"Samantha, I'm sorry." Matt spoke gently. "I didn't want to have to do this."
I furrowed my brow and turned my head, confused about what he meant.
Before I can ask, he's holding a gun in the air aimed straight at my little brother.
"You break my heart, I break yours." He growled.
I could feel my heart sink to the bottom of my chest as he pulled the trigger. I tried to scream but no noise came out.
Luckily, the sound of my alarm clock woke me up before anything else happened.
"Oh my god." I whispered. I brought my hands up to my face and let out a long shakey sigh. My brothers been gone for 3 years and that dream brought up too many images that I didn't need to see.
I pick up my phone and heasitate to text Calum about going to lunch today.
I broke up with Matt just two days ago, and I really don't want another boyrfriend for a while. I can't let my emotions get the best of me, this is just the start of a friendship, nothing more. All I'm doing is trying to protect myself from heartbreak.
Whats the harm in making a new friend though? I go to my messages and text him goodmorning.
"I'm guessing this is Samantha? ;)"
"You guessed correctly x) you still wanna have lunch today?"
"Of course! 12:30 sound good?"
I look at the clock and it's almost 10am, I have alot of time.
"Yea, we can go to Fran's Diner, it's my favorite. Then I'll take you around town if ya want?"
"Sounds good. See you out front at 12:30 ;)"
Judging by our texting, I can tell Calum's a really nice person. I'm actually looking forward to today, it's going to be sunny, and the town we live in, Lake Jackson, is always less crowded on the weekends.
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It's 12:24 and I just finished blow drying my hair. I feed Jessie, and grab my purse from the counter.
"Bye baby girl, I'll be back later." I blow her an air kiss as I walk out the door and lock it behind me.
"Your dog's adorable." A voice chuckles from behind me.
I turn around and see Calum, dressed in a black t-shirt and black jeans. "Thanks." I laugh. "You ready?"
"Yup!" He smiles at me.
I mentally scream at myself because his smile is just so adorable. I need to calm down.
The two of us turn around and make our way towards my car.
"My girlfriend's plane gets in at 5pm, so I needa' be back here by 3pm so I can go pick her up."
"Oh, yeah we'll be back by then." My smile fades.
Half of me is relieved that he has a girlfriend, but the other half is somewhat disappointed.
