Lone Runner (On HOLD)

Chapter 5

An hour had gone by and I sit in a dark alley just thinking of everything. I needed a plan and now knowing Victor, I needed a really good plan. I couldn’t just continue to sit here and do nothing. I knew I had to at least help Gabi before anything happened to her. I texted my best friend to come and get me, but I don’t know if he’s even going to come. Realizing that I might have to sleep in this stupid alley for a while had me even more freaked out.

“Rosa? Linda… Rosalinda?!” I recognized that voice immediately, it was Robbie coming around the corner.

As soon as I see him I jump to my feet and run to hug him, “Robbie, thank God you came! I thought you were still mad at me and weren’t gonna come.”

“No shorty, you’re my best friend. It’s cool if you don’t tell me everything. I still love you,” Robbie had been my best friend since day one of preschool, I don’t know how I’d live without him.

“Robbie, Thank You!” I say as he hugs me tighter. I should have just told him what was going, maybe we wouldn’t have gotten in an argument.

He already knew something was wrong anyways, he just didn’t know exactly what it was. He stares into my eye and my mind goes back to what we use to have. The long kisses at the beach, the never ending phone calls, the loving talks, the sleepovers… we were the it couple at Greenview Middle School. It only lasted 3 years, I wanted forever until I met Gabe and I cheated on Robbie with Gabe. Robbie had left the summer before 9th grade to his country, Russia, on vacation and I was so depressed. Gabe was there for me, at the time Gabe was my best friend… Robbie and I had dated from the summer before 6th grade up till a week before we started 9th grade.

I had never thought that I could hurt somebody as much as I had hurt Robbie. I couldn’t tell him thought the phone, or text, or facebook message that it was all over… I had to wait till he got back to break the news to him. I broke down crying when I told him, he yelled at me and told me that I was a no good piece of shit. It hurt … a lot hearing something like that come out of his mouth, but I also understood he was in a moment of shock and wasn’t thinking straight. I hugged him that day and told him that, things always happen for a reason, either me learning a lesson or it being a blessing. He had ignored me for a month and then came to his senses and started to be apart of my life again.

Suddenly, I’m brought back to reality, “Linda lets get in the car, then we can go eat and we’ll talk about what’s going on.” We get into his red sports car and pull off onto the street.

My mind starts wandering off again and I start to feel the butterflies in my tummy, “Robbie?” I sounded so pathetic, “Do you wish that we could still be together?”

We were at a red light, he looked out the window first and then he turned to me and asked, “Honestly?”

I nod my head, “Yes please.”

The light turns green. Robbie sighs and then begins, “Yes Linda, I wish I had never gone to Russia. I wish that I could still call you mine. I wish that I could kiss your perfect lips… grab your waist and pull you in closer to me. I wish I could still lay in bed with you telling each other our secrets and our wishes. Linda, I still love you… shit, I will always love you,” he took a deep breath and then continued, “But you’re with Gabe and I don’t want you to be sad thinking about me over here, when you should be happy being in love with Gabe.”

I was sitting in the passenger seat, listening to him say all these things and I couldn’t really believe it, “Robbie, I am really sorry, I didn’t want … I didn’t mean … I just…” I couldn’t even finish my sentences anymore.

I burst out crying and Robbie looks over at me and decides to pull over. He starts to wipe the tears from my cheeks and gives me a kiss on the forehead, “Linda, please don’t worry about it, please.”

I couldn’t really speak clearly but I managed to say, “I’m just sorry.”

He holds me in his arms until he thinks I’m stable enough to just relax on my own. He lets me go and I sit up in my seat, “Linda, I think it’s time to continue driving… I still want to hear about what’s been going on lately, is that okay with you?”

I nod my head and he pulls off driving. The rest of the car ride was silent.