Summer Romance

Summer Romance: Chapter 11

All I can do is stare.

It's almost like my eyes are magnetically drawn to him. I can't look away, all I can do is watch. His eyes never leave her face, his hand rests on top of hers, their knees brush on several occasions. They sit idly chatting completely oblivious to Jess's death stares and my desperate, frozen ones.  Loathing begins to settle in, and disgust.

How could Austin do this to me? Had he gotten bored and decided to fool around? Was it the thrill of doing something wrong that drives him? Whatever it is, he's going to pay, twice over. I know we had a fight but was it really that bad, he decided to cheat on me? Last time I checked we were still going out. Slowly I stand up, brush off my dress and throw a ten dollar bill down on the table. Jess follows my lead. We march out of Jeff's, our expressions completely blank of any emotions.

We walk right past the traitor's table. As soon as we are nearly out of earshot I hear them both audibly sigh. I strut cockily out of the little shack. My legs can't carry me fast enough; by the time I make it out of there tears are streaming down my face. Jess sidles over to me and grabs my shoulders forcing me to look at her.

"Kelly, I need you to focus for a minute,"

I nod trying to get my act together, hardly succeeding. When at last she's somewhat satisfied

Jess continues,

"We aren't going to let them get away with this,"

Her voice, slightly endearing but more so empowering.

"We're not?"

I ask not really comprehending; the only thing that's running through my brain is Austin's hand over Ella's. How heartbroken I was when they smiled at each other. I honestly just lived through my worst nightmare and I didn’t want to come to terms with it.

"We're not,"

Jess affirms, dragging me over to my car--- away from the building and even farther away from Austin's cheating self. I let her yank and pull until she's gotten me all the way there, the whole time the parking lot's ground etches itself onto the soles of my shoes.

"Kelly, I'm going to allow you to go home and lay in your bed weeping yourself to sleep, completely inconsolable. Then you can wake up, staying sullen and unpleasant, hold a long pity party for yourself, because you deserve that much. After that I'm going to come stomping into your house and drag you out of there. We will start planning your revenge thereafter,"

Jess gets me in my car, follows me home, and walks me to my door. Then she disappears. It might have been better if she had stayed that way we would both be able to wallow in self-pity together instead of me becoming a stinky, tear stained girl who becomes depressed over a boy. A boy whom I gave my heart to and he decided it would be okay if he broke it. Yes I made a mistake but I don’t think this is the right kind of consequence I deserved.

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Time seems to disappear and I allow myself to wallow in despair. Ella seems to be the only one who texts me every several minutes. I don't respond to any of them. How am I supposed to answer pleas of where are you when it’s her fault I'm in this mess in the first place. Jess leaves me alone, I know she's dying to see how I am but she'll let me have my time. The one person who never texts or calls me is Austin. He could at least pretend to care. After several hours of snuggling in my bed despairing in self-pity my phone buzzes with a text.

I'm coming over

                              Austin

I chuck my phone at the wall praying that he'll get stuck in traffic or have to wax his mother’s ears. I think of several scenarios, basically anything at all so I can escape his cheating self. I jump out of bed, invigorated, and throw on an old sundress. I rummage in my closet for flats and then I quickly apply make-up. If he does get here before I can leave I at least need to look good. Austin doesn't deserve the satisfaction of knowing how insulted and sad he's made me. Less than a minute later the doorbell rings. I cringe and carefully open my window, hoping to climb through.

"Honey!"

I cringe at the sound of her voice, maybe she was calling Karli.

My mother calls again,

"Kelly, Austin's here to see you!"

I move over to my window and slowly crawl through.

A small knock at the door causes me to my lift my head up and bang it on the window sill. I wince and slowly pull myself back out and tread over to my bed. I plop down and it makes an oomph under my weight.

"Come in,"

 I try to chirp nonchalantly.

Not hesitating for a moment Austin barges into my room and flops down on my be beside me. My bed sags under him and it causes me to slide down a little bit closer to him. Quickly I scramble up to a standing position and lean coolly against my cold wall trying to appear calm and collected. We stare at each other for a while before he says anything.

"Why haven't you answered my texts?"

As if he's sent any, I think angrily to myself. What an audacious jerk. Coming over to my house, and then barging into my room, the icing on the cake has to be the texts though.

"What texts?"

 I ask blatantly, blinking rapidly.

He probably was thinking that I had no idea; I was just the same old naive Kelly. Well unfortunately for him and me, I wasn't that girl anymore. I was furious, and embarrassed. Neither goes well together. I brush my hair out of my face and stand a little taller.

"Austin you need to leave,"

I order. Confusion shoots across his face.

"What, why,"

He blunders.

"I'm not in the mood for you to come to my house, uninvited, barge into my bedroom and flop down on my bed. You have no right, now I'd like you to leave,"

My eyes grow blurry as tears start to form, I try to blink and hide them. They disobey and trickle down my face one by one. Austin appears oblivious to my state and simply heeds my words. He stands up, brushes himself off and hurries out. I watch as his car peals out of the driveway, wishing it could be different. Once a cheater always a cheater, I try to console myself.

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