You Belong to Me

The Debt

*author's note*

Hello! This will probably get a little repetitive so I'm not sure yet if I'm going to make tags in all the chapters but there's lots of language in every chapter. Just to warn you.

I think I may just write a little something before each chapter with what's contained inside, like little bullet notes? Let me know what you think!

Alright, I leave you alone to read now!

Does anyone ever truly remember the exact moment when life just went downhill and turned to shit?

Because I do.

It was about ten months ago.

I was at the coffee shop where I work just a few blocks away from my apartment when he showed up and asked for a favor. Having followed me from my home all the way to work while pestering me.

"Eve, c'mon! Pleaseeeeeeee, I really need your help. Pretty please, for old times sake?" Cameron Banks, my old high school crush slash kinda friend, was bugging me for the third time that day about some loan he was trying to get me to sign with him.

I had already tried to tell him that we can discuss it after my shift but I should've known better than that. Cam was relentless when it came to getting his way, even when we were younger.

Cam was your typical high school prep stereotype. Popular, unreasonably cute, athletic, liked by everyone and totally out of my league. Students and teachers alike all would go out of their way just to say hi and be acknowledged by him, that was just part of his charm I guess.

So, why was he standing here, begging me to co-sign on his loan that apparently just could not wait until after work?

Well, it's a little secret that not many people know about, but Cam and I used to work together one summer when we were still in school and because we were the only kids there and went to the same school, we sorta became friends after awhile.

It happened so effortlessly since as it turned out, we had more in common than you would've thought.

Of course, while we were at school, the social norms would never allow an outcast like me to even be near the cool and almighty Cam Banks without causing some sort of scene.

After all, this wasn't some sort of nineties rom-com where the loser of the school gets the coolest kid to fall in love with them. No, this was the real world.

But still, none of that school drama bullshit mattered when we clocked in and got to work.

Soon after we started working, it didn't take long for me to admit that I really liked him, and for a while it seemed he liked me too. It was like there were two sides of him, the fake macho persona side he had to put on while at school, and the secret sensitive side only I got to see. Like Jekyll and Hyde.

He was my first kiss, and first love if I'm being honest here. That summer was really special to me but I never deluded myself into thinking we'd spend the rest of our lives together, I've never been that gullible, it wasn't like we could go to prom together in front of all his friends.

But still, it was nice to have that secret bond that we shared. And he was always really nice to me.

But then high school ended and we went our separate ways for awhile. Him going off to a state college and me, community.

Even though we never became official or anything, we still remained in contact and every once in awhile we'll hang out if he's ever in my area.