Chapter Four:

Mia's Pov

How could he do this to me? Right when I start to feel like I can get over the guy, he comes right back into my life. He doesn't even consider what this could do to me. How potential dangerous he really is to me? I mean sure he knows on some levels but still. God the kid pisses me off sometimes.

"Mia?" Mark asks waving a hand in front of me.

"Yeah." I ask looking at him.

"We have three days in San Diego." Mark says getting off the bus.

I look at my phone. It would be so easy to yes. But what if I got hurt again? I mean who the hell would pick up the pieces? Peyton would. Then I would have explain it all to her. And I don't want to do that. That means Peyton finds out about Haley's family. And that's Haley's call not mine.

Mike

Can we make it today? That little coffee shop down from starbucks?

It's his call. He can wait or he can accept. It is all up to him. Not me.

My phone starts to vibrate.

Okay. Right now good?

I start to leave. But I stop. I go back and grab my notebook.

"Mia where are you going?" Someone asks me.

"Meeting an old friend. Be back later." I say.

"Hey Mike." I say sitting down after walking the streets of San Diego.

He offers me a small smile.

"I'm here. I don't really know why." I say returning the small.

"Because I needed to talk to you and tell you everything." Mike says running his hands through his shaggy brown hair.

"What did you want to tell me?" I ask looking at his eyes.

"That no matter how hard I try to forget about you. I really can't. You aren't easy to forget." Mike says looking anywhere but at me.

"Okay." I say trying not to look at him.

"Mia." He starts to say.

"No." I say looking at him.

"There is only one thing that is going to happen. We are both going to get hurt." I say.

"Why is it always like that?" He asks.

His voice is so unnaturally calm. It reminds me of Haley's voice. Right before she gets mad. They both keep it even and cool. It reminds me of the calm before the storm.

"I don't know." I say looking out the window.

The person I see there is the last person I expect. And he looks pissed. I feel Mike's hand cover mine.

Jason's POV

What the hell is she doing with him? I get the fact that there friends but coffee. Why? So Mike can tell Mia how he feels about her? Look at the way she looks at him. Look she hasn't gotten over him. I thought she did. But then again I have been wrong before about these two. They look so comfortable. And so at peace with the world.

I take a deep breath and walk into the shop.

"Mia." I say.

She looks up at me in shock. Mike takes his hand away from hers.

"Jason." She says after a few minutes.

"Let's go." I say roughly.

I see Mike tense up and can't help but smirk at him.

"What?" Mia asks looking at me like I'm crazy.

"We are going." I say grabbing her by the arm.

"Let go Jason." Mia says once we're out of the café.

I let go. I lean into kiss her. She backs away from me quickly.

"Mia?" I ask.

"Jason we are done. We have been done for a while." She says evenly.

"I thought we were taking a break. And we were back together." I say.

"No. Jason. You and I are done. Finished. Fin. Done. No more." Mia says walking away.

"What?" I say grabbing her arm.

"Jason. We aren't dating." She says stressing the sentence.

"Why? Because of Mike? He's a loser. A nobody." I say angrily.

"Let go of my arm." She says trying to get me to let go.

"No." I say.

I never even saw Mike come out of the café. I just saw him throw a punch at me. And boy could that prick throw a punch.

"What the Hell?" I yelled getting ready to hit him.

Mia must have gotten out of the way because she would have gotten hit. All I knew Mike had me bet.

"Mike." I said threateningly.

"I dare you." He says through clenched teeth.

"Don't ever go near Mia again. And if she ever says let go. You better let go." He says looking me right in the eye.

"Okay." I say.

He lets go of me. I nearly fall to ground.

Mike's Pov

I never meant for Jason to fall to the ground. It just I let him go and well he fell. It just sort of happened. He just slumped against the wall. And the look on Mia's face told me I was going to get hell. And well normally when that look was on Mia's face I did get hell.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Mia yelled at me once we were... I don't know were we are.

"I was thinking you told him to let you go and he didn't. So i decided to help." I said.

"I do not need you to take care of me!" Mia yells at me.

"Okay. I won't next time." I say getting ready to leave.

"Bye." I saw after a few awakard minutes of silence.

I go to leave. I walk for a few minutes before i hear footsteps. It feels like she's going to grab my arm or hand. So I turn around and there she is. She runs right into me. She nearly falls but I catch her.

"Don't. Leave." She says.
"Why?" I ask.

"Because...I love you...still." She mumbles.

She was on the verge of crying. I don't want to do this but i have to. I reach out. I pull her into my arms. She nesstles her head against my shoulder.

Author's Note: This one took longer than i wanted. So hope you like.