Love or war?

Chapter Seventeen

ALANIS POV

It's been a week and I still haven't heard anything from Ace. So we're officially over but I still can't move on. Ace was my everything and now that he's gone a piece of me is gone with him. I want to call him or ask him to just hang or talk but I know I can't. He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. I guess he's felt like that for a while so at least now he's happy. That what I should want anyway I guess.

ACES POV

It's been a week since what happened with Alani and I'm a mess. I can't let it show and ruin my reputation. But it's really breaking me down. I loved Alani and I thought she felt the same. I keep thinking about what Nolen told me though. I just don't know how to tell if it's true or not. I want to call Alani so I can talk to her. I didn't really give her a chance to tell her side I was just so mad. I'll ask Aidan what I should do when we hang today.

As Aidan and I are paddling on our boards out in the ocean I decide to ask him what I should do.

"So what do you think about this whole Alani thing?" I asked looking down into the water.

"Well from what Naomi has told me-"

"Naomi's her best friend of course she'll be on Alani's side,"

"Fine. From my point of view I think it's a misunderstanding. I've seen the way she looks at you and from what I know about love I think it's real. And don't get mad at me but you do have a tendency to jump to a conclusion bro."

"But it wasn't a conclusion. She lied to me Aidan. Why didn't she just tell me she was at the beach with Nolen. I mean I already knew."

"Because like I said you jump to conclusion really easily and you already knew they kissed and so you would've gotten mad and she didn't know you knew she was there and it's not hard to make you mad and-"

"I'm not mad! I just don't understand why she lied!"

"Do you hear yourself? Chill. I don't know what else to tell you but to talk to Alani for yourself. And aren't you the one who broke up with her anyway?"

"I never actually broke up with her,"

"What did you say to her? Obviously something along those lines because you haven't talked in a week,"

I stare into the ocean for a while trying to remember what I said on that day which was mostly out of anger.

"I told her I was done,"

"Done equals breaking up," Aidan says. I know he's right but I didn't mean to break up with her. I don't think?

*****the next morning*****

I went out early to surf and get my mind off things. All I thought about all night was Alani and honestly I don't know what to do. But surfing usually clears my mind, especially at sunrise.

I'm setting my stuff down when I see Alani coming down in the distance. As she sees me her eyes get big and she turns around and pulls out her phone. This is my chance I need to go talk to her. I walk over and when she sees me coming she looks really confused and nervous.

"Hey, Alani,"

"Umm hey,"

"You want to come sit down so we can talk?"

"I guess so,"

We walk over to a spot in the sand and sit down. I can tell Alani is freaking out because she is looking everywhere except at me and she's playing with her hair.

"Hey ba- Alani, I know this is probably awkward but we need to talk this out. I mean I know you've probably moved on but I haven't," I seriously almost called her babe. We haven't talked for a week and I'm still acting like she's my girlfriend.