Second Chances

Chapter 7

**Two years later**

Travis's POV:

Because of one mistake 2 years ago, I lost the best thing that had ever happened to me, Mia Solmen. I tried to get her back countless times, never even getting close to succeeding.

Since that night at the fair my life has taken a path downhill. Maybe straight off a cliff would be a better way to put it. Everyone at school found out about "Ava and I" and labeled me immediately as the player/douchebag who broke Mia's heart. No one believed that I didn't kiss Ava, she kissed me. She forced herself upon me when she heard the first ring of my phone. Otherwise known as the ring that ruined my life. Girls came up to me everyday since then looking for a makeout session to make their ex jealous or simply because I was a easy target. The label got so bad I had to move to a different school.

Three months after moving, my dad lost his job and turned to alcohol. He was on his way home from the bar drunk and drove into a ditch. He died on contact. My mom was diagnosed with depression a month after the incident.

Since then life has been tough, almost impossible, but we've managed. There was no way my mom could manage to get enough money for college so I had to keep my grades at their peak. I finished off senior year with a 4.0 GPA and got a scholarship from Berkeley.

That's basically a recap of those 2 years, other then I haven't communicated with Mia in anyway since I moved. Everything that could relate back to her would and I've never felt so down in my life.

Seeing her yesterday at the college tour broke my heart. Luckily, she didn't see me. I wouldn't be able to live with myself after seeing her eyes so full of hate. College starts in 2 weeks. Counting down the days until I get to see my sweet Mia again is antagonizing. I'm going to try to make it better between us. I honestly doubt it will work but I would regret it if I didn't at least try.

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I wake up from a horrible sleep filled with nightmares about my parents and rejection from Mia. Thinking about it having a possibility of happening makes me tear up but I do my best to scrub away the pain in the shower. What usually takes five minutes took 30 because I found it painful to move. It's difficult to describe, the feeling of numbness, your heart aches and you know nothing can make it go away except for the cause of it.

I start up in the car after staring emotionless out the windshield for a couple minutes and find my way to campus. The student parking section's almost full, one spot open. Right by that spot is the one and only Mia Solmen with some guy, most likely a flirty sophomore looking for sex. Those kind of guys disgust me. Even though I was referred to as one for months, I've always hated them. Girls hearts aren't some toy you can mess with. Sounds hypocritical but I swear I never meant for it to happen to me and Mia.

Mia looks over after I park my car, the same car I had when she knew me, sees me and immediately looks down. She says something to the guy and runs off. I get out of my car with a feeling of defeat. The guy comes up to me and pushes me against the car.

"You really shouldn't have done that to her." He snarls in my ear.

"You know nothing about Mia and I. You-" I start before he cuts me off.

"Listen buddy. There is no Mia and you. She's with me now." With those four words said, I about lose it.

"Stay away from her." I growl. He holds back a laugh and rolls his eyes. "I mean it. All you want is sex."

"And you don't?" He has the nerve of asking me. "Besides, have you seen her body? Damn. I bet it's even sexier naked."

"Don't talk about her like that." I say defensively. "And I'll have you know Mia and I dated for 3 years and we never once had sex. So actually no I don't want her for her body."

"So you're a fucking prude then?" He says between immense laughs. "Guess I won't have to worry about you now. Mia won't be into you."

"What do you mean."

"You'll find out sooner or later." He says before walking away as if this never happened.

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So yeah. I'm kinda making this up as it goes. I have a general idea of what I want Mia to be like and the whole plot of the story but it changes a lot.

I really need to stop procrastinating while writing. I even had to put my iPod on airplane mode so I wouldn't get notifications and be distracted. So that's basically it and I'm gonna go eat some ice cream now.