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Chapter 10 – Crumbled

"Hey Nate" Shane called out.

"Yea?"

"Have you seen where you and Caitlyn are standing?" he asked. Caitlyn and Nate looked at each other.

"We're standing by the fire" Caitlyn said. Mitchie, Shane and Jason were all laughing quietly while the parents that were still in the room just smiled.

"I suggest you look up" Mitchie said. Slowly Caitlyn and Nate looked up to see a small branch of mistletoe hanging from the roof. Caitlyn gulped as she looked at Nate who was looking straight back at her.

"Well aren't you going to kiss?" Shane asked in a teasing voice. Caitlyn didn't know what to do. She was beyond scared and when she saw Nate take a small step closer to her, she backed away.

"I'm sorry" she said before quickly walking out of the room.

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Everyone was still as they watched Caitlyn quickly walk out of the room. Nate was still standing in the same spot.

"What just happened?" Jason asked. Mitchie looked over at Nate.

"Are you okay Nate?" She asked softly.

"What did I do?" he asked, turning his gaze to meet Mitchie's.

"I don't know. I know that Caitlyn has a harder time trusting people and letting them in, maybe that's what got to her. The fact that you are getting closer to her than anyone else, she might be scared that if you got too close then she could lose you as well"

"So you think that she might be getting scared because I'm getting closer to her than she thought I would be?" Nate questioned. Mitchie nodded.

"Go and follow her dude" Shane said. "Make sure that she's alright" Nate nodded before walking out the room and in the direction that Caitlyn had gone.

"Caitlyn?" he called softly, not being able to find her. As he stepped into the kitchen he was about to call her when he realised that the front door was slightly open. Nate slowly walked towards the door and opened it slightly. He saw Caitlyn sitting on the steps of the porch. Quietly Nate stepped out the door and sat down next to Caitlyn. Caitlyn jumped a little bit when she realised that he was there but didn't say anything. For a while the two just sat there, looking up at the stars.

"Why did you follow me Nate?" Nate heard Caitlyn ask quietly after about 10 minutes. Nate turned to look at her and he could see that by the way she was sitting that she was almost scared to get close to him again.

"I wanted to make sure that you were okay" Nate honestly answered.

"I'm.... I'm sorry.... about before... with the ...... you know..." Caitlyn trailed off, not exactly sure what she was saying. Nate laughed softly.

"It's fine. I'm not going to make you do something that you don't want to"

"I didn't.... hurt your feelings.... did I?" Caitlyn hesitantly asked.

"No, you didn't hurt my feelings but I am curious as to why you did run away if it was only going to be a friendly kiss to follow tradition" Nate said. Caitlyn looked at him a moment before sighing and looking back out to the garden.

"Are you sure it was just going to be a friendly kiss?" Nate heard her ask quietly.

"Why do you ask that?"

"Never mind" Caitlyn said quickly, looking back at him with a slight blush on her cheeks before turning away again. Nate sighed quietly in frustration. He could see that he was breaking through the wall that Caitlyn had built up and obviously Caitlyn could see that as well as she was quick to put it back up. He quickly turned her around so that she was facing him and grabbed both of her hands. He could feel her tense up and gently try to pull her hands away but Nate kept a firm grip.

"Tell me why you ran away" he asked her softly. He watched as Caitlyn seemed to be having an inner debate with herself. What surprised him was when he began to notice that Caitlyn's eyes were starting to glisten over. She sighed and looked away before turning back to face him.

"You know that I was never close with my parents. I've never known the true meaning of family. Mitchie's the closest thing to family that I have right now. Other than that I don't like anyone getting close to me because I might end up losing them like I did my parents. I don't know why but you keep coming back and that confuses me. When someone else speaks to me and they realise that I I'm not going at the same pace as them, they leave. I don't know why you keep coming back"

"But tell me why you ran away" Nate pressed. Caitlyn sighed once again.

"Because if I had of let you kiss me then I'm opening myself up to that kind of hurt again. I'm allowing myself to put my heart at risk of being hurt again and I didn't know if I could do that"

"What kind of hurt? Have you had a boyfriend before?" Caitlyn shook her head.

"Even though I wasn't close with my parents I still loved them. And I kept my heart open to them. When they.... when they were killed, I didn't know anyone could feel that kind of hurt, it was almost like a physical hurt. I decided that I never wanted to feel like that again so I started to keep everything to myself."

"I wasn't going to hurt you, you know that right?"

"You weren't going to hurt me but I was going to hurt myself" Caitlyn said as a single tear made its way down her cheek. Nate released one of her hands to wipe it away before taking hold of her hand again.

"Tell me why you were going to hurt yourself" Nate asked, wanting Caitlyn to get as much off her chest as she could. She didn't need to keep all of this on her shoulders. He wanted to share this with her.

Caitlyn wasn't sure what Nate was doing but she had never been more scared. Nate was breaking down her walls and allowing all that pain she had been feeling bubble up and rise. Caitlyn knew it wasn't going to take long for her to break down and just release everything and she knew that part of her wanted Nate to be there to keep her from drowning, to hold her up and keep her floating.

Nate waited for Caitlyn to answer his question, and he had a feeling that he knew what the answer would be. He encouraged her by rubbing his thumbs over her hands.

"I was going to hurt myself because.... because i......" Caitlyn trailed off.

"Because?"

"Because you..... you mean a lot more to me than I would like and that seriously scares me" Caitlyn finally admitted as some more tears began to make their way down her face. "And if had of kissed you in there...." Nate knew exactly what Caitlyn was saying. He moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her in a gentle but tight hug.

"You mean a lot to me as well" Nate whispered in her ear as he pulled away to look at her face. "And I do want to be with you"

"I'm scared though" Caitlyn whispered.

"I want you to trust me"

"Do you promise not to hurt me?" Caitlyn asked after a small pause. A smile made its way onto Nate's face when he realised what Caitlyn was saying. He nodded while Caitlyn smiled at him.

"Do you think it would be alright if I kissed you now" he asked quietly. Caitlyn nodded at him.

"Yes" she said just as quietly and that's what Nate did. He leaned down and softly pressed his lips to hers. Caitlyn smiled into the kiss, happy that Nate had not given up on breaking down the wall that she had kept up for most of her life. Caitlyn's heart was now slowly opening up to the challenges of being in a relationship.

It was a slow process but Nate was patient. He knew that Caitlyn would need some time to get used to leaving her heart open. They had had their fair share of fights but they always came back stronger. The couple had been together for just over 4 years now. Dated for 4 years and engaged for 3 months. Both were looking forward to that day where they would say their "I Do's" and live in the perfect happiness that the two had never let die down. Knowing that every morning they would wake up side by side and take each day as it came, knowing that their love was strong enough to overcome any obstacle in their path, even the prospect of being parents.

The End


So i know that wasn't the best but that is up to you to decided. I really hoped that you liked that story!!!!!

I'm sad its over now but i've already started on another one that i think you will like.

Goodbye for now :D