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Ana's POV
I feel numb. Im curled up in a ball on my bed.
Kate is with me. She knows about what happened. And like me, she is very confused and mad.
"This doesn't make any sense." She says. "He tells you that he likes you, sends you a dozen fucking roses, and then goes and kisses your sister…where exactly is the logic in that or am I missing something here?"
" Yah, the part where all of this was too good to be true from the start." I say, wiping the tears that roll down my cheeks." It was my fault for even thinking that I had a chance with the guy."
"I don't think it's your fault. Its Christian's fault for not having his head screwed on right." Kate says. "He thinks he can just do that and get away with it because he's a good looking guy. Smug bastard."
I just lay there, listening to what my best friend is saying. Yes, smug bastard indeed.
My phone goes off every now and then with a text from Christian. Its either him apologizing or him begging me to hear him out.
I don't know what exactly is there to hear out. He kissed my sister.
I don't want to hear any excuses. It didn't seem like he was repulsed by any of it. He didn't seem like he was pushing her away. He was letting it happen…. And that's what hurts me.
Those words that he said over the phone were meaningless to him. He could care less about what effect they had on me because for him, they meant nothing.
"Face it, Kate. Im just a plain Jane. No one wants me." I say through tears.
"Ana, don't say that. You still have Lucas." Kate says. "He's been there since day one and he immediately wanted to hang out with you. And from what you are telling me, he's perfect for you, not to mention your father approves of him. I doubt he would do anything like what Christian did to you."
"And for one thing, you are not a plain Jane." Kate says. "You are smart and drop dead gorgeous. You have everything that a guy would want; its only a matter of finding the right one."
"What if the right one doesn't exist for me?" I ask, sitting up. "Should I start adopting cats real soon?"
Kate laughs. "No, Steele, absolutely not. I will not let you do that. You just have to forget about Christian, no matter how hard it will be for you. He fucked up. He ruined his chance and it won't be easy for him to get a second chance. I will make sure of that."
I don't say anything for as of right now, its hard to say anything.
Kate leaves to get a new box of tissues from downstairs, leaving me in my room alone.
She comes back later to tell me that Christian wanted to talk to me, but she stopped that from happening.
"He's giving me that same lame excuse they all give." She says, clearly agitated. 'It's not what it looked like'. She mimics.
I didn't say anything to that.
I guess it's a good thing that Christian is making an effort to explain his side of the story, but for right now, I really don't want to hear it.
What he did hurt me. Its going to take time for me to get over it.
School went by as it normally did, the very next day. And it didn't go by fast enough.
I never had a problem with school because I did well in it. I never got into trouble. I always did what was expected of me. Mom and Dad never had to schedule parent-teacher conferences because the teacher always had positive things to say about me.
But today in particular, I didn't want to be there. All I wanted to do is just lay in bed and ask God "Why am I so unlucky when it comes to guys?"
I wasn't entirely unlucky; Lucas showed interest in me. But who says that is genuine? What if it's also a scheme to get into my sister's pants?
On the way home, Liz bragged on and on about how she got an A on her math exam. My mom was overjoyed, as though it was some miracle. The fact of the matter, it was a miracle. Liz managed to get through school by getting fairly average grades, without ever cracking open a book.
But in my opinion, it was a little too much of a big deal. I mean, I get As in math all the time, and no one really makes that much of a big deal about it.
The minute I came home, I took a shower, had a snack, and went back into bed. My homework was already done, I just had to review some notes from today's analysis of Lolita, the book I have to read for my AP English Literature class. It wasn't something I wanted to do. Lolita was a romantic novel and that would be a slippery slope that would put me into the same funk that I have been feeling since yesterday, but I had to do it.
Come on, Ana. You can do it! I mean, so what if Christian is downstairs tutoring your sister, who he kissed after he sent you a bouquet of your favorite flowers and after he told you that he liked you…And there it is again!
My thinking made me shed some angry tears again, but it wasn't as much as it was yesterday.
See? We are making progress here.
And that is when I heard my Dad calling my name. I walked downstairs and see Dad standing with the door open, talking to someone.
Lucas..
Lucas was at the door, dressed in his dress blues, looking quite dashing. He smiled when he saw me, making my father turn around.
"Lucas came to see you, dear." He said. "He says he wants to talk to you about something."
Let me guess, he wants Liz's number, but is afraid of asking her…
I smile politely. "Okay, where would you like to talk?" I ask Lucas. He gestures outside, I follow suit, closing the door behind me.
We sit on the white bench that we have on the porch.
"Ana, I have gotten a little worried." Lucas says to me. "You haven't been returning any of my texts."
After the whole Christian kissed my sister thing, I decided that I didn't really want to talk to anyone else, unless it was Kate. I had received his texts and I wanted to reply, but when I was feeling a whole lot better.
"Im sorry. I was just really busy with everything." I tell him.
"Its okay." He says. "But that's not the only reason why Im here."
Yah, Yah. I figured. Everyone is here to see my charming sister.
He lead me a few feet to the left and what I saw left me in awe. There were candles that were put so that there was a message. And it said. "Military ball?"
I was in awe. He did all of this for me? And to cap it all off, he brought out a dozen of pale pink roses.
"Ana, I've been meaning to ask you this for a while now, I just didn't want to just plain out ask you; I wanted it to be special." He said. "It would be an honor if you were to be my date to the military ball."
I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. All of this was just so nice. And the fact that he wanted to do it in a special way clearly showed that there were feelings involved.
"So would you like to be my dad, Ms. Steele?" He asks.
"Yes." I say. "Yes, I would love to be your date for the military ball." He gave me the flowers, which I took and gave him a big bear hug.
And that is when he gave me a kiss on the lips. It came out of nowhere and I was really not prepared to this at all.
To be honest, it was a nice kiss. In fact it felt great, after what had happened the past day.
We pulled away from the kiss, him smiling, me blushing.
And that is when I realized that Christian had witnessed the whole thing or maybe just the kiss. He was standing right where our welcome mat is. His grey eyes had darkened and he clearly had an expression of discontent on his face, mixed in with some jealousy.
Well now you know how I feel, Christian. And I bet it's not a good feeling.
He walked down the steps and went off down our street.
Lucas and I walked back into the house, where he shares the good news with my father.
Evidently, my father is very happy. He is grinning ear to ear, shaking Lucas's hand as though Lucas had just told him that we are getting married.
I am happy. I think Lucas and I would have a great time at the military ball.
Yet there is still a part of me that is still hurting after what had happened the day before.
Liz's POV
We got our exams back in math class and I received an A. My very first A in math since like forever! This deserves a celebration.
I glance over to Christian and give him a big smile, holding the test in my hands.
He gives me a smile back with a thumbs up.
Yah baby we did it!
Thanks to Christian things are looking up for me in math. I actually understanding the material for once. Its no longer a foreign subject to me.
He's definitely a Godsend, in more ways than one. Now if only he would stop acting the way that he is now, stop sending my sister flowers, and keep his promise of going out with me, life would be perfect.
Ever since Ana saw us kiss, she's been really upset. Yesterday, I was only able to see her at dinner, but other than that she stayed up in her room the entire time. I felt bad, but I wasn't sure what I was supposed to say to console her "Sorry that you saw me kiss Christian? Sorry that you didn't feel how amazing his lips are? Although its sad to see her upset, she needs to get over it. This guy wasn't meant for her. She needs to get back with the other guy, and leave Christian to where he belongs, with me.
"I can't believe I just got an A on my math test." I say once we are outside in the hall.
Its break time and we are both heading to our lockers.
"Well you deserve it. You've put a lot of effort into the class and it has paid off." Christian says.
No 'Congratulations'? No 'Good job, Liz?'
"Im definitely going to celebrate this accomplishment." I say.
Christian doesn't say anything to that.
"Would you like to hang out with me after school?" I ask Christian. "Consider it a thank you for all your help."
Christian walks over to his locker. I follow suit.
" I would like to, but I have some things I have to do at home." He says. "The only thing that I could do is come over so we can do our math homework together."
You have time for that, but not time to just hang out, without doing any math homework? Come on, Christian. Stop giving me excuses.
" Christian, we are friends. We can do more things than just math tutoring. We can hangout too you know." I tell him.
"I am aware of that, Liz, but I have plans." Christian says. "Im helping my sister with her math homework."
Oh okay, fair enough.
"Oh alright." I say. "Then next time."
"Yes, next time." Christian says.
I just hope there is a next time. I would hope that he isn't just making this up to get rid of me. Part of me would like to believe that this is the truth. But the there is a part of me that thinks he might just be trying to make up an excuse so that he won't have to hang out with me.
"Congratulations, darling."My dad says once I show him my A on the math test.
He kisses me on the forehead.
"Thanks, Dad." I say.
"And thank you, young man for helping out my daughter." Dad says to Christian. "My wife and I will be forever thankful for your help. You do not know how much Liz struggled with this subject. It's such a relief to finally see her understand the material."
Christian gives him a polite smile. "It's really all Liz. This proves that she knows the material; she just needed to apply herself. Hard work does pay off. "
"Yes, it certainly does." Dad says. "I always tell my girls that. Always give 110% when it comes to schoolwork or work, in general. The results will be in your favor and you will be happy with them."
"That's absolutely true." says Christian, nodding his head.
Dad was about to say something else, but a knock on the door stopped it from happening.
My father answered it, and from my vantage point I could see someone dressed in military clothing standing right outside the door. My father exchanges a few word with the guy and for a few minutes, my father steps out and looks towards the left side of our porch.
Soon, he calls out Ana's name.
At that very moment, Christian and I hit the books again, after being distracted for a good 15 minutes.
We have our tutoring session, and again, time flies by.
Its time for Christian to leave.
"Im sorry that you won't be able to celebrate my excellent test grade with me." I say in a bummed tone of voice.
"Yeah, but you have fun though." He says. "You did the test without my help, so technically there is no need for me to celebrate anything. You should be the one celebrating."
He says his goodbyes and leaves.
I take my time and pack up everything from the coffee table so that I can bring it upstairs with me.
Soon, the door swings open again, and I see Ana walk through the door with yet another bouquet of her favorite flowers. She has a huge smile plastered on her face. Behind her, is the same guy that dad was talking to earlier.
"Well, what did she say?" Dad asks the guy.
"She said yes." The guy says. "She is my date to the military ball." He looks over to Ana, with a look on his face of pure adoration.
I have to say though; the guy is good looking. He kind of reminds me of James Maslow with his black hair and pretty hazel eyes. Now what exactly does he see in Ana? Shouldn't he be going for someone who is on the same level as he is? You know, the gorgeous level.
Ana blushes and smells the flowers that she has in her hands.
Gone is Ana the bum. Happy Ana has made a comeback.
Whatever, Ana. You can have that goof in uniform. And then I can have Christian.
Christian's POV
Liz is so happy about her test grade that she is willing to scream it to all of Seattle. Im glad that she is finally getting the hang off math, the subject that she despises. Much of it is thanks to my help, but I firmly believe that Liz was capable of it even before my help, she just needed to put in some effort.
She was so happy to the fact that she said this calls for a celebration, which she wanted me to be a part of.
Although that did sound like a good idea, I was in no party mood.
I still needed to find a way to talk to Ana. I needed to explain to her that what she saw was not how it was. If anything, I should have been kissing her and not her sister.
But it happened, and now I have to pick up the pieces.
I told Liz that I will be helping Mia with her math homework and thus, will not be able to celebrate with her.
She was bummed, but understood.
Liz's Dad was very happy about the test grade that his daughter had received. He thanked me for my help, which I politely accepted, saying that it was his daughter's work. Liz is capable of doing great things academically, if she put forth effort. He agreed and was about to say something else when someone knocked on the front door.
At the door is the same guy that I had a friendly chat with at the gym. Well I guess you can call that a friendly chat… He was in his military uniform. He had a quick chat with Liz's Dad before he stepped out and look to the left.
He calls out Ana's name, and within minutes she is downstairs.
Ana is dressed in a disheveled manner with a slouchy t-shirt and baggy sweats, but still manages to look good.
She steps out with the fella. At this time, Liz and I hit the books again.
Time decides to fly by as it usually does. I pack up my things and leave.
I close the door behind me and look to my left. And what I see stuns me. I feel a pang in my heart as I see Ana kiss the guy. Its not a long kiss, but it leaves her with a smile on her face. I guess I was standing there for a long time because my eyes end up meeting Ana's from across the room.
Her eyes scream happiness with a mixture of surprise for she did not expect me to have witnessed all of this. Kind of like she didn't expect me to have kissed her sister…or so she thinks.
I walk down the steps and turn to head towards my home.
I wish I could kiss Ana. I wish I could put a smile on her face, I guess the only thing I am capable of is making her cry. That guy is one lucky guy; I just hope he knows how lucky he is.
I've made a mistake. A HUGE one for that matter.
And I can't live like this anymore, knowing that I have made this mistake.
Its time for me to act. I can't just keep sending Ana texts which she isn't replying to, because she thinks you're a jerk.
I need to confront her. I need to lay it all out, so that she can see that this is not who I am. She needs to know how much I would love to have her by my side, as my girl.
She needs to know that I can't sleep at night knowing that she isn't sleeping as well; knowing that she is in a state of distraught after what she saw.
I need to make things right because if I don't, I will lose the precious gem that Ana is.