CHAPTER 16: Rain on me

A/N: D.V means Domestic Violence. The reason that I have chosen to not have characters specifically say the statement is based off of the personalities I have given them.

~Emerald loves Sapphire~

Over the next several weeks, Sasha continued to ignore Enzo and unfortunately for her, it wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. By now, Enzo had of course noticed and somehow snapped out of his gloomy mood and it was driving him insane. It was now May 29th when Enzo had found himself sitting over in a corner of the cafeteria room watching Sasha as she conversed with Alexa and Bayley.

"Maybe you should let it go man" said Cass. "After all she's been ignoring your texts for the past couple of weeks." "I can't man" said Enzo. "I mean just look at her. She's like an angel or somethin'." "Eric…" said Carmella. "I know you're still a little upset over her but Will and I and Dean would just like to congratulate you on making your decision to move in with your brother last month."

This was true. Enzo had decided to move into his older brother Brandon who lived in Waldwick. He was older than Enzo by 3 years.

"I gotta talk to her man" said Enzo. "It's completely drivin' me insane." "We know that" said Cass. "But right now isn't the time." "There never is a right time for this" Enzo said as he stood up. "Rick man where are you goin'?" Cass asked. But Enzo ignored his friends as he approached Sasha's table.

"Hey um Mercedes can we please talk?" he asked. The trio looked at him. "What are you doing here Eric?" Alexa asked. "Jeez you're like a roach that won't die or something." "Alexis that's not cool" said Bayley. "Mercedes please?" Enzo asked. "We're at work now Eric" said Sasha. "It isn't a good time." Suddenly, Enzo felt what little patience he held onto slipping away.

"Well when exactly will it be?" he asked harshly. "You need to watch your tone" said Alexa. "Oh my fuckin' God Alexis would you please just stay out of it!?" Enzo yelled. "Eric…" Sasha trailed. "What did I ever do to you Mercedes?" Enzo asked. "For weeks you've been avoiding me left and right and ignoring all of my calls, texts everything and for what? All because I asked you out."

"Eric I…" Sasha trailed. "I get why Alexis hates me but what I don't understand is why you're doing this to me" said Enzo. "I'm tired of these little hot and cold games. You can't possibly tell me that you don't have any feelings for me." "Eric, it's neither here nor there" said Sasha. "Neither here nor there-what are ya talkin' about Sash?" Enzo asked.

"I'm sorry Eric" said Sasha. "But I just don't feel the same way about you." These words stunned Enzo as he was left to stand there feeling a world wind of hurt. At the same time, Bayley and Sasha herself knew that she was lying and that too didn't help the overall tone of the situation.

"I…I don't believe you" Enzo said as he struggled to contained the tears that were beginning to well up in his eyes. "I'm sorry Eric" said Sasha. But her words were meaningless to Enzo.

"YOU ARE THE BIGGEST LIAR I'VE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE FUCKIN' LIFE!" he shouted. The whole cafeteria paused in silence as Sasha gasped in shock. After a few moments of remaining completely frozen, she quickly got up from the table and ran away sobbing as Bayley went after her.

"Mercedes WAIT!" she called out to her. "Please wait!"

"You are truly an unbelievable piece of shit" Alexa said. "You're obsessed and need help and you're an embarrassment to this company. I don't even know why you're still on the payroll. When the hell will you ever grow up!?" Alexa left the table and went after her friends, leaving Enzo behind. Cass and Carmella ran up to him.

"Oh man oh man oh man" Cass said. "Eric I'm so sorry" said Carmella. "I'm sorry too" Enzo said as he choked back tears. "I'm sorry too"…..

Sometime later, Carmella and Cass were waiting for Enzo to exit the arena so that they could drive back to their hotel together and as they did, they conversed.

"I feel for him I really do" said Cass. "But sometimes I'd wish he just take our advice for once and listen." "But that's the thing" said Carmella. "This time he actually did and it didn't work." "He'll be alright" said Cass. "He's been through much worse, trust me." When Enzo finally made his way out through the doors, Cass started the car.

"Ready buddy?" Cass asked. "As I'll ever be" Enzo said as he opened up the passenger door and through his duffle bag in. "We're gonna be-" Cass was suddenly interrupted by the sounds of someone's screaming.

"WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!" Bayley yelled. "Pamela, what the hell?" Enzo said. "Guys!" Bayley said as she ran up to Enzo. "Can I borrow Eric for a quick moment? It's important." "You guys go on without me" said Enzo. "I'll catch my own ride somehow."

"You sure?" Cass asked. "Yeah" Enzo said as he pointed in Carmella's direction. She was now fast asleep. "Alright man. Seasons. Room 1011." "Gotcha" Enzo said as Cass drove away. "Now Pamela, what was so important that I'll have to cab my way around now?"

"We need to talk about Mercedes" said Bayley. "Listen uh Pam" said Enzo. "I'd rather not. I just need to make it back to my bed and knock the fuck out for the rest of the night, 'kay?" "Eric it's important" said Bayley. She paused as she carefully chose her words. She knew how Sasha felt about him, but she decided that she herself wasn't going to tell Enzo, that Sasha should.

"Give her some time and she'll come around" Bayley said. "Time? I gave her 8 weeks and she flat out ignored me" said Enzo. "And…upset me." "The world doesn't just revolve around you Eric" said Bayley. "I don't even believe that she wants to be friends with me" said Enzo.

"You don't know that" said Bayley. "Oh really?" Enzo sarcastically said. "You don't know her story" said Bayley. "She…there's a reason why she doesn't like to jump into things with guys, even friendships."

"Why?" Enzo asked. "I thought me and her were doin' just fine." "Eric, listen to me I know what I'm talking about" Bayley insisted. "I know Mercedes and the reason why she's so careful is because she was once in a very serious relationship with someone before they broke her heart and that's why she'll always be hard on the men of her life."

"S-someone broke her heart?" Enzo asked. "Who?" "That isn't something for me to say" said Bayley. "But just know that she does care about you." "She does?" Enzo confusingly asked. "Yeah" said Bayley. "But give her time". "I don't even know how to" said Enzo. "She just went a whole 2 months without as much as sharing a room with me…how am I supposed to ever get to know someone that won't let me?"

"By being patient" said Cass. "I know that seriously ain't your thing…but-" "I know" said Enzo. "I know…."

A/N: Sometimes patience goes a long way...or does it?