Rich Boy

Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Jake

I was having a great time at the get together and I was getting all types of feels when I saw Celeste getting along with my closest friends. I was distracted when a cold hand touched my back gently. I turned and came face to face with Erin Willingson, the girl that was my first love.

"Hey Jake. Long time no see." Her sweet voice filled my ears. She still looked as beautiful as I remember, her long blonde hair was stuck to her skin from the water, he beautiful hazel eyes watched my reaction carefully, and she had that hint of a smile on her beautiful face. My heart pounded so hard in my chest that I thought my chest would explode.

"Hi Erin." I whispered in a voice I couldn't recognize as my own. "Can we talk?" She asked and her being here around me was causing memories of our relationship to flood through me. She was my first everything and I actually loved her but she said she never loved me and was only using me because of my family's money. She broke my fragile heart into a million pieces.

Flashback

It was Christmas night, it had been exactly a year since I had asked Erin to be my girlfriend. I was sitting on a beautiful park bench at a park near Erin's house. The park near where she lived was huge and was always decorated with lights for every holiday. It had started to show earlier that day and there was a fresh layer of snow all around. I zipped up my heavy coat and waited patiently for her to arrive.

I hadn't seen her all day because she had to visit her family all day but she finally got home and I asked her to come see me at the park. I bounced her gift on my knee nervously, today was the day I was going to tell her I loved her. I loved her for a while now but I was nervous to tell her. I had never been in love before and I never said I love you to anyone besides my parents. I cherished those three words. The word 'love' had so many memories and feelings behind it that I would never dare use it lightly.

"Jake?" I heard her beautiful voice call my name, pulling me out of my thoughts and I placed her present to the side and stood up to face her. "Hey Erin...you look beautiful. Merry Christmas!" I said hugging her and kissing her quickly. She was wearing long fuzzy pants, a large Christmas sweater with an unzipped jacket on, and a pair of ugg boots she loved. Her hair was over her shoulders and she looked like a goddess in that moment.

"Merry Christmas to you too." She said handing me a gift, "Oh thanks, I have one for you too." I said grabbing the small present I had gotten her. "Let's open them on three." She said smiling, "One, two, three!" She said and we both opened our gifts. She had gotten me a nice black watch and it was in an awesome case. I took it out and put it on making her smile, "I like it a lot, thanks." I said anxiously, she smiled as she opened the small black box that I had wrapped. She pulled out the pendant that I had hand crafted for her.

The pendent was heart shaped and encircled in tiny diamonds. It gleamed as she popped it open to reveal a picture of me and her and it said the date we started dating. "It's marvelous!" She said gasping and I helped her put it on, I let my fingers stay a bit longer than necessary on her neck as I clipped the pendant around her neck.

She turned and smiled at me, I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her gently. She kissed me back before pulling away, I looked in her eyes searching for what I wanted, that warm look she gave me that made me feel all tingly. She looked back at me with warm eyes and I placed a loose strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Erin...you make me feel electric, when I'm with you I feel like everything's okay. I'm so happy you're mine and I-I love you." I said getting enough courage, after I finished I waited for her to say it back but it never came, instead her face twisted and she pulled herself from my arms. "Jake, you're a great guy and all but I..." I knew what was coming and I wouldn't be able to handle her not loving me back so I put up my finger to her lips gently.