Chapter 2

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--Aria's POV--

I stand up slowly with the broken pieces of my heart in my arms and head to the bathroom to take a shower knowing that it won't help with my emotions. I start the shower and I pull my t-shirt off followed by my cotton shorts. The steam from the shower has already began to cloud the large mirror over the sink. I wipe my hand over it and find a horrifying reflection of myself staring back at me. My nose is red and my eyes are bloodshot and puffy from crying. I step into the shower quickly before the heat leaves the water. The cascading water is warm against my skin and I sigh, trying not to think about what had happened only an hour ago.

My emotions get the best of me and I slide down to the floor crying, thinking of all the wistful memories Dawson and I had created together.

*Summer 2017* (Flashback)

"Hurry up woman!" Dawson shouts from outside the house.

"Coming!" I shout back.

Today is the day. Dawson and I are going away to his parents lake house in Maine for the whole summer. I refused his parents offer when they told me about it in the first place and I told them it was a crazy idea. They insisted Dawson to bring me there and told me how beautiful it always is during the summer. Heather (Dawson's mother) bothered me about it for days and I finally admitted defeat and agreed to go just to make her happy. It's not that I didn't want to go, I just didn't want them to spend their money on me. Dawson begged me to go with him and he was pouting like a child when I told him that I wouldn't go.

"If you don't come out now, I will leave without you and we both know that I will go through with that!" Dawson shouts while honking the car.

"Stop being such a child. Give me two more minutes!" I shout.

I hurry around the living room to check if I have everything I need. Once I knew I had everything, I grab my suitcase and head out the door and lock it.

"Finally, I thought you were never coming out." Dawson says as he gives me a small kiss on my cheek.

I roll my eyes at him and he chuckles while putting my suitcase into the trunk of the car.

"Are you excited? The drive there is about five hours but because of my driving, it will only take about three hours and thirty minutes." He says with a smirk across his face.

"Don't get too cocky, you never know if there's a traffic jam on the way there." I say with an equal smirk on my face.

As Dawson backs out of the driveway and pulls onto the street, I turn on the radio and begin to softly sing along to the song playing. Dawson grabs my hand and he pulls it to his mouth and kisses it. I look at him and he looks back at me with a wide smile.

"You should get some sleep. It's going to be a long drive." He says while focusing on the road.

I nod at him and close my eyes in hopes that I can fall asleep during the lengthy drive.

--Dawson's POV--

I glance to my right just to find my beautiful girl sleeping. She looks so peaceful and adorable. She deserves this trip after all her hard work at the restaurant. She has been working a nine to five job for the past five months and she hasn't missed a day of work since she got the job. I always try to convince her to take a break every once in a while but she refuses to do so. She is so stubborn when it comes to taking a break from her job.

I stop at a gas station halfway to get gas and snacks. I shake Aria gently to ask her if she would like to follow me into the store. She nods while rubbing her eyes and fixes her hair into a ponytail. She is so fucking attractive and she doesn't even need to try. I open the car door and hold out my hand for her. She grabs it and steps out of the car and we walk towards the store located at the side of the gas station.

As we enter the tiny store, the smell of grease fills my nostrils and I look at Aria who is covering her yawn with her mouth. She lets go of my hand and move to one of the many snack aisles.

"I need to use the restroom. You'll be fine out here on your own yeah?" I ask Aria whose hands are full with bags of junk food, candy and energy drinks.

"Yeah, go ahead, i'll be fine don't worry." She replies with a smile.

I give her some money to pay for all the crap she had in her hands before I walk away to find the restroom.

When I walk back to find her, she is standing at the door with the three plastic bags in her hand.

"Are you going to share that with me or are you going to finish all that by yourself?" I ask her.

"Oh did you want some?" She says sarcastically.

I stick my tongue out to her like the child I am and she rolls her eyes at me. I take two of the plastic bags from her hands and we walk back to the car. We continue on with our journey to Maine while we sing along to the songs on the radio.

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