My Fiance

Sixteen

I slow my pace exiting the room in hopes that James would follow me out. "Hey." Someone said behind me, my heart beginning to race. "Oh... Hey." I say disappointed to see Eli's beaming face in front of me. I wasn't ungrateful, but he was not the person I hoped to see.

Quickly, I glance around me, to find James walking with Sarah. My blood began to boil as her face looked straight at me with a smirk that I wanted to slap off. "Come on." Eli said feeling my discomfort. He wrapped his arm around me. "Come to my practice?" He asked sheepishly. I hesitate but accept. "You look beautiful..." He said as he led us through the once familiar hallway to the gym. I did not reply to get a message across; James was the person I wanted to be with, not Eli. After saying this in my head once again, I gently wiggle his arm off of my shoulder. He gave me a gentle smile and did not protest.

As I take my old spot in the gym where I used to watch Eli practice when we were dating, I see Sarah in the corner of my eye. "Damn..." I grunt unable to hide my anger. "You know you should smile more..." Jason said to me, taking a seat beside me. "Thaaaaaanks for the concern sweaty face." I say feeling my heart lighten. "So are you back with Eli?" Jason asks looking at me. "Come on Jas... You know the answer to that."

He snapped his fingers, his face turning sad but quickly turning to a smile. "The team misses our weird number one fan." He continued, giving my arm a painful punch. "Awwww! You're such an ass." I say letting out my first real laugh in a long time. "And for your information, I'M NOT WEEEEEEIRD! JUST SUPPORTIVE!" I call out as he began to jog back to the center of the court. "WHATEVER YOU SAY!" He said happily.

"Wow, you are something else..." Sarah says as the team began to finish their practice. "First Eli... Then MY James... and NOWWWWW Jason... You're such a snake. The sad part is, you aren't that memorable. Just willing to do things." She continued with a smirk. "You bitch." I say standing up from my seat. "What's so special about you? Your sinking family company?" I shoot back, my patience drained of every last drop. She looked at me in disbelief. "What did you say?" She hissed dropping her bag on the floor. "HEY!" Jason yells from across the court. I look his direction apologetically. Distracted, a loud smack lands on my face. "NADINE!" Many yelled but it had already begun.

"A slap?" I say smiling. Angry by her cheap shot, I grab her arm and with the other, I land a strong and solid punch. She falls to the ground but grabs onto me causing me to lose my balance. "I've had it with you!" I screech, all of my frustration boiling over. I get on top of her and begin to land blows to her face and body as she attempted to the same to me. A large body pulls me off of Sarah and placed me over his shoulder. "I'm going to get you, you fucking snake!" She yelled at me as I was being hoisted out of the gym. "Let me down." I say my voice completely defeated. My tears began to fall as my body shook from the adrenaline. "Are you okay?? Why did you do that?!" Someone asked me in a panic. "I'm fine." I say finally looking up at who had lifted me away. I couldn't face him.

My feelings were all over the place and he was the main cause of it. "You just got back from the hospital Nadine. Why would you get into a fight?!" James yelled at me. "Shut up." I say not wanting to hear what he had to say. It was HIS girlfriend who had attacked me, yet he has the audacity to yell at me?! I turn my head and begin to walk away from him. "Nadine wait! You're not okay. I'm sorry for yelling." He said jogging to match my pace. "Don't do this!" I say unable to control myself any longer. "You called off the engagement? For what? To get back together with that girl?!" I say fed up with everything.

"Don't act so innocent!" He yelled back at me. "I never got back together with him. That day YOU LEFT ME was the day I told him that I no longer loved him. But you were so quick to judge and left me." I finally confess everything that had happened.

He looked at me distraught and remorseful. Just as he was about to say something Eli comes. "No. Neither of you can come near me!" I warn them.

Just as I began to walk away alone, Jason comes to my side to walk me. Thankfully, he had come; my feet were about to collapse from exhaustion. With his arm wrapped around my waist, I began to ball. I knew that my crying was loud enough to be heard by many, but I was too broken to care.

"Thisis unacceptable!" My father grunted pacing around my room in anger. I lookedeven more beat up then before, which I can only imagine would upset my father. Especiallysince I was the one that insisted to return to school. "Who was that girl?! Whywould she attack you?!" My father asked infuriated. "Don't tell me. Is sheJames's...?" He says looking at me in shock and heartbroken. "Yeah." I sayknowing what he was going to say. "She's the girlfriend."