Terrible Things ( Deeply being edited but hope you enjoy!)

Chapter 14

   " So...." began Michael as we sat at the ice cream parlor...again. " I guess you and Alex are... dating?"

  I choked on my ice cream. " Uh...yeah." It had been two weeks since Alex had kissed me. Two weeks since we had begun dating. I wasn't sure how I felt. I mean, come on. I've never been in a relationship. I've always been....

distant.

 I swallowed my portion. " Why do you care? I mean, it's not like you really care who I go out with, right?"

  Michael's hands clenched around his cup a little harder. Maybe a little too hard. A little bit of ice cream spilled between his fingers. " It's just...You don't really seem that into him." He kept his eyes on his treat, not daring to look up at me. His black hair hid his face.

  He should be glad he hadn't. My face was flushed now, and sweat beaded my forehead. " Are you implying that I am dating him just for the fun of it?" 

  He shook his head, more hair falling into his face. " No...Gosh no, not at all. I am simply trying to suggest that you don't look so serious with him. You just seem,eh."

" Eh?" I was furious. 

  He lifted his head, his dazzling blue eyes staring into my dark green ones. " You just don't seem like a couple," he finally said. " You just seem as though you don't really like him as a boyfriend, maybe more like a brother."

   " A...A brother?" I stammered. I slammed my hands on the table.  " How could you say that?" I felt like I had been slapped in the face. I got up and roughly shoved my chair back into its place. " Maybe for once I've learned to like someone, how about that? Did you ever seem to consider that maybe, just maybe, I did like someone."

  He laughed softly. " Oh dear....Emery. You definitely like someone, but it is not him."

  " Stop laughing," I growled. I folded my arms and glared at him. " Well then, why don;t you tell me who I like? Hmm? Since you seem to know everything."

 His eyes softened. " You really want to know?"

 " Would I be asking otherwise?"

 " Hmm....Yeah." He stood up. " Fine you really want to know?

" It's me. You're in love with me Emery. I can tell."

  I took a step back, startled. " Wha, what? But how..." I stomped my foot like a child. " How could you say such a thing?"

 He was taken aback. " Uh...Emery....I-I wasn't trying to be rude."

  Tears spilled down my face. I was so angry. " Then what were you trying to do? Huh? You think I don't know how to love? You think I don't know? " I quieted down, as people were starting to stare. " Why Michael?" I rasped.

 " Why what?" he asked, taking a step towards me.

 " Why did you do this to me? Why did you bring me into your life? Huh? Don't you think it was a little to obvious that all of a sudden, your phone number is in my textbook? Your textbook? You couldn't have possibly have written it then, you were talking to me. Was that just a setup? Was it a..." I choked back a cry. " Was it a game?"

 He stared in surprise. " No...Emery no. Wait."

  " Go away." I nabbed my bag and started home. 

  " Emery!" He tried to run towards me.

  " I said go away!" I sped up. I knew I was being stupid, childish. But I couldn't fix what I had said, and neither could he.

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 I slammed my door shut  as I stormed into my house. I threw my bag down on the couch, flopping onto it. I sat up, holding my head in my hands.

And I sobbed, harder than I had ever sobbed before.

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 So I bet you guys are wondering what it is to some next for these characters. What is to be their fate? Well, let me tell you something. 

  There is a big reason why this book is called Terrible Things.

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