Chapter 26: "Heartbreak"
Cody was backstage. He was glad he had won, but he had his mind only on one person: Jasmine. He stood at Jasmine's dressing room, took a deep breath, and knocked on her door.
"Jazz? Could you please open the door? Please? Come on. I need to talk to you."
She opened the door halfway and looked at him.
"What did you want to talk about?" Jasmine asked him.
"Jazz, I'm sorry," Cody apologized.
"That all you wanted to say?"
"Jasmine, would you just listen to me?"
"Fine, speak your mind," said Jasmine.
"I wanted to apologize for continuously forgetting our dates. I mean, I was so concerned about becoming tag team champs with Holly, that I never really spent time with you like I did before. Then, I got so busy that I even forgot about you. Well, I finally got what I wanted." (he showed her his belt)
"You're a tag team champ with Holly?" Jasmine asked him, surprised.
"Yeah, but I don't feel the same way like I did before," Cody said.
"Why?"
"…I was afraid that I was going to lose you because of my mistakes. Since I have become a champ, I was wondering if you would like to finally go on that date."
"I don't know, Cody," Jasmine said.
"Please? I want us to be a stronger couple. I want to be a better boyfriend because I love you, Jazz."
"I do, too…but we can't just go on like this."
"What do you mean?" he asked, trembling.
"I think you know what I mean," she said softly.
"You want to break up?"
"Yeah, but only because our relationship is broken. We need some time alone by ourselves to fix it."
"I understand. But we can still be friends, right?"
"Yeah, definitely." (they hugged)
Jasmine didn't want to hurt Cody. She had to do this, though. Their relationship wouldn't work out the way she hoped it would. She knew that this break up cut a deep wound in Cody's heart. It cut a deep wound in hers, too.
The End?