Chapter #11- Who Woulda Thought?
The rest of the weekend was tough for both May and Drew. May tried her best to avoid Drew at any given time, (which was kind of difficult considering he was right next door.) On the other hand, Drew tried his best to run into May. He wanted her to know the truth on how he felt about her; the feelings he had been struggling to figure out ever since May had found out about him and Kate. But now he knew what he felt in his heart.
Drew Rosieur was madly in love with May Maple, he knew that for certain. What he didn't know, however, was why he fell for Kate so instantly. She was pretty much just another fan girl with the way she swooned over him. But May, May was different…She fought back, returned the insults he threw, yelled back when he yelled, and-and loved him through everything he had done to her. All the pain and misery he put her through…
Drew just didn't understand why she would. Why she cared so deeply for someone, someone who simply blew her off time and time again to be with a girl that surprisingly meant nothing to him. Their first couple days together flashed through his mind. What had made him fall for her? What qualities made him fall so hard for a girl that couldn't have been more wrong for him?
Drew sat at his desk; elbows perched on top, and thought Kate through.
What positive qualities did she possess?
His chin rested on his hands as he thought…
First was her telling him straight up that he was a jerk. For having the courage to stand up to him and tell him that he needed a serious attitude adjustment, then was her….brains, and how she helped him to pass the classes he had been failing... yeah that was it…But what had been the most important factor? The one he had always seemed to leave out in the list? …Her kindness that was it; her uncanny way for caring for everything around her before herself.
An image of May suddenly flashed through his mind and it was then that Drew finally realized something. Something he should of realized in the first place. All the characteristics and traits and everything he had loved about Kate, were things May also possessed.
But May also had something else; the one thing Kate would never truly have: Drew's love. No matter what he had thought previously, he had never loved her. He loved the things that reminded him of May, even if he didn't know they did. May would be the only girl he would ever truly truly love…
Drew knew what he had to do. His feet hit the ground as he jumped up and he was almost out the door when he remembered the day. Sunday. Sunday afternoon. What he had planned couldn't happen until tomorrow, unless, of course, he wanted it to end through a phone call…. No too harsh. It had to wait until tomorrow.
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The world seems to smell so much sweeter once the moon's out. This is what May discovered during her late night stroll by the rose bushes in the park. Their scent was ravishing, and…it reminded her of something…
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Drew looked up from the floor at the foot of his bed in shock. "This boring?!" He asked, gesturing to the screen as a man dived off a ten-story building with no rope or helmet, landed on a Snorlax, and rolled to his feet. "C'mon May! You've got to be joking!"
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He picked up his pace and passed her, ignoring the skip of his heart when he heard May whisper, "Hey Drew," as he walked by.
He smiled to himself, calling "Hey!" over his shoulder as he turned into his classroom.
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"No May…" Drew said, standing up and brushing himself off. "I-I can't do this to Kate. I still love her." And with that, he turned and ran down the street in direction of home.
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"Here, let me," Drew offered, taking her hand and gently pulling the thorn out. May flinched slightly. Not really paying attention, Drew pecked her finger. "All better." He smiled at her and she dropped her eyes, blushing hard.
Realizing what he had just done, Drew blushed, too. "Sorry…" He muttered under his breath.
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An image of a handsome chartreuse-haired young man, emerald eyes shimmering, smirk plastered on his face, a rose in his hand…..
Drew…
And back came the tears, but slower than they had before. They slid down her cheeks in a line as she sank down to her knees before the bush.
The morning dew on the petals glistened stunningly in the moonlight. The drops of each speck of water dripping off the roses in rhythm to May's tears. Her fingers stroked the petals gently; smiling softly though her shattered heart was slowly, ever so slowly, breaking her down…How could one guy deal so much damage? And leave behind so many scattered pieces; pieces of memories, of thoughts, of feelings, and scattered pieces of a once whole heart? No one should have that power.
But Drew did. That was just the way it was. That's just what love did to you. He made her feel things she never thought she could feel, good or bad. Feelings she thought never even existed. And still, she wondered why she cared for him so. Who could care for someone that treated them in such a way that they couldn't fall asleep at night without crying? Couldn't sleep without their dreams full of that one person and waking up to a world so full of hate?
But…May thought, wiping away her tears, he does care. Or at least, most of the time he does. One moment, he makes me feel like gum on the bottom of a shoe, then the next…She sighed deeply. He cares. He does. I know it. Or… I think I do…
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The weekend ended, as it always must, and May found herself walking through the front doors of La Rousse's School Of Coordinating And Contests in a daze. That's how she remembered it at least. A daze. A dream. Hard to believe, easy to deny. But it all still happened.
Kate was the first one she spotted upon entering the school, but she wasn't in her usually peppy mood. Her back was to May, but she could her shaking with sobs as the girls around comforted her. Drew was nowhere to be seen. None of the guys in the school were. Not surprising when there's tears, but that's rare to happen.
Kate and her "group" were in the middle of the hall, blocking the morning traffic, but no one seemed to notice. They just shoved past them and moved on. Besides the girls around her, no one seemed to care what was wrong with Kate. (Wonder why –rolls eyes- XD)
However, May did. No matter how much she disliked her, how much she hated the fact that she had stole Drew's attention, Kate personally had never done anything to her; intentionally anyway.
Slowly she gathered up the courage and made her way toward her, calling her name when she was three yards away. Kate turned around, a tissue in hand wiping her nose, and threw May a death glare.
Confused, May raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"
"Get away from me," Kate spat, advancing toward her, a menacing look in her puffy red eyes.
"B-But I-I-I-" May stuttered backing up as Kate drew closer and closer.
"Save it," Kate growled. They were now nose to nose and May could see all the tears clinging to her lashes.
"Wha-?"
"I said save it!" Kate screeched, shoving May backwards, and causing her to bump into a "Wet Floor" sign, slip, and fall toward the floor. May closed her eyes and waited for the pain, but she never hit the ground.
It took her awhile to notice this, but she finally opened her eyes and they automatically locked with the green eyes gazing back down at her. A blush crept to her cheeks, but she was unable to break the stare. Those eyes….how they seemed to melt into hers….
Drew smirked down at her and chuckled. "Still the same old May…" Her blush deepened while Kate choked on a sob a few feet away. May half-glanced in her direction.
Drew rolled his eyes. "Don't mind her; she's just in a bad mood this morning." May quirked an eyebrow. "I dumped her." Drew explained. "And I guess she's just not the rebound kind of girl." He laughed lightly as May swallowed, heart pounding and looked back into his eyes once more.
"Why?" Was all she said.
"Because," Drew smiled and, still holding her back in his arms, leaned in closer and whispered in her ear, "I love you." May nearly fell over at the words, afraid she had heard him falsely. As if to prove himself, Drew stood up straight and looked around in a circle at everyone still in the hallway.
"I love May Maple!" He shouted, triumphantly, looking over in Kate's direction as he spoke. "Anyone got a problem with that?" The hall was quiet. Drew smirked, "Didn't think so." He turned back to May. "Is that cool with you?"
May smirked back. "That is definitely cool with me," She answered, her arms now around his neck. Their smirks soon softened into smiles. Emerald on sapphire, hearts pounding, world spinning, feelings about to burst….
Have you ever been in love? Have you ever felt so drawn to a person that you felt that you would do absolutely anything and everything for them? Well that's how May and Drew felt at that very moment; in each others arms, eyes locked, emotions soaring through the ceiling. Nothing could have ruined that moment for them. Not the bell, the teachers, Kate's sobs echoing throughout the school. Not even the crowd around them that began to cheer the moment their lips touched.
Perfect…..
He's the time taken up
But there's never enough
And He's all that I need to fall into….
Drew looks at me
I fake a smile so he won't see………
-Fin-
I'm finally done!! XDDD I loved writing this chapter. I thought it sounded so beautiful and it makes people examine love in a new perspective.
My mom has never read any of Teardrops before, but I made her read this chapter and she actually started crying so I know I accomplished something. XD
I don't think I've ever been more proud of something I wrote…
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