I Was Made For You

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"she's not okay...she's far from okay"

Emma's POV

I heard my phone going off in the other room, usually I just let it ring no matter who is calling but this time I actually was curious. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed my phone off the counter and my stomach dropped,

"Justin" I whispered out looking at the screen.

"Answer it" I heard Amber say from behind me.

"No" I said simply.

"Yes. Just do it. What's the worst that could happen" she said. I sighed, my hand was shaking as I hesitantly pressed the accept button and put the phone to me ear,

"Hello" I said quietly.

"Emma?" I heard Justin ask. Just hearing his voice made my heart shatter again.

"H-hi" I said bitting my nails as I sat on the floor, leaning against the wall since we didn't have chairs anywhere yet. Amber sat down next to me.

"How are you?" he asked,

"I'm fine." I said.

"Are y-you sure?" he asked.

"Yes Justin. I'm fine." I said a little louder.

"I'm just asking. Andrew said you were not doing so well" he said, sounding sad.

"I'm fine. I haven't seen or talked to you in four months, there's no reason to start caring and checking up on me now." I said.

"I'm coming to see you." he said. My heart started beating faster and my stomach filled with butterflies.

"Don't come Justin" I said.

"Why" he asked.

"Because I don't want you to." I said, hanging up the phone before he could say anything back.

Justin's POV

College. College life is great. I accepted the scholarship that Duke offered me. That day was probably the hardest day of my life. I had to choose between two amazing schools. One of the schools in which my girlfriend got accepted to. Why did I choose Duke over Notre Dame? The writing program. Duke said they could be flexible with the writing program along with my schedule when playing basketball. Do I regret choosing Duke? At times. I regret leaving Emma. The look on her face at graduation broke my heart.

I'm here at Duke, alone. Emma's not with me. She's at Notre Dame, her dream school, with Amber and Andrew. We broke up, the day of graduation pretty much, that's the last time I saw her. I had to leave for school at the start of summer for pre season training. I tried to say bye to Emma, but when I went to see her, she was never home. She was either our driving, or up at her family's cabin with Amber. I had tried to call her and text her but she never replies. My heart broke that day. The day I left, without seeing her, saying goodbye to her, hugging her. When I talk to Amber or Andrew, I ask how she is, and they give me the same answer every damn time, 'she's fine'. If they didn't tell me the same answer every single time, I would believe them, but since they give me the same answer, I don't believe that she is fine, not one bit.

A week after I got here, I met a girl named Lindsay. She's nice and we're really good friends so far. She's no Emma though. Not even close. She seems more into me than I into her. She likes to hold my hand and gives me kisses on the cheek but it doesn't feel right. It felt right with Emma. I guess I'm using Lindsay to fill up the gap that was once Emma's, and I know that's so wrong, but it's the only way that is somewhat helping me deal with the fact that Emma isn't mine anymore. I'm sure she'll find someone who makes her happy.