I Wanted To - Part 2 - (P.T. Barnum)

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by Freegurl18

by Freegurl18

You ran far from the tent and your tent to a park and sat at the nearest bench with tears running down your cheeks. How could you let this get to you that much? Surely you weren't in love with Phineas. Of course only you would be stuck in this preposterous situation! But just thinking of him makes your stomach leap into somersaults. Let alone facing him and the fact you like him.

Ugh!

You stand and walk to the nearest store to get your mind off of the man. As you walk through and look at pretty things you spot a cute pair of heels you just had to buy. The price was ridiculous but they gave you a smile as you walked out of the store. After that you hopped from store to store doing whatever it took to distract you.

Finally after an evening full of shopping you paid a kind young man to deliver your stuff to your tent location and headed to a diner down the street from you. It looked fancy and you had eaten at it a long time ago with your parents before they dumped you. So you walked over and checked in. They led you to a seat with a window. It was fancy, like you thought, and the prices were high but you would manage. The whole tine you were out you had not given Barnum one thought. You smile at your own ability to distract yourself. At least it comes in handy in some ways.

You order a dish not really knowing what exactly it was. Now that you were sitting and waiting your mind was not distracted from Phineas anymore. You sigh leaning back in your seat. You look to the side as you picked up your tea to sip it. But when you caught site of the table about 3 away from yours you spat half of your sip out.

Barnum was seated at the table chatting away with a business looking man. He was most likely talking business over dinner. You rolled your eyes at your predicament. "No getting out of it now." you sighed to yourself as a lady came with your dish that smelled quite delicious. It was pure stupidity that drove you to keep glancing at his table as you ate. You just couldn't deprive yourself from snatching a glimpse of P.T. all dressed up like that. About half way through your dish you glanced again but found Phineas was looking straight into your eyes. You sat there dumbly for a few seconds before frowning and looking back at your food. You could tell he was bothered tremendously by your outrage.

The rest of the meal was awkward as he was staring at you almost the whole time. Why? He just confuses you more and more. As a waiter walks by finally you stop her. "Uh, excuse me miss, can I have my bill?" you question as she smiles. "Oh that, your bills already been paid by the fancy gentleman over there." she says pointing to Barnum who is still talking with the man. You smile at the waitress thanking her but as son as she left you glared at Phineas so hard it could kill him.

You quickly gather your things to leave cause you saw them leaving as well. You just want to get away before they leave too. Exiting you make your way down a street with a few random people. All you wanted was to locked in your tent to get a good nights sleep. But not even halfway home you saw a dark figure jogging up to you. "Y/N! Wait up." you heard Phineas strong voice say. You started walking faster to avoid the talking. Of course he caught up.

"Please Y/N, tel me what's wrong." he says grabbing your arm but you yank it away. "I don't wanna talk about it. Besides why are you just assuming sonethings wrong." you question knowing it was a stupid one. "Don't give me that. There's been something wrong ever since I got back. Why else would you have stormed out and been missing for a day." he said almost angrily. You stop and let out a frustrating growl. "Phineas I can't. Just leave me be please." you sigh defeated. "I can't keep acting." you were done with everything. Every stupid little thing.

"Y/N I care about you. I want to know what's wrong what do you mean acting." you stop short as your stomach twists when he said he cared. He stepped in front of you as you were in a daze and grabbed your shoulders gently. Your eyes met his who were full of worry and sadness but also so so beautiful at the same time. Every little feature made you speechless.

Not even caring you grabbed his suit collar and pulled him forward as your lips crashed into a kiss. He was startled and pulled you off after only a few seconds. But it was still long enough for that sweet feeling of his lips to be felt on yours. "What's gotten into you Y/N!" he shouts as you back up and stare at yours shoes. "I don't know Phineas! I like you. I really really like you! There I said it. That's what's been bothering me. Your my boss and i know its wrong but I can't help what I feel and its killing me." you whisper the last part.

Finally looking up you see Phineas in a state of shock. "Y/N..." he says dumbfounded, "I..." you gulp in anticipation. "Yes?" you say with a flicker of hope and dread at the same time. He looked so bothered and to see him like this pained you. Were you really not good enough. "Look im going home. Sorry to overwhelm you." you state sarcastically as you start walking away. A tear rolls down your cheek as you wait for him to stop you.

But that never happens...

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Do you think he likes her back?
I am sooooo sorry for making this a three parter but I just feel like its more of a short story now. I promise I will end it on the third.

Thank you for all the nice comments btw!