Breaking Desires

Chapter Six

Parker Auclaire

Noelle’s normal calm and pleasant expression slowly changed as she heard the words “bet” flow out of my mouth. Her nostrils were flaring, her words were slurring with curse words, and her hands were closed into fists. All I knew was that there was no way I was getting out of this one easily.

“You weren’t supposed to hear that,” I finally manage to say after a minute of awkwardness.

“HEAR WHAT?!” She screeched at the top of her lungs.

A couple startled by Noelle’s outburst, turn their heads and stare at us in awe wondering what was going on and what was going to happen next.

I freeze and just stare into her eyes that sparkled with ferocity.

She moved her body forward as she stood on her tippy toes, poking me with force against my chest.  “TELL ME EVERYTHING.” She growled through her teeth.

Her face was inches away from mine, and all I could think about was slowly moving downwards and kissing her soft lips.

I knew making that bet was a jerk move on my part, but I never expected her to ease drop on my phone conversation.

I stayed silent until Noelle huffed and elbowed me in the stomach and stomped off.

“JERK!!!!” She hollers, flipping me the bird on her way out to the parking lot, as I hold my stomach as I wince in pain.

After that all I could hear was the audience that was watching the incident, cackling in the background. I sigh in frustration.

Noelle Armstrong

I felt like my heart has just been ripped out as soon as I heard Parker talking to the other person on the other end of the phone conversation.

I felt like someone had just stabbed my multiple times in the chest, the pain was just unbearable to deal with.

A single tear rain down my cheek.

There was a huge whole in my heart, and I had no clue how it could ever be fixed. No matter how much Parker sugar coated the incident, it would never be the same.

How could he do this?

I promised myself after that awful night, Parker Auclaire, would NEVER make me cry. Ever again. I already screwed that idea up a long time ago.

I walked over to Parker’s car and realized I didn’t have a ride home.

Just my luck.

“NOEY!!!” I hear a familiar voice holler at me.

I roll my eyes and try to wipe my tears away to make an attempt to seem like I wasn’t crying.

I was fine, I lied to myself.

I could not let him think I was crying over him. I will not let him have that kind of power over me like he had before. EVER AGAIN.

I turn around and face him.

His watery crystal blue eyes glistened as he looked into my eyes. His thick defined eyebrows arched up when he called out my name. His strong cheekbones made him look like a model. I couldn’t deny my attraction towards his looks.

His beauty could just take your breath away. Everything about him was absolutely perfect.

“I have nothing to say to you.” I snapped.

Parker Auclaire

It sent daggers straight through my heart.

 I could see the hurt in her eyes, they were puffy from crying. Her tears rolled off her cheeks pooled below her.

“Please stop crying.” I whispered.

I move towards her throwing my arms around her, I could feel every tear land on my shoulder filled with pain and sorrow.

She quickly pulls back and shrugs me off with her hands.

“I hate you!!!” She spats out.

I could see the hatred in her eyes, I had betrayed her. It was never my intention to ever hurt my Noey.  She was the last person I would ever want to hurt. She meant more to me than anyone in the entire world.

“Noey, I never meant to hurt you-“

She cuts me off and blankly says, “Well you did.”

“Please, just listen to me!!!” I shriek.

I sink onto my knees on the hard pavement and plead for my forgiveness. Noelle shakes her head in pity and just stares at me paralyzed.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you, I’m so sorry. My friends made up that bet and I just went along with it because I didn’t want to get picked on by them, okay? I didn’t just go with you on this date because of this bet!! It’s because I really wanted to go with you!!!”

Noelle blinks, not saying anything.

I continue on with my apology speech.

“I know I hurt you in the past… and I am so sorry. I’m a jerk and I know that, but when I’m with you everything about me just changes. My mood, emotions, everything! There’s just something about you that I can’t live without. Please, forgive me. I love you.”

When I said I loved Noelle I meant it. I loved her since we were childhood best friends. I always have and never stopped loving my Noey. She will always be my love.

Noelle rolls her eyes and spits out the coldest words anyone could ever hear after someone confessing their love for someone for the first time.

“How could someone like me, ever love someone like or someone for the first time.

“How could someone like me, ever love someone like YOU.”

And with that she ran away into the darkness. I felt like my world was slowly crashing shattering in a million little pieces…

Noelle Armstrong

I couldn’t stop crying. The words that Parker spoke shocked me. I couldn’t believe he said the three words I had always wanted to hear come out of his mouth, but I couldn’t let him get the best of me. I couldn’t let him get the satisfaction of him winning me over after what he did. There was no way I was forgiving him back then or now.

I will never forget any of the horrible things he did to me. I won’t ever forget.

After running towards the nearest gas station, I flip out my cell phone and dialed the number of the one person I knew that would give me a ride home without asking any question.

“Hey, I know I’d be the last person calling you, but I need help. I need a ride…” I whimper.

The person on the other line sighs.

“Text me where you’re at and I’ll be right there.”

“Okay. Thanks again. I owe you one, Drew.”