Second Chance :: Nathan Chen

Chapter 27

Song: 7 Minutes by Dean Lewis

Kierra's POV

I step out of the elevator looking for the sign that says "roof".

I climb the quickly ascending stairs throwing open the door. The wind whips back and forth as I step onto the roof.

I walk toward the edge my hands clenched into fists.

The sky is a dark grey, with the city lights twinkling from below.

I stand totally alone at the edge of the building looking down. Maybe this is what Alex felt.

Because I feel it too.

Power.

Pain.

Worthlessness.

Fear.

I sink into the floor drawing my knees into my chest trying to protect myself from the cold wind.

I chew my lip until it bleeds, but my body is too numb to even notice.

"ALEX!" I scream at the top of my lungs. "I FUCKING LOVE YOU!" My voice is carried away in the perilous wind.

Just how Alex was swept away.

Nathan's POV

I sit on the floor with my back propped against the side of the bed.

"You can do this," I whisper to myself.

But the thing is I can't.

My mind flashes back to four years ago, 'Nathan Chen the Quad King and Kierra Yu the Quad Queen.'

Four years ago the only thing I heard was 'Nathan Chen, cool, calm and collected on and off the ice.'

Four years later I can't breathe.

Four years later I'm terrified to step foot on the ice.

"Nathan?"

I look up, it's Vincent staring at me through the doorway.

"You good?" He asks concern flashing through his eyes.

"I'm fine," I whisper.

Vincent walks over, sitting down next to me.

We sit in total silence, but it feels so right.

"Are you sure about marrying Amber?" Vincent asks steadily.

I look down at the floor, my eyes not meeting his. "Yes," I whisper shakily.

"You're going to marry a girl who you cheated with?" Vincent says his voice wavering slightly.

"Y-yes," I stammer.

I can still remember the hurt in Kierra's eyes, the tears that had spilled over her lashes, running down her cheeks.

"Do you realize how much you hurt Kierra?" Vincent asks.

"Yes."

I know full well how much I hurt her, and I would take it back in an instant, but I can't. The world has changed, and so have we.

"Do you realize that Kierra still cares about you?" Vincent states a pang of hurt in his voice.

"No," I whisper breathlessly.

"She does."

"No, she doesn't!" I scream desperately trying to escape the guilt the spreads throughout my body.