trust issues | c.d.

chapter three

7 years later

damn. im so happy i moved here. i became friends with everyone. i also met my best friend, kendall! she's so sweet, smart, and so pretty! people say we look like sisters.

i graduated high school and i am now 19 years old. i work at hollister with kendall and we are the only girls that work here and we plan on hiring more people.

currently, i was working the cashier and kendall was working around the store asking customers if they needed help, you know that kind of stuff.

today was a pretty slow day, not many customers have been showing up. usually i go on my phone when absolutely no one is in the store and now, that's exactly what i was doing.

kendall brought over something for me to do while we waited for a customer. she asked me to put new detectors on the clothing because they were falling off. they weren't working either considering someone tried to steal something last week and the alarm didn't go off.

i heard something smack down onto the counter, making my head snap around at what it was. it was a few t shirts and a boys cologne. i didn't even bother looking at the customer because clearly his head was too stuck into his phone to notice that someone was even ringing up the items.

"hi thank you for coming to hollister." i smiled trying to get his attention.

"hi." the guy said not even looking up from his phone.

"your total will be $76.39 for today." i told him.

he looked up and we just looked at each other for a couple of seconds until he broke the silence.

"rylie?" he asked wide eyed.

i looked at him and noticed his features were quite familiar. he was attractive must i say but i don't know where he would know me fr- "cameron?" I asked.

"what are you doing here?" he asked.

"um i live here." i replied putting his newly purchased clothing into a hollister bag. i dropped it on the counter.

"since when?" he asked.

"since 7 years ago, you know, those 7 years i actually thought you would've texted me wondering where i was." i said, rolling my eyes.

"you never told me you were moving rylie!" he rose his voice a bit. it was then i noticed his voice was really deep.

"maybe because i wanted to see if you could pay attention to your surroundings and your ex-best friend instead of putting all your time into your buddies in the sixth grade. but no cameron. i never got one text. do you know how much that hurt? you completely pushed me away!" i yelled.

i heard someone clear their throat and i looked over and kendall mouthing me to go outside the mall and talk to him.

cameron and i walked outside, in utter silence, and he responded to what i said a few minutes ago.

"im sorry rylie! i didn't want to only have one friend, let alone her be a girl." he sneered.

"what the actual fuck cameron! you never acted like that before. you do realize when you completely ditched me that i didn't have anyone i could have fun with, be myself around with, right? but you know what, i bet it was different for you! because you had your little guy friends to play video games with or football or whatever. but im a girl. and you couldn't do that stuff with a girl." i yelled.

"rylie. i said i was sorry. there's nothing we can do about it now." he said quietly.

"we? no cameron. i dont want you in my life! especially right now. i have a new best friend now that won't ever leave me because i can't be good enough. so, if you'll excuse me." i pushed past him, noticing his face filled with hurt, before he could say anything. i left him standing there. alone. kinda like how he left me. alone.