Star Crossed Lovers

Chapter 6: The Flashback

Serena's POV

'Just ignore him, you're better off not even looking at him,' I thought to myself. Who honestly even invited him? I thought I was actually going to enjoy myself on this trip.

"Well someone's being fiesty..." Carter said with a smirk. He moved closer to me, which resulted in moving myself farther from him.

"You're a pig." I stated before turning my head. I tuned him out by getting lost in my thoughts while looking out the window.

I remember a point in time when we were actual friends. Not just any sort of friends, we were close. We hung out a lot because our families are close. At the time, it was great because that meant we could spend so much time together. But in reality, we were wrong; it wasn't great at all.

Being so close to him made me realize things about myself. I realized how I felt about him, and I somehow convinced myself that he did like me back at the time. I, being the young and foolish person that I was, decided that one night I would confess everything. That was my first mistake.

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Flashback to Two Years Ago

We had just finished eating dinner, our families together. It was a beautiful summer night, so we decided to go out to the pool house in my backyard. It's pretty nice in there. Its basically a large, open room with the TV mounted to the wall and some couches with a bar nearby. There's also a bathroom attached close to the door.

Anyway, we both decided to be young, wild teenagers and went straight to the bar. We drank vodka and some whisky, and eventually played truth or dare.

Well, Carter dared me to say exactly how I felt about him, and so it all came out. I couldn't help it, I was too drunk to realize and he was foolish for even daring such a thing.

After I told him how I felt, he looked at me for a minute or two without saying anything before taking another swig of vodka and told me he should get going. He wanted to get home before his parents so they wouldn't see him drunk.

After that, we stopped hanging out as often. We barely saw each other and never had classes together. Soon enough, he started bringing girls home every night and it just became a routine. We went our separate ways and he never looked back.

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Serena's POV (Continued)

Believe it or not, he actually didn't always have that silly 'bad boy' title. After that night, he started to get that reputation from sleeping around with so many girls. Sometimes I wanted to see him, and hangout like old times. But then I remembered everything that happened that night and it only caused me to grow a strong hatred towards him.

It hurt, what he did. It's never easy for a 15 year old girl to come out and state her feelings to a guy. He just completely blew me off. He could've at least had the decency to say something instead of just walking out.

After that night, I promised myself that I would never let myself get so vulnerable and attached to a boy. I promised to never show my weaknesses and never let my guard down again. It left me weak, and vulnerable against Carter. That is one thing I will never forget.

Never again, will I let Carter break down my walls.