The Stars // Yoandri Cabrera

14 | Two Months

Chapter Fourteen

Yoandri's POV

"Are you almost done?"

I wipe the tears from my face and wash my face before looking at myself in the mirror, "Yeah." Looking at myself in the mirror, I gaze into my eyes. Why do I still look so broken?

I plaster my infamous smirk on my face and when I walk out of the bathroom, Lillian smiles at me. I kiss her sloppily and she responds. I wrap an arm around her and then I see the one girl I knew could make all the pain away.

And today it would be two months of not talking to her.

I bite my lip and keep walking, Joel passing my side. I try not to look but Angelia's laugh and his chuckle forces me to turn back around. Joel had his arms around her waist and was kissing her neck from behind. I was ever so tempted to push him away because that was supposed to be me holding her like that, kissing her like that.

I take a deep breath at the hurt still there after two months. For shits sake it was already March 1st, and I was still craving her touch. Lillian pulls on my arm and I turn to her, "Let me go." She huffs, "But baby-" I glare at her and releases my arm.

"HEY!"

Everyone looks at me and I turn to Angelia, smirking. "Angelia fucked Joel on the first date." Joel looks around to everyone but Angelia just looks at me, impassively.

She pushes everyone away and marches up to me, defiantly staring into my eyes. "You want to fucking spread rumors?" I feel my breath catch in my throat at her silky voice that I missed like crazy.

Angelia continues, "Then go right ahead. But just know that while you're still spreading rumors, I'll be graduating and putting myself back together piece by piece."

Angelia wipes the smirk off my face and I respond, "At least I didn't hurt you-" she cuts me off. "Don't you fucking dare. That day? That day you saw Joel at my house? He was trying to get me to talk to you. So that we could fucking get along."

My heart aches at her words and I hold onto her arm. Her stare pierces through me and she rips her shoulder away. I watch cautiously as she backs up, "Don't you have another rumor to spread?" I stand in the middle of the hallway, Lillian behind me, Joel glaring at me and hugging Angelia tightly.

Lillian pulls on my arm but I shake her off, "We are over." I walk to class and the only thing stopping me from chasing after Angelia is that she doesn't want to see me.

And that Joel is a better guy for her.

***

I move along in the hallways and all I can think about is how badly I fucked up. I didn't let her explain, I didn't let her talk.

I just assumed.

I arrive at the cafeteria and when I walk in, all talk ceases and everyone expectantly looks at me. Angelia sits in the corner, her head on the table, Joel trying to coax her out of shell.

I hear a hiccup and Joel is getting up and walking towards me. I sigh and lift the strap of my backpack higher on my shoulder. Joel stands in front of me and rushes out, "You fucking hurt her. She's been like this since you guys talked."