Sierra's POV
"Janelle, is everything alright?" she didn't sound happy at all.
"Uhh... No, not really. Sierra, I-" she paused as if gathering her thoughts together. This worried me.
"Janelle..."
"Sorry, uh. Sierra I need to tell you something. But, you have to promise you'll believe that I'm telling the truth bec-" I cut her off before she could finish.
"Okay, I believe you. Now will you just tell me what's bothering you?" I say slightly irritated.
"Sierra, Sam cheated on you"
"W-what?" her words hit me like a ton of bricks. He cheated? No, he wouldn't. He couldn't.
"Sierra, I'm so sorry. I didn't want to be the one to tell you, but I knew that I would be a bad friend if I kept this from you."
I felt the tears threatening to come, but I held them back. "How did you find out?"
"Well... Someone threw a big party last night, and basically everyone was there. I went to get something to drink outside and saw him kissing another girl."
When she says that, I can't help but start to cry. I tell Janelle goodbye and hang up the phone. How could he do this to me?
I lay on my bed, face in my pillows and sob for what seems like an eternity. I feel terrible. I finally compose myself enough to sit up on my bed.
I can't just sit here all day and cry. I need to talk to the one person I trust with everything. I immediately get off my bed and run to Hayes' house.
I can't imagine how terrible I look. I've been crying for at least and hour. I finally get to the Grier's front door and ring the doorbell. In no time, the door swings open, but I'm not greeted by Hayes. Just Nash.
Nash's POV
*The doorbell rings* I wonder who that could be since it's only Saturday. I get up and open the door, and I'm surprised by what I see.
Sierra. Standing on our porch: makeup running, tear stained cheeks, and an overall very sad look. She looks even more upset when she looks at me. I don't know why, but when I see her like this I just want to hold her in my arms and keep her sa- my thoughts are cut off by Sierra speaking to me.
"Uhm, is H-hayes here?" she says in between hiccups.
"No, he just went to a friends house" she nods and turns around. But, before I even think about what I'm doing I grab her arm and pull her into my embrace.
Sierra's POV
He tells me that Hayes isn't here, and all I want to do is cry some more. I turn around to leave, but don't get very far. Nash snatches me in a big hug, and I actually loved it.
He is a few inches taller than me, so he has my body securely in his arms rubbing soothing circles on my back, while my arms are close to my chest. We stand there for a few minutes just hugging, me still crying.
He pulls away, but I don't want the hug to end. He completely unwraps himself from around me, but still has his hands gripped on my shoulders. He looks me in the eyes.
"Come on, let's get you inside" I willingly walk inside behind him, and I realize how cold I am.
He leads me to the couch and I sit down, while he goes into the kitchen. Not even a minute later he brings me a steaming cup of hot chocolate. It warms me up pretty quickly and we just sit on the couch in silence for a couple minutes.
Finally, he breaks the silence, "So, do you want to talk about it?"
I hesitate. Should I tell him? I mean, we've only just kind of become friends. But, I soon give in. I mean, I had to tell someone.
I tell him everything, and by the end I'm crying again. He doesn't say anything, just moves closer to me and wraps his arms around me again. I cry into his chest and whisper, "Did I do something wrong? Am I not good enough for him?" because that's how I felt.
After I say that, I feel him tense up. And he speaks barely above a whisper, "Don't ever say that, Sierra"
I pull away from the hug, still crying. "Thanks Nash" I smile at him.
We are inches apart. I look into his eyes, those beautiful blue eyes... He starts to lean in. No. I can't do this. I turn away from him and sit up straight.
He takes the hint and clears his throat, "So, uh. Do you wanna watch a movie?"
"Sure" I send him a crooked smile.
The rest of the day we watch a couple of movies and eat popcorn. At the end of the last movie, we're sitting on the couch tangled in blankets throwing popcorn at each other and talking.
"Hey Nash..."
"Yeah?" he replies.
"Thank you so much... ya know, for all of this" I say gesturing around the room.
"No problem" he smiles at me. His smile is so captivating. I just keep looking at him, but my phone rings. I pull it out of my pocket and answer it.
"Hello?"
"Sierra! Honey, where are you?" my mother says into the phone.
"I'm at the Grier's house, mom. Chill" I chuckle at her.
"Well, it's almost time for dinner. You better come home soon."
"Okay, I will. Bye" I reply and hang up.
Nash gives me a questioning look. "It was my mom. And I have to go home now" I say, sighing and rolling my eyes. He makes a pouty face sticking out his bottom lip at me.
I chuckle and lightly slap him in the arm. He breaks into a grin.
"I'll see you later, Nash" I return his smile and stand up to leave. But, I don't get very far before he grabs my arm and turns me around.
"Wait, Sierra..."
"Yeah?"
"I had a lot of fun today" he smiles shyly. I feel my cheeks heat up.
"Me too" I say, and he pulls me into a long embrace, his arms around my waist as mine are wrapped tightly around his neck. Me on my tiptoes, and burying my face in his neck. We stay in this position for at least thirty seconds.
I pull away first.
"Goodbye, Nash" and with that, I leave, grinning the rest of the way home.
