Cheryl's POV
“Hello?”
“It’s me.” I said, collecting meself.
There was silence on the other end of the line.
“What do you want?” Kimberley simply said. What do I want? I want YOU. I thought that was obvious.
At her uncaring tone, me sadness got replaced with anger.
“What do you mean what do I want?! Why have you been avoiding us Kimberley?!”
“Look, I don’t have time for this right now.” She said with frustration. Do you even know how much my heart is aching right now?
“Well make time!” I shouted, me heart breaking at her indifference.
Sarah gestured for us to keep me voice down and I noticed few passers by staring at us.
"Tell us what’s wrong.” I said a bit more calmly. “You have no idea how worried I was yesterday. I waited for you all day.”
“I’m sure your dear Sarah kept you pretty busy.” She said coldly.
“What? What are you talking about?” I asked completely confused.
“Oh please, Cheryl. You know exactly what I’m talking about!” this time she raised her voice.
“Kimba, what…?”
"Don't Kimba me" She paused and then suddenly asked us “from whose phone are you talking?”
“Sarah’s, but…”
“It figures. I’m sure you two are having a good laugh at my expense.”
“Kimberley, please! You’re not making any sense. Why are you throwing away everything that has happened between us?” I said, almost begging, fresh set of tears streaming down me face.
“I’m not, Cheryl. You are.”
“Me?!"
“Goodbye.”
“Kimberley, Wait!” but it was too late, she had hung up on us.
I just stood there bewildered, staring at the phone. I felt me eyes welling up again. I looked up at Sarah, who was looking at us with questioning eyes.
“She wasn't making any sense.”
“What do you mean? What did she say?”
“She said that this is all me fault and that you and I are laughing at her?”
“What?! That doesn’t make any sense!”
I just fell silent. A million thoughts ran through me head.
Why are you acting this way? Do you regret what happened between us and trying to put the blame on us? Are you scared?
I am scared too. I had thought real long and hard if this is what I truly wanted? The answer came very clearly to us. I had never been happier and felt like I could be meself than when I am with you. You are me happy place, Kimberley.
I felt that with you by me side I would have the courage to face whatever may come our way in the future. I had thought that you felt the same, but apparently you didn’t. I never knew that love could feel so wonderful one minute and then unbelievably painful the next.
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I went through the rest of me classes with great effort. All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and cry me eyes out. And that’s exactly what I did as soon as school ended and Sarah drove us home.
I slid under the covers, took Kimberley's photo that I cut out from the yearbook and carefully preserved under me pillow, hugged it to me chest and allowed the tears to flow down me face.
Sarah sat by me side and gently rubbed me back.
