Promised

To Heal A Broken Heart

- 2 Weeks Later -

Vanessa's POV

"Really? Sure Id LOVE To Go, FroYo Is Life." I Joked. Honestly, I Was Trying My Best To Hide The Hurt In My Voice. Austin Invited Me To The Boardwalk Carnival And Afterwards To Get Some FroYo. I Know Him From Switched At Birth, Austin Butler. He's Really Nice And Cool , Exactly Who I Need To Have Fun.

"So You're In?" He Asked Chuckling At My Fascination With FroYo. I Smiled And Playfully Rolled My Eyes As If He Could See Me. "Yes Austin, I'm In If It Wasn't Obvious." I Said smartly Yet He Knew I Didn't Mean it In A Harsh Way.

He Let A Soft Laugh Out And Said "I'll Be By The Lynch's At 5:00 , Bye Vanessa." He Said . It's Not A .. A Date. Right? Of Course Not! Two Friends Hanging Out. "Knock, Knock." Riker Said Nervously As He Tapped The Wall. I Avoided Eye Contact As Best as I Could. "Hi .." I Said Awkwardly. I Guess You Can say We Haven't Tried To Repair This Relationship.

Quite Frankly I Dont Want To at this Point. All Our Relationship Results To Is Heartbreaks and Lies and Drama. And I'm Always The One Who's Broken , I'm done With That. "Uh .. We Got Pizza So .." He Said Reaching Back And Scratching His Neck. I Nodded Uninterestedly. "Thanks ." I Said Dismissing The Awkward interaction.

"So .." He Said Allowing Himself Into My Room Completely. Oh Yeah, Stormie And Mark Kinda Made Us Our Own Rooms It's Great. I Sighed And Shoved My Phone Into My Back Pocket. "What's Up?" I Asked Finally Looking At Him. "I.. I .. I Want You To Believe Me Vanessa." He Said With Pleading Eyes.

I Bit The Inside Of My Cheek And Stayed Silent While Staring At Him Intently. He Sighed And Reached For My Hands But I Stepped Back. "Why Are You In Here?" I Asked Impatiently. "I Want You To Tell Me That You Believe Me. Tell Me You Still Care." He Said. Looking Into His eyes I Can tell He Means What He's Saying.

But Do you Know How Hard It Is To Trust and Believe And Love The One That Causes Most Of Your Pain. I Turned My Head So That I Was Looking At The Wall. "I Dont." I Said Bluntly. I Wouldn't Call It A Lie, And I Wouldn't Call It The Truth. I Dont Know Where My Head Is At When It Comes To Him At This Point, I Just Know I'm Done Being Hurt Like This.

He Looked At Me In disbelief But .. He's The Reason I'm Rebuilding My Wall , And This Time I'm gonna Work On Having My Heart Frozen Solid. I Pulled Out My Phone And Checked The Time It's 4:50 . "If You'd Excuse Me I Kind Of Have To Find A Pair Of Shoes So I Can Go." I Tried To Say Nicely.

I Started Pushing Him Lightly Out Of The Room. "Wait." He Said Like He Had Another Question. "Go? Where Are you Going?" He Asked Suspicious. "It's Not You're Business, Really." I Mumbled. "But If You Must Know, I'm Going To The Carnival On The Boardwalk." I Said Lamely.

"With The Girls?" He Asked Furrowing His eyebrows. I Shook My Head Hoping He Wouldn't Ask Who. "Then .. W-With Who?" He asked In A Tone That I Couldn't Identify. I Bit My Lip Worried Of How He'll React. But He Shouldn't Care! He Cheated On Me for God Sakes, I Can't Mean That Much to Him.

Yet Somehow, My Words Still Came Out In Stutters. "S-Someone From The Set Of Switched At Birth." I Tried To Say simply. "Who Vanessa." He Said Making It Sound Like More Of A Demand Now, Probably Running Out Of Patience. I Sighed Deeply. "Aust-" I Was Cut Off By The Doorbell.

Riker Looked At Me Assuming That It Was For Me And Raced To the Door. Oh My God . "Riker! What Are You-" But He Ignored My Attempt To Stop Him And Opened The Door. "Is Vanessa ready?" I Heard Austin Ask Politely. "She's Not Co-" Riker Started But I Quickly Cut Him Off. "I am! I'm Ready." I Said With A Smile As I Approached The Door.

I Was Slipping On My Other Shoe So I Placed My Hand On Riker's Shoulder For Support. It Sent An .. Unusual Spark Through My Body. Not Unusual But.. The Kind I Only Get When We're Not Together. Maybe It Means Thats How It Should Stay?

"Great, We'll Have A Blast." He Assured. "I bet." Riker Cut In Giving Him A Smile. I Looked At Him Questionably. Is He Actually Being.. Nice? "Well, We're Gonna Go." I Said Awkwardly. Riker Wrapped His Arm Around My Shoulders In The Way Friends Do. He Squeezed My Shoulder Firmly, Receiving And Odd Look From Austin.

Soon enough Our Siblings joined The Awkward Presence. "I Just Have To get One More Thing, You Can wait Out In The Car." I Said With A Warm Smile. He Nodded And Slowly Made His Way Out If The House. I Ran Towards My Room Holding Riker's Hand And Forcefully Bringing Him Along.

The Spark Flowed All Through My Veins, It's Weird. Like Any Contact We Make It Happens. "What The Hell are You Doing?" I Asked Harshly. "Are You Going On A Date With Him?" He Asked ignoring My Previous Question. "So what If I Am! It doesn't Matter." I Said Throwing My Hands Up In The air.

"It Does." "It Shouldn't." I Argued. "Well It Does." He Said Standing His Ground. "Why?" I Asked Frustrated. "Because." He Said. "Because What?" I Asked Raising My Voice. "It Just does." He Said firmly Through His Gritted Teeth. "For What? why Wouldn't You Want Me To Date Austin, Which I'm Not!" I Yelled Getting Even louder. "Because! I Dont Want You Dating Austin, Because I Dont Want You Dating Anyone! .. If They're Not Me." He Said The Last Part In A Whisper.

It Was Actually Déjà Vu . We Had A Similar Conversation when I Brought Joshua Around A While Ago. He Ran A Hand Through His Hair Before Speaking. "Have Fun." He Said Obviously Not Meaning It Before Leaving My Room and Entering His Then slamming The Door Shut.

I Jumped At The Loud Noise. I Gulped At Everything That Just Happened And Walked Outside Where I had Almost Forgotten Austin was Waiting. I Got In His Car Wondering If Me Actually Going .. Was Just Making Things Worst.