Life's Painful Road

Chapter 4

  I curled up in a ball on my bad with the shirt Zack left me before he went back to Seattle. A few weeks ago, I found out he cheated on me with Carlie, and I still wasn't over it. I held his shirt tighter and breathed in the musty smell. All of a sudden, Emerson texted. "Hey!!  Just so you know, I still like. I think I may even love you. Wan to hang later? There's a nice park that I think we could have a picnic at. What do you think. Oh! And this would only be as friends. K, bye." I smiled.

  "Yea. Pick me up at 7?" I responded. I texted back with a smiling emoji.
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  I smiled at myself in the mirror as I twirled in my little romper. It was light blue and had a small gold belt on the waist. I grabbed my white converse before getting my clutch and phone. I headed to the living room to wait for Emerson. When he arrived, I went to the door and he handed me a bouquet of roses.

  "Just friends, huh?" I said giggling. I chuckled before leading my to his car. I sat in the passenger seat and watched him walk around. He slid in and looked at me.

  "Beautiful." He said glancing down my body. I grinned and nodded in his direction.

  "Not too shabby yourself." He laughed be fore turning up the radio.

  "You like this station?" He asked pulling out. I nodded.

  As we drove, I watched as everything I knew about Germany passed. We began to go somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

  "Are you sure you're not kid napping me for not going out with you?" I asked. I chuckled.

  "No. I'm actually taking you to somewhere much better than a park. I figured if I told you that, you wouldn't come." He shrugged. I nodded as I watched the road begin to disappear.

  We finally arrived at woods. He went to the back to get out the picnic basket. He waved me on as he walked through the forest. Finally, we got to a spot with a large lake in the middle. There was a huge clearing where I saw a picnic blanket placed. He took my hand and led me over to it. I sat down and he sat across from me. He opened the picnic basket to get out the food as I looked around in awe.

  "It's so pretty here." I said looking back at his eyes which were a bright green. They seemed to be filled with happiness as well as love. He smiled as he handed me a sandwich.

  "Only the best for you girly." He said taking a bite. I smiled and bit into my sandwich to find a piece of paper. I unfolded it and read. "ich liebe dich" I looked at him in shock. It translated to "I love you."

  "I told you, I have a boyfriend." I reminded him. He nodded.

  "Just so you know. Just in case something comes up." I said shrugging. I widened my eyes.

  "What are you going to do to Zack?!?" I said adjusting my posture.

  "May, nothing. It's just in case. I won't do anything to him. I promise." I sighed before going back to my sandwich. Once we were done, he packed up. He reached for my hand. I let him have. He took me on a walk around the lake. He tried to intertwine our fingers. I looked down at my hand that was now connected to his. I grinned and didn't let go. All of a sudden, my phone buzzed. When I looked at it, it notified my Zack had posted. I tapped the notification and what came up was insane.

  It was a picture of him with another girl. Clara, to be exact.

  "What is she doing in his feed?" I asked shocked as I let go of Emerson's hand. He came up behind me placing both hands on my waist as he looked over my shoulder.

  "Click her username." He suggested. I did as told and what came up was horrific. There were several pictures of Zack and Clara KISSING!

  "Why the he-" I felt Emerson put his finger to my lips to stop any curse words from coming out. I felt his touch and I melted. I turned to face him. He looked at me sad as I wrapped my arms around him in an embrace. He did the same. I cried into his chest. "How could he do this to me?" I cried. "He already told me he cheated on me with my best friend, now, this? Why?!? Why doesn't he love me anymore?" I sobbed. Emerson rubbed my back to calm me down. It worked. I pulled away to look in his eyes. When I did this, I couldn't control myself. I leaned in and placed my lips to his. He didn't care. He went with me. I then got my sanity back and hit his chest pushing him away. He looked down at me shocked.

"It was all you." He said putting his hands in the air defensively. I growled and then turned to walk back to the car. Emerson raced after me to catch up. When he did, he placed his hand around my waist. I slapped his arm looking at him.

  "I know it was all me, but you should have stopped it!! You know I have boyfriend, and you know he would kill you if he found out." I ground walking back to the car.

  "Well, looks like you want to kill Clara." He said walking behind me. I nodded.

  "That's why I'm getting a ticket to go there in less than a week. I will beat her as- butt up!!" I scowled. I didn't like to curse, but sometimes when I was mad, it all just came out. I was working on stopping myself, it was going okay.

  When I got home, I told my mom everything. I had started crying and was balled next to her as she comforted me.

  "He's just a confused teenager. I promise, things will work out. Now, wether they will work out the way you want them to, is a mystery." She said kissing me. I nodded.

  "I still love him though. He is my whole world. I just don't know why he doesn't feel the same about me." I cried. My mom leaned away from me, lifting my head up to look her in the eyes. She pushed my dark brown hair behind my ear.

  "Don't worry. I know he loves you too, but, you're across the globe from him. He can't help but want you next to him, so he replaced you with someone else. It's just to help him cope, I promise. Don't let it hurt you too much. Just go to bed. I'm sure you need some rest."she said tapping my back. I nodded and stood up.

  Once I was in my room, I lied down and thought about everything. Was I really in love with Zack? Or was I in love with Emerson? What would I do about Clara? What would I do if I were Zack? How would I get my true love back?