Dream Team x Reader || Fanfiction

Chapter 16: I Don't Think I Love You Anymore

Recap...

"Why did you come here Karl? What was the reason? You normally text me when you're gonna come down here so I can pick you up at the airport. What was the real reason you came here? Because it's obvious that it wasn't to spend Christmas with me-" I argued, before hearing him cut me off.

"I came to help you!" He exclaimed. My eyes furrowing more.

"What the hell does that supposed to mean?-"

"Y/n-" Clay said again, trying to stop me from getting even more mad than I was now.

"No Clay, what the hell does 'try to help me' mean? I am fine- so what in the world do you mean help m-"

"I came to help you put James behind bars..."

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Nothing but silence flew between the five of us. I just stared at my lap- picking at the skin beside my nails again for a couple seconds before standing up. "Excuse me" I said as I began walking away, walking out of the café all together.

Once I was out of the café, I began walking down the boardwalk. My head stuck in my thoughts as I blindly walked to wherever the path brought me to. I stopped walking once I thought that I was far enough, looking up to see an empty children's park.

A small smile appearing on my face as I walked towards it. After I entered the park's gates, I saw all the colorful children's equipment. I walked up to the swing set and sat down, gently rocking myself back and forth as my head once again trapped itself in my thoughts.

Why am I like this?

Shouldn't I be happy for this opportunity? To finally let go of the pain that's entrapped me for years as I blindly took it. Shouldn't I be happy? Why am I so upset over the idea of James going to jail? Prison?

Did he even love me?- Maybe.. Maybe at the start. Or did he play me from the second I met him? Were my friends back then right? Was I just that blind to not realize it? All of it? All of the mind games?

I still remember the first day I meant him. I remember it like it was yesterday.

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Flashback

It was my first year of college, freshman year to be exact. I didn't know my way around the campus that well, but thankful there were student volunteers who opted to show the freshmen around.

The freshmen were separated into 4 groups of 10, each group having a junior to show them around campus. Somehow during the tour, I lost my guide and my group while looking at the coffee shop the college had on campus. Soon bumping into someone.

I saw a few papers drift in the air around me, hearing the thuds of books falling. "Oh my god I'm so sorry" I said as I quickly kneeled down to grab all the things that were scattered around us.

Once doing so I stood up, seeing two boys in front of me. One directly in front of me while the other was slightly behind him. "Oh it's okay, I should've been looking where I was going anyways" The boy in front of me chuckled, grabbing his things from my hand. "You seem lost"

"I am" I said with a soft laugh.

"You must be a freshman"

"I am indeed" I laughed again. "I'm Y/n"

"Nice to meet you, the name's James" The boy in front of me said with a proud smile plastered across his face. "And this is my older brother Dominick"