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The Right Choice
Chapter Five/5: Broken Promises
"Wow it's really cold out there!" Manny said to Craig as she closed the front door to her house.
"Well how about I warm you up?" Craig said with a grin.
"Sounds like a plan!" she responded as she sauntered over to Craig. They both laid on the couch and Craig wrapped his arms around her. Then he leaned in and they began to kiss. "Craig I love you." Manny said in between kisses.
"I love you too Manny, I'll love you forever." Craig replied breathlessly.
Suddenly Manny stopped and looked at him "Do you promise?" she said in a whisper.
Craig paused for a second, a little thrown off by her question. Then he smiled at her, and returning her whisper, said "Yeah, I promise."
~*~
"Craig I still love you!" Ashley said through puffy eyes. "I wanna be with you again and I know you wanna be with me too."
"Ashley, clam down. I'm with Manny now you know that." Craig said.
"You don't really love her Craig I know it. You love me. You're only with her because she's a little slut!"
"Hey don't you ever EVER call her that okay! She's not a slut, and I do love her!" Craig said really losing his temper. "I'm sorry Ashley but I can't be with you, I don't love you."
"Craig, don't say that…" Ashley said with her eyes filling with tears. Suddenly she began getting closer to him…
"Ok Em, I'll see you later." Manny said to Emma as she spotted Craig standing next to Ashley. Weird. she thought. She didn't know Craig and Ashley were friends again. She was under the impression that she hated him. "Oh well, if Craig is her friend again, then I can be too." she mumbled to herself. She casually approached them but just as she was about to open her mouth to say hello, she sees' them kissing!
…then she kissed him. "How about now Craig?"
Just as Craig was bout to open his mouth to tell her off Manny comes up to them. "What are you doing?! I cannot believe that you would do this to me!" Manny shouted at Craig feeling she was about to cry.
"Manny I…" Craig began.
"No Craig, shut up! I don't wanna hear it. You screwed up… AGAIN! It's so over between us! Do me a favor and never talk to me, come near me, or ever think about me EVER AGAIN!" Manny said as she stamped away fighting back tears. Then when she was a safe distance away, she let it all out.
"Look what you've done!" Craig shouted at Ashley.
"Craig I didn't mean for…"
"No, now you shut up! This is all your fault!" Craig said furiously and walked away.
~*~
Manny lay on her bed in her room thinking. How could he have done this? He promised her that he would love her forever! Then he goes and kisses Ashley! Right in the middle of the hallway too. What was he thinking? She got up from her bed and turned on her computer.
JT: Hey Manny! What's up?
Manny: Hey JT, nothing much. You?
JT: Just chillin. Oh I uh heard about you and Craig…
Manny: Wow is it all over the school already?
JT: Pretty much.
Manny: I'm not really surprised.
JT: Listen Manny, don't beat yourself up over him… he's not worth it. You deserve someone better. Someone that can really appreciate you and understand how lucky they are to be going out with you. Because anyone would be really lucky to have you.
Manny: Wow JT, that was so sweet. Thanks, you really made my day!
*Suddenly someone else instant messaged Manny.*
Craig: Manny will you please let me explain?
Manny: NO! There's nothing to explain! You kissed Ashley right in the middle of the school hallway and thought you would get away with it! Nice try but it wasn't a good enough try. And I told you to never speak to me again! I MEAN IT CRAIG!
*Manny closed the IM to Craig and got back to JT.*
Manny: Listen JT I G2G.
JT: Ok, bye.
Manny: Bye I'll see you at school. Thanks for cheering me up.
JT: No problem.
Manny logged off and shut down her computer. Just as she laid back own on her bed the phone rang. She picked it up.
"Hello."
"Hey Manny, it's Emma."
"Oh hey. What's up Em?"
"Nothing. Actually I called because I heard about you and Craig."
"Oh don't worry about it I'm ok. I just really can't believe that he would do that."
"I'm just as shocked as you are."
"I mean, just the night before he was saying how he would love me forever! What a bunch of bull!"
"Well maybe it happened because there's someone better for you out there Manny."
"No Emma, no one is better than Craig."
"Come on Manny there are a lot of fish in the sea."
"I guess you're right. I'll just have to get over it."
"There you go, that's the spirit. Oh Manny I gotta go, I'm babysitting Jack… again!"
"Oh ok. Thanks for the call."
"Yeah no problem. Bye."
"Bye."
Manny returned to her position on her bed. Emma was right. There are a lot of fish in the sea. Maybe it was time for someone new… like JT. He was definitely interested! The words echoed in her head… "No Emma, no one is better than Craig."
"Aw who am I kidding. No one is better than Craig." Manny said to herself as she rolled over and buried her face in her pillow.
No one is better than Craig…
Author's Note: Guys sorry I took so long to write this chapter but I've been really busy lately. Well, hope it was worth the wait!
