Back To You

"You are avoiding me, aren't you? Jace Anderson said leaning closer.

"N...no?" It came out more like a question than an answer.

He came closer and now Clarie could feel his breath tingling her ear, he was close enough, beyond her comfort zone. Then he laughed.

"Do I make you nervous?" Yes Clarie wanted to say it so bad but her lips won't allow her to. She thought she was being ridiculous being nervous around him. But she couldn't help it. He backed up enough to see her in the eye.

Then he said, "Why are you running away from me? What happened?" This time it was her Jace. The Jace she knew.

She took a deep breath and replied, "I am not! You were the one! You-" she pointed her finger at him, " left me! You were the one! Not me! The only best friend I ever had."

"Had? I am still your best friend !" He burst out.

"No! You are not, you lost that chance a long long time ago." With that Clarie Winters ran until she got out and cried. The tears which she held all those years, when she was lonely without him but things change and so do people.