Don't Forget Me

{chapter 14: moving on}

{Skylar's POV}

Its been two weeks and I still have no idea why he just decided to forget about me. I have no idea why he hasn't spoken to me. But I do know that I miss him terribly. And I know that even though he thinks this might be the right thing for us, I don't. I'm going to talk to him today and I'm gonna fix this.

Today is the day.

I hate that phrase, it just makes you seem so motivated to do something when in reality, what you do never lives up to the expectations. But today is different, I will change things, no matter if it makes things better or worse, because honestly nothing could get worse than this. I hardly ever text my friends anymore because all I do is sit at home and think of him. I'm tired of it. I want to be productive.

I walk into the school and walk to my locker. I know that Hayes' locker is three lockers down from mine so I'll just wait for him to get here. I decided to sort out the stuff in my locker and tidy things up while I waited. I was just about finished when something happened that changed my train of thought, from motivation to destruction.

Down the hall, I saw Hayes, but not just Hayes. I saw him walking with Hazel Vance, she is so pretty, like every girl at our school is jealous of her. And now that she is talking to Hayes, I am jealous too. Well don't I just feel lovely right about now. I was just watching them laugh and talk to each other when I locked eyes with Hayes and remembered that I was staring. I immediately looked away, and closed my locker. I walked in the opposite direction to my next class.

Well never mind then.

I have Peyton in my next class, so I decided that we should go to the football game tonight. I've always loved football games and tonight is the first one of the year. I walked into class and sat next to Peyton. "Hey I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to the game tonight?" I asked her. "Yeah, that would be fun! Ryan is playing so we can support him." She said.

"Okay, you wanna come over before?" I asked her. "Sure what time?" She asked me. "How about 6?" I asked. "Sounds good, I'll be there." She smiled. I felt good, like I was forgetting about Hayes all of a sudden. Tonight is going to be fun, and I'm not going to let Hayes ruin my thoughts.

Lunch time rolled around, and I went out to my car and drove to Dutch bros and got myself a watermelon hurricane. I drank it when I got back to school and then stayed in my car to finish my Spanish homework. Usually right now I'd be sleeping but today was different for some reason.

When I finished my homework, I had 15 minutes left of lunch, so I decided to walk back into the school and maybe sit with Peyton. When I was walking back, my eyes landed on Hayes' jeep. Usually he would be sleeping and he wouldn't wake up until right when class started and he would go to class late everyday.

Today, he sat with Hazel in the passenger seat. It kind of stung to see him with her. I kept walking however. I walked right into the school with my head held high. I was okay. I was getting over him, finally.

I sat with Peyton and we talked until the bell rang. It was kind of awkward because I hate third wheeling, but Ryan and Peyton are fun when they are together. I walked to class and it was so weird, Hayes was actually there on time.

I sat in my seat and got my books out. I hate this class because I sit right next to Hayes. The teacher started the class and announced that we would be doing a long term project, which means procrastination and stress. Yay. She also announced that we would be doing our projects with whoever we sit next to. That sort of slipped my mind when she was talking. When she handed out the paper explaining the project and who our partners would be, I realized mine would be Hayes.

Could this day get any worse?!

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It was 5:00 and Peyton would be coming over in an hour. I was curling my hair when I heard the doorbell ring. My hair was halfway done. "Avery! Can you please get the door?" I yelled. "I'm in the bathroom!!" She yelled back. My parents took my brothers to their basketball tournament about an hour ago and they wouldn't be back till Sunday, so I had to get the door. Hopefully it's no one important with my hair looking like this.

I opened the door to see that no one was there. I looked around and noticed flowers on the ground. How cute! I picked them up and they said "Meet me at the forest at 6:00" Huh, that's weird. I flipped the tag over and it read "Nathan" with a heart. I felt a slight sting because I know in my heart I wish they were from Hayes.

I hate feeling this way. I'm so ungrateful, I should be glad at least someone brings me flowers but there's just a small part of me that gives me a string of hope that Hayes could still have feelings for me. I'm not gonna go, I'm not ready to be in a relationship yet. How did Hayes move on so quickly?

I walked back upstairs and continued doing my hair and waited until Peyton came over.

{Hayes POV}

Right after my football practice, I got into my car so I could go home and shower before the big game. On my way home I decided to take the long way. I passed by Skylar's house and was so tempted to pull into the driveway. I was about to back up when I looked at the front door and saw Nathan standing there with flowers. What the heck am I thinking? I can't do that, she'll get hurt. Nathan set the flowers down and turned around. Oh no, did he see me?! I quickly drove away once I realized what I was doing.

I got home and checked my phone, I had two messages from Hazel and one from Nathan. I ignored the ones from Hazel and opened Nathan's.

"Don't get too close."

{Skylar's POV}

"Okay literally I don't even understand why he likes me." I said, laughing. "What's not to like, Skylar? you're gorgeous and your personality is just as gorgeous as you're face." Peyton said. "But I've pushed him away so many times." I said looking down at the flowers. They smelled weird, and some of them were wilting. "Then he's probably not the right one for you. He is kind of a jerk anyways." She said, ripping off a flower petal. "True that. I'm not gonna go, let's go do something." I suggested.

"Ooh what should we do?" She asked jumping up from the bed. "There's a junior tailgate before the game, do you wanna go? It already started but no one ever shows up early." I suggested. "Sure!" She said. We put on shoes and took jackets cause the games always get a little chilly. I checked the time, it was 6:11. I felt so bad for blowing off Nathan.

We got in the car and started driving to the school. We blasted music in my car and screamed the lyrics at the top of our lungs, as usual. Just when we pulled into the school, I got a text from Nathan that said, "Thanks for blowing me off." Why do I feel bad? Should I apologize? Should I give him a chance? I didn't reply.

Peyton and I walked onto the field where people were walking around and listening to music. I saw Ryan talking to some of his friends so I told Peyton and she went over to say hi and good luck. It kind of looked like a lower scale school dance. I saw people eating ice cream, which is my favorite food so I walked to where they were serving it. Just when I started eating my ice cream, I looked over at the entrance and saw Hayes and Hazel walk in together, holding hands.

I immediately got out my phone and texted Nathan back saying "I'm sorry! Peyton was over and I didn't want to leave her, maybe we could hang out at the game tonight?"

There's no going back now.

Hey guys! I am such a slacker I haven't written in so long! I've literally had this chapter halfway done for months. Enjoy, more to come! Love, Aline. ❤️