Chapter 11: Without you
How did I keep loosing the thing most important to me?
I know how, I'm a idiot, and Mr. Joseph is a jerk.
That's how I've lost her, and it's two very stupid reason to loose somebody so important.
"I might as well die." I grumbled, running my hand through my hair. No, I thought. I don't need to die, I need to talk to Mr. Joseph.
I didn't want to, I hated even seeing the man, but I had to do something, I had to give him a piece of my mind.
So here I was, driving to Mr. Joseph's office. It was raining like crazy and I could barely see the road, but I had to do it. I couldn't stand another day was sitting in my house, thinking about all I've lost. Dakota...
I pulled into the parking lot and jumped out of my car. I locked it quickly as I ran towards the building. I held my hood down as I ran. I was soaked when I entered the building. There was no one at the front desk, so I just walked back. I knocked on Mr. Joseph's door.
"Come in." I heard a voice say. A women's voice...?
I opened the door. A young women had taken Mr. Joseph's place at his desk. She had a notepad and pen in her hand, over to the side of the room was Mr. Joseph. He stood facing the wall, his hands folded behind his back.
"Mr. Joseph." I grumbled. He turned around and smiled as he saw me.
"Aw, Kristen. 'Bout time you showed up." he motioned with his right hand. "Come in, come in." I stepped all the way into the room and sat on a chair in front of his desk. Mr. Joseph walked behind the desk, but didn't ask the women to move. He leaned towards me.
"You knew I would come?" I asked through my teeth, trying to keep my anger down.
"Yes, yes." he said with a smile. I glared. "Of course you would come, I broke you and Dakota up!" he sounded to happy. I stood quickly, and leaned over the desk at him.
"Shut the fuck up, Joseph." I hissed. "And wipe that stupid grin off your face."
His grin became bigger, and he glanced at the women below us. She was taking notes. I grabbed the notepad from her and read it.
"Wow, this is low, Joseph, even for you." It was a article in progress about everything I was doing right now. It didn't say what magazine, but I could tell Mr. Joseph was just trying to make me crash and burn.
Mr. Joseph nodded at the women. She was looking very guilty now. "Miss Sarah over here is from People magazine. I was in the middle of a interview about you when you came in." he chuckled and folded his hands in front of him. "You just made this so much better, Kristen! For me, that is. Your about to crash and burn, and so is your little girl friend."
I twitched. She's not my girl friend. I wanted to say, but I wouldn't give him that pleasure. "Don't bring Dakota into this."
"Why not? After all, it's my job to trash people like you." his eyes were full of evil. I was ready to kill him now.
I waved the notebook at him. "No, your not getting this back, and Sarah isn't gonna run this story either." I glanced at Sarah, she blushed and turned her eyes from me. She was only ordered to come here, she didn't want this. God this world...
I turned around and headed for the door, still holding onto the notebook.
"Where are you going?" Mr. Joseph asked, there was something to pleased about his voice.
"I'm going home, and your not getting your notebook back."
"There are other notebooks in the world, Kristen." I scowled and stopped walking as he said his name. "And I can remember my words. This story is still happening, your still going to crash, along with Dakota."
I flipped around and threw the notebook on the ground. There was no stopping now, I was past no return with my anger. I was ready to kill Mr. Joseph.
Half a hour later, I found myself standing outside Dakota's house, my hands in fist, with my right hand burning red. I walked up to the door slowly, flash backs hanging in the back of my mind...
"I, uh..." she turned and looked me straight in the eye for the first time for the whole morning. "I think I'm in love with you."
I froze. Everything in my body didn't work for a total of 5 seconds. Suddenly, her words stuck, and I looked at her. "Re-re-really?" I stuttered like a idiot.
She nodded slowly, but her face was serious, no smile.
"We-we-we-well, that was what I needed to tell you." I said slowly.
She finally smiled, making me feel warm inside. "Okay." she said.
I half smiled as I remembered that first moment we found each other. But I had screwed up so quickly, and I pushed by the images of kissing Taylor. I wondered what was wrong with me.
I reached the front door and knocked slowly, twice. Dakota opened the door. She wore sweat pants and a loose t-shirt. Her was obviously hadn't been brushed yet, and she still had the morning tiredness in her eyes. I couldn't help but smile. She looked beautiful.
"Hi." I finally said.
"Hey." She leaned against the half opened door. She seemed to be blocking me out.
"Can I come in?" I managed to ask.
She shook her head. "We can talk out here."
I frowned, then nodded. "Okay. I wanna start by saying, I never meant to hurt you. Your probably the most important thing in my life, and I don't deserve you." I paused, she didn't say anything. I had her attention at least. "And," I continued, "I went to Mr. Joseph today, and he set that whole thing up. He got me drunk just to tear us apart. I know that doesn't change anything, I could have stopped drinking, so I don't blame you if your still mad. I just want you to know the truth."
I stopped, and she stayed quiet for a while. Finally, she spoke. "What's the whole truth?" she asked.
I frowned. "What do you mean?"
"You have forgotten one part from the truth."
"What is it?" I asked.
"I love you."
There was a moment in life when I thought I should just give up.
"I might as well die."
But I've learned, there's always a reason to live. My reason: Dakota. Dakota is my reason, she's my everything, and when I loose her, well, "I might as well die.".
But I have her now, she's mine. I got her back, and I don't know how. But she's mine, hopefully for forever...
"What?" I said, staring like a idiot.
"I love you." she repeated. "I never had a reason to stop loving you. I simply disliked you for a moment in time." she smiled her amazing smile and I fell in love with her all over again. I stepped towards her and threw my arms around her, holding her close. She pulled back and we kissed.
When we finished, she glanced at my hand."What happened t your hand?"
I glanced down at my red hand. It still hurt. "Oh, I punched Mr. Joseph's wall."
"Really." she said with a smirk.
"He really pisses me off." I muttered.
"I know." she said with a smile, before pulling me inside the house, towards her bedroom.
A/N: YAYY! it's all happy again :)
So anyways, Mr. Joseph isn't dead after all, he'll probably come back ;)
Next chapter I'll take a break from drama though... It may end up being a bit of a filler, IDK.
As always, please review! I love hearing from you guys :)