Breaking Boundaries {Hiatus}

Chapter 10

Aw, the joy of a new semester and the inevitable Single Awareness Day (S.A.D.) also known as Valentine's Day. Though I'm not single and have an amazing boyfriend I am once again spending my Valentine's Day alone. This just makes me realize so much more how hard it is having a long distance relationship. Don't get me wrong, I really like Cody and care a lot for him but sometimes I wish I had found or rather bumped into a nice Canadian guy so we'd much closer to each other in a geological sense.

"Hey Nick, what are you doing today?" I ask him. We were playing Mario Karts on Wii after school. He continues staring at the screen and you know kicking my butt not by a lot. I'm just in 12th place and he's in 1st. In my defense, he's plays the game way more than I do.

"Nothing. Are you having a Skype date with Cody?" Over the past few weeks Nick has gotten accustomed to me talking and as he calls it "obsessing" over Cody. That and he said that he was going to try and not be judgemental about "Cody". I took it. It's the best I'm going to get anyway. The race ends and I proudly take my 12th place finish as a sign that there is always room for improvement.

"Nope. Tomorrow. He thinks it's a "commercial waste of money" to celebrate it. This is why we're doing something tomorrow." I say as we start the next round of races. My eyes never leaving the screen.

"But you love the whole concept of Valentine's Day though you think affection should be shown everyday but especially on Valentine's Day." He says this while bumping into my cart and throwing me off the track.

"I know that, Nick. That's for the update." I say while throwing a shell at his bike.

"Doesn't he know that?" He says pausing the game and looking at me curiously.

"Duh, how in the world do you think we even got on the subject of Valentine's Day in the first place? I brought it up." I say resuming the game and coming in seventh in the race. Thank you Lord for having him fall off the track.

"So he's not going to do anything even though you're his girlfriend and he knows how much Valentine's Day means to you?" He says, while he paused the game again. I'm seriously getting agitated. Like why is this such a big deal to him?

"Yes, Nick. Now can we please get back to me kicking your butt at Mario Karts?" I say while once again resuming the game. I gladly rub the salt in the womb since me beating him at Mario Karts will probably never happen again.

"No, we're going to do something alone together." He paused the game again and I chuck the Wii remote at him. He sadly attempts to block it, though with my awesome aim and the element of surprise, I was able to hit him.

"Meaning?" I ask curiously. Whilst turning to face him.

"That means that you and I are going to be loners on Valentine's Day together." He says like I should have known what he meant in the first place. He takes his sweet time picking up the Wii remote and putting it back in the basket near the TV.

"Aren't we doing that already?" Clearly, I didn't understand what he meant. Not that he was really offering a clear explanation either.

"Yes, but I'm mean lets go out. We can go to the movies or something. We can do anything to not remind us of being alone today." I personally thought that Mario Karts was doing a good job of that already but whatever. I stand up and walk out the sleep from my leg.

"Sure. What movie did you have in mind?" I ask him while squatting and allowing the tingling feeling to run up and down my leg.

"I don't know. The Vow just came out do you want to watch a chick flick?" I stare at Nick surprised. Never. I mean never has he ever voluntarily asked to watch a chick flick, though secretly I always knew he was a huge romantic.