Waves, Sunsets, & Coffee

Chapter 2.0

It's been two days since I caught my boyfriend, now an ex shoving his tongue on another girl. It's also been two days since I stayed in my apartment all day long. Not that it bothers me.
     I went to my classes still, not wanting to miss any since exams are coming up and these last days are still as important as the firsts. See, I'm a responsible heartbroken college student.
     I sigh to myself as I finish another series in just two days. God, what a life.
     I was preparing to start another book series when my phone rang. I checked who the caller was and it was Chad. Ugh what does he want?
     I answered his call anyway.
     "Alex, you good?"
     "Yeah. Never been better."
     "Look, There's a school event. Come join us."
     "You know that's not my thing Chad."
     "I know. But the team's gonna be there. I'll be there. Lucy will go too. Oh and Andrew's not coming. So it's a win-win situation."
     "Yeah... I don't know man. I kinda like this self isolation I've been dying to do."
     "Hey for what it's worth, we kicked him from the team."
     "What?! I think that's a bit too much. I know he cheated on me but you shouldn't have. He may be an asshole but he's good at the sport."
     "Well, the coach kicked him. Mainly because he found out that he failed a couple classes and you know you can't be part of the varsity team when you have a couple F's on your card."
     "Oh. well shit."
     "So are you going tomorrow or not?"
     "I'll think about it."
     "Cool. Bye." Chad ends the call and I slump back to my bed.
     My sweet sweet bed. I don't ever want to leave you, but I know I have to go out sooner or later.
     I sigh as my head hurts from all the books I've read, distracting myself, so I decided to make my special iced macchiato.
     With the sun shining today and the weather not too cold, I decided it was too good of a day to let it go to waste. So, I texted Andrew, telling him to meet me at the park nearby to talk things through.
     Sooner or later, I have to face him. No, I won't talk to him to get back with him. I'm not stupid. All I know is that if I need to get on with life, I need a proper talk with him. What you guys call as closure. I need to know.

     I parked my car just across the park. Walking towards the park, I tried looking for where Andrew is, as he said he was already there.
     True to his word, he already is. With a new girl sitting on his lap. God. Can't this guy keep his hand to himself?
     I sighed and took a deep breath as I felt a pang in my heart at the sight, but I shaked my head and walked to them.
     "Andrew." I call his attention and the brunette girl looks at me in disgust.
     "Babe. Who is she?" The girl asks.
     "Don't worry about it. Stay here and wait for me alright." He says as he removes her from his lap but she gives him a tongue filled kiss before getting up so I looked away. Once they were done, I walked to a tree nearby, away from his girl.
     "Why? Why Andrew? Why would you do that?" I asked, scared of what he's going to respond with.
     "I... I don't know Alex. I was confused."
     "Confused?"
     "Look, the training, the day after the party, the coach was in a bad mood, and I had a feeling. Turns out I was right. He kicked me out of the team, just like that. But what hurts the most is the fact that he had to shame me in front of the team Alex! He told me I was a failure. That I should never have been part of the team. The only reason I got in is because my father was the team's captain who brought the school awards back in his time." He explains and for a moment, I felt sorry for him, but that's not an excuse on why he cheated on me.
     "You said your father didn't even finish high school. You lied. What else have you lied about huh? Did you even love me Andrew?"
     "I did!" He says and I find it hard to believe him.
     "You're lying again. If you did, you wouldn't have kissed Sophia! You wouldn't be with that girl back there! You wouldn't have cheated Andrew! But you did..." I say as my tears threaten to come out, but I managed to keep them in. For now at least.
     "I told you I was confused! You think I didn't get hurt from learning I failed some of my classes? Or the fact that Coach made me look bad in front of the team? You think that didn't affect me?"
     "I know it did! But for god sake Andrew! I was your girlfriend! I'd be there for you. You know that. But you looked for comfort at somebody else's arms!" I couldn't hold it in anymore. My tears start to fall as my heart aches from the pain Andrew has caused me.
     "I did. I'm sorry Alex. Please understand what I was going through." He tried to make me sympathize with him.
     "Understand you? Stop making excuses Andrew. The real reason why you cheated is because you weren't satisfied with me! I wasn't enough for you. Was I?"
     "Alex... don't—" He tries to say but I cut him off.
     "Don't what Andrew? Don't think like that huh? Stop this bullshit Andrew. We both know you wanted our relationship to end! You just didn't have the balls to break up with me!"
     "I'm sorry." He said as he tried to touch my arm, and I jerked my hand away from him.
     "Don't touch me again."
     "Alex please." He pleads but my decision has been made.
     "Whatever we had, it's gone now. Don't ever try to talk to me. I'm done with you Andrew." I say and I walked away, leaving him behind, as well as the memories we had.
     This will be a hell to move yon. But I'll certainly try.
     I'm not letting my heart get broken by an asshole ever again. With that, I walked away from him and went back to my car.
     I didn't look back. He's nothing to me now. It hurts so much yeah, but I'll just have to deal with it.
     Once I reached my car, the tears I was fighting back earlier started to fall. I sat there, crying. I don't even know what to feel, so I just let the tears fall.
Flashbacks of all the memories we had run through my mind, thinking it was too good to be true.
     It hurts. He broke me. I trusted him. I gave him everything.
     This just proves that no matter how much you give to a person, he or she will never return the same amount of love you give them, if they never loved you in the first place.
     I wanted to scream, to punch someone, to break things, but I didn't have it in me anymore.
     I wiped my tears away and started the engine, going to the only place I know where real comfort lies in times of need.
     Soon, I reached the only cafe in the city that offers the best coffees. I know, coffee is my thing.
     I walk in and immediately the aroma of coffee beans hit my nose and I instantly smile, making my day, my life a whole lot better now.
     This day couldn't get any better as my favourite barista is waving and smiling at me. I walked to the counter and he was all smiles today and it was simply contagious.
     "Brian! It's so good to see you." I greet him as we give each other a hug over the counter.
     "Oh 'em gee Alex! It's been so long since I last saw you!" He says and I laugh at him.
     "Oh please you just saw me the other day." Yeah, the day after the Andrew thing, I went here for a good cup of coffee and Brian saw how shit I looked liked.
     "You're getting the usual?" He asks and I nod.
     "Do you even have to ask?" I say and we both laugh as he says to wait for my cup on one of the booths in the cafe.
     I sit patiently waiting and soon, Brian brings me my drink and I thank him.
     "Aren't you still on shift?" I ask as he sits down on the other side.
     "Eh shift's ending in five plus there's not much customers here. Sal can handle it." He says referring to the sweet young girl manning the counter.
     "So how are you, girl?" He asks.
     Brian's the first ever person I met here in Adelaide when I first moved in. I was driving through the city when I stumbled on this cafe. Then walking in, Brian was the one behind the cashier, taking my order.
     Let's just say he's my first ever gay friend and I couldn't ask for more.
     It was a week before the second semester starts and he's the one guiding me and bringing me places around the city.
     "I'm still Alex right?" I tell him.
     "Of course girl I know that. But are you okay?" I know what he was pertaining to. I sigh and I tell him what happened.
     "Well you know the first part. So after staying in bed for two days, I decided to talk to him."
     "No you did not!" He exclaims.
     "It's not like that dummy. I wanted closure. I wanted it over with you know. Get my life going again."
     "You're amazing. You go girl." He says and I can't help but smile.
     We continued to talk for hours until it was already nighttime and it was time for us to go home.
     "Hey you got a ride home?" I ask him.
     "Yep. My boyfriend's outside."
     "Cool."
     We went out to meet his boyfriend and the moment they saw each other, they gave each other a kiss and a hug. They're so cute I know.
     "Hey Adam. You doing good?" I greet him and he gives me a hug.
     "Yeah. You?" He asked and I replied, "I'm good thanks."
     We said our goodbyes as the couple went on to their date and for me to go home.