Love Triangle

Prologue

Ash Ark's P.O.V:

She was smiling. At me. For the first time in eight months, she was smiling at me. It made my heart flutter, because i hadn't seen her smile that way since i... since i broke her heart. What she hadn't understood, was that when i broke her heart, my own also broke. My heart begins aching as she turns her head away from me and towards Kyle, her new boyfriend. I just knew, deep in my heart, that he wasn't right for her, that he was going to do something terrible to her. He was going to break her heart into tiny pieces and stomp on it until it became dust. Maybe i was a little jealous. Her smile was just so bright, and she looked so much happier, and it wasn't me who was doing that, it was him. Kyle doesn't deserve her. I clench my teeth and look away from the two, before i lose my temper.

'Hey Ash?' I hear a voice say. Its female, so i look up in the direction it came form, hoping to find Cathy. But its not Cathy, its her best friend Jamie. Jamie was looking down at me, looking grim.

'What do you need Jamie?' I ask her, looking back down at the table i was sitting at. I can see her glance at Cathy a second, then sit down next to me.

'You need to stay far far away from Cathy.' She tells me. I look up at her, anger boiling in my gut.

'What?' I snap. Just when i was starting to get her to forgive me the slightest bit, her came her best friend number one telling me i needed to stay away from her.

'You hear me Ash. You need to stay away from her.' Jamie warns. I glare at her and glance at Cathy out of the corner of my eye. She's still talking to Kyle and laughing happily. Her eyes are shining with happy tears and i feel a stab of pain i my heart knowing the only tears i made her cry were tears of pain and heartbreak.

'And why should i do that?' I ask Jamie who just looks at me incredulously. 

'Are you stupid?' She asks and i feel like just getting up and walking away. I would have, if i didn't want to know the reason i needed to stay away from Cathy.

'What if i said i was? Would you explain to me and give me one good reason i should stay away from Cathy.' I say, sneering. She glares at me.

'Your the boy who broke her heart beyond repair.' Jamie says. I flinch at her remark and look down, tears pooling in my eyes. 

'You have no idea what doing that did to me.' I tell her.

'No!' She snarls. 'You have no idea what that did to Kathy. She still cries for you! Everyday at night she cries herself to sleep! Then her sleep is nightmare filled! All because of you!' Jamie yells at me, loud, but not too loud so that Kyle and Cathy can hear her. I feel the guilt pool up in my gut and i feel as if Jamie had stuck her hand inside my chest and ripped my heart out. A tear slips down my cheek.

'Oh, so now you cry.' She scoffs.

'I have cried everyday since that day!' I yell at her, my voice breaking. 'You have no idea how much i love her! How much i want to fix my mistake! How much it hurts for me to see her with Kyle, to see her smiling so happily and knowing that it's not me whose making her smile like that!' I cry, my voice breaking. Jamie looks at me, her own eyes wet, her face shocked. I look away from her as more tears begin to spill uncontrollably.

'Ash....' She starts off soft, but then pauses, and i know she's remembering why she was here. 'Just stay away from Cathy. She can't afford to be hurt again.' Then Jamie gets up, gives me a sad smile, and walks away. I watch her walk away then look at Cathy dejectedly. My heart aches as she smiles and tears come pouring overpoweringly as i see Kyle peck her on the lips. I try my best to remind myself that the reason it wasn't me in Kyle's place was because i had hurt her. But that hurts even more. I hurt her for her own good. I had protected her from being hurt even more than she was.

'Your protecting her Ash.' I sob quietly to myself and put my head in my hands. Just because i was protecting her didn't mean it wouldn't hurt.

Cathy was sitting in the seat beside me. That was the way the seating plan was. I could see Kyle in the row in front of us, directly in front of her. He looks tense, as if me sitting next to her worried him. She'd probably told him everything i had done by now, and that was probably what worried him. He was worried i'd say something to set her off again. Occasionally he will turn around and give Cathy a smile, and me a glare, as if telling me to back off. I smile wryly back at him. We're halfway through class when Cathy begins to fall asleep, her head drooping. I glance at the teacher, then at Kyle, before i tap her softly on the shoulder.

'Cathy, hey, you gotta stay awake.' I whisper to her. She looks at me, then smiles tiredly.

'Thanks Ash.' She murmurs, then looks up at the teacher, rubbing her eyes. Kyle is still tense, so i i write a note to him.

Kyle,

No need to be so tense. She's fine.

Then i lean forward and throw it so that it lands directly on the table in front of him. He picks it up and reads it, his shoulders relax slightly and he puts the note down. I smile, then look over at Cathy. She's falling asleep again. I sigh, and tap her shoulder again. She jolts up, and smiles at me again.

'Thanks.' She says. I know she'll fall asleep again so i just wait, looking at her. Less than two minutes later, she does.

'Cathy wake up.' I murmur, and she wakes up again. This was gonna be a good lesson. I know i know, it's creepy how i'm watching her fall asleep and waking her up and repeat. But the lesson was good. It eased the pain in my heart. Before i know it, the bell rings and she stands up immediately, grabbing her things. Everyone else leaves quickly until i'm the last person in the class. I finish grabbing my stuff and get up to exit, but i realize someone is blocking the doorway.

'We have some things to sort out Ash.'

*PROLOGUE END*

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