Nathan

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"But either way, I meant it when I told you that I loved you"
- Roman

Two days later, I had to return to school, and as you could've guessed, I was dreading it. Not because I had to encounter Roman, I just didn't want to be around so many people. I was getting used to being by myself.

"Hey, sis," A voice greeted, and I turned around to see Xavier. He was with Sammie, and when I met her eyes, I couldn't help but look at her differently. I could tell she was pleading me to just act normal, and I was trying to. "how've you been holding up?"

"Um ... good, yeah, I haven't really been sweating the situation that much." I felt kind of bad for saying that understatement. "I've mostly been pissed at Roman, not necessarily Mandy, since she wasn't the one who cheated on me."

"The rest of the pool day was totally awkward, if you wanted to know. I left like an hour after you and Nate did." Sam informed, and rubbed my shoulder soothingly. "Incoming."

I looked to see who it was coming over here, and it was Farrah. I wondered if she was only coming over here to rub the break up in my face. If it were up to me, I would've preferred it not to have happened right in front of her. "Guys, I know that I basically abandoned y'all, and Peri, I said some bad things, but I was just hoping we could put all of that behind us." She proposed.

"Why, because of what happened Saturday? Farrah, I don't need your apologies or whatever, I'm fine." I state.

"I know what he meant to you, I was always the one you turned to during situations like this. Please, I know my attendance and attitude have been really spotty and shitty over the past couple of months, but I want to be there for you." Farrah pleaded.

I looked over at Sammie to observe her expression. She shrugged, basically telling me that it didn't matter. "Fine, but you know that Asher is the person you should be apologizing to." I tell, standing there as she engulfed me in a hug.

X

My family decided to go out for dinner today. When I say my family, I mean Steve, Georgina and Nathan. We used to go out every Sunday, but things have been so hectic lately. "Nathan, that's new, what is that, a salad?" Our Mother asked, drawing our attention to how drastically his meal choice had changed. Usually, he'd get something fattening, so we were all surprised.

"Yeah, I realized that it's easier to run during practice when your stomach isn't full of greasy sludge." He elaborated, and I shook my head slowly. "What, it's true."

"Your brother's right, you know, Peri maybe you should go on a diet." Father suggested, and I gave him a dead look. Nathan started laughing so hard that salad dressing squirted out of his mouth and back onto his plate. I mouthed at him that it wasn't funny but he continued to gasp for air.

"I don't need to, I'm perfectly fine with how my body looks." I declare.

"I never said you needed to, I just think you should eat healthier." Steve continued.