Endless Anti-Romantic

Chapter 14: Confused Part 2

Chapter 14: Confused, Part 2

~Connor's POV~

I wake up to an empty bed beside me and I instantly curse to myself. I hear the door open and I run down immediately. I sigh in disappointment when I see my dad smiling up at me.

"Morning Connor." I ruffle my hair and walk over to him.

"Hey dad." My dad looks over at me with a serious face.

"You alright? You don't seem... Normal." I laugh and sigh.

"I'm not normal." I look up at my dad. "I did a bad thing dad." He stops shoving things into cabinets and sits in front of me.

"Wanna talk? I'm here to listen." I groan in frustration.

"I don't even know where to start dad!"

"The beginning is always a good place to start." I scoff and slam my fist on the table. "Calm down son." He places his hand over my fist and I break.

"I kissed Naomi." He raises his eyebrows and leans back.

"Really?" I look up and nod sadly. "Well, what happened? Did you two...?" I raise my eyebrow and it hits me.

"God! Dad no! I'm not that heartless."

"Heartless?" I sigh again and nod.

"Heartless." I swallow hard. "She has a boyfriend. That Marcus guy I told you about." My dad nods and clears his throat.

"Well. How was it?"

"Dad?!"

"I'm not too sure how to react Connor!" My dad leans forward. "You and Naomi have been friends for 19 years, going on 20. I'm not entirely sure what to say. It's normal if you bring a girlfriend here and introduce her to me because that's normal. But you and Naomi, it's kind of..." He shrugs. "I'm not even sure. Different I guess." I bite my lip and nod. "That's a bad habit, stop it." I clear my throat and release my lip.

"Well. In all honesty I liked it."

"And?" I laugh awkwardly.

"I don't know. I liked it a lot. I didn't want to stop." My dad nods.

"How long have you liked her?" I laugh and think back.

"The day I started hating Marcus because he had a crush on her. That's kinda when I realized." My dad laughs.

"Since you were 15? Really?" I nod and chuckle. "However did you hold on for this long?" I shrug.

"Not sure. But I guarantee if Marcus wasn't a factor I could have held on longer." My dad laughs and pats my arm.

"We'll finish talking about this later, but for now, I gotta go back to work and you have school." I look up at the clock.

"Fuck!" I run up the stairs as I hear my dad yell to me.

"Language Connor!" I laugh as I throw on a clean shirt. And head out the door after grabbing my keys and bag.

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I get out of my class and walk to the cafeteria for food. I see Marcus talking with Naomi and I instantly get jealous. I lost my appetite. I walk out of the cafeteria and get out my keys to head home. Luckily I had only two classes today. One at 8:45 and one at 10:30. "Yo!" I turn around as I feel a hand on my shoulder. "You had your chance."

"Marcus chill out. What are you talking about?"

"You kissed my girl! You had 19 years to make a move! You lost your chance." How stupid was this guy.

"Marcus I'm not fighting over Naomi. I get that she's your girlfriend. I was being stupid."

"Yeah stupid being the key word. What about your girl? Zoe?" Oh yeah... Zoe.

"What about her?"

"You weren't gonna tell her? Are you that much of a man whore?" I scoff and sigh.

"I wasn't gonna tell her because it wasn't a big deal. I didn't feel anything from the kiss and neither did Naomi. It was an experiment."

"If it was just an experiment, why not tell Zoe? Better yet. Why not let me tell her. I'm sure she'd love to hear about your plan to get with every girl you know and leave them."

"That's not my plan at all!"

"Well it is now." He starts to walk away and I panic. I grab his shoulder, turn him toward me and punch him in the face. He falls to the floor for a split second then I feel a sharp pain in my stomach.

The next thing I know, Marcus and I are having a full on brawl. "Marcus stop!" Naomi's voice rang through my ears.

"Control your boy toy Naomi!" Who is that? I look up and see Zoe kneeling beside me. I look back and see Naomi holding Marcus back.

"Marcus stop! What is wrong with you?! I thought you said it was alright!"

"Well it's not. Just like everyone else he wants to fuck you and leave. I actually care about you. Choose. Me or him." In that instant my heart breaks.

"Marcus. Don't."

"No Naomi!" I look over at Zoe. "He hurt Connor! You can't have two boys. Make a choice!" I see Naomi's eyes glisten on the verge of tears.

"Naomi go with Marcus." She looks down at me. "I'll be fine." Naomi shakes her head and looks at Marcus.

"I'm not choosing." I groan and shake my head.

"Marcus take her." Without any hesitation, Marcus wraps his arm around Naomi and walks away. I started this, it's all my fault.

"Con-con-" I roll my eyes at the nickname, "Let's get you home." I shake my head and stand up.

"No. I'm fine. You go." I look in the direction Naomi was pulled in. I see Naomi and Marcus kissing and my world collapse around me. I gave away my best friend. "I just need to be alone for a while." I walk away from Zoe and get into my car. I inspect my face and anything else that hurts.

~Naomi's POV~

Just after Connor told Marcus to take me away I felt every part of me shatter. He doesn't get to choose for me and I don't have a right to choose between my best friend and my boyfriend. "Marcus stop!" I yell and pull myself away from him. "Why did you do that?!"

"Because you're mine. I don't like how he thinks he can take you from me!" I scoff and tears sting my eyes.

"Marcus I shouldn't have to choose between-"

"None of that shit Naomi!" I flinch at the harshness of his voice. He sighs and wraps his arm around my waist. "I don't want him to take advantage of you Naomi. I love you." And with that he kissed me. I kissed back but not the Marcus I thought I loved. Everyone has multiple sides to them but this is ridiculous. I can't be with him. I can't love him. I pull away and he gives me a confused look.

"I'm sorry Marcus." I kiss him lightly. "But you're different than I thought you were." His face drops and I pull away from his grasp. I start to walk over to my car when I see Connor's is still here. I bite my lip and hesitantly walk over. I knock on the driver's window. He looks up and rolls the window down. "Got room for one more?" He smiles and nods. I walk over to the passengers side. I sit down and I instantly grab Connor's face. I scan all his bruises and a few cuts. I sigh and release his face.

"Where's Marcus?" I chuckle lightly.

"It's not gonna work out." Connor smiles lightly then his face drops. "It's not your fault. It's his. I'd never choose a guy over my best friend." Again Connor laughs and starts his car.

"Pizza?" I shake my head.

"My house. I should clean you up a bit. Then we can get pizza." Connor smiles at me.

"Gotta love you Nomi." I laugh and nod.

"Love you too Con."