I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT WRITING FOR SO LONG! i will def write this summer. I have had a pretty busy freshman year. I hope you like it! 3

10 Years Ago

"Hey if you really wanted that ice cream you should have beaten me to it" I was taunting him with the cone, chocolate mint, his favorite.

"I didn't know there was that much ice cream" He pointed to the cone

I hinted him towards the cone, "We can share, isn't that what boyfriend and girlfriend do?" I laughed at the thought of it.

We haven't been that cheesy since summer.

He shook his hands and his head no.

"Conrad, it's just ice cream, I know we haven't been romantically connected the past couple months but-"

"Shhhh" Conrad put one finger to my lips

He looked at straight into my eyes, a shot of despair flashed against his face. He embraced me in a hug. I accepted that embrace with every inch of my body.

"You know I kinda missed those hugs."

A faint smile shined on his face, "Belly, my mom, you know what's up. With her and college, I just needed a hug." The smile on his face grew a tad bigger; he grabbed my hand and led me to the couch.

He sat down, all his weight going down with him. He motioned me to sit next to him. I sat my distance on the other side of the couch.

He stared at me bluntly "Really, can't we sit closer? Isn't that what boyfriend and girlfriend do?

I shot him a look, "Are you mocking me?"

He laughed his familiar Conrad laugh, "No, just stating the facts."

I smiled and scooted a little to the right. He did the rest by scooping me up like a Childs teddy bear, and pulling me tight to his chest. I could hear his heart beat; I could feel his chest move slowly up and down. I closed my eyes; the smell of Conrad tickled my nose.

I took a breath in and let it out, "I'm really glad that my mom let me come."

I looked up at him, he was staring at the wall, and then he looked down and connected his eyes with mine.

"Me too."

I readjusted myself so I lied comfortably on his chest. We both on the couch didn't speak a word. I was starting to drift off into to sleep when Conrad spoke:

"Belly?"

"Hmmm?"

"Have you ever thought that this, long distance thing wasn't going to work?"

"No, I knew we could work it out."

"Oh"

"Did you think it was?"

He was hesitant "Well, I had my doubts"

I pulled away from him, "Really? You had your "doubts"? You thought that this wasn't going to work out. I could feel the hot rising up in my face.

"No, I mean yeah, at times when I didn't hear from you."

"Well that's just great Conrad"

I got up and walked towards the bedroom. I grabbed my Pjs and stomped into the bathroom. Slamming the door in his face. He was trying to open it, the marvels of locks these days. I sat on the toilet, furious, my chest moving up and down, faster as more thoughts ravaged through my mind:

How could he? Was he cheating on me? Was I such a bad girlfriend that he had to cheat on me?

There was a knock.

"Belly, com'on I didn't mean it"

Those four words made me angrier. Why can every guy think he can get away with anything, with I didn't mean it."Four words I hope I never hear again.

"Which part did you not mean? The part that you said our relationship was over? Or the part where your other girlfriend slipped up?

"Belly I never cheated on you. I was lonely and needed someone"

"SOMEONE? So you DID cheat on me?"

"NO! I just needed you and you weren't here"

"So you picked up a random girl and she was me for the semester right?"

"Belly I haven't even looked at a girl the way I look at you, I never will. Don't do this, Please."

I was silent. He couldn't even look at girls?

"You're bluffing."

"Belly Please?"

I stared down at the floor; his pleading was the one and only thing that my immune system couldn't fight off. I stood up and walked over to the door. Hesitating for the door knob I unlocked it, I grabbed it. I slowly turned it and the door opened. Conrad was standing in the corner with his head down and leaning against the wall.

"Conrad?"

He looked up; he walked over and grabbed my hands.

"Bella I love you more than anything" He moved my hands to his chest right where his heart is.

"I love you too." I looked up at him and kissed him.

We stood there for I don't know how long kissing, as if it were the first time.