I really have to attend to. Think you can manage a little bit on your own?" Adrian asks after a long while.

"Yeah." I nod.

Adrian kisses my forehead before leaving.

Sooner than I thought possible my friends were surrounding me.

"Oh he's going to get it." Izzy spits.

"He's gonna get my fist to his face." Ricky snaps.

"I'm going to murder him!" Alecia says angrily.

"I'm going to make his life miserable." Zoë mutters.

I wipe away remaining tears.

"Can we go on a shopping trip?" I ask quietly. "I'm in need of a girls day out."

"Of course sweetie." Izzy smiles, pulling me up. "But we're gonna have to fix your makeup."

I laugh slightly. "Alright let's go."

Inside my heart was broken, but I wasn't about to show it. I didn't want to because I didn't want to appear weak to my friends.

I sit down as they fix up my makeup. I silently break down inside.