Breaking and Entering (Reece Bibby)

Chapter 10

"I'm so sorry Avs, I can't believe he would lie to you like that. I never would have thought he was the kind of person to do that." Leah was sitting next to me on my bed where I had been for the past 24 hours. We were supposed to go shopping but I called her and told her to come to my apartment instead.

"I mean he technically didn't lie to me. I never asked if he had a girlfriend."

"Are you defending him right now?" Leah stared at me in shock. "Don't you hate him for what he did? I figured you'd want to cause him pain, not defend his honor."

"I tried hating him. I tried to cause him pain, well emotional pain, but the look on his face somehow made me feel worse." I looked down at the empty pint of ice cream in my hands, my mind flashing with the look on his face again. In the moment, I hadn't thought that much about it, but every time I thought back about it I couldn't get the look of hurt on his face to leave my mind.

"What did you do? To cause him pain?" Leah was intrigued, and I specifically hadn't told her this part because I felt terrible about it.

"I may have kissed George right in front of him." I slowly looked up to see her jaw drop. "In my defense, I didn't realize he had followed me outside. I was kind of hoping George would just tell him and I wouldn't have to see his reaction."

"Have you talked to him since?"

I shook my head and placed the empty ice cream container on my bedside table next to me, pulling the covers up over my head.

"You need to get up. I know I can't force you to go talk to him even though I honestly think you need to hear his side of the story but—"

"His side of the story?" I bolted upright into a sitting position. "What is there for him to say other than I'm sorry I was an ass and led you on to believe I actually liked you and only you. God, I'm such an idiot." I sank back down and pulled the covers back over my head.

"You're not an idiot. But you do need to get up." She tried to pull the covers off of me but I held on tightly.

"No, I can't." I mumbled from under the sheets.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't have to face the real world from under here."

"Oh my god, you are pathetic." This time she ripped the covers completely off of me.

"Hey! Why do I have to get up anyway? Can't I just be pathetic for the rest of the day." I crossed my arms and started pouting like a little kid.

"No. You have your appointment, remember?"

I looked down at the brace on my wrist, thinking back to the fall that caused me to break it and how it started my relationship with Reece. Well, I don't know if you can call it a relationship since I don't even know if we were dating and he was clearly dating someone else.

"Stop thinking about how you broke your wrist. Stop thinking about him altogether."

I looked at her. "You know it's not that simple."

"You're right. Sadly we don't have a switch to just turn our brains off or block out thoughts we don't want to have. So instead, think about how much of an ass he is and how much you being okay will hurt him."

"Didn't I just tell you I didn't want to—"

"STOP MAKING EXCUSE AND GET OFF YOUR ARSE!" she screamed at me.

"OH MY GOD FINE!" I yelled back, getting off my bed and going into my closet to find something to change into.

"Hey, Ava?" Her voice had lost the annoyance and anger it had seconds before.

"Yeah?" I poked my head around the corner into my room.

"Would you be upset if I went out on a date with Blake tonight? If you are it's okay I totally understand how weird it might be."
"Are you kidding? That's so exciting! I wouldn't be upset at all!"

She smiled and I couldn't be happier to see how happy she was.

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"You sure you'll be okay on your own? I can ask Blake to reschedule." Leah stood awkwardly in the waiting room with me. I could tell she really wanted to go.

"I'll be fine. Besides, you're already dressed up and you look so pretty. I would hate for Blake to miss out on seeing you like this." I squeezed her hand comfortingly, telling her I meant it.

"Oh, alright. Call me if you need anything." She walked away hurriedly, clearly excited for her date.

Within five minutes, my name was called and I went in to get my cast. It didn't take that long thankfully as I was dying to get back home to my bed and my marathon of Friends. I tried to listen to what Leah had told me but I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Reece and how much I missed him. And how much I hated him. When I was done I made my way outside to start walking home.

"You've got to be kidding me," I said as I saw who was waiting for me outside.

"Ava, please let me explain." Reece jumped up from where he was sitting on one of the benches and came towards me.

"What's there to explain, Reece? You have a girlfriend and apparently you're okay with the idea of cheating but I'm not so if you would just go ahead and move out of my way." I tried to step around him but he stepped in front of me. "I said move Reece." I tried to go the other way but he blocked my way again.

"I'm not letting you leave until you let me explain."

"Fine." I threw up my hands in defeat. "Go ahead and lie to me and break my heart even more."

He gave me a sad look. "She's not my girlfriend. At least, not anymore."

"Oh great, so you broke up with her now that I've found out." I shook my head at him. "That doesn't change the fact that you still never told me you had a girlfriend the whole ti—"

"But I didn't!" he screamed. "We broke up months ago!"

"So, I'm supposed to believe that she just goes around pretending like you're still together?"

"That's exactly what she does! I broke up with her because she was only dating me because of the band and she's pissed at me about it so now whenever she sees me with another girl, which I'd like to point out have only been friends or Blake's sister, she comes over and pretends like we're still dating. She even bought that stupid bracelet for herself."

I looked at him, searching his eyes for some sign that he was lying. "Why should I believe you?"

"You can ask Blake or George. Please, Ava, just trust me. I would never lie to you." I could see how much he wanted me to trust him in his eyes.

"Reece, I don't kn—"

Before I could finish my sentence Reece stepped forward and kissed me.

"I'm sorry, I just was scared you were going to say you didn't believe me and I wanted to kiss you on—"

This time I interrupted him by kissing him. He kissed me back and I felt the same electricity I had felt every time before start coursing through me. His lips were soft, and unlike the kiss I had with George, this one made me feel something.

Finally, we pulled away breathless. Then, we both became very aware of the fact that we had just made out in the walkway of the building in front of a lot of people. We both turned bright red before Reece grabbed my good hand and pulled me towards the road. 

Author's Note

Hey guys so I just wanted to point out that in case any of you are confused I changed Abby's name to Leah! Anyway, hope you're enjoying this story!