Chapter 2
"What do you want?" he asked as we walked into the coffee shop.
"I don't even know your name, it's a bit soon to be buying me coffee."
"I'm Eli."
"Julia."We shook hands, I didn't want to let go.
"Now we know each other and I can buy you some coffee."
"Actually, I'm not a big fan of coffee."
"Oh... I see." He said as he walked up to counter and placed his order. After they handed him his cup of coffee he led me to a table that was rather separated in the corner.
"I like to sit here when I don't want to be bothered," he motioned for me to sit down. "Why don't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Well, it's about a guy..."
"That explains a lot, go on."
"His name is Luke, he broke up with me so he could make it official with this girl Brianna. He'd been cheating on me with her the entire time we were dating."
"Oh my god, I hate guys like that." I smiled at the feeling of someone else hating Luke besides me.
"I caught him flirting with her, and when I confronted him about it, he told me nothing was wrong. I should've trusted my instincts, I knew something was wrong, but I wouldn't admit it to myself."
"Guess it would've saved you a lot of heartache."
"I know...I just feel so stupid."
"You're not stupid, but Luke is. Why would any guy give up a girl like you." I felt a smile coming across my face. But for some reason it just made me want to cry more.
"You gonna be alright?" he asked suddenly. All I did was nod. "It's okay to cry."Tears filled my eyes, I couldn't even see anymore. I suddenly started to cry. I just let myself go.
I must have been a hysterical sight, in the corner of a coffee shop balling my eyes out.
"Come here," Eli took me in his arms they were so comforting, for once in eight months, I felt totally and completely safe.
"I promise, it's gonna be alright. It's supposed to hurt, that's how you know it was real."
"But what if it wasn't real?"
"Just because he didn't love you, doesn't mean your feelings weren't real." His words were so comforting. He held me like he'd never let me go, I hoped he wouldn't.
