"Are you going over their house" I ask Monica as we walk in the door of our house "if you don't wanna go , I won't go" she says to me "I can't" I shake my head "it all happened to fast , all of sudden I just see Zion and I can't go over there"
I say to her "That's fine , but this could also be your chance to know the truth" she says.
She's right, I do wanna know why he left and why didn't tell me. I woke up one day and he didn't answer my calls or his family. I go over to their house and they are just gone. It has been a unfinished chapter for 5 years and it's been killing me since that day. My heart was broken. I thought maybe he fell out of love with me or found someone knew . I still don't know.
Then here he is down in La with 4 guys. If he would have just talked to me and properly broke up with me it would have been better. Yes I would have been sad but at least I would have known the truth. We were young and inlove. I thought he was my person. I know that may sound crazy knowing we were in high school but like I said that doesn't matter. I do need that closure.
It'll help so much and I know it will.
However He's the only one with the answers to my questions. If I really wanna move on , I do need to talk to him. It's been haunting me for years. I've spent all of twenties thinking about him and the whole situation. I hate it and it makes
my life get put on hold.
Anything I usually do reminds me of my high school days. He was my whole high school experience. 9th grade all the way to 12th grade.
We almost grew up together. We went through all the teenage struggles together and the high school drama. It was always us together. So when he left I like lost a piece of myself and I thought I did something wrong or I thought maybe I wasn't good enough and that's why he left. I blamed myself for so long and sometimes I still do.
My mind is like my worst enemy. I been overthinking this for years. It's eating Bae me alive. So I know Monica is right , this could be the opportunity to get the answers I need and deserve.
"I know I Know" I complain "but it literally just all happened today , I think I need some time before I talk to him" I say "understandable , but I will continue to talk to Brandon" she says and I giggle "you do that girl" I tell her "I'm gonna take my bags upstairs and put this shit away" I say and grab all my bags then I take them upstairs
to my bedroom.
I set them down in my closet and begin to take every thing out the bags to put them where they belong in my room.
(Zion)
"That girl was pretty?" Brandon says as we sit down at the dining room table "her friend was cute too" Nick says and that kinda ..... bothered me. But I can't say anything about it "speaking of the girls , you know Monica" Brandon ask me "She called you a dumb ass" Edwin points out "yeah I know" I shake my head "where you know her from?"
Do I tell them? Or do I brush it off? And yeah she called me a dumbass and maybe I was a dumbass in high school for doing what I did. It was bittersweet seeing Valentina. It was nice but also felt bad. It's like a thousands emotions and feelings came rushing in when I seen her. Like I don't know how to feel about her and about seeing her.
"Umm I know them both" I admit "from high school" I nod "okay , so why did she call you a dumb ass?" Nick ask "well I dated her friend 9th grade to 12 grade" I let them know."HighSchool Sweethearts? Tell us the whole story" Austin says.
"I guess , we dated for all of our high school years" I say "did you love her or something"
Of course I did , I was young but I was so in love.
"Man I was in love , we both were" I say "but I left her and that's why I got called a dumb ass" they all look at me "what do you mean you left?" Nick ask "one day a couple days after prom , in the morning my family and I moved down here , and I didn't tell her" I say "so you just left without talking to her?"
I nod at the question "I knew I was leaving for a bit but I never told her and I just left her" I say "and today was the first time I ever seen her in 5 years"
I finish "damn" Brandon says
They all look at me "How come we never heard about her fine ass?" Nick ask causing me to look his way "my bad" he holds his hands up "because I didn't wanna think about the situation" I stand up "and I also don't wanna talk about it anymore" I push the chair in "I'm heading upstairs"
(Valentina) (one week later)
It's been about week from the day we seen Zion and I'm guessing his friends. Monica and Brandon have been talking non stop every fucking day. It's been a week and she swears he's her future husband. But yeah if she's happy then nothing else matters.
But she really wants to go over there and I'm obviously not gonna have her go to some guys house who also lives with 4 other guys by herself.
So yeah we are about a minute away from
pulling up in front of their house. Monica , she's excited, excited to see Brandon.
Me on the other hand , yeah I'm not that excited.
"Come On Tina we here" I get snapped outta my thoughts. "Ugh" I whine as I get out the car. "Don't worry , it'll be good" we walk up to the door "they have a nice house , I wonder if they got money" she says before ringing the door bell. The door opens "Brandon hi" Monica "hey" they hug "hi Valentina right?" He also "yes, hi" I shake his hand
"come on in"
