The BadBoy & The WallFlower

32) The Talk

Lena
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Walking the hallways at school was awkward, Everyone knew what happened. Isaac of course had told the whole school that Daren broke up with me because I wouldn't put out. Douchebag.

"Lena!" Cam ran up to me in the hall after yearbook. "Hey! Where were you? Your mom was freaking out."

"I went to see my dad, long story I'll explain later."

"I heard what happened. Are you okay?" She offered a sympathetic smile.

"I'm numb to all feelings currently. I'll get back to you on that."

"I'll take that as a no." She walked me to my locker. "We can slash his tires?"

"His car is too beautiful. Plus the car never hurt me. Just him." I opened my locker and grabbed my math book. "I just want to forget this year even happened and move on."

"We can do that." She smiled.

"I've got to go to class, I'll catch up later." I waved and walked away. I dragged myself to class knowing Daren would be there. I felt the anxiety rise up in my chest but I ignored it. I don't want this to effect me more than it already has.

As soon as I walked in I was met face to face with Daren.

"Lena-"

I raised a hand to stop him. "Daren, please just leave me alone." I walked past him without blinking an eye and took my seat.

He stood there speechless for a second before he took his own seat.

Was it shitty of me to ignore him? Probably. But i just don't feel like talking to him. He lied, and I honestly don't know what the truth is anymore.

I could see him fidgeting anxiously throughout the class which made me feel even more anxious than I was when I first walked into class. He occasionally turned to look at me, but I held my head up high and ignored his gaze.

When class was finally over I rushed out of my seat to try to avoid Daren.

"Elena wait!" Daren caught my arm just as I made it to the hallway.

"Daren, please just let me go." I pulled my arm away from him.

He let go, "I'm sorry, I just need to talk to you." He seemed tired.

"I think I've made it pretty clear that I don't want to talk to you." I crossed my arms.

"I know, I know..I just want to explain my side." He scratched the back of his neck.

"I'm not being a dick about this alright? I'm just not ready to listen to you yet... I'm still upset and I don't want to talk to you while I'm upset. Can you please accept that?" I sighed.

He nods. "okay, I'm sorry. Take your time." He smiles softly and walks away.

I let out a shuttered breath. It hurts me to see him so distressed, but I don't think I could listen to what he has to say fairly. Some space will do us some good.

Over the next few days Daren had given me the space I had asked for. Whenever we bumped into eachother or made eye contact he would just smile softly and look away.

Another week had gone by and I felt much better about the whole situation. I saw Daren walking out to the parking lot and decided to catch up with him.

"Hey, you busy?" I asked.

His eyes lit up. "no, not busy. I was just going to the park."

"Can I join you?"

"Of course. Always." He walked me too his car and opened the passenger door for me.

I thanked him and he ran a around to the other side to get in. We drove in silence for a while. The was music playing faintly in the background but I couldn't really make out what it was.

"How was your day?"he asked.

"oh, it was alright.. pretty boring. Had a math test.. I think I passed." I said awkwardly.

"Cool, cool..." He nods.

"How was yours?" I asked.

"Fine, better now." He smiled softly.

I smiled and took a deep breath.

When we pulled up to the park we both got out and walked to a small Hill that overlooked the park. We sat there in silence until I spoke up.

"I'm sorry for ignoring you the past two weeks..."

"You have nothing to apologise for. I'm the one who was pressuring you into talking before you were ready. " He looked at me earnestly.

"I'm ready to listen now." I said.

He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry about what I said and how I handled the situation... I'm gonna explain my reasoning behind it."

"Okay, im all ears." I said.

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A/N: HEY GUYS! sorry I've been gone for a while. Ive been writing a lot in my notebook but haven't edited anything on Wattpad but no worried the next part is gonna be up soon. I'm just perfecting the talk. K thanks for still reading!