CHAPTER 4
1 Week Later…
It's been a week since I've met Universe, everyday she would tell me different things about herself, so I could get to know her better. And so that when the time came I could come to my final decision; breaking up with Meredith and go out with her or stay with Meredith and just be friends with her, and I'm pretty sure I've already decided.
I'm walking down the street to Henry's house. I could already see Universe and Snow sitting on the porch waiting for him to be done getting ready. I walk up to them.
"How long have you guys been waiting?" I ask them.
"Around five or ten minutes. Not that long." Snow answers.
"Do you guys just want to start off to school and hope that he's not late?"
"That sounds good." Says Universe as she gets up and starts to head towards Bathory High. I follow her. She slows down so I could catch up to her.
"Have you made your final decision Vlad?" She asks me.
"Yeah, I think I have."
"Good, just make sure you've made the right choice, because I don't want you to regret it later. I don't want you to cause yourself pain, it's wrong." I stop walking. She continues but I grab her wrist to make her face me. She looks up into my face; tears are forming in her beautiful green eyes.
"Please don't cry Universe." I tell her while wiping a tear off her cheek with my thumb.
"It's just that… Vlad, I don't want you to break up with her then go out with me, then two weeks later revise your decision and break up with me then ask her out again." She says.
"That's not going to happen, Universe. Don't worry, so could you please stop crying and smile? It would really make this day a whole lot easier." She sighs then takes two shaky breathes and looks back up at me with a genuine smile on her face.
"Thank you." I tell her. I hear Snow clear her throat behind me.
"I'm sorry to break this up… but I would really like to get to school and not have to watch this sappy moment." Universe starts to laugh, and I join in.
"Sorry Snow." We both say at the same time.
"It's okay Silver, but it's just kinda weird," Snow says while scrunching up her nose, "when you guys interact like that when he has a girlfriend." Universe opens her mouth to speak but I beat her to it.
"Well after today I won't have a girlfriend for awhile. Trust me on that one." I say to both of them. I hear footsteps coming up behind us.
"Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in!" Universe says sarcastically.
"Why…(gasp) didn't…you(gasp)…wait…for…me?" Henry asks.
"We didn't wait for you because you were taking too long." Snow tells him.
"Okay so since the bell is going to ring soon, I suggest that we all hurry up and get to school!" Universe calls out before she takes off at a sprint toward Bathory High.
"Come on guys lets go catch Universe." I say as I take off at a sprint to catch up to her.
We make it in the nick of time. The bell rings just as Universe and I get to our science class.
"Alright, since this is science class and I know you all hate this subject, we're going to be doing our lesson on SEX so we can get it over with, because like you, I hate this subject." Everyone in the class simultaneously groans.
"So I know you've had this talk every year since fifth grade but you're going to have it again, so first things first. What type of person are you attracted to?" Nobody raises their hands. "Come guys the sooner you answer this the faster we get this over with." A couple hands go up… including Universe's.
"Universe." He calls on her.
"Do you want personality too?" She asks.
"That would be good."
"Okay I like the dangerous bad boys. He's gotta be different than everyone else, because I'm not going to date a clone. Do you want looks too?"
"Sure." Mr. Taser says.
"Oh yeah, he has to be sweet and not care what anybody says. I like black hair, dark eyes, and dark clothes. So that pretty much sums it up."
"Thank you Universe. Now does anybody else want to go?" Everyone else raises their hands. I could tell by the looks on the guy's faces that they were all going to try to match Universe's criteria, but I knew they couldn't because she was describing me. I inwardly smiled.
Through the rest of the class period, Universe and I listen to everyone else's types. When Mr. Taser dismisses the class Universe and I hop out of our seats and walk to drama. When the bell rings for lunch I jump in my seat because I was thinking about how to break up with Meredith. I was thinking about saying something along the lines of; "Meredith you're a really great girl but I was wondering if we could just be friends?" or "Meredith I love you but I'm not the right person for you to be with. I know you'll find a guy that will love you forever and never break your heart." I personally like the second one better because it's less cliché.
I walk to my locker and grab my lunch, walking into the cafeteria with Universe. I notice Snow and Meredith already talking at our usual table. I walk up to them.
"Hey Meredith?" I ask her.
"Yeah Vlad?" She says, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. I hate to be the one who'll take that away.
"Can I talk to you outside, in the hall?" She looks quizzically at Snow, but she just shakes her head and makes a shooing motion with her hand. I leave the lunch table and head out into the hall with Meredith close behind. I turn around when we're a good distance from the doors.
"What is it Vlad?" She asks.
"I'm really sorry Meredith but I can't be with you anymore." She looks at me with tear filled eyes.
"Why?"
"I love you Meredith, but I know I'm not the right person for you to be with." I tell her. She's crying fully now.
"But if you love why are you breaking up with me?"
"Because I love you enough to tell I'm not right for you, being with me puts you in mortal danger."
"Why am I in danger by just being with you?" She asks through sobs that tear a whole through my heart.
"It's too complicated for me to tell you."
"Don't you trust me?" She asks.
"I do Meredith, I really do, but I know you would never believe me if I told you."
"Well then let's see if I do."
"No Meredith, I can't tell you. Telling you would put you in danger and I don't want you in danger." I tell her.
"Is this because of Universe? Did she put you up to this?" She almost yells into my face.
"No Meredith, she knew it would be wrong. She told me to make the decision myself, and Meredith?"
"Y-yeah?"
"She's hurt to you know. She never wanted this to happen. She wants to be friends with you, since you're her sister's friend. But I'm sorry Meredith but we can't be together any more. I know this hurts you, but it hurts me too. I love you, and I know you love me. But I have to break your heart, it's what's best for you… and for me."
"How's it best for you?"
"I can't tell you."
"But you said you trusted me. Wait… it's because it would put me in danger right?" She asks. She's no longer sobbing, just an occasional tear.
"Exactly, please understand this." She sniffles.
"I do Vlad, I just wish you would have told me this sooner." She says.
"I think I should have too, but I didn't and I have to deal with the consequences." I tell her.
"Okay Vlad, but can we still be friends?" She asks with a small smile.
"Yes, we definitely can be friends. Let's go back, before everyone starts to wonder where we are." She nods. I walk in to the cafeteria with her but she turns to go to her old table, while I walk to mine. Universe looks up at me when I sit down next to her.
"I'm sorry I've caused you so much pain Vlad." She says.
"It's not your fault; let's just continue like it's a normal day." She nods and we all eat our lunch in silence, wondering what the future brings us. I know that I will eventually be with the girl of my dreams but I don't know when. One thing I know that Universe is really different than any other girl I've met before. Possibly not even human…
A/N: I know science isn't on their schedules. I just forgot about. I hope you like this chapter!