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This chapter is dedicated to: truelover and girlz-rule!
Last time on Kickin' Love To The Curb:
"Yeah, Andrew's right...I'm nobody's girl. Duke, you left me yesterday...so I'm not your girl. Do you think I'll actually run back to you after what you said?"
"Viola..."
"No, I'm leaving...I don't even know why I even let you explain...you just give some barbaric answer."
"Viola, I didn't mean to say..."
"Goodbye Duke."
Duke's POV:
"I messed up, dude...BADLY!" I shout throughout the house.
"At least, we're leaving next week...so you don't have to see her again or at least for another year."
"Oh my gosh! I didn't even remember we were leaving next week, what do I do?"
"What do you mean what do you do?"
"I love her...I can't leave her like this."
"Maybe it's for the best."
"Okay, either you're an idiot for saying that or maybe you're right."
"I'm just saying maybe to just leave it the way it is..."
"What will she think?"
"It's over, she'll move on."
"But I don't want her too..."
"Duke, make up your mind...soccer or Viola?"
"I don't know..."
"Maybe this is the right time to let go...you've both been through a lot."
"I think I'm just going to let this go, I can't hurt her more than I hurt her now. It would just shatter me."
"Then we're set to leave next week, no looking back and regrets."
"Yes, what happened in the past will stay there."
"Ok, so lets go play some soccer...you're turning into a girl."
"You play soccer like a girl." I say slyly.
"Oh, bring the heat, Orsino!!! I know you can't take my heat...it's too hot, it'll burn you."
I rather be burned than leave Viola, but leaving her is what's best for the both of us right?
Viola's POV:
"I want him back...NOW!" I yell into the phone.
"Viola, it's only been two days...you need to show him you're strong and you don't need him to survive."
"Yeah, but I miss him."
"Ok, then just go talk to him...it's no big deal!"
"He's supposed to apologize."
"Now that's the attitude that will keep you single for life."
"Shut up!"
"Well, it's the truth. Plus you're killing everyone with your misery."
"It's all my fault, I had to listen to Mo...this is all gonna end bad. I'm gonna end up scarred again and I'm gonna hate myself for it. I can't take it, it's killing me!"
"Viola, stop acting like 14 year old girl! He's a guy, you're a girl. Guy and girl meet and fell in love. Fell in love, not fall in love or falling in love, but fell in love. Guy has to go all out to get girl back or he'll lose her forever. Guy always comes through and gets Girl back. And they are portrayed to live happily, so if Duke ruins the fairy tale ending...trust me, he's gonna get it! From me and all the little girls in the world."
"Olivia, way off subject."
"Sorry, but again...Duke has to come through or at least in my opinion, it's one or the other for him. Win-win or lose-lose."
"Well in my case, I'm going to lose-lose...want to put a wager on that bet?"
"You're not gonna lose, Viola. Even if he doesn't come through, you'll always win. He'll wake up every night because he dreams of you and what might have become you guys if he didn't let his stupid ego take over him."
"Olivia, you really know how to torture a guy when it comes down to the little things."
"How do you think I got Sebastian?" She asks and I start laughing.
"Well, I've got to go...so I'll talk to you later and tell Sebastian I said he looks hot." Now it's her turn to start laughing and we recall the drunkenness of Sebastian before we hung up. Not long after I put my phone down, the voice mail ringtone on my phone starts ringing.
"At least, we're leaving next week...so you don't have to see her again or at least for another year."
I hear Toby's voice through my phone and some static-like sounds until I hear Toby's voice again and finally Duke's voice.
"Then we're set to leave next week, no looking back and regrets."
"Yes, what happened in the past will stay there."
Duke's POV:
I laid on my bed, looking over the picture Viola and I recently took. How could I leave her like this? I keep telling myself it's for the best, but really is it? Am I just making it all worse? The doorbell suddenly rings and I run to the front door to find Viola outside.
"Viola?"
"When, Duke?"
"What?"
"When?" She screams at me.
"Viola, will you just calm down? What is going on?"
She starts crying and takes her phone out and throws it at me. The conversation I had with Toby earlier is playing loudly on her phone.
"Why? Do you hate me that much?"
"No, I never hated you. I love you so much, you don't even know."
"No, you never did."
"Viola, don't do this."
"When are you leaving?" She says dully.
"Next week, but..."
"Why didn't you tell me before? Did you want to get my hopes up and crush them?"
"Viola, will you let me explain? I am trying, but you always interrupt!"
"I'm sick and tired of your answers, they're not what I want to hear!"
"Well, you don't always get what you want."
"You're right, I wanted this relationship really bad...but obviously, I wanted it too much."
"No, that's where you're wrong. I wanted it as much as you wanted it. I was the one who wanted it first, you kept denying and all that crap. I stuck with you no matter what. Now that I'm leaving, you bail. You tell me who the bad guy is."
"Are you blaming me for this? Really? You thought I was sleeping with your best friend! You pushed me away and you say you wanted it as much as me, was that how you felt after that game 4 years ago? Two days ago at dinner? If you wanted this relationship that badly, you would've tried, Duke. But there's that key word: would've. Not did, but would have."
"You didn't push me away? Please, stop being so hypocritical, Viola."
"Yeah, I pushed you away, but as much as I pushed you away...I got even closer to you. I loved you."
"Let me guess, key word: loved, not love. We all know that's a bunch of crap, Viola."
"Is it?"
"You tell me."
"How about if I say this? I don't care what you do after I leave today, but just know, I'm done. I don't care if you stay or go, this is over. But just so you know, I don't give shit what you do. Leave for all I care!"
"Viola..."
"You can leave, no one is in the way. I'm giving you my consent, if that's what you want. You call me unsupportive, well guess what? Go ahead!"
"Viola, calm down!"
"Just go, leave me like you already did."
"You said you were over that. Why are you doing this, Viola?"
"Just go."
"Is that what you really want?"
"Yes, it's what's best and you can never deny what you are destined to do."
"We're meant to be together."
"That was all in the past starting now."
"You can't do this now when you were the one who began it all..."
"If I'm correct, you started this and I'm ending it."
Ooh...
Trivia time!!
Who drives Viola (dressed as Sebastian) to Illyria on the first day?
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