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"Are you ready for our flight tomorrow?" Mike asked while he was driving on our way home from school.
"Of course, you bet. I'm so excited for Nationals. And it's been years since the last time I went to New York." I smiled. "Looks like someone is excited for his first time going to New York..." I teased him.
"Yeah, and I can't wait to see Times Square." He blushed. "And I'm so nervous for my dance solo."
"I bet you would do great, Honey." I poked him.
"Thanks." He smiled. "Hey, I've heard that you and Artie are lab partners in biology class."
" Yeah. Why? What's wrong with that?" I asked.
"WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?" He suddenly shouted at me.
"Hey, don't shout at me! Are we arguing over this again?" I raised my voice.
We've been arguing like this since when Artie and Brittany broke up & when Mr. Schue gave us the duet number for Nationals. He said that now that they've broke up, there's a possibility that I might leave him and go back to Artie. I asked him if he was jealous of Artie, but he just answered that he's just scared of me leaving him.
"If you don't want us to fight over and over again, Tina, then you must know your boundaries when you're with him. We've already talked about that, remember?"
"But if you really TRUST me, then you shouldn't be jealous of him! And besides, we're not doing anything! We're just lab partners!" I shouted.
"Yeah, yeah, lab partners."
"UGH! ENOUGH! I've had enough of this, Mike. STOP THE CAR." I said.
"No." He argued.
"I SAID STOP THE CAR RIGHT NOW, MICHAEL!" I shouted. He pushed the breaks. I took my things and got out of the car. "I'm so tired of this, Mike. Maybe we should cool things off for a while." I said to him before I slammed the door.
"Are you breaking up with me? TINA, GET BACK HERE!" I heard him shouted as I started to run away.
Tears started to form in my eyes when I was on my way home. Back when I was still dating Artie, Artie would never raise his voice whenever we got into an argument. Sure there were times that he ignored me and had been a bad boyfriend, but he never shouted at me. I love Mike. He really treats me well, he never ignores me, and my dad likes him for me. But what I hate about him is that he always shouts at me and hurts me whenever we argue over something.
I was still sobbing when I got home, good thing nobody was home so nobody saw me crying. I went straight to my room to fix my things for our flight tomorrow for Nationals. A few minutes later, I heard my stomach grumbling, so I went downstairs and started to prepare dinner. While I was in the middle of cooking, my older sister, Tessa, got home.
"Hey Tina, what's cooking?" She said as she took off her coat and closed the door.
"I'm making spaghetti for dinner. I'm almost finished. Wanna help me in fixing the table?" I asked.
She walked in the kitchen and got some plates in the dishwasher and fixed the table. While we were eating, I caught her staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Your eyes seem to be sore. Have you cried?" She inquired.
"No." I denied.
"Ah gi, I know you. Tell me."
"No, I didn't cry."I continued to deny. She just raised her eyebrow at me.
"Okay, fine. Yes, I cried." I admitted.
My sister and I are really close to each other. My eonni was the one who took care of me since when our parents had been in-and-out of the country because of our family business in Korea. She really knows me too well. She knows how to cheer me up when I'm sad, when I really needed a hug, and she knows if I am hiding something from her.
"Why?" She gave me a puzzled look.
"Mike and I had fought again this afternoon while he was driving me on the way home. He suddenly got jealous again over Artie because he found out that he was my lab partner in biology. And every time we argue, he always shouts at me. You know how much I really hate to be shouted at, right?"
She simply nodded. "So what did you do?"
"I said we should cool things off between us for a while, and then I left him." I sighed.
"Does Artie know about this?" She asked.
"No." I shook my head. "Do you think I should tell him?"
"I don't think so. Maybe things could get worse if you're gonna tell him."
But as my best friend, I want to tell this to Artie. But looking at him as my ex –boyfriend, my sister has a point.
"Tina, I know that you love Mike. But be honest with me, are you happy with him?" She asked me.
It took me a while before I have answered her. I'm really not sure if I'm happy with Mike right now. In our first few months of dating, yes, I was happy when I'm with him. But our fights became more often these past few days. And every time Artie and I would talk to each other, he always gets mad at me. To be really honest, I can't understand him. I know that Artie and Mike are really good friends, but I really don't know why he is so jealous of Artie.
I kept on tossing and turning when I lay in my bed that night. As much as I wanted to go to sleep, I can't. My mind had been occupied by one thing:
Am I really happy with Mike?
AN: Ah gi is the Korean term for baby, and Eonni is for big sister. :D
