I ran away, tears building up in my eyes making it harder to see. I collapsed onto my knees under a tree by the black lake and burst into tears.
How could Draco say that?! I thought he loves me. He said that he'll never hurt me. That he'll love me no matter what. But now... HE called me a blood trader!! How could he call me that?! I know he's a pureblood, he comes from a family that cares about blood statuses. But i thought Draco was different, i though that he didn't care about those kinds of things when it came to us. But not anymore. He never cared. He never loved me.
I felt someone rub my back. "Ember? Ember, what's wrong?"
I looked up and saw Nate. "D-Draco." I choked out.
His face hardens. "What did he do?" he growled.
"He-" I couldn't finish because i burst into tears. Nate pulled me into a hug, i bury my face in his chest and sobbed uncontrollably.
"Shhh.... its okay Ember... shhh... it'll be okay." he rubbed my back comfortingly.
"No it won't!" i yelled into his chest.
"Ember," he said. "Ember look at me." I slowly looked up at him through tears. He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and wiped my tears away. "Don't cry Ember. I hate seeing you like this. Please Ems, I hate seeing you hurt like this."
I sniffed. "B-but i am hurt. I'm hurting a lot."
"If a guy made you cry, then they aren't worth it. Not when your crying like this." Nate said.
"But i l-love him so much," I cried out.
"I know it hurts now Ember. But look at it this way. Your single. You see other guys that fit your fancy. And you'll just look back and ask yourself 'was a drunk the WHOLE time i dated him?" Nate smiled.
I cracked a smile. "Not nice Nate."
He chuckled. "Come on Ember. smile."
I shoook my head and buried my face back in his chest. "I only smile when i'm happy."
"Emmmbbberrr come on smile! If you cry again, i'm gonna cry. and you don't want to see a crying Nate. Remember last time? Let's see... i was balling my eyes out because you spent hours crying yours. You couldn't stop me. finally you started a tantrum that wasn't pretty by the way. then we started wrestel. After we ended up crying together because we got hurt." I giggled at the memory. "Did you just giggle?!" He pulled me away and looked at me. "Come on Ember, you know you want to smile!!!" he wiggled his eyebrows and made a funny face. "Come on ember, smile, smile, smiillleeee," he said in a baby voice. I culdn't hold it. I smiled at him and laughed. "VICTORY!!"
I rolled my eyes. "Shut up Nate" i rest my head on his shoulder.
"Aww!!! Ember stop pouting!!" He wined.
"No."
He cupped my face with his hands, "Ember please. I don't like it when you're like this."
I sighed and snuggled my face in his hands(Does that sound weird? it kinda does...) "Sorry."
"Don't be. Just go back to being the ember i know and love."
I smiled at him "I love you nate. You're an amazing friend." (FRIEND ZONED)
His face fell a bit. "Yeahh.... friend..."
I raised an eyebrow. "Is that wrong?"
He shook his head. "No its not! It's just... I- i....."
"You what?" I grabbed his hands.
"I shouldn't say it."
"Come on Nate. You can tell me anything."
He sighed. "I like you Ember. like-like you. Since we were little. I was just too afraid to tell you."
I felt ton of bricks fall on my face. "w-what?"
"I knew i shouldn't have told you!" Nate said in frustration.
"No. It's just... when were little. i had a crush on you." It wasn't a lie. when we were at the orphanage, i had a huge crush on him.
He smiled and pressed his lips to mine. I don't know why, but i kissed back. I'll admit, he was a good kisser. but there's something missing. i don't know what it is... but there's something that i didn't feel. I pull away and stared at him. "Be mine?" he asked hopefully.
"I...." i don't know!! i don't want to loose my best friend! "I just got out of a relationship Nate."
"Please Ember," he begged. "I'll treat you right, i promise. I'll make you feel like a princess."
I sighed and said....
