She: A Jacob Perez Novel

Chapter 13

Splash

"Girl, stop splashing that salt water over here. Is you crazy? "I tease. She smiles and makes a daring smirk. "You better not "I warned. "Oh okay. "She looks down at the water then up at me. I stare at her for a moment. "You are so childish "I joke.

 Splash.

The disgusting taste of fishy salt water enter my mouth as I squeeze my eyes shut. "You play to much makayla "I laugh and rub my eyes dry. "Makayla? Who's makayla ?"Carmen scowls.  Shit. "Listen baby it was a mistake. "I began to say but she cut me off with a raise of her hand. "No, your been hanging with that Makayla chick, haven't ya? "She frown. I stare at her trying to avoid eye contact. "What, no "I lie like it was second nature. 

 Carmen folds her arms ,rises to her feet and kicks sand at me. She really starting to piss me off. I stand to my feet too and stand less than a inch away. She wrinkles up her nose and furrow her eyebrows together. "Are you cheating on me? Cause if you are, I wanna know now "she explodes on me. I really don't want to lie but I can't hurt her either. Carmen hasn't done a thing to me. She doesn't deserve this. Her face softens into sadness ,and she gave me an unreadable stare. 

"So your sleeping with her? "She mumbles and sniffles back tears. I hate seeing girls cry, you can say It's my weakness. "Carmen It's nothing like that. I love you not her . I'm with you aren't I? "I try to convince her but she doesn't buy it. "If you loved me chresanto.. you wouldn't be out here fucking around "she push me away from her roughly.

"why can't you just be a man and commit to only one girl? "She mumbles like she was talking to herself. She looks down at her feet trying not to crush but the tears came pouring out like waterfall of sadness. " I guess your dad never was alive to teach you how to be one ". That  comment cut me deep. Out of all our fights and disagreements she never said anything that cruel. She knows how I feel about my dad. 

 "Why would you say that? " honestly ,we both were feeling the same thing. The both of us was more hurt than angry. "Here, take your stupid ring back! "The ring I gave her the third month that we were together,she threw on The ground like it was nothing. " I can't believe I wasted a year and a half on you and your bullshiet! "She was angry ,her face was pink and she didn't look like she was going to take me back.

 "Carmen I'm sorry, Alright. It's just ..things happen Alright? "I couldn't find the right words to say. I couldn't explain what I was thinking. "No no. And all things happen for a reason. I'm done. Don't call me ,kik me, Skype me nothing! When you see me in school act like we never met.... Take care Chresanto "and with that, she walks away with her head held high. Ugh why are girls so complicated?

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Knock knock knock

"what? "I yell putting the pillow over my head. "Its makayla. Can I come in? " sighing, "yeah come in ". I heard the door open and footsteps come near me. "Chresanto are you okay? "Yeah that's most definitely is Makayla. "are you watching ..uh Looney Toons? "She giggles a little. I smile and remove the pillow from my head. 

"Don't judge me "I smile."what are you doing here anyway "I laugh a bit while rubbing the sleep out my eyes. "You didn't return my calls and I wanted to see wassup? "She moves the loose hair out her face so she could get a good look at me. I frown, getting my phone off the dresser and checking it. "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't hear it ring " She nods ,biting down on her bottom lip. "What ya thinking about.. "I ask and cock my head to the side. 

"You always sleep shirtless? "She raises an eyebrow."yeah, no need for a shirt "I sat back on the headboard and put my arms behind my head. "I see " I stare at her finally figuring out what she had on. Blue jean shorts and a half shirt ,with her falling over her shoulders. "So what did you *really* come over for? "I raise my eyebrows smirking at her. She looks embarrassed. Her cheeks starts to turn pink.