Piper POV
I entered the coffee shop, and instantly spotted Nelia. Though I'd never admit it, she was beautiful, and stood out in any crowd. No wonder Serge cheated on me.
Ugh, Serge. That ugly, manipulative, son of a—
"Piper!" Nelia shouted, seeing me. I was snapped out of my thoughts of lying, cheating Serge, and looked at her perfectly innocent face. She didn't know about Serge, and that would make my plan even better.
I planned to...what was the word for it? Use? No. That sounded too bad. Play, with Nelia. I could use her, to get to Serge. I'd pretend to be her friend, and then have Serge suffer through our double dates and Girls' Night Out's. Oh, revenge is sweet—thank Eddie for showing me that!
"Neliana," I said. Despite what Patricia said, I did know high class people from Music School. I missed that place. But I had done four years there and had to leave when I was 15. That's how I ended up at Emerald. "Where have you been hiding out all these years?" I sat down across from her.
"This year," she started. "Hawaii. Last year it was Spain and the year before that it was Paris."
"Serge grew up in Paris." I muttered.
"Serge?" Nelia said. "As in Dohanson?"
"Yeah," I said. "He's my...classmate."
"Oh really? He's my boyfriend!"
"Oh, I'd love to meet him" I said, pretending to be excited.
"Well you're in luck." She said. "My grandmother's holding this really exclusive ball tonight. I bet I can get you on the list."
I smiled. "Can bring friends?"
Eddie POV
I had heard some knocking from my front door. My dad wasn't home and I groaned at the thought that I would have to get it. I placed my laptop on the couch in my room and ran downstairs. I was surprised to find it was Patricia waiting outside my door.
"Patricia?" I asked.
"I read it," She said softly, swinging the purple envelope in my face. "Can I come in?"
"Sure," I answered, still partly shocked.
She entered my house, and sat down. Her long auburn red hair was swung over her shoulders. She looked highly stressed but still managed to be breathing normally and looking beautiful.
"I wanna talk," she said at the same time I said, "Do you wanna talk?"
She giggled slightly, but it looked like it hurt her. She looked like my mom when my dad left. Tired, stressed, and a little bit of a mess. She looked like she was in pain, and I knew good news wasn't coming my way.
"I love you," she said suddenly. "I really do."
My face lit up, but I looked at her, and she still looked a mess.
"But..." She trailed off.
"But?" I urged her to continue.
"I'm scared," she breathed deeply. "That we won't make it. That one day you'll realize that I wasn't worth it, and leave me. That we'll end up like my parents. We'll have kids and then get divorced and fight over them." A tear slid down her cheek. "And that's why I can't be with you."
I took a step toward her, but she stopped me.
"Eddie, no," she said, standing up.
"I won't give up," I found myself saying. "I won't give up on you."
She sighed and looked at me, a shock of pain in her eyes. She really did love me, and this was hurting her badly.
"Yacker," I said. "Whatever's going on with your parents, that doesn't have to happen with us! We can be together. We can make this work."
"What if you go back to America?" Patricia asked. "What am I supposed to do then? Will I have to be a total train wreck again? Cry for you every night, again? Wonder why you left without saying goodbye, again?" She was beginning to sound angry now.
"I thought that was in the past!" I yelled.
"Well it isn't," she said. "But we are."
We stood there in silence for a moment. Before I knew what I was doing I said, "We were never in the present."
A look of total pain and rejection came over her, and she stormed out of the house. What had I just said?
Drmiracle wrote this one and I wrote the last one! I kind of have been forgetting to say that lately…
And I have an apology to make. I have done this twice and it is getting quite embarrassing. In the last chapter, it was supposed to be Patricia's POV, and I kept saying "Patricia" instead of "I". I'm obviously not used to writing in the third person and I am SOOOOO sorry that I screwed that up!
And I have a request for you guys: Do you think we can reach a hundred reviews by the time this story is over? PLEASE?! It's a goal for both Drmiracle and I and it would be highly appreciated! (: