REVIEW!
That Should Be Me- Justin Bieber:
I was working at my desk, waiting for kids to come in when I heard it.
"Hey Dude! Did you hear about Montgomery and Kahn?"
"I know! Finally Noel got in her pants!"
That sent me off the edge. What? Noel and Aria? Sex? Why did I ever leave? I left for two weeks to go to New York. We needed some space; I never thought she would sleep with Noel. I never wanted her to leave me. At that moment, Noel and Aria walked in hand in hand.
"Bye Babe," Noel said and he kissed Aria on the cheek. That should be me, I thought. He left and Aria took her seat, third row four seats back. I wanted to go over and ask her why she moved on to Noel, but of course, I couldn't. We were in school, in front of at least thirty students.
Class was excruciating; I couldn't stop looking at Aria. I assigned book work and sat at my desk, thinking of what to do. Now I don't know why I left, we never needed space, we needed each other. I heard the bell rang, and I saw Aria get out of her seat.
"Miss Montgomery? Can you please stay for a moment?"
"Uh, sure," she reluctantly agreed. Once all the kids left, we both started to talk. "Soo.."
"Uh.." Oops, I interrupted her. "You can start."
"I'm guessing that you're wondering why I'm 'with' Noel."
"Well... Yeah, a little. I thought that me going to New York wouldn't change us, just give us time to think. I certainly didn't think you would sleep with him..."
This made her eyes bug out. I'm guessing that he had been saying too much in the locker room.
"I DIDN'T SLEEP WIH NOEL! Even if i did, it's none of your business! Ezra, you didn't think of a lot of things! Okay? You didn't think how I would feel after you leave suddenly for two weeks! And you know what, I really don't love Noel, but he's someone who cares about me. That's all I wanted. You needed space. NOT ME. So don't say that I'm supposed to come crawling back to you. A huge part of me wants to, but another part says that you'll do this again." She got up from the desk.
"Tell me Aria, tell me. Do you take him to places we wanted to go? Do you do the same things with him? Do you feel the same way about him that you did for me?"
"I don't have to tell you anything, Mr. Fitz!" she yelled and ran out of my classroom.
I started to cry. Classes came and went, and when lunch came, I almost strangled Noel.
Noel came up to Aria, who was sitting at a table crying, and kissed her right on the lips. THAT SHOULD BE ME! My mind screamed. Then he handed her a small box with a necklace in it and tied it around her neck. THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME. I was walking over when I finally stopped myself. I went back to my classroom and grabbed a post-it note.
ARIA,
Please let me explain my feelings to you.
My place? 5ish?
~E
I slid it in her locker and hoped she'd get it and come.
Around 5 o'clock, I heard a knock on my door. I rushed to it, hoping it was Aria. It was.
"Hey, thanks for coming."
"I almost wasn't going to, but my side that misses you told me to come."
"Well thanks side that misses me," I said and laughed. I expected her to laugh, but she didn't. "Aria, I asked you here because, I miss you. I miss having you in my arms, I miss kissing you, I miss stealing smiles in class, I miss sneaking around with you, I miss holding your hand, and I miss everything. Every time I see Noel with you I think, that should be me. I should be the one holding your hand; I should be the one kissing you. I'm sorry I sort of yelled at you this morning. I'm sorry I left. Please, please, I'm begging you. Take me back."
She leaned in and kissed me. "You're right. You should be the one doing those things. Yelling at you was the hardest thing I've ever done. I never really loved Noel; I just needed to know how much you needed me. A test to see if you loved me enough." She kissed me again. "And you passed."
We stood there, all night, kissing. I never ever wanted to let her go again.