As Good As Dreams
By: Christina K.
Chapter 16: Falls On Me
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"Hi, this is Delilah! I can't answer the," I hung up the phone for the seventh time this morning.
I wanted to cry at the sound of her voice so happy. This was the only way I would probably hear it this happy again.
I knew where she had gone. She called Robbie and stayed at his place last night. She couldn't have gone anywhere else. She didn't know anyone else. Well, besides Ray and Lily, and I knew she wouldn't go there if her life depended on it.
So, I grabbed my mom's car keys and drove to Robbie's loft.
When I got there, I didn't see his car, so I pulled into his parking spot and waited for him.
He pulled in next to me a short ten minutes later, alone, to my dismay. He must have already taken her to the airport already.
He opened the car door and walked around to my door, opening it and pulling me out by the collar of my shirt.
"How could you do this to her? How stupid are you?"
I pulled out of his grasp and moved away from him. "Dude, what's your problem? Why do you care so much?"
"You're a real idiot." He pushed me. "She was right to leave you."
I felt my anger rise and turned away from him, before it took control.
"Robbie, I screwed up. But I didn't initiate this. She kissed me. She's the one to blame for ruining my life. It's always been her fault."
"How selfish and stupid can you possibly be?" His voice was calmer, but he was no less angry. "You might have ruined her life. Do you know what she's been through? She may never be able to trust anyone again. And what about Ray? And his wife, Lily? You're such an idiot." His eyes, on fire behind the silver frames, wouldn't break contact with mine.
"I know." I was kicking a pebble on the ground, rolling it into a puddle with a small splash. We were both soaked from the rain, but somehow I didn't think he cared to notice. "I have to get her back."
"You don't deserve a person as perfect as her," he said, turning away from me and walking to the front door of his apartment building.
The realization of what he said hit me like a freight train.
He was right. I didn't deserve her.