You Again (Completed) ✔️

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Cole's POV

When I was eighteen, I was an idiot, and I did something terrible to a girl I liked.

I didn't know how to react to my feelings towards her, so I acted like a jerk and got rid of her. I threatened her by saying, "If you return home, I'll ruin you."

I would never ruin her, but I've ruined myself instead.

All the girls I've dated over the years haven't affected me like Julia did.

Every year, I hope she'll come back, and I'm a little disappointed when she doesn't.

All I want to do is apologise and get her to forgive me for being a jerk.

A couple of years ago, I went to her family's house and told them what had happened.

Julia's parents didn't like what they heard at first, but then they told me that kids are cruel and that I deserve a second chance.

Her brothers were an entirely different story.

They beat the shit out of me, and I ended up in the hospital from the beating.

While I was in the hospital, Julia's parents sent them to the hospital to see me and apologise.

After that day, the brothers and I became close.

I spend a lot of time at their place and listen to them tell stories about things that happened while they were growing up.

I wish I had gotten to know her brothers when they were at school.

They were a couple of years older than us, and they wouldn't have had time to get to know people younger than them.

I pull my car into the driveway of Julia's family home.

Grabbing my keys from the ignition, I head to the house. I knock on the door and wait for someone to answer.

Her brother Antwon opens the door, and he looks at me. "Hey, man. Are you here to play C.O.D.?"

"Yeah, I am. I'm going to kick your ass." I nudge him with my shoulder.

"No, you're not." He tells me.

We run to the TV and are about to switch the channel to play the game when the news comes on about a Tsunami that hit an Island.

A Tsunami struck Nova Island after an earthquake occurred not too far from the Island.

The landline starts to ring, and Mrs Harris answers the phone. She puts it on loudspeaker.

Mrs Harris: Hello?

Voice: Hello, Mrs Harris. It's Veronica.

Mrs Harris: How are you, sweetheart?

Veronica: I'm good.

Mrs Harris: How's my daughter? Is she there?

Veronica: That's why I'm calling. Julia's not here.

Mrs Harris: What do you mean Julia's not there?

Veronica: Julia's not in New York? She's...