Under the Hollywood Sign (editing)

Chapter 10

Shane

It's been a while since I've seen her. A good long while.

The guys pressured me to get a girlfriend. They didn't understand what it meant to really be in love.

But one day, I found a girl.

It felt like betrayal- going out with another girl.

But maybe they were right.

Maybe it was good. Maybe it was time to move on.

Her name was Jasey. And she was fantastic.

One day, as we were sitting on the couch, and my arm was around her while she was curled up next to me, I heard a key in a lock. Everybody was home. I got a little scared. The only other person I had given a key to was...

No. 

It can't be her.

I turned my head back to Jasey, and she and I kissed. Then, the door opened.

I didn't open my eyes, and I didn't look up or pull away.

I didn't hear a sound, except the closing of the door, some footsteps, and... was that somebody crying?!

Nah.

My mind is just playing tricks on me.

Jasey pulled away, and she said

"Somebody's crying."

She got up, and she walked to the front door. She opened it, then turned back to me.

"Somebody you know?"

My eyes widened.

"Wanna tell me something, Shane?"

"Yeah. I do,"

"Well, what is it?"

"Go upstairs."

"Why?!"

"BECAUSE, I told you to."

She raised her arms in surrender, and then jogged up the stairs. I walked out the door, and I closed it behind me. I wasn't sure what to say.

I knelt down infront of Delilah, and I gently brushed the hair away from her face.

She got up and walked to her car. She said

"I didn't think you'd forget about me. But I guess I was wrong. And I guess I didn't mean much to you. But I don't blame you. Who would?"

I said

"I didn't forget about you!"

"Sure. I believe you. Have fun with Jasey."

"You know her?"

"You see, that's all you care about. You never cared for me, or anyone, or anything. And here. You can have these back. I certainly don't want them anymore."

She handed me back the locket we both thought she lost forever, and the dog tags. She slammed them in my hand, and she got in her car and left.

But it's not only what she said and did that hurt me the most.

It's what she didn't say.

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Later that night...

I couldn't sleep.

I was sitting in the dark, cold kitchen, replaying the whole scene in my head.

Every stinging word of hers felt exactly the same as it did when she said it.

Jasey came sleepily down the stairs. She began rubbing my shoulders.

"Baby, everything ok?"

"No. But it's something I have to deal with on my own."

I stood up, looked her in the eye for a second, grabbed my keys, and I went out the door.

Right now, I'm not making any friends.

And right now, I'm making a whole lot of enemies.

How I'm feeling?

I'm my own worst friend, and my own closest enemy.