Gone too soon

Ashlyn

          He stopped talking. Cameron wasn't looking at me anymore. But I was looking at him. His beautiful hazel eyes. His long curly caramel brown hair. I loved everything about him. I remember the first time we met. It was love at first sight. I was walking into the movie theater when he and his group of friends were waiting for their popcorn and snacks. I was getting tickets to the new horror movie "Us". I was hoping that he and his friends would be too. As I walked down to theater nine, He was talking to his friends at theater six. When I walked past I heard him say something about how he needed a new girlfriend and the blondie was perfect. I remember feeling like my heart skipped a beat. I was a blondie. Lucky for me, I was single.

          His friends walked into theater number seven and I walked into theater number nine, with Cameron walking right behind me like he was my little pet. I knew who Cameron was. At school, he never talked to me. He stared occasionally at me. I never really noticed him until now. I sat down in the back row. He walked up next to me. "Hey, this seat taken?" He asked. "No, You can sit." I replied, smiling. He sat down next to me. I could instantly smell his cologne. Thirty minutes into the movie, he put his hand on my thigh. I felt butterflies rise up in my stomach.

          They fluttered around beautifully. Then he looked at me. We held eye contact for a while before he put a loose piece of my hair behind my left ear. He left his hand on my face for a few seconds before leaning in for a kiss. His lips were so soft. When we pulled back from each other. Our foreheads and tips of our noses still touching. We looked at each other passionately, smiling. "Wanna ditch the movie?" He asked me. I didn't care where we went. As long as it was with him. I instantly fell in love with him.

      "No, Not really." Cameron replied. My heart shattered into a million pieces. "What?" I said. My voice cracked. "Ashlyn, I don't love you. We don't really go together that well and honestly I've been cheating on you. But before you break up with me I still want to be with you." He said. I loved him too much to break up with him. I put my hand on his face and I moved my thumb slowly. He slowly started to move in until we were kissing again. "Oh my gosh! Give it a damn break! Ashlyn the boy said it himself! He doesn't love you! He probably doesn't even give a damn about you!" Sofie said. Cameron looked at Sofie.

       "She's right,baby. But Sofie, I could love you." He said as we winked at Sofie. Kaleb walked in front of Sofie. As if he was protecting her. I looked at Cameron. Then at Kaleb. "Don't talk to Sofie like that." He yelled. I wanted that. I wanted what Sofie and Kaleb had. Cameron had never done anything for me like that. Manuel and Arina were hugging each other. It was cute. I'd always known they would end up together. They snuck off. "You have an option." Sofie said as she held Kaleb's arm. "You could come with the people who care about you." Kaleb said. "Or you could stay with..."Sofie paused. I instantly knew who she was talking about.

        When I first met Cameron it seemed like he wanted to love me.. I guess things change. I walked next to Cameron. I looked down at Sofie's Air force's. "Oh Wow okay." Sofie said. She moved her hand down to Kalebs hand. They started to hold hands as they walked away. I felt bad but I had no choice. I didn't want to stay with Cameron but he threatened me. May, fourth. Two months after we first started dating. I was gonna leave him because I had caught him cheating. He invited me over to watch movies. He said his parents were out of town. I decided to come over early to surprise him. He told me where the spare key was to his house. Under the second rock in the garden. I opened the door and I thought I was living inside a sad YA novel.

         There was a girl sitting next to him. Kissing him. He held her face the way he held mine. When we kissed. I screamed "It's over Cameron." as i was going to walk out the door. "Ashlyn! If you leave I swear I will make your life a living hell." He shouted back. I stopped walking. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. So, I stayed with him ever since.

         Cameron looked down at me. "Good choice, my love." He said. My love. I was certain that he didn't mean that. I loved him till it hurt my heart. I Sofie and Kaleb had opened my eyes to what real love actually was. It was sweet, sensitive, passionate, beautiful and many other things. I wouldn't even call what me and Cameron have "love". I don't really think that I know what love is. My family thought that money always came first. So, they chose it over me. When my mother and my biological father got divorced, my mother met a new man. His name was Luke. My mother swore she didn't care about his money but we both knew that was all she was with him for. Luke was a CEO of a company so he got a lot of income weekley. Soon, we moved in with him. We had started what my mother called "a new beginning". I thought that this whole situation was funny because my mother wouldn't even go on a second date with the poor man until he surprised her with a Louis Vuitton handbag.

         One day, I had accidentally bumped into Luke's brand new Cadillac while trying to Parallel park. He brought the situation to my mother's attention even after I offered to pay for the damage. He started telling my mother everything that was wrong with me. Until he asked her a question. I don't think I will ever forget what she said. "Kaitlyn, you must choose now. Me, or your daughter?" He asked her. She looked each of us up and down. Any other mother would choose their child without thinking twice. My mother knew her answer before the question was even asked. "You, of course darling." She replied. "It's settled then, she leaves first thing in the morning." He said as he smiled.

         I went with my father the next day. He just gave me a room, a nanny, and enrolled me in school. He was always gone. I guess that's why I'm so desperate for Cameron's love. He's the only person who has ever offered to "love" me in a relationship type of way and I was so desperate for it I would go with anyone. Even someone who acted like they loved me.

         Cameron played with a strand of my hair. "I was thinking. How about we go on a double date with some of my friends. Veronica and Jadeyn." He said. He sounded serious. I hated going in public with Cameron but anytime I refused, he would threaten to share everything about me on the school's blog. His sister ran the school's blog. "Okay, that sounds fun." I replied, trying to look away as he put his hand on my face.