Georgia's Last Words

Chapter Four

    “Want to come out with me tonight? We could maybe go walk around until we find a spot under the stars?” Miles is fidgeting with hand as we stand in the doorway of my dorm room.

    After two classes of Miles and a class with Cooper, I’m ready to fall asleep. Miles is trying to show off right now and prove that I’ve chosen him. It’s like he has to take me out to make sure I’m his. I sure as heck hope I don’t hurt this boy, because he deserve the girl.

    “Um, actually I think I’m going to stay in tonight. I should study some and maybe hang out with Haley a little bit.”

    Miles shrugs his shoulders and then lets go of my hand. “I’ll see you tomorrow, right?”

    “Of course, you’re playing at the coffee shop right?”

    “Yeah.”

    I kiss his cheek and say, “I’ll be there then.”

    Miles smiles, though somewhat fake. “Bye, Skylar can’t wait to see you there.”

    I close the door and fall to the ground. I’m stuck in a freaking love triangle. On one side I have the guitar playing, mystery boy, better known as Miles. Then on the only hand I have Cooper. The boy from my summer, the boy I spent a night with, the boy who fell for the southern hick from next door.

    Slowly, I manage to crawl over to my bed. I put earphones in and let my music take up every empty space in my head. It doesn’t help much, because thoughts of Miles and Cooper still fill my head. Mentally weighing each of their pros and cons, but neither having very many of the latter.

    “Sky!” I open my eyes to my name being yelled.

    I hadn’t heard the knocks at my door and now someone is now yelling my name. Obviously it is the one and only Cooper Smith, the only idiot who can get away with calling me Sky.

    “One minute.” I smooth my hair down and pull one earphone out.

    I open the door and Cooper smiles.

    “Hey sleepy head, what’s up?”

    “Well as you pointed out, I was trying to sleep.”

    He rolls his eyes. “Now Sky, that is no way to spend a perfectly nice day. We’re in college, let’s go celebrate.”

    “Celebrate what?” I ask, completely confused.

    “Being adults.”

    I don’t buy it. “Why do you really want to go out?”

    Cooper sighs heavily. “How else am I supposed to win you back?”

    I hadn’t expected him to tell me the truth, at least not so easily. Shrugging my shoulders, I lay down on my bed and close my eyes. I don’t hear Cooper move, but at some point he manages to silently move over to me. He sits down on the bed and smiles. It’s a sad smile though, one full of defeat.

    “You really like him, don’t you?”

    “I don’t know Coop, we only went on one date.”

    “Then why can’t we go out tonight?”   

    “I don’t want to hurt him.”

    Cooper nods over and over. “Yeah. You like him and I get it. I don’t want to accept that, but I guess I have to respect it.”

    “Coop-”

    “Sky, don’t. It won’t do anything.”

    “I don’t want to hurt you either.”