*Ashley P.O.V*
I picked up my phone and called Nate. Half of me was praying that he wouldn't answer but the other half was. It rang 3 times and I figured he wasn't there but those thoughts were bumped out when I heard a groggy "Hello?" on the other end.
"Oh, um hey Nate it's Ashley... can we talk?"
"Oh, yeah... what's up?"
"I mean like, your house... or my house... or the park or something."
"The park in 10 minutes?"
"Sounds good."
"K, I'll see you there."
I hung up the phone and went to my closet. I grabbed a pair of sweats and a sweat shirt and threw them on. I grabbed my shoes and put those on too. While I was walking down the stairs I put my hair into a messy bun. I left the house, and locked the door. My parents weren't home, as usual, so I had no time I needed to be home. I put my hands in my pockets and started walking towards the park.
*Nate's P.O.V*
After Ashley called me, I threw on some jeans and a sweatshirt. I slipped on my converse and ran down the stairs. Before I could get out the door Jason stopped me.
"Where are you going?"
"To see Ashley at the park."
"Fine, but don't be out too long"
"Ok Jason, can I go now?"
"Yes, go ahead."
I opened the door and started walking to the park. I was nervous, anxious, and excited. Maybe I could finally let her know how I still felt about her. I started slowing my pace when the park was in view and I saw her sitting on a bench. She was wearing sweats and a sweatshirt. But she still looked gorgeous. I slowly walked up to the bench and put my hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me and I smiled. Her brown eyes were so warming, so inviting. I couldn't tell what vibe they were giving off. She scooted over and tapped the bench next to her. I sat down and looked at her. She had brought one leg up on the bench so she was facing me. She looked down at her lap and wouldn't make eye contact. I was about to say something until she stopped me.
"Why'd you do it?"
I looked at her. "What do you mean?"
She looked up at me with her eyes watering. "Why'd you cheat on me?"
I looked down. Even though it was 3 years ago, I was totally ashamed of it. I had hurt the one person in my life that meant so much to me. "I don't know... I was drunk... I didn't know what I was doing." I looked up at her and she stared right back.
"You were drunk?"
"Yeah... I'm so sorry about what happened."
"Yeah me too."
"But I was drunk, so I didn't know what was going on."
"Do you expect that to make it ok? That you were drunk? Am I supposed to be like 'Ok that's fine, he didn't know.' Yeah, that's NOT going to happen Nate. I can't believe you went out and got drunk! You promised you wouldn't be like that... and I thought you loved me."
"I did! And I still do! Ashley I miss you!"
"Well you sure don't act like it!"
"That's because I'm covering my feelings! I've never loved someone like I love you!"
I could see the tears lingering in her eyes. I didn't want to see her cry because of me again. "How can you even say that Nate. You broke my heart and instead of trying to fix it, you became the biggest man whore of the school. You started having sex with any girl that you coudl get your hands on the worst part? You treated me like a piece of shit. Do you know what that's like? To have the person you LOVED and that loved you do that?"
"You treated me like that too!"
"Can you blame me? The next day at school you were a COMPLETE douche bag to me and bragging to your friends about how you 'scored big time' with Larissa. Do you know how much that hurt me? To see you not care about me or my feelings just try to be cool in front of your new friends."
She was right. I remember that day. I looked up at her and saw a single tear slide down her cheek. "Ashley, I'm sorry... I really-"
"Save it." She choked out. She got up and looked at me. "Have a nice life Nate." With that she walked away. I looked down at the bench. That did not go like I had planned... and unfortunately, she was right about everything. I slowly got off the bench and walked back to my house. I wish she could see how much I love her... but how?
"I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles, and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Come on how hard could it be
To make her love me."
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Ok so. I just gotta let you guys know that I have this thing I like to do and it involves having song quotes in every chapter. I'll let you know what songs they are but yeah :)
It's kinda what I'm known for ha.
Song in this chapter
To Make Her Love Me: Rascal Flatts