Chapter One
I wake up panting. The same nightmare has been haunting me again: The very same one that returns every night. I couldn't actually tell what it was about but every time I saw the face of that one man fear shook my body. And then I woke up. It happened like that every time: Darkness, fire, and then him. That was it.
-1-
"Nova! Wake up."
I hear his voice, but I can't match a face to it. It happens, my mother told me before she died, but she was 63 and I am 19. We talked a lot before she died. About my dad, and her husband. I bite my lip as I remember her beautiful face torn with pain and sickness.
"Nova! Stop! It's not funny."
Hearing the familiar voice again makes my eyes flutter open. I see his face and immediately recognize it.
"Hey babe." I whisper, pulling him to me and kissing him.
"Stop..." he says, but we both know he doesn't mean it.
-2-
"Nova. We need to talk." He says as he pulls his shirt over his head.
"Why? Are you going to break up with me... again?" I ask, slightly annoyed.
"What? No!" His voice filled with played horror.
"Ugh! Come on Aiden! Just tell me the truth. Did you run back to your Laura?"
Aiden is playing with his socks, and looks to the floor.
"Thank you! Thank you for being such an asshole. Again!" I shout at him. How many times does he need to do this to me?!
"Nova! Please! It won't happen again. I promise!"
I start crying. How many times has he done this to me?
"Nova..." He whispers my name in that tempting way.
I am so close to leaning towards him and...
But I pull myself together. He is an asshole, He is an asshole: I keep chanting that in my head as I face him.
"I loved you Aiden. And maybe you loved me, but you betrayed me several times with several women, who are equally stupid as I was when I always forgave you. But this time I won't feel stupid and reused. So I will go."
"Nova! You can't do this! I love you! Don't go!" Aiden pleads as I head out of the bedroom, to the closet pulling out my suit case.
I have finally had enough of Aiden, LA and America.
End of Chapter One