Complications

Chapter 12

Ethan's POV:

After eating, I immediately picked up my phone and dialed Heathers number. If she likes me back, I could actually call her my girlfriend! And we could do couple stuff if we hang out today.

3 rings went by without an answer. On the 4th one, a groggy voice answered. "Hello?"

"It's me!" I sang like Adele.

"Hey Ethan," Heather responded. She didn't sound very happy.

"Are you alright sweet cheeks?" I chimed.

"Uhm, yeah I'm fine... it's just my dad isn't doing too well. I'm a little worried."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that!"

"It's fine, I'm sure he'll be okay... maybe."

"Well, are you doing anything today?"

"Uh, actually I'm not really feeling up to game. Today has already been a little too crazy for me. I'm sorry."

Crap. "Oh no, it's fine! I was just curious, I'm actually busy later!" I lied. I didn't want to seem desperate.

"Busy? Doing what?"

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.

"Oh, I'm helping my mom to clean the house and go in town and such!" Nicely done Ethan.

"Oh, that's cool."

"Yeah," I said. There was a brief moment of silence. "Well, *chuckle* I better go and start helping her. See you whenever!"

"See you," she replied.

I hung up the phone and flopped onto my bed. That could have gone loads better.

Oh well, I'll get em next time.

For now, I have a date with my bed and my TV.

Heather's POV:

I really don't want to hurt Ethan's feelings.

That's actually the last thing I want to do.

But I want to take care of myself and also do what I think is good for me.

I think I need just a little bit more time before getting into another relationship. I know I haven't been in one for almost a year, but I need just a smidge more time.

I really like Ethan as a friend, and I guess I wouldn't mind dating him, but I can't think of him as my boyfriend. I can only imagine having Weston be in that position.

For now, I'm more concerned about my dad. He never gets in too much trouble. I've never even seen him go to a doctor's office before. Why is he getting a cat scan? What's wrong with him?

I haven't seen him in over 6 months. I am just craving his presence at this point. Although, I don't want to see him if he's in pain. It will break my heart. Just hearing him being in pain far away from me is still breaking my heart.

I feel even more bad for mom. She cries 24/7 just because she misses him. Hearing that he has a problem at the doctors office must really be a kick to the chest. I don't know how much more this woman can take. All I can do is reassure her that things are okay, even if I don't think they even are.

Ethan called me, and I told him I wasn't feeling up to game; which was true. I'm a mess right now, inside and out. I don't think I've even eaten anything since Ethan took me to dinner. Oh yeah, I had 2 lunchables. I'm sorry, I'm out of it today.

He says he had to help around the house, and I'm guessing he wanted me to help too but I turned him down. I am just trying to do things for my own good.

I realized I had just been staring at the wall thinking about things for about 30 minutes. I still had Dance Moms paused on the TV. I crawled back into my comfy position and turned the show back on. Hopefully it will get my mind off of things.