East Of Eden

Chapter 11

Junior Year

"What are you saying?" Nathan says tears brimming his eyes. "I'm saying that you want to go to a college in California and I want to go to New York." tears already rolling down my cheeks. "So you want to break up?" His tears have broke free from his eyes. "No. That's not what I'm saying.. I'm saying that we should be prepared for this." I take in a large breath to try to stop the tears. He grabs my head and bends down to plant a soft kiss on my lips. "I love you....so much. My heart breaks when I see you cry." He wipes a tear from my face. A very small smile turns on my lips at the sweet gesture. "But if you think that we won't last during college, then why don't we just end it right now?Junior year is over in a couple weeks and then we only have one year. And we'll only be digging ourselves deeper into this relationship." He finishes. My heart is tearing with every word that falls from his mouth. "No." I say. "That's not what I want." I try to convince him. "But its going to happen anyways as you put it! You're going to leave me in the end, right?!" He raises his voice. He's hurt and I know it. "Let me just make it easy for you." He turns away from him. When he turns back around his eyes are puffy and red from crying. "Wh-what?" No. This isn't how it was supposed to go. I shouldn't even have brought it up in the first place. I regret this entirely. Before I can get another word out he walks away and turns the corner of the school, leaving me completely confused, shocked, and heartbroken.

TWO MONTHS LATER

Summer is over. We're all back coming to finish off our Senior year. Coming back this year means to go to every football game, pep-rally, go to homecoming, and prom. I haven't heard or even seen Nathan all summer and everyday that I woke up during the summer, I cried. I balled my eyes out. I was so tempted to call him or show up at his house or even a simple text, but he's the one who ended things. He was the one who walked out on me. Getting ready for school has been a drag. The only reason I'm making my self look decent is because I'm going to see Nathan for the first time in months. I wear my makeup to perfection and my hair is straightened like a pin. I wear a summer dress and a jean jacket with my brown combat boots. I look at myself in my mirror in my room and apply more dark pink lipstick. I pull my bag over my shoulder and go down to my new truck that my parents bought me over the summer.

After a couple of classes about the rules and guidelines of the class and school, the bell rings to go to third period. I walk through the halls to get to my next class. My heart stops beating and I gasp when I spot Nathan in the same Art class as me. He doesn't seem to notice me as I walk in. When I pull out a chair from one of the tables and make a screeching noise he looks up quickly and his mouth opens and his cheeks blush. We make long eye contact and the sexual and awkward tension is killing me from the inside out. He looks so sexy. He's wearing a white v-neck that is very snug around his amazing body and arms and light washed out jeans with vans. I can hear my heart beat out from chest from what his physical appearance does to me. I just want to walk over there and grab a fistful of his hair and stick my tongue down his throat while he rubs his hands all down my back and waist...What the hell. Stop, Holly. My insides churn at the thought of it. If he knew what I was thinking... If I knew what he was thinking. What is he thinking? Is he happy to see me? Is it making him go crazy to not come over here and talk to me as it is to me? "Oh my God, Holly!" I voice breaks me from my life thoughts. I point my head up and it's Jozlyn. "Hey, Jozlyn." I return the greet. "Can I sit?" She asks. "Yeah, of course." I smile at her. She sits across from me and turns her head to look at Nathan. What a dumb bitch. "So I heard you guys broke up?" She frowns. She's so fake. "Who? Me and Nathan?" I pretend to be dumbfounded. "Yeah." She says. "Oh yeah, old news." I laugh as if I don't care about the boy that I'm in love with and care more about than anyone in this world. "Bummer." is all she says, but I can hear her little evil snarls in her head. I take a let out a deep breath, careful that I don't punch her. I know she likes Nathan. She always had a little crush on him, but the thing is he's mine. I shake my head. He's not mine anymore.

The day goes by quickly and before you know I'm driving home. I really needed to hug him, to be in his arms, or the feeling of his soft lips on mine. I feel my self beginning to cry, but I bite my cheek to hold it back.

Two Weeks Later

Amy's POV

I enter my biology class and sit at the lab table with Nathan. "Did you do the homework?" He asks as I sit down and place my purse on the table. "Ha-Ha no." I say dryly. He chuckles and pulls out his notebook to do the written assignment on the board. "Eukaryotic cells are the base level of what..." He reads out loud one of the questions. He lets out a deep breath and crumbles the paper and throws it away. "Nathan!" I scold him. "I'm tired of working to solve Absolute Values and How To Kill A Mockingbird, when I'm still so damn in love with Holly and I fucking need her right now." He gets frustrated. "The book doesn't actually teach you how to kill a mockingbird, you know that right?" I try to lighten the mood. He scoffs. "I'm going crazy without her." He adds. "Well  why don't you just get back with her?" I say. "Because she was the one who ended things." "That's not what she told us." I tell him. "I was the one who officially ended it, but she was the one who wanted to do it the first place." He doesn't make eye contact with me. "I don't know, Nathan." I really don't want to admit that she wants him back. But I want them to fight for each other. I want them to be worth it for each other in the end. "And on top of that it doesn't help, that she comes looking fucking beautiful and perfect everyday!" He finishes. "If you want her to really want you, then make her jealous." I offer. "What do you mean?" He asks. "Flirt with someone or talk to someone else and she'll get jealous and come running back to you." I smug. "Hmmm..." He sounds.

Authors Note
I know I've been slacking it with the past few chapters, but next chapter is going to be long, but since it's so long I'm not going to post it until Friday! Love you guys! 💘