I arrive to the spot Nathaniel told me to meet him at and see him there sitting alone with a pen in between his mouth staring at his notebook on the table. I stand beside him until he notices me.
"Nice out fit." He smirks while eyeing my body up and down. I never given much thought on my appearance. Im wearing my brothers grey nike sweats with a white crop top and my regular beat up converse. My hair is up in a high ponytail with a white bow tie. Gosh I look like a lazy girly girl.
"I see your belly button piercing!" He smirks then touches it. "I never asked, did it hurt at all?"
I look down at it. It is a small diamond piercing my belly button. I shake my head no then sit across of him.
"How are you and tessa, Nathaniel." I take my phone out to just hold in my hand. He looks up to me with an expression of fear. I frown at him. I lean back then lean forward again. I know what he is going to say. He's afraid to tell me.
"You and her are back together huh?" I say while making eye contact. Though he doesn't meet my gaze.
"Don't look so afraid. I could have guessed it to be honest, Nathaniel." I said in a natural voice. He looks up in my eyes and does a sad smile.
"I -" he starts but doesn't finish. I give him a reassuring smile that it's okay to talk to me about it. "I do love her." He says quietly. I wince at his words for some reason.
"You love.. her?" I question him in a low voice. He looks up at me and nods. I can't say that I never saw this coming. I nod forcing a smile and say well that's good. He smiles down at his paper. It takes every ounce of me not to ask if she cheated on him.
"So what did she say when I left? If you don't mind me asking. Did she complain about me?" I say in a chuckle. Trying to lighten up the mood. Nat's smile faded and he looked down. My smile faded along with his.
"Oh gosh, she did." I say after I feel his vibe he's creating.
"She uh" He stopped, biting his lip. "She thought I had moved on. She doesn't seem to fond of you." He tries to make a joke out of it. I smirk. Of course she doesn't. I told her not to mess with Nat, She could get over it though.
"Eh to be completely honest, I don't care if she likes me or not. She's a -" I stop before I get carried away plus Nat was looking at me with a 'don't say what's on your mind' look.
"I care Catherine! She's my girlfriend and you're my best friend." He throws his head on the table with the comfort of his arms. "Can you try to be more sensitive, Catherine?!" He says with annoyance. Of course being the bitch I am I say:
"Sorry for not liking the whore you're with. She isn't good with you!" I roll my eyes. Nathaniel lifts his head off the table, staring me down.
"What the hell did you just say?" He says so calmly It throws me off not knowing if he is mad or pissed off.
"You heard me." I say in a low voice intimidated by the consequences. Nathaniel looks at me with disbelief. His eyes never lose my gaze and I feel a chill going down my back. He is going to yell at me. He won't though, would he? Would he chose his girlfriend over his best friend?
"People make mistakes, Catherine! I am sorry I am not as cold hearted as you and will just drop them just like that I happen to love her. If you can't be okay with that then you should leave. Try having my back for once or maybe you should just keep your big mouth shut!" He finishes his rant then takes his notebook and leaves. I am left alone with what just happened. I start to regret what I said the moment it came out of my mouth.
I wake up the next morning alone in my bed with an ache on my back and the noise of the blender in the kitchen. I take a look at the clock beside my bed. It is 8:25am. My roommate, Andy must be up. I groan, sitting up on my bed and stretch my arms. I take a look at my phone and go on instagram. Scrolling through my feed, I see Ruben ,one of my old crushes post a picture yesterday of him and a girl at an ice rink. I rub my eyes to take a better look at the picture. He is holding hands with her. The girl has long blonde hair, her eyes are an ocean blue colour, her face is filled with the look of innocence. I know her. She looks so familiar. He is looking into her eyes as if he loved her. The caption says: Happy 3 months, baby. I love you. With her tagged. I almost throw my phone when I see who it is. Tessa. This little girl has been cheating on Nathaniel for three months! I want to call Nathaniel but can't. I know he will ignore my call.
After all my morning rituals, I say hello to Andy who was sitting on the couch on her laptop. I am dressed in skinny blue jeans and a california graphic t- shirt, vans on. I grab my black vans purse and say goodbye to Andy who threw up a peace sign. I make my way down my apartment stairs into my car where I put on my sunglasses and warm up my car. It is 9:15 now and it is late enough to call Ruben. On the third ring he answers.
"Hello?" He speaks. His deep morning voice sounds through the speaker.
"Hey Ruben! How are you? It's Catherine." I say just incase he didn't have my number saved.
"Oh hey Cat! I'm fantastic and yourself?"
"I'm alright." I bite my lip not sure on what to say next. I just want to get some information on tessa and maybe tell him? Gosh, I'm way in over my head with this. I speak without thinking. "Do you think we could meet up for some coffee? We haven't talked in a hella long time."
I hear movement and a sigh. "Uh, I would love too but I am going to be with my girlfriend all day today." Bingo.
"Awh man that blows. You're dating tessa right? I happened to see on your Instagram. You two have been dating for three months now? Pretty cool. Uh, where you guys going to go?" I say trying not to be a stalker or anything close to that.
"Yeah. She's amazing. I love her, man." hmm wonder where I heard that before. "We're planning to just chill at my apartment. A little stay in date, you know?" He clears his throat. A stay at home date. Hmm she's so shady.
"Awesome Well I hope you two well okay? Hit me up sometime, we could go paintballing like old times." I say with full sarcasm except the last part. I doubt he will contact me but oh well.
"Yeah for sure bro!" He says then I hang up on him.
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Krótkie Opowiadania"I looked at you as a friend until I realized I was in love with you." Nathaniel-20 years old, Black hair, hazel eyes. Catherine-20 years old, Brown hair, brown eyes. Is there somewhere - Halsey is what this story is based on. Hope you enjoy. Catch...
