Elemental Me

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Ara’s POV

I try to silence the constant thoughts that bombard my brain. I’ve been real stressed lately. My 18th birthday is coming up and I don’t want to have a party. My parents have already made the plans and I don’t want them to have to cancel everything. And to add on to this, my best friend since Pre-K, Derrick, just told me life altering news.

                He said that he loved me. He’s dating my other best friend since 3rd grade, Dawn. If he loved me why is he dating her? I don’t think of him in that way. AT ALL!! I mean yeah, I love him, but in a big brother kind of way. And Dawn has been so good to me, she’s practically my sister! I mean come on! If I say no and reject him, I lose my closest friend in the whole wide world. If I say yes and accept him, I lose my best friend that’s a girl! Oh, what am I going to do!!??

                 I don’t love him like that, I never did. I don’t think I ever will, but I don’t want to hurt him. I’m scared basically. I want things to go back to the way they were. Dawn and Derrick were happy, they loved each other, and now all they do is argue. It’s hard to stay in the same room with them. But I still see the love and passion in Dawn’s eyes. It seems that Derrick gave up on her, and moved to me….

                That’s it!!!!!! He doesn’t actually love me!! He still love Dawn, he just thinks that they are practically over. If I can find a way to fix their relationship this could go back to normal. I have to make plans, I have to call Dawn! Oh, this is so going to work!! :D.

Derrick’s POV

                I just told Ara I loved her……….

                I told Ara I loved her…..

                I told her…

                I love her.

                I just told Ara I love her!!!!!!!!!!!!

                I must be going crazy!! I know that she won’t believe me, thinks it’s some stupid crush. See what happened was a few years ago, before I really knew Dawn, I figured out that I love Ara. We were in art class our freshman year. Dawn didn’t have the same classes as we did, so she wasn’t there. Anyway, we were working on pottery and Mrs. Jones just assigned partners. I got Scary Tarry, the scary emo guy in our grade. He would always talk about ways to kill people and how he would never get caught. Once he even showed me his LIST! Anyway, and Ara was paired with Preppy Jesse. Yes we made up nicknames for like everyone. So we went to Mrs. Jones and begged her to let us be partners.

                After about 10 minutes of begging she finally gave in. It was great for us, but horrible for Jesse and Tarry. They had to be partners and they absolutely hated each other. We started at the pottery maker. Every now and then our hands would touch. She would never look up for her work, but I would. I would see her constant struggle to blow her bangs out of her eyes. And then she finally looked up. That’s when I knew. I love Ara…

Dawn’s POV

                I’m so tired of all this fighting between Derrick and me. I still love him though. I can’t believe I do, but yeah… I try not to let it show how much I hate the fights and how they affect me so much. I can’t stand this anymore. I’m done. I’m just so done. I’m so sick of being stomped on like a piece of shit. Like I’m nothing. How am I supposed to handle this? I don’t know how I could, I’m not like Ara. I can’t please everyone. It wouldn’t surprise me if he loved her instead of me.

                I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but I’m going to. I’m going to finally do it. First I will break up with Derrick and then I will finally tell Ara how I feel……

Eh…….. ;) Plot twists!! I hope you guys like this new chapter better. :D Please vote and Comment and tell others please!!

~ Reese