Damn, The Feels.

Chapter 6- one week

It's been one week.

One week of Nicholas sitting as far away he can in class.

One week of not coming down to the cafe at all.

I sigh and look up from my coffee eyes and find Terence looking at me. He gives a small wave and walks closer

"Is this Seat Taken?" He asks and tilts heads to the right slightly.

"No."

"What did you say to him? He seems distraught, that's an exaggeration. He isn't being a much of a player" Terence explained.

I brush back a strand of hair and nod.

"I told him to stay away. I mean we just met and he was doing things like taking me shopping and being so caring...it was too fast."

"That's Nicky boy for you. He never liked a girl, in the sense he has never had affections or interest in a girl like he seems to have for you, and he is expressing it the ways he sees in movies. The K- dramas he watches with his sister might also be responsible." Terence gives me a smile.

It made sense. But that wasn't the only reason I didn't want Nicholas around me.

I sigh and look down at my lap, fidgeting with my nails.

"That is not the only reason..." I look up at Terence, he was patiently waiting for me to continue.  "Relationship has a way of disappointing me. I have had two relationships so far and both were-"

"- bad?" Terence finishes. "I know...when my girlfriend cheated on me. I stopped dating, no girls at all. Then I met someone, she bought back the fate." Terence smiles and his eyes looked like they were thinking about someone. The smile quickly turned sad as he looks down. "So, don't let one bad experience dictate everyone else."

"I'm just scared...my first relationship was so...scaring" I try explaining.

"Okay here is a deal. I tell you what happened to my girlfriend who bought back my fate and you tell what was so scaring." Terence says with a childlike grin.

I didn't know this boy, but the way he spoke and smiles made me want to trust him.

"Deal." I accepted his grin widens.

"Ok, so here is what happened to Serena." Terence turned melancholy now. "We went to get ice cream one day and I parked the car with her in it opposite to the shop. I bought the ice cream and then.." he choked on his words.

"Hey, you don't have to." I put an arm on his shoulder gently.

"- I want to. If it helps you or Nick then it's not a big deal. Everyone knows the story anyway. So I stood at the footpath on the opposite side of the road and I acted like I was gonna lick her ice cream. She...she ran out of the car but a small truck hit her. She died after four hours in the ICU."

"I'm...I am sorry." I mumble

"Oh! It's okay, okay your turn." his mood changed quickly, masking his sadness with a grin.

"Um...in the first one I was constantly emotionally abused. There was so much verbal abuse,  as I grew up I always told myself that I would stay with someone like that but when it happened I kept telling myself- he will change, It was gonna be only this one time. But he it never was.

 He hit me on few occasions and every time he was drunk he would tell me how much he was wasting his time on me. I guess I stayed because deep down  I felt like what he said was true. 

Social relationship lost their excitement and joy cause he made me so insecure. The only kind of relationship that felt right was physical,  like sex. Then the second guy cheated on me with the whole school I think. " I end and look up at Terence with a sad smile.