Meant To Be

24-Cookie dough Ice-cream and Unicorn Onesie

Chapter 24

"Hey, Ava!" Ethan exclaims as he enters the living room through the door. "Hey, there!" I smile and go over to hug him. He pulls me close to him and kisses my forehead. 

"I was thinking," Ethan starts, staring deep into my eyes. "What were you thinking?" I ask, excitedly, putting my hands around his waist.

He chuckles and replies as he caresses my cheek with his thumb, "Do you wanna go to the newly opened restaurant on the other side of the town?" I think for a bit and tell him yes. 

He tells me to go get ready and hugs me before letting me go. I run up the stairs, like a little girl who has just been told that Santa exists. "Ava, by the way!"Ethan calls after me.

"Yeah?" I ask. " My girlfriend is coming too. That's fine right?" He asks with a slight smile.

"Wh-What're you talking about?" I stutter.

"Zoe." He simply replies and plops on the couch.

"NO!" I scream as I wake up from the terrible nightmare. I breathe heavily and realize there are beads of sweat rolling down my forehead. I grab the water bottle from the nightstand and quickly gulp it completely.

I bury my head in my hands and let out an exasperated sigh. I curl my fingers into a ball and scream as loud as I can in my pillow. If I had screamed any louder, I bet I would tear my voice box, if that's even possible.

After the incident with Ethan, I stood on the road for a few minutes, contemplating whether to go back inside and pretend like nothing had happened or tell them I'm sick and go home, wear my unicorn onesie, watch Shadow hunters and cry myself to sleep. I bet you already know what I pick.

I go back to the cafe and tell everybody that I'm not feeling myself and that I'm just going to head home. 

They all told me to go home and call them if I needed anything while on the other hand, Zoe and Ethan didn't even bother to wave or tell me to take care. 

But I'm least surprised. I grab my phone and purse from the table and leave the diner. I might have walked for less than 10 seconds or so before I hear someone call out my name.

"Ava!"

I stop dead in my tracks and quickly turn to look at Tae. I smile a little and awkwardly look at him running to me.

"Are you okay? You seem like you're tired." He asks, with his eyes filled with concern.

I chuckle slightly and tell him, "Of course I'm not okay. That's why I decided to leave."

"Oh yeah, right." he quickly replies and smiles sheepishly as he looks down at the ground and runs his fingers through his bleached hair. "Do you want me to walk you home?"

"No, not at all. I'll be fine. I promise." I tell him confidently and touch his arm. I turn around and start walking home.

As I said, I got home, wore my onesie, grabbed the cookie dough ice cream from the fridge, and cried myself to sleep on my bed.

I lazily get up from my bed and I get a horrible headache. I walk slowly to the kitchen, open one of the drawers, and hunt for the pills. 

I finally find them and pop one in my mouth and drink some water. I just sit on the kitchen counter, thinking about what and where everything went wrong.

Am I not good enough for him? Did I make a mistake in telling Ethan I liked him?

"Why is everything going so wrong all of a sudden?" I scream out loud and let my tears find their way down my cheek. They come down uncontrollably and I don't know what I'm gonna do about the situation.

"What's going wrong?" I hear a voice from the living room and I suddenly jump. I was thinking hard and I didn't even realize that somebody had broken into my house?!

But the voice sounded a lot like Leo's but I'm not sure. Not wanting to take a chance, I grab the biggest knife and linger quietly to the living room.

"Get back or I'll call the police!" I scream as I run with the knife.

Standing in the living room with his eyes open wide with fear is Leo.

"Oh god, it's only you." I sigh and throw the knife on the table and sit on the couch. "Okay, what the fuck are you doing?" Leo asks, surprised. "I thought someone broke into my house," I reply with a shrug.

"That is the stupidest thing I've ever seen anybody do. If someone broke into your house, you're gonna have to hide, not run into his face. For all you know, the guy can be armed." He advises, making me feel like the dumbest person alive.

"I'm sorry that I wanted to protect myself." I roll my eyes, to which he scoffs.

"Ava."

"Yeah?"

"What the fuck is happening? You're eyes look red and puffy, you're wearing your unicorn onesie and that means something terrible happened because the last time you wore it, it was because Ethan kissed that Ellen girl or whatever her name is. And don't lie to me cause you suck at it." He asks out of the blue, leaving me dumbstruck.

"Elena. Not Ellen." I correct him.

"Hello? You think I care?" Leo asks, annoyed. "You're telling me everything now or I swear I'll ask Ethan myself." he threatens and sits next to me.

And just like that, I give up and tell him everything from sleeping on the couch with Tae last night to him asking me if he wanted to walk me home. By the time I finish, I'm crying and Leo looks angry.

"That dick," Leo mutters and I smile a little. "Come here, Ava." He opens his arms wide and I fall into them, still sobbing. He pats my back and whispers, "It'll be okay." I slowly nod and before I know it, I'm sound asleep.

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