Love in Paris

Chapter Thirteen

Abigail just sat there in silence.

"Abby?" Ethan asked.

No reply.

"Abby, you've been sitting there staring into space for like, ten minutes. You're kinda freaking me out." Ethan said, starting to back away from Abigail.

That comment snapped Abigail back to reality and her eyes widened.

"I'm freaking you out?!" She shouted. "Me? Freaking you out?"

"Uh, yeah." He replied, clearly even more scared than before.

"And oh god! He saw us!"

"Who? Ryan?" Ethan asked confused.

"Ugh. How am I going to explain this to him?"

"Why does that matter?"

"Oh god. This is going to be so awkward. What if he told Peyton? Then she'll tell everyone and they'll think we're some type of couple!"

"What's so bad about that?" Ethan asked, offended by get comment.

"Ethan...we don't like each other."

"We just kissed."

"No, you kissed me."

"You didn't stop me."

"You caught me off guard! I mean what were you doing?"

"I think it's pretty obvious."

"But why."

"I think that's pretty obvious too."

"It's really not."

"I like you Abby."

"But why?"

"Why?"

"Why are you doing this? It's going to ruin our !friendship!"

"I want to be more than friends." Ethan said, grabbing her hand.

"We can't." Abigail said, releasing her hand from his grasp.

"Why not?" He said, shifting his eyes away from hers so she wouldn't know he was hurt.

"Ethan, I love you, but you know I don't feel that way. I didn't think you did either."

"Well now you know I do."

"Ethan, I'm sorry."

"Yeah, I'll get over it. We're still friends right?"

Abigail gave him a sympathetic smile before saying,

"Of course."

She then got up and started for the door.

"I think I need to go talk to Ryan." She nervously said to Ethan.

"Why does it even matter if he saw us?"

"Well....because..."

"I'm waiting."

"I don't know."

"Things might just be awkward now or something."

"Why? It's not like you guys like each other or anything, right?"

"Yes! I mean no! I mean yes, we don't like each other."

"That's what I thought. I mean you've been giving him the cold shoulder."

"Yeah well I guess that has to stop now because I have to go explain to him what just happened."

"Good luck."

"Thanks."

Abigail was on her way to go talk to Ryan when Ethan called her.

"Abby?"

"Yeah?"

"Love ya."

"Love you too Ethan." She smiled and then left the room.