Fate

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

I wasn’t very good with relationships, I had a hard time coping when people liked me. I always get paranoid that the guy might like someone else, and I freak myself out. I guess you could say, I am not confident. 

The only thing I wanted for Nick was for him to be happy. I didn’t know how to make him happy after all of the shit that has happened in his life.

We got back to the hotel later that night, I got into my comfy clothes and climbed into bed. Both, Nick and I couldn’t sleep most of the night, he kept tossing and turning. The whole night I was thinking of how terrible a person I was for not comforting him. I got out of bed around 4am and just walked the hotel, I drank some water and sat outside of the room. I called Nicole because I knew she would be awake at this time. 

“Nicole I need to talk to you”, I said after she answered the phone.

“I need to talk to you too!” She said sounding excited. 

“Okay, you first”, I told her.

“Dylan asked me out at the theme park the other day! He did it so cute too! He-” Nicole went on but I kind of tuned her out, I was being a bad friend but I had too much on my mind. “Okay now your turn!”

“Actually I will just tell you another time!” I said trying to sound enthusiastic. 

“Okay then, call me tomorrow!” She said, then hung up the phone.

I went back inside the room and laid down next to Nick, “I am sorry I don’t know how to comfort you at a time like this.” I said starting to tear up. 

He turned to me and sat up just like I was. He put his hand on my cheek and wiped the tear falling down. He didn’t say anything, he just looked at me with his eyebrows down. 

I slouched into the comforters and put my head on the pillow and started to cry. He pulled my head into his chest and started stroking my arm. 

I woke up and I could hear Nick in the shower, so I got up and got dressed. When he came out I smiled and walked to the bathroom. “I was thinking that we could just walk on the beach today and go shopping?” I yelled to him with a toothbrush in my mouth.

“Yeah that sounds fun”, he answered walking into the bathroom. I spit out the toothpaste and rinsed my mouth. He kissed me and then hugged me, and it was one of those long ‘I love you’ hugs. After that I knew today would be a good day. 

We walked hand and hand along the sidewalk looking at the shops, going in every so often. Nick looked like he was enjoying himself, although I could still see the pain in his eyes. I knew it was going to be a process, but it was hard on both of us. 

We got back from the outlet stores, it was Sunday and Nick had to work the next day so we had to drive home that night. He wasn’t too happy about it, but working might take his mind off of his grandma. So we packed up when we got back to the hotel. Checked out and got to driving. We did enjoy ourselves on the car ride home, we listened to music and jammed out to some Justin Timberlake. 

When we got back to our city, “Do you want to stay at my house tonight?” 

“Nah, I have to work tomorrow. I will be okay, I promise.” He said to me, kissing me on the cheek. 

We got to his house and he smiled and got out of the car, then I drove home. I was hoping he would be okay tonight, I didn’t know how people react when this happens. 

I got a text from an unknown number that night saying:

You don’t deserve him, he deserves me. - Unknown