SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!! YES
Lol, anyway, here is the next chapter.
Chapter 10: But, You're the Only One I Want
Massie slowly dressed into her nightgown and was brushing her hair. She knew it wouldn't really matter, but she couldn't help but want to look good in front of Derrick. She grabbed a new robe, i.e. one that wasn't see through, and put it on. She then walked slowly over to the couch where Derrick had been sitting.
As she got closer, she realized he had fallen asleep. Did she really take that long to get dressed? She thought to herself. She must have.
She came over to him and crouched down on her knees. She never really had this opportunity before, having Derrick just laying there completely vulnerable to her. She slowly reached her hand out and started to trace the contours of his Greek god-like face.
Her delicate fingers gently smoothed the hair away from his forehead, before running down the length of his face to curve around his chin. She felt the stubble that was just starting to appear along his angular jawline.
He was so beautiful, well handsome, in a completely indefinable way. It was like he was sculpted out of wax by the most articulate sculptor in the world, that made every line, every detail, completely and inexplicably perfect.
His physical perfection also was one of the factors that now rendered her insecurity. Before, she used to revel in the fact that out of all the girls in the world that he could easily obtain, he chose her. And that fact in itself made any girl swoon.
But now, that he had gone to another woman, those previous securities of love now became her insecurities of her self-image. Even if he would completely give himself to her, there was always that underlying feel of, how long will it last before he realizes that he liked someone better, or that she wasn't enough.
She sighed,and looked back at Derrick, only to find his caramel brown eyes looking right back at her.
She blinked in astonishment, and his mouth curved into a slow smile.
"Massie," he whispered,and he leaned in for a kiss.
She waited for it closing her eyes, waited for the smooth sensation of his mouth to come over hers.
But it didn't.
She opened her eyes to reveal his face, so completely close to hers that she could feel his warm breath blowing on her upper lip, and she could smell his intoxicated cologne that just made her want to jump him, literally.
"Wh-Whats wrong?" She asked.
He sighed, "I need to know if this is it. I will only kiss you if this means that we will be together again. I can't take the waiting anymore." He looked at her expectantly.
She wanted to, She really wanted to, but she resisted, pulling back.
"No, Derrick. I..We.. just can't. It's too late for us." She said and stood up, taking a few steps back.
He got up from his position on the couch and ran a hand through his golden locks.
"How can you say that? It's not too late, it was never too late." He said, taking a few steps closer to her.
"You told me to wait, that we will work things out. Well, I have waited. I have waited for two weeks. I have had to wait and watch while you paraded around with Eric, or whatever. And. I just cant wait anymore. I need an answer, and if not I need to just move on" Derrick said.
"Well maybe you should." She said, biting her lip.
He was not expecting her to say that.
"Wh-WH-What?" Derrick asked, trembling over the words.
"Derrick, I just don't know I could go back to the way things were. I'm sorry." She said, tears forming in her eyes. She started to walk back to her bedroom, but Derrick grabbed her arm before she entered the doorway.
"Now, just wait a minute. I know that things wont go back to the way they were. Too much has happened since then. I'm not asking for that."
He paused to lift his hand up under her chin, raising it so they met eye to eye, "All I'm asking for is a chance for us to start over, for us to be together again."
"Derrick, I..." She started to say, but he cut her off.
"I love you, Massie." Massie was shocked to hear him finally say these words, and slightly annoyed at his choice of timing. He's probably just saying it to get me back.
"No, Derrick. You can't just say I love you to try and fix everything. That won't work, not anymore. I just cant can't be in a relationship where I will always worry whether or not you will cheat again." She chocked out the last words, the tears now flowing freely down her porcelain cheeks.
"Massie, I swear to you, I will never-"
She cut him off, her mind made up. "Derrick. No." She whispered.
He backed away slightly, his eyes starting to tear up again.
"Look, We just can't save something that has already died. You'll find that someone else someday, and you will be glad we ended it when we did." Although she was keeping a cool exterior, it was killing her to say these final words.
"But..I don't.. want anyone else." He said quietly.
"Its not like we wont ever see each other anymore, we can still be friends." She said, even though the disbelief was evident in her voice.
She was trying to soften the blow, not just for Derrick's sake, but for her own.
"No, Massie. We can't. And we won't. Now I am officially done."
He walked away, the anger and the hurt shielding his normally gentle nature.
"Have a nice life with Eric. You can tell him not to worry about me anymore. Because I won't be in the way." Her heart felt like it was being torn to shreds, but she remained composed.
"Goodbye, Massie. Even if you change your mind, don't come looking for me." And with that, his tall lithe form retreated from her bedroom entryway, and she heard a door slam on his way out.
This was it.The Massie and Derrick saga was over.
And it was now her fault to blame.
Everyone probably hates Massie (and me) for this chapter. But, don't worry. I have many chapters left in store for them. And Clam will be a huge part of next chapter.
You just have to wait and see.
So please, review and I will update.