A Righteous Love

Chapter Sixteen - You Did Everything Right

Chapter Sixteen - "You Did Everything Right"

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August 28th practically laughed in my face when the day finally arrived. Otherwise known as my two year anniversary with Chase.

Awesome, right?

I didn't even realize the date until it was about halfway over, when I looked at the lock screen of my phone that read Tuesday, August 28. And when I did, I felt my heart sink.

I didn't know what he was up to on the day, but I forgot about it and hung out with my friends. It was a way for me to get my mind off of it. They didn't mention it once and they acted like things were normal. Like I was always single, and like Chase never existed.

Things had been alright, but I still felt pretty shitty. Over a month later and I was still hung up over him. But I couldn't get myself to heal completely yet.

I knew it would take time. I just wished it wouldn't take so damn long.

Two days later, Ashley and I were hanging around her house all day, doing nothing exciting. The rest of our friends were doing their own things, so it left the two of us, which I didn't mind.

We had been watching random movie throwbacks on Netflix for a majority of the day, mostly in the genre of chick-flicks and comedies. Then we ordered sushi take-out for lunch, which is my favorite, so that really cheered me up. As the time passed us by, now it was getting close to 5 o'clock and we were hungry for dinner.

"Hunter!" Ashley screamed from her room. I rolled my eyes with a laugh at her outburst.

Footsteps pounded down the hall, then her bedroom door swung open seconds later and Hunter appeared.

"What?" He spat, clearly irritated.

"Is Mom making dinner?" Ashley asked.

"I don't know," Hunter shrugged. "She's not even home yet. Her and Dad went out and they said they won't be back 'till late. Looks like you're gonna have to find food yourself," he smirked teasingly.

"Well, can you make food?" She grinned with hope.

"Nope." And with that, he shut the door.

"He's an ass," Ashley grumbled, turning back to the TV. I just laughed at their sibling banter.

I caught her staring at me from the side with a smile on her face, and I chuckled at her. "What?"

"How are you feeling?" She asked sincerely, putting her hand on mine.

I shrugged. "Alright, I guess."

"Do you think that you're like, better now?" She said carefully, obviously talking about this whole Chase thing. What else could she really be talking about?

"Yeah," I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. "It's just that... I haven't seen him, you know? I haven't seen him since he dropped my stuff off, because when I went to return his things, he wasn't home. So I left them on the front porch. But since I haven't seen him, I've kind of gone numb. I haven't been feeling so hurt and all that, and I don't want to see him because I feel like if I do, everything will come back," I rambled.

"It's hard because he's obviously going to be at school. But if I see him, I feel like I'll crack and break. And I don't want to do that," I shook my head.

She didn't say anything, which came as a bit of a surprise. I finally looked up at her, feeling a bit nervous for some reason when I saw her looking at me sadly. I chewed on my bottom lip, waiting for her next few words.