Why We Fell in Love

Chapter Thirty Nine

Noah's POV

Sun shines through my windows as I groan. Last night I walked Clementine home and we texted until three in the morning. Who knew we had so much to talk about? I click the home button of my phone hoping to check the time but there were 37 missed calls from Abby. 

I quickly got nervous because last time this happened, my girlfriend died. I was about to call her back but my body is physically stuck to my bed. My muscles are so soar for some reason. Probably because Clementine and I have been challenging each other to sports all week. And I'm dog-tired.

My door opens and Abby walks in wearing a cute dress. She looks all dolled up.

"I was going to call you but I can not get up," I say. She puts her bag down on my desk before sitting on a chair. This isn't good. If it was, she would've sat on the bed. Therefore, I force to push my body up and we stare at each other. "What's up?"

She shrugs," I wanted you to know I'm ready to be your girlfriend or even more than that. But then I find out-"

We're interrupted by my phone ringing. The Caller I.D. read Clementine with a bunch of hearts. God I'm going to kill her. I quickly answer the phone," Clem, I can't talk now."

"It's really important," she cries. "My dog got ran over by a truck! Noah, this dog was the only thing I had throughout the shitty life-"

"Okay, okay. I'll be right over," I say, hanging up. "I'm sorry Abs but this is important."

Abby's POV

He quickly puts some pants on and rushes out the door with a shirt in his hand.

"But then I find out you're in love with another girl," I say to myself. I sigh before standing up and looking around the room like I always do. I had him. I really did have him but now he's gone.

I take a picture he had of us on his nightstand and stare at it. There's not really an us anymore so he doesn't need to have this. I open his drawer and put the picture in there. But in his drawer, there was a black box. I got anxious just by looking at it.

I take the box in my hand but I didn't open it. I look inside the drawer and it was mainly filled with guy stuff like cash and deodorant. But there was also a letter with Clementine on it. Being me, I take it and shove it in my bag before someone catches me.

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Once I make it back to my house of privacy, I take the letter out. Should I just trust Noah? Because he's going to be real ad if he catches me reading this letter. Especially if it's not for me. But he said he wanted to spend his life with me so I shoulder have the write to read this. I shrug. You only live once.

Dear Clementine,

I really don't know why I'm writing this. I guess I'm just confused with my feelings for you right now. Ever since you came back into my life, it has been nothing but fun and excitement. That's what made me so attracted to you in the first place. But there's this girl and her name is Abby. And I have fully dedicated my life to her because... Well she deserves the best. Not like you don't. You deserve the world after everything. But my conflict is that, Abby is my world and I can't have both of you in my life. I don't know what I'm writing. It's midnight and we've just gotten back from our day at the batting cages. You're really the only one who knows I've digged baseball. Anyways, I don't know where I was getting with this letter and this is probably ending up getting shredded. What I'm saying is that I really care about you and I still want you to be apart of my life. You make it worth while.

Noah.

I sniffle before putting the letter back in the envelope. She was here one week. It took one week for me to lose him. Well here's my question: Who's the ring for?

Noah's POV

"Hey mom," I say, walking into the house.

"You reek of perfume... And it's not Abby's," she says, flipping through a magazine.

"Crap, I forgot about Abby," I say, checking my phone if she texted. Nothing.

"Hold the phone," mom says, getting up and start staring at me. "You forgot about Abby? What the heck were you doing that made you forget Abby?"

I sigh," I was with Clementine. Her dog died."

"Oh boo hoo, no wonder why Abby left here in a rush. She thinks she's slick but I knew she was on the verge of tears," she explains as I take a deep breath. Crap. "You know, I never really liked Clementine. There was something off about her."

"... But that's not why you didn't go through with the adoption right? It was because you and dad split up... Right?" I ask.

She shrugs," honey, she came up to me in the middle of the night and threatened me with a butter knife. She said if I didn't adopt her, she'd kill us all. I thought she was sleep walking or something but I told the system about it and they took care of her."

"Mom," I say, almost crying. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You were so young... And I knew you two were having fun together. Please don't get involved with her now. Focus on the girl you really want," she says.

"I was heartbroken when Clementine left!" I shout. "Do you know how upsetting it was to watch two guys come to the house in the middle of night and take your best friend away? And how we couldn't even talk to each other on the phone? It was pretty damn upsetting."

She was shocked. Completely shocked. 

"Mom, Clementine was the first girl that made me feel important-"

"Noah, I love you but you said that about Jessica and Abby. Even Brooke."

"Jess is dead!" I cry. "Brooke is dead to me. And Abby, well she's Abby. She has her own problems that I can't deal with anymore."

She sighs," don't say something you're going to regret later just because you're upset with me. You love Abby, Noah. You two were made to be with each other."

"Well lately I don't know if Abby loves me because she's screwed up right now," I say, wiping away the tears. "But Clementine loves me. She always has."

"Noah, listen to what you're saying."

"I am... That wedding ring I bought for Abby, I'm returning it... And I'm using that money to take Clementine somewhere nice. Because she loves me for years now. She deserves it... Abby doesn't."

"Noah-"

"No. I am done going back and forth with that girl. I can't take it anymore. I have a life too and I don't need to waste it spending time with someone that doesn't even want to be with me. I love Clementine now. It's over with Abby. And I'm serious."

The door busts open and thank god it was Clementine.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop..." she says.

I smile," I'm glad you did... Now come on. Let's get out of here."