The love that holds us||Ethma

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|Song for chapter|
{lovers by Anna of the north}
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Emma

"So how was the party last night?" Olivia asks, her eyes not leaving her phone.

I look down to my food and picked on it with my fork. My appetite was gone, idk why.

"It was weird." My eyes look up to olivia but it's wasn't long until I put my attention back to my food.

After my conversation with Ethan last night he asked me to keep him company since he was only there too see Amanda. There wasn't a lot of getting to know each other since all he wanted to do is talk about Amanda.

Being honest I didn't even talk that much. Just listened, he was pouring his heart out. And I could feel with every word he said, the pain he carried.

It also made me realize that I needed to get over alex. I don't want to end up like ethan. He's clearly love blind and there's no changing him.

I on the other hand, I know if I forget about my feelings for Alex sooner or later they will be gone.

"Why weird?" Olivia questions me taking a bite out of her food. I lean my elbows in the table putting my face in my hands. "Well, there's this guy..." I say. Olivia's eyes widened and she smiles.

"Omg wait, did you finally get a boyfriend?!" I squint my eyes and gave her a annoyed look. "No, but I did meet this kid and he's pretty cute." My smile instantly grows, the image of Ethan pops up in my head and I swear I felt myself blushing.

"What's the catch?" Olivia takes another bite of her food and stares at me waiting for my answer.

I roll my eyes as my smile disappears. "He likes Amanda." I look down to my hands rubbing them together. Part of me doesn't care that Ethan likes her, because at the end of the day I don't think I'll have a chance with him.

I tend to get attached to things fast and I guess ethan is one of those things. And it wasn't just because of the looks. I mean I was with him when he poured his heart out and that for me was something I've never seen in any other guy.

It amazed me how emotional he was, usually guys now and days tend to not care or not show how hey feel when they are hurt. But ethan was the opposite of that.

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"Why don't you try to win her over?" I asked hugging myself from the cold breeze.

Ethan shakes his head taking a sip of his drink. "I've tried that too, she's just blind and can't see that Daniel and her aren't meant to be together." His voice cracks but yet it gave out a tone of anger.

He sounds like he cares but yet it comes out so intimidating. Silence took over, nothing was said. The loud music from the house cloud be heard slightly.

"Ethan, can I be honest with you?" I look over to him meeting his eyes. He nods his head in approval.

I lick my lips trying to find the right words so I won't hurt him. I don't know this kid and i don't know how well he does when the truth is told to his face. I'm hoping he doesn't get hurt by my words.

"Maybe you need to realize that you and her aren't meant to be together." The words roll out my tongue easier than I expected.

He licks the inside of his cheek looking away. "You're really blunt aren't you?" He says in a angry and annoyed tone.

I take the loose strands of hair that were slightly covering my face and pulled them behind my ear. I felt bad, but like I've always said the truth hurts.

"Sorry...i told you I was going to be honest."
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"Hello em! Are you there?" Olivia waves her hand in front of my face and I come back to reality.

"Oh yeah, sorry I spaced out for a second." I chuckle. "Well whoever that guys is he's probably blind as hell."

I instantly look at her furrowing my eyebrows. "What do you mean by that?" I questioned her.

She takes a sip of her drink and smiles at me. "Em we all know how Amanda is, she's too caught up with that douche bag and isn't interested in anyone else." She says

"So my bet is that, that guy ur into probably doesn't know or he's stupid." I laugh as I continue to listen.

"But, if you wanted to...you can make him fall for you em!" She stares at me raising her eyebrows up and down teasing me.

"Oh yeah right! Like i have a chance!...he's pretty hot so I doubt he'll be into me." I assure her. Those words really cut me deep down. Because it's the truth, suddenly I know how ethan felt when i said what I said to him last night.

The truth does hurt....like a bitch!
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