Because I Love You

chapter twelve.

Bella sat on her couch watching scary movies as her daily routine. Her eyes were locked on the screen until she received a call. Allison was calling.

"Hey Allison, what's up?" Bella said.

"Nothing, just wanted to see if you can come over because I need to tell you something," Allison said nervously.

"Okay I will be there in a few," Bella responded as she heard how nervous Allison was.

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Bella approached Allison's door, but Allison had already opened the door before Bella could ring the doorbell.

"Great you are here, let's go to take a drive down to McDonald's," Allison said.

"Yay!" Bella said with excitement as she heard the name of her favorite fast food restaurant.

They entered Allison's car and not one word was said during this awkward car ride. Until they stopped in the parking lot of McDonald's.

"So what's up?" Bella wondered.

"What do you mean?" Allison asked nervously.

"You said you needed to tell me something," Bella responded.

"Oh yea so umm," Allison said, trying to figure out how she was going to tell her. "So you know how in the seventh grade, we both liked Nate," Allison continued.

"Okay," Bella responded.

"Well I don't think my feelings for him ever stopped," Allison said.

"Oh well that's okay because I can't stop your feelings for him and I wouldn't do that," Bella answered.

"That's not the problem Bella. My feelings for him didn't stop me from doing what I did," Allison responded.

"What are you trying to say me right now?" Bella questioned almost furious and scared of what she was going to say.

"I slept with Nate," Allison said quickly.

Bella didn't know how to respond or how to react. She was trying to cope with the fact that she was betrayed by her boyfriend and one of her best friends. Bella left the car and slammed the door shut. Bella walked away with tears rushing down her face. She needed to call someone, but didn't want to be around anyone at the moment.

"Jake, can you pick me up please?" she asked her friend through the phone immediately after.

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"Are you okay? Why do you look like you were crying?" Jake asked.

"I'm not okay and I was crying because Allison told me she slept with Nate!" Bella said furiously.

"Have you talked to him?" Jake asked.

"I don't want to talk to him right now," Bella responded.

"You have to tell him it's over because he still thinks you guys are together," Jake told Bella.

"Well right now, he's dead to me," Bella said but she lied. She was hurting and didn't want to express it. She didn't want to forget all the memories they shared and she couldn't let go of the love she had for him. The trust she had for him was gone.

"You're home," Jake said.

"Thanks Jake. Talk to you tomorrow," Bella said as she entered her house.

Bella ran to her room with tears running down her face and closed her door behind her. She curled up in her bed with her blanket and let the tears fall down. Bella felt like she had died.