A Country Girl.

chapter 9

                                                                                                       TY

"Hailey, please" I begged "I didn't mean it, I promise" "I don't care if you didn't mean it" she yelled, she looked like a startled horse like she would run at any minute. I could see the anger and hurt in her eyes "Hailey please calm down can we talk" "don't tell me to calm down and no we can't talk, why don't you just leave me alone, why don't you just leave and never come back since you don't really love me" she yelled. I felt my heart shatter, then my anger took hold and I yelled "FINE, I will" "great" "good." I stormed off, walking to the house. I walked in and went straight to Amy's office. I knocked on the door, "come in" she called and I opened the door "oh hey Ty, whats up?" she asked "I quit" I said "what?!?!" "I quit" I said again and walked out the door "Ty wait, why are you quitting?" Amy asked following after me. I didn't answer. I went to walk out the door but Amy stopped me "Ty, what is wrong and why are you quitting?" she asked. Hailey walked in just before I answered. Our eyes met for a split second. "Hailey, whats going on?" Amy asked "whats going on between you two?" she looked between me and Hailey "nothing" Hailey said with a bit and stormed up to her room. Amy looked to me for an answer, but she was wasting her time I wasn't going to give her one. "I'm leaving" I said and walked out. I went to my truck and drove off. As I pulled out I saw Hailey in her window, she was watching me leave but her eyes were full of anger.

After about an hour of driving my anger had subsided and was replaced with overwhelming sadness.' how could I just leave' I thought 'I should go back. I did hurt her.'  I turned the radio on to try and drown my thoughts. After a couple songs played, a song that Hailey used to sing came on. I felt tears begin to build up behind my eyes but I held them back. I changed the station trying to change the direction of my thoughts but it didn't work. The tears began to flow and I could do nothing to stop them. I pulled over and turned the truck off. I sat there crying unable to stop "how could I do this to her, I never should of said she lied then this wouldn't of happened" I cried "Hailey I so sorry." After about 20 minutes I was finally able to get a hold of my emotions, I started the truck again and pulled back on to the road. I drove for about 30 minutes, thinking back to what I said 'wait' I thought 'why am I so upset, I did apologize and she didn't accept it and she's the one who hurt me first' "yeah, she should apologize to me" I said out loud.  

I got home at 12 and I didn't have lunch, so I went to the fridge. I pulled out some meat and the mayo. "hey honey, your home early" my mom said walking into the kitchen as I was making a sandwich "yeah" "why are you home so early?" "I quit" I said grabbing my sandwich and walking over to the table "you what?" "why did you quit you loved that job and didn't you like a girl that worked there?" mom asked and my emotions flared up, both anger and sadness. "yeah but I was wrong  for liking her" I said "how so, she seemed sweet" " mom please just leave it, it's over and that's it" I said with a slight edge so she wouldn't continue to ask questions "alright sweetie, well I have to head to work so I love you I see you later" "ok love you." After lunch I went to my room and took down all the pictures of me and Hailey, even the ones from we when were friends, and put them in a box. When I got to the last picture, us at the dance, I hesitated. A single tear fell and I put the picture in the box and closed it.