Two Faced

Chapter 5

                         "Tristan," Grace cooed while softly patting me on the back as I sat crumpled on the floor.

"I didn't expect to see him ever again, the moment just caught me off guard," I mumbled into my hands.

"I know, look, if anything he probably feels bad. I know he really hurt you Tristan, but that was high school, maybe he Is remorseful." Grace said pulling me up from my sitting position.

Grace pulled me into a hug and we stood like that, in the ladies' room, for a few more minutes until I took a deep breath and smiled at her, whispering a thank you.

"Now, that doesn't mean go give him a huge, sloppy kiss, but don't be so scared of him. I know he was a bully while you dated but he looks a little bit earnest now." Grace said before dragging me out of the bathroom.

When we arrived back at our booth Rick was gone, Jason was sitting in his place waiting patiently.

"Where did Rick go?" I asked meekly.

"He seemed pretty ticked off when you left, I saw him drive off." Jason replied coolly.

"Oh," I replied as Grace and I slid into the booth.

We sat in silence for a few moments, before Grace asked, "What did you need to talk with Tristan about?"

"Oh, yeah... Listen, I was actually really surprised when I saw you. I didn't think I'd ever see you again." He laughed nervously as he played with the straw in his drink.

"Well, I suppose you two think alike," Grace replied with a smirk on her lips. I elbowed her in the side and sent her a glare.

"I really, umm... I don't think there is any easier way to say this, I am sorry, Tristan." Jason said, his sea colored eyes filled with honesty, "I am really sorry for everything I did to you in high school..." He stopped fiddling with the straw, "To be honest, I hoped you forgotten everything by now, or at least hoped it wasn't a big deal to you anymore."

I clenched my fists and my eyes watered slightly, I could see Grace look at me with worry filled eyes. "Forget about it are you serious? Why? So that this 'apology' would be so much easier, so you wouldn't feel as bad! You ruined four years of my life, you made me feel like I was nothing, but you want me to just forget about it! You're just the same." I said, tears were now freely flowing down my face. I stood up to leave but Jason was quicker, he grabbed my hand to stop me.

"Please, I didn't mean it like that. I really am sorry for everything, I just..." He paused.

"You just what?" I said sobbing into my free hand, "Let me go." I yanked my hand out of his grasp and walked out of the ice cream parlor, Grace following silently behind me.

Reluctantly I allowed Grace to drive, she told me I wasn't level headed at the moment. Every few minutes Grace would comment, or offer to talk about it but I turned her down. She drove to her house, then gave me a small hug before leaving me alone.

I drove back to my house and collapsed on my bed. Even though he should be the one feeling bad, I couldn't help but feel bad as-well. He did apologize, he even seemed genuinely sorry about everything. He probably didn't mean the words he said. So instead of us making up, I made matters worse by getting mad in return.

I groaned, "Why is everything so frustrating?"

"What's so frustrating?" I heard a low voice ask.

Sitting up on my bed my eyes wandered to where the voice came from, standing in my doorway was Rick, "How did you get in here?"

"You left your front door unlocked, which might I add, is not very safe."

"Yeah, I see that." I replied frowning.

He walked towards me and sat beside me on the bed. I leaned against him and he wrapped his arms around me.

"What's wrong? Does it have something to do with Jacob?" He asked holding me tighter.

"Jason..." I corrected.

"Whatever, does it?"

"I guess,"

"Do you want to tell me who he is?"

"I mean you obviously want to know..." I muttered.

Sliding away from me he sat in front of me, "Then tell me."

"He was my boyfriend in high school, let's just say he started out really nice, he was so sweet. But out of nowhere, he just snapped, kind of drifted away. His friends and him really started to notice me as a target, they would ridicule me and spread rumors about me. So many people began hating me, even people I never spoke to..." I started crying, Rick sat there eyeing me, begging me to continue, "It got so bad that even Grace got bullied, finally when I confronted Jason about it he just looked at me like I was disgusting, like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. After that, we never spoke. I got bullied every day for the rest of the four years, and Jason, well he would give me a sympathetic look before turning his head," By the end of my story I was sobbing.

Rick cleared his throat, "That is really sad, why did he want to talk to you today?"

"He wanted to apologize," I answered in-between sobs.

"You shouldn't accept it."

"Why, it's my choice? He seemed really sorry."

"Well, I don't want you to get hurt, you are my girlfriend after all."

Rick embraced me in a hug, after I calmed down a bit he pulled back. Eyeing my lip's, he started leaning in for a kiss, just before his lip's touched mine his phone went off.

He muttered a few curses under his breath before checking his phone, "It's Trevor,"

"Anyways I got to get going," He said kissing my forehead. Rick headed for the door of my room before stopping to turn around, "And Tristan..."

"Yeah?"

"Try and stay away from Jason, I wouldn't want you getting hurt," he warned, his eyes were dark at this point. He left my room and headed for his car, I watched from my window as he drove away, thinking about what he said.

*Authors Note*

Sorry it's a little shorter than the rest, I will be updating soon again though!

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