Wintersmyth or Winter Smith?

Chapter 18- misunderstood

Winters pov
I am completely dreading school today. All that keeps going through my head is "this could be really awkward with Henry." I got to school and went straight to my locker, which happens to be next to Henry's. Great. I put my books away and got the ones I needed for class. Henry came to his locker. "Oh hey henry!" I said cautiously. He smiled at me like he always does. "Hey winter! Do you know what the math homework was last night? My papers got mixed up and I don't know which one it is." I nodded studying him carefully. "Yeah it was page 45 numbers 2-11." I said slowly. He looked through his binder. "Aha! Found it! Thanks! See you in class." He said and walked away. "Well he seems to be taking this better then I thought he would." I said to myself. "Who's taking what better?" Charlotte said from behind me and made fall into the lockers. "Don't do that! You scared the crap out of me!" I stood up and picked up the stuff I dropped. "Sorry. What are you talking about?" She asked. I sighed. "Henry. We just broke up last night. I cried my eyes out for hours. But he seems totally fine. Like we never even dated! Do you think he really got over it that fast?" I asked. "Some people don't like to show when something really hurts them. Henry is one of those people. That or he never really loved you and got over you really fast!" I glared at her. "Whatever. I shouldn't care anyways. I guess some people just take things better then others." I sighed.

Henry's pov
I am not taking this well. I cried for hours last night. I really liked her! Why wasn't I good enough for her?! I can't let her see that I'm upset. When I got to my locker she was there. Just seeing her made me feel like I got stabbed in the stomach. I had to say something to break the silence so I made up some story that I couldn't find my math homework and made an excuse to leave. After that I decided that I wasn't going to be sad anymore. I just have to hold my head up and keep going. Someone else will come along. Right?

Winters pov
The rest o the day was pretty normal. I had all my classes with Henry, but I didn't see or talk to him a whole lot. He still seemed perfectly fine. I know that should be good, but what Charlotte said stayed in my mind. What if never really did love me? Whatever. I'm done being sad. The whole reason we broke up was so I could focus on my training and that's exactly what I'm going to do. After school I went to the man cave and changed into my training outfit. I started working on my reflexes using my powers and using that as a self defense. That was a good distraction for a while. Then Charlotte and henry came down for work. "Hey guys!" I greeted them and Charlotte waved and went to the monitor. Henry came straight over to me. "Winter? Can you help me? I need your advice." I nodded and we went to the corner. "What's up?" I asked. "Well there's this girl I like. But I think she's a little upset with me. And I want to ask her out but I don't know how. And since your a girl I figured you could help me?" I nodded. I see what he's doing. He wants to know what it will take for us to get back together. Okay I'll play along for now. But when he asks me out I will just have to let him down easy. "Uh yeah sure. I think that if you really care about this person then you should just be honest. Give a straight forward apology and tell her how you feel. Then if she feels the same ask her out." He smiled. "That's perfect! Thanks!" The monitor started beeping. There was a car jacking in progress. I started to get ready. "Winter. I think me and henry have got this. You just keep training." Ray said. Reluctantly I agreed and they disappeared up the tube.

Charlotte's pov
After they left winter turned to me. "Did you know what henry wanted to talk to me about?" She asked me. "He was asking you about girls right?" I said. "Yeah. I think it's sweet and all, but if he wanted to get back together with me he could just be straight forward." What?! "Um actually-" she cut me off. "I know I will have to let him down easy but I've been considering that maybe after I get this whole superhero thing down we could get back together." I tried again. "But-" "I just hope he doesn't get too upset like at the dance. He's just got to exceed that for now we're just friends!" "But you need to know-" once again she interrupted me! "Can it wait? I'm going to go buy a new outfit to wear when he asks me out tomorrow. Bye!" She was already up the tube. "But your misunderstanding!" I redid to call after her. "Who's missundershtaning vhat?" Schwaz said walking in. "Winter! I tried to tell her that Henry's not going to ask her out she's going ask Bianca out! But she kept interrupting so I couldn't!" Schwaz shook his head. "Poor girl. She vill be very upset vhen she finds out." I nodded. "Maybe I can tell her before she finds out the hard way tomorrow." Not likely.

Winters pov
The next morning I made sure to look nice. I went to school. I didn't see henry for most of the morning. But after lunch I was standing with Charlotte and Henry came up. "Here it comes." I said sighing. "About that-" Charlotte started to say but henry was already here. "Hey henry!" I said. "Hey guys. Can I talk to you for a sec winter?" He asked. I looked at Charlotte and quickly winked. Her eyes got big like she was trying to tell me something. "Sore you can." I said. He pulled me to an empty classroom. "I decided to take your advice." He said to me. "Oh did you now?" I said playing along. "Yeah. So I wanted to tell you that your advice worked great!" How? He hasn't even asked me yet! "It did? Uh I mean it did!" I said. "Yeah! So she had been mad at me for not hanging out with her for a while since I got busy but I've been hanging out with her more and I found that I really like her. So I took your advice and apologized and told her how I feel and it worked!" I was so confused now! "So now I have a date with Bianca!" BIANCA?!?! How could this happen?! How could I have been so wrong?! I felt that lump in my throat when I feel like crying so I swallowed it and smiled. "That's great! Bianca's great! I hope you two are happy together!" I guess he really is over me. I needed to get out. I needed to cry. But no one is allowed to see me cry. "Hey I gotta go. I'm going to be late for my next class." I said starting to leave. "Do you want me to come with you? We have the same class." Crap! I forgot! "Well I have to stop at my locker and I don't want you to be late. I'll see you later." I left and ran to the bathroom. I barley made it before a tear slipped down my cheek. Them another. Then another. It felt like a gallon of water slid down my cheeks. I heard the bell telling me I missed class. I heard the door open so I quickly wiped my eyes and pulled myself together. Charlotte walked in and saw me. "Hey. Are you okay?" She asked. "Yeah! Why wouldn't I be?" I pretended like nothing was wrong. "Well you missed class and I know what henry told you. I tried to warn you. Sorry." She looked at her shoes. "Why would you be sorry? I don't care! I broke up with Henry. If he wants to date someone else then good for him! He has the right to be happy. And I only missed class because lunch wasn't agreeing with me." I don't generally like to lie, but when I do I'm good at it. "Oh okay. Well we should get to class." I nodded and we left. I don't understand why I'm so upset. I did break up with Henry. And he does have the right to move on, but then why don't I want him too? In case you haven't noticed I'm not always the best at sharing my feelings. It feels like if people see me upset, if they see me cry, then they see my weaknesses. I could never live with that. (A/N This is actually true for me.) If I wasn't so bad at feelings I would have told henry the truth when he told me about Bianca. I would have told him that I wasn't over him and that I wouldn't like seeing him with another girl. I would have told him that I want to get back together but being a superhero keeps getting in the way. I would have told him that I'm starting to question whether being a superhero is actually worth giving up the things in my life that make me happy. But being honest about how you feel is easier said than done.