Convenient Coincident

Chapter 12

"Elliott?" I was surprised I wasn't the one to say it, but actually Nate.

Elliott broke eye contact with me to look at Nate. His eyes had an evil glint in them.

"Nate, nice seeing you again, how's your bro? Oh wait, I forgot he ran away." Elliott sneered.

Nate's eyes were now blazing. His fist were clenched at his sides, his knuckles were white from how tight he was clenching his hands.

"You know each other?" I finally spoke up, looking directly at Nate.

Nate looked at me and his eyes softened slightly, but only slightly.

"Yeah, I used to be a friend of his brother." Elliott answered.

"More like you corrupted my brother." Nate said in nothing but disgust.

"Your brother was already corrupted, you can congratulate your old man for that." Elliott retaliated not missing a beat.

I could feel Nate's fist about to fly towards Elliott's face so I quickly grabbed his hand.

I didn't let go afterwards though, I simply unclenched his fist and intertwined my fingers with his.

I could feel him looking at me, but I kept my gaze on Elliott who was giving me a smirk.

"Awww trying to control your boyfriend?" Elliott tease.

"He's not my boyfriend, but I don't think that's any of your business anyways."

"Already moved on from your old lover?" Elliott accused, but there was something in his eyes as though he knew something I didn't.

"We never bring up that incident or Him again." I say scowling at him.

"Oh, but wouldn't it be a fun time to go through memory lane?" Elliott sneered.

"Elliott just leave," Nate finally spoke up. His hand holding mine a little tighter.

"Aww already trying to get rid of me? I remember when we were the best of friends." Elliott replied not taking his eyes off of me.

"That's enough, just leave." Nate said trying to stay calm.

"Well guess it's time for my departure. It was nice to see you again, it was a shame you ended up with Him I would have treated you So much better." Elliott said giving me a wink with his smirk permanently etched on his face.

Nate tugged my hand a little standing in front of me. I peeked around his shoulder to see Elliott giving Nate a menacing look.

"Always nice to see the best pals little bro again." Eliott finally said to Nate, giving me a final wink and wave.

Nate and I walked to the parking lot in silence not talking. Nate's hand was still intertwined with mine though.

His hands were actually soft for a guy. Not girlishly soft, but just soft for a guy. Also really warm.

I started playing with his fingers smushing them together, and tracing them with my fingers.

He looked at me with furrowed eyebrows but a smile stretched on his face.

"Your hands are soft and squishy." I finally said. He chuckled softly and started tracing my fingers also.

When we finally got to his car he let go of my hand, leaving it cold and feeling naked.

I probably looked like an idiot standing there while he was already in the car so I quickly got into the passenger side.

He started the car turning on the radio. We didn't talk just listened to the steady beat of the radio.

"So how did you know Elliott?" Nate finally broke the silence.

"He used to be a good friend of mine, but he was also a part of the huge drama that happened 2 years ago." I answer with a heavy sigh.

Me and Elliott used to be really good friends, only for me to find out it was all a hoax. All of them were never my friends, they were all just fakes.

"Oh..." Nate replied, stretching the word.

"Yea..." I say, also stretching the word.

Nate grabbed my hand again, intertwining our fingers.

It was kind of awkward at first, but then he started tracing letters on the back of my hand spelling words.

"What are you spelling?" I ask curiously.

He took his eyes off the road for two seconds and smiled at me.

"Nothing in particular...." He replied simply.

Mhmm... sure.

We finally arrived at my house and I took my hand out of his unbundling my seatbelt.

I got out of the car and waved goodbye.

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My hand still had a small tingly feeling from where Nate left them.

Oh come on, he only held your hand because you're his friend and you were sad. My inner thoughts told me.

My inner thoughts are mean...

You really want another relationship after before? After what happened?

My thoughts do have a point though.I let out a heavy sigh.

I don't even like him, he is strictly a new friend. I finally concluded.

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AN: Dun Dun Dun, seems like the past is catching up with both of them... So do you like Elliott? He's quite the charmer. (note the sarcasm.) So Athena isn't just an optimistic person, she has a pretty damaged past. So does Nate.