Enhance

Chapter 30 - Summers

Chapter 30 - Summers

I’ve never been so desperate for a sport event to end. That’s so unlike me, but I can’t wait to leave this place, run back to campus and see Louis again. Harry is a sweetheart because although the semi-final of football wasn’t at the exact same time of the volleyball match, I have to be here for this game. So he made sure to FaceTime with me so I wouldn’t miss a second of the game. Seriously, isn’t he sweet? So thanks to him I managed to see the team’s victory, which means they are going to the final. Louis was great, Tom and he were amazing, a great couple. And Connor during the first half was unstoppable. He’s still a jerk but he’s brutal on the field. They won three against one.

Now although our university didn’t make it to the volleyball final I need to be here. It’s a great match, don’t get me wrong, but I have my head somewhere else. In London, to be precise, with my boyfriend.

I trust him, I swear I do. I know Louis would never hurt me or cheat on me. I think he would call me first and break up with me rather than cheat on me and then break up with me. Even if breaking up over the phone isn’t good, he still would do it so I wouldn’t be cheated on. I know he’s a decent guy, I know he cares about me and would never do something to hurt me. And it’s easy to remember that when it’s the two of us, but when I see other girls trying to get to him, hitting on him, I forget the kind of person he is and that he would never hurt me. It’s like jealousy blinds me and I can’t even fight it. I try not to fight with him because I rationally know it’s not his fault and he’s just being polite, but try telling that to the green monster inside of me. It’s stronger than me and I can’t control it and later when I calm down I hate myself for being like this. Because my insecurities get the best of me.

I know Louis understands… kind of. Not the full extent of what happens or what I feel when I see him surrounded by other girls. I know he tries to understand me and be patient, but I know that that very patience is running low and it terrifies me that one day he’ll say he’s had enough.

And now… now I can’t stop thinking he’s there in another city, with all the cheerleaders ready to go after him now that I can’t be by his side, ready to do anything. I’m actually scared of them and of the extent they can get to in order to get what they want. Women are a scary and manipulative specie, they can deceive and lie to get what they want. Women can be heartless. I know it, I’ve seen it many times and that’s why I’m afraid. Women are cunning, like snakes, whereas men are blunt.

I don’t know what they’ll do to get in Louis’ bed, I’ve seen those girls and the look in their eyes tell me they don’t like when someone says no to them. Some of them are decent, but some of them are plain despicable.

That’s why when the event ends I talk to some of the players and then do all what I need to do here before I run back to Manchester. Okay, I don’t run, I take the train but still. After that it’s just waiting until tomorrow, when they come back.

Let me tell you, time runs as slow as it can when you want it to go by fast. But the moment has come and I hurry to the field, where they’ll arrive. Well, to the parking near the field.

Something I didn’t anticipate when I planned all this was to run into Connor, though, and that he would stop to talk to me. Since we broke up he has pretty much ignored me, so this is weird.

“Oh, Robin. Hi there, long time no see,” he says with a smile. Almost the kind of smile that fooled me at the beginning. Connor was so nice when I met him, charming even. Then he showed his true colours.

“Hi there, Connor,” I reply, a bit wary. “Nice game. Congratulations on making it to the final.”

“Why thank you, I know I was great,” he says and I roll my eyes. Seriously, didn’t I notice how arrogant he is at first? How?