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part 10

After about 20 minutes of driving in silence, Nick pulled into Morgans driveway. Morgan struggled to open the door and burst into tears with frustration. Nick squeezed Morgans hand and Morgan exhaled loudly. He got out of the car and slowly walked around to the passenger door. 

Morgan sat there with her head in her hands, feeling even more foolish and even more pissed off then the day Nick told her he was walking home with Brooke Elizabeth, the prettiest girl in eighth grade. On that day her heart filled with jealousy and anger because she knew that the friendship they shared, the one that was supposed to last forever, was slipping away. She knew that Brooke Elizabeth would be the first of many girls he would be with. She felt foolish because she should have seen it coming but she didnt. The weeks that followed made her feel even worse. When Morgan called Nick the following thursday and asked if he wanted to play football, he told her he had too much homework. Morgan knew just as well as everyone else that he was blowing her off and although she pretended it didnt bother her, it really did. Just like it bothered her now that Jake had left her. She should have seen it coming but she didnt. 

As Nick opened the passenger door, Morgan got out and walked to her first story window. She quietly opened her window and climbed in, but she didnt close the window. 

"Can you come in for a little?" She asked Nick

"yeah" Nick replied "definitely."

Nick climbed in through Morgans window and sat down next to her as she layed on her bed. The bed spread was covered in lilac flowers and had a pastel yellow background and all the furniture in her room was painted white. On Morgans desk was a wooden box that Nick had made for her on her 10th birthday. It had her name carved into the top and was messily painted pink. Nick realized in the that moment just how much he had hurt Morgan and just how much she had needed him. He also realized how he hurt he was and how much he needed her. Tears formed in his eyes.

"I love you" he whispered as Morgan drifted to sleep.