I love ridding through the park on a Monday afternoon especially in this warm weather. It's been three years since I left Nick and came back home and the only thing that could distract me from him was my school work. After coming home I enrolled at CU Boulder so that I can have some sort of purpose out here. I'm graduating next week and I'm nervous. I know that Nick will be giving a speech at my graduation and it's why I'm not going, but if my mom knew she would drag me to graduation by the hair, so I'm just planning to pretend sick the day of. Suddenly I hear a car horn and I see I'm about to be run over by a black car. I look up and see Nick in the back seat. I see Nick in the back seat I blink twice to make sure I'm not dreaming but then I'm sure this is real. I see him getting out of his car and coming towards me. I get back on my bike and. Pedal as hard as I can away from him. The car begins to gain on me so I ride into the park faster and faster home. I eventually lose him and make my way home. He knows where I am and I know I'm doomed to be his aging.
That night I go to my friend Zack's art opening for his latest artist a photographer. Zack owns his own successful art studio. When I first met Zack three years ago he was just a kid form the UK with a dream but in three years he actually made that dream come true. He's been the only friend I've trusted enough to tell him about my past and he's been nothing but understanding.
"Hey Zack. How are you?"
"Oh you know same old same old just waiting for you to say yes to that date with me." Oh and Zack has made it clear since day one that he wants to date me.
"But if I date you you'll be too distracted to run a business and you'll go broke. I'm very high maintenance you know."
"I know I know. You've dated a billionaire." He smirks at me, "but have you dated a starving artist?"
"A starving artist, please! Your house is four times the size of my apartment."
Someone calls him over.
"Excuse me I have to get back to work." He kisses me on the cheek and walks away.
I look around at the photographers work for hours until the crowd begins to die down. I start thinking about Nick again. I wonder what he thinks of seeing me. Will he look for me? Or is he seeing someone else. I wouldn't be surprised if he were seeing someone else he is thirty six already and I'm sure his family is growing more and more impatient by the hour. I laugh and think back to the night I met his family. How I miss them how I miss us.
"What are you laughing at. This is art and it is mean to be take seriously ma'am." Zack mocks me.
"No I was just thinking about something I the past."
"Oh your ex lover what was his name again? Nate, Dick or was it Jackass?"
I laugh even harder. "Nick."
"Ah, right Nick."
I really should try to move on maybe only then Nick will move on too if he sees me with someone else.
"Zack how about we go to Niro's tomorrow for dinner?"
He smiles down at me. "That sounds lovely, love."
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Running
RomanceScarlett has always been a runner. The fear of rejection, failure and commitment have made her a nomadic. But what happens when she meets a man who won't let her go? Won't let her run away? Will his money,charm and possessiveness be enough to keep h...
