No Matter What || #Wattys2016

Chapter 7

I was at school. Robin was stuffing books into his locker. He looked tired as if he had had few hours of sleep. I wondered if it was because of the same reason than I. I approached him and when he saw me, his sleepy face turned into a smile.

"Hi," he said. He grabbed something from his locker and handed it to me. It was a beautiful flower, one of the tree flowers from the park where we had kissed the day before.

"Hi..." I said looking down, not grabbing the flower. I couldn't stand watching his smile vanish and a worried frown appear on his face.

"What's wrong?" he muttered. There were people walking and talking around. I made sure no one was listening or looking at us.

"It's...you know...uh...about..." I choked. I couldn't say it.

"Mary," he whispered. And he leaned close to kiss me. He gently pulled my waist closer to his, but I pulled away. I wanted to tell him that I loved him. That I wanted us to be together. That our kiss had been the best thing that had ever happened to me. But I couldn't.

A tear slipped from my eye and fell across my face. It felt like the longest second in my entire life. The world froze as I enjoyed and suffered at the same time, my last moment with him.

"I'm so sorry." I whispered. His face was full of disappointment and looked as if he couldn't understand or believe what he was hearing. His mouth fell open. Suddenly this was too much. So I just quickly marched away from him, tears falling from my face. I heard him slam his locker really hard and throw the milky-pink flower to the floor angrily. I felt so bad. But it was the right thing to do.

I stepped into the classroom where Aby was waiting for me. She waved at me and it took me a couple of seconds for me to wave back. My head was spinning. I felt like I was about to faint. But Aby's happiness was too important for me and watching her smile made me feel like maybe I had made the right choice.