My Fiance

Eleven

"So you play the guitar?" I repeat stealing a fork full of pasta from his plate. "Yeah and I sing a little but nothing to brag about." He smiles. "MHHHHM" He mumbles as he places a piece of pasta in his mouth, gesturing me to bite it.

I arch my eyebrow and smile, "Are you serious?" I look at him doubtingly. I lean in but he slyly eats it and our lips touch. He leans in against me and we kiss over our table. When we pull apart, many people steal glances at us. James and I exchange looks out of embarrassment. "Why would you do that??" I say sitting back in my seat.

With a smile, he continues to eat. I could feel him put his leg in between mine. I look at him confused. "I'm weird. Don't mind me." He teases and nudges my leg between his. I didn't protest.

**

Our paradise weekend ended quickly, and before I knew it, James and I are on our way to school. "Don't worry. Just stay behind me." He said confidently as I step out of his car. I take a deep breath and believe in him.

Stepping out of the car, I stay behind him. "When I meant stay behind me, I meant a little next to me..." He whispers taking my hand into his. "Oh god..." I whisper feeling my life flash before me, and at the end of the hall, hell. "Eli." James grunts.

"James let's take ad different way... We don't have to go that way." I say, wanting to avoid confrontation. "It's fine. Trust me." He says giving my hand a gentle squeeze. "Wow..." Eli says giving us a small clap. Though it was not loud, it was enough to gain some attention.

"Eli please." I beg. "Please? PLEASE?" Eli repeats loudly. "How about no. You two timing piece of trash." Eli says spitefully. His words cut into me like daggers. "Watch your mouth." James warns in a hiss. "Let's go." I tell James pulling him away from the situation.

"I can't believe you dated that guy." James said frustrated. "Me neither." I add finally seeing Eli for his true colors and not the person he pretended to be. "He isn't who I'm worried about the most James..." I say I a whisper. "I know... Sarah right?" He asks gently. "Yeah."

I could feel the school's curiosity. The conflict with James and I's old relationships have become the top news of the school. Eli and I broke up, Sarah was dumped, and now James is my boyfriend... Everything is about to explode, and we can all feel it.

As James makes his way out of my classroom after dropping me off, Sarah greets him with a face ready for war. James flashes me a look and signals me to stay inside the room. My class starts but I couldn't keep my heart from beating erratically. "I feel sick." I say out loud mid lecture. Before my teacher could protest, I had already bolted out of the room with all my things.

The halls were mostly empty, but James and Sarah were nowhere in sight. "Shit..." I say in a panic. I hear a shriek, and I knew instantly. Looking outside the window, I see them in a heated confrontation. Ignoring what James had said, I run out of the building and toward them.

Hiding behind a tree, I hesitate to make contact with them. "You said you loved me!" Sarah yelled, her voice sounding spiteful. "Sarah... I don't know what to say. I did... I thought I did. You know you were my first girlfriend." James said apologetically. "So you're telling me I'm your first girlfriend... Nothing else?!" She continued in hysteria.

"Sarah. Relax! Please." James said his voice sounding less and less patient. "Who is it? Who's you snaky new girlfriend?!" She demanded. "Come on. I know what you're going to do... I'm asking you to move on." He said as kindly as he could.

Her face contorted and she jerked forward kissing Jamesin the mouth. Before James could do anything, I yank her arm and pull her away fromhim. James's expression looked shocked and apologetic but Sarah's face looked readyto kill. "What the hell?!" She said looking at me in anger.