From Broken Hearted To A New Beginning

Chapter 28

James

After I noticed that Trey had fallen asleep I decided to ask Angela if she wanted to leave. Trey and I still haven't officially made up from me talking to Angela(when they were together)and keeping secrets from him because of her, so things were a little tense. And now that Trey broke up with Angela, I could tell she was a nervous wreck and that just being in the same room with him was eating her alive.

"Angie you ok?" I asked driving into McDonlad's parking lot and parking the car. "Yeah I'm straight, I just....I don't know. James, be honest. Was I wrong for accusing Trey for dating Selena behind my back and going off on him when I really didn't know what was going on?" I sat very still and quiet before answering her back. To be honest, I didn't want to tell her 'yeah' and see her get upset again but I didn't want to lie to her either. "James..." Angela said snapping me out of my thoughts. "Sorry Angie, but you were a little out of there. I mean, it's understandable that you suspected something, but you should've talked to him about it in private like he asked." I said turning my head to look at her. I seen a tear drop from her face and I immediately wiped it away with my thumb. "Do you think he'll ever take me back?" she asked sniffing and trying to hold back tears. "I-I don't know. You've been knowing him longer than I have so you should be able to answer that better than me. But what I do know, is that you and I both know that when Trey says he's done with something he means it."

After I helped Angela calm down and we got something to eat, I brought her home. I hated seeing her upset and knowing that there was nothing I could really do about it hurt me even more. When I got home, I decided to call Trey to see how Selena was doing and if we could fix things. "Hello?" Trey said answering the phone. "Wassup Trey." I said trying to hide my nervousness. "Sup." Just from that one word  I could hear the irritation in his voice. I guess he found out it was me. "You know who this is right?" I said making sure just in case he didn't know. "Mhm, what you want?" Well at least he ain't mad..."First I wanted to tell you sorry. I never apologized for talking to Angela and all that other stuff. Seeing Selena in the hospital reminded me that life's too short to be holding grudges and shit man. Second, I wanted to see how Lena was progressing. You know, if she has gotten any better?" "I'm over that shit James. Been over it... And she's fine. She has to stay over night but she can go home tomorrow." "So we good again man? And that's good, I'm happy to hear that she's ok." "Look James, I don't care about you and Angela talking anymore. That shit was what? Weeks ago? I can care less. Plus me and Angela aren't together anymore so what it matter. And another thing, I'm not taking Angela back and you can tell her that. But I got to go. Bye." After Trey finished talking he quickly hung up. I was happy that we were cool again-somewhat cool anyway-but I didn't want to be the one to tell Angela what he said. That was his job, not mine.

I woke up at 10:15am Saturday morning by the sound of my phone vibrating. I rolled over on my side so that I could grab my phone to answer it. Without looking at the caller ID, I pressed the 'talk' button and spoke into the receiver. "Hello." I said groggily. "James! Can you come over please?" I heard Angela's high-pitched voice say. "Uh...? Oh umm, hey Angie. Yeah what's wrong?" "I'll tell you when you get here. Just please hurry!" "Ok." I hung up the phone and hopped out of bed. I guess I have plans for today.

I arrived at Angela's house a few minutes after 11:00. As soon as I stepped on her front porch she greeted and pulled me into her house. I've been to Angela's house plenty of times before but never actually been inside of it. When I walked in, I started looking around her living room noticing all the pictures that were hung on the wall. Angela was adorable when she was little and now that she's older, she's even more beautiful.

"James look!" Angela said screaming at me and shoving her phone in my face stopping me from looking at the pictures. The first thing I seen when I grabbed her phone from her was Trey's name. "He texted you?" I asked before reading the message. "Yess! Now read what it say!" I did as I was told and began to read. The message read: "Hey Angela. First I want to tell you that I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't have to go off on you like I did, but at the moment I was mad and wasn't thinking...and with that being said I'm going to say this. Ang. I love you with all my heart and you know I do..breaking up with you yesterday was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life! But it had to be done. I got tired of being accused for shit that I didn't do and I got tired of feeling like you were using me. You probably haven't noticed, but ever since you and James started talking, you had starting to spending more time with him over me. And when me and you went out, I felt as if the love between us was lost. And I was right. Angela...you don't love me anymore. You love James-you always have. You just never acknowledged it. And I hadn't either-until now. We're not 'Trey&Angela' anymore...we're Trey and Angela. If you get what I mean. But I'm pretty sure this message is incredibly long and I need to start getting Selena's stuff together for when the doctor says she can leave. So talk to you later. Love you....friend."

When I finished reading Trey's message, it felt like my mouth had fell all the way down to my feet. I looked up at Angela to see her staring at me. "I-is this true?" I attempted to say. Angela neither moved nor said a word, but I knew her answer to my question. "It is true." I said softly but loud enough for her to hear. Angela slowly shook her head up and down and walked over to me. "I-I knew I didn't feel the same about T-Trey anymore but I d-didn't know why." she said while shaking. I opened my arms signaling her to give me a hug. After she walked into my arms I bent my head down, whispered in her ear; "You know why now.", then passionately kissed her on her lips.