Our Love Story

Chapter Fourteen

Sometimes I do things without thinking. Oh, who am I kidding, everything I do, I do without thinking. Which is why I now, at this moment, am freaking out.

Yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving, I texted Levi and told him that I had to talk to him about something. I was planning on telling him how I felt and that I wasn't interested in dating him. So, he mentioned to me that he would be joining us at Katherine's home for Thanksgiving dinner, which was more like a Friendsgiving actually, and that we could talk then. I said sure. And now, I was kicking myself for it since we're going to be around everyone we knew, which included Katherine and Everett.

Plus, I didn't notice how bad the timing was at first until I told Ava. "Wait," she had said on the phone when I called her after texting Levi. "You're going to be breaking up with him at the Friendsgiving, you know that, right?"

My eyes widened. "Oh, shit! That's kind of messed up." I groaned into the phone, throwing myself back onto my bed. "What the fuck."

Ava laughed. "You always do things without thinking first!" she said. "Anyway, you should probably wait until later then."

"I don't want to, though," I mumbled. "I would feel bad for dragging it out, feeling like this."

"That's true," she said. "Well, just wait for the right timing! Get him alone with you."

So now, presently, I am sitting on Katherine's living room couch for the Friendsgiving party she's throwing. I took a sip of my soda, my hand slightly shaking from nerves, and exhaled slowly. Levi was somewhere, I don't know where, but he was in the building. When I arrived, he smiled at me and kissed me on the cheek, making me feel a million times worse than I already did.

I bit my lip, my right leg jittering up and down as it always did when I was nervous or lost in thought. Right now, it was due to nerves.

"Are you okay?" A deep voice asked. I looked up to see Everett standing there, peering down at me.

"Me? I'm fine!" I said, laughing exaggeratedly. "Just peachy. Why do you ask?"

He sat down next to me, a little close, making me lean back a bit and biting my lip harder. "Your leg always does that when you're nervous." He looked pointedly at my right leg, which was still jittering up and down. I stopped it and wracked my brain for an excuse.

"I-I'm not nervous," I said. "I just, uh, can't wait to eat. That's all." I looked at him, narrowing my eyes. "Why would you care if I was nervous or not?"

He stared at me. "I was just curious what's got you all worked up, that's all." He stood up from the couch. "Anyway, the food is almost ready, so you can calm down."

I sneered at him as Katherine walked over to us and sat down on the other loveseat she had across from the one we were sitting on. "What's up, you two?" she asked us, smiling and holding onto her glass on wine. "You guys seem to be getting along fine these days. I'm so happy!"

Staring at her, I just sighed. "Does it seem that way?"

She nodded. "Yup! I love that you two are getting along." Taking a sip of her wine, her eyes lit up like she just remembered something. "Oh, right! Nova, why didn't you tell me you're going out with Levi?!"

As she said that, I was taking a gulp of my soda, which I started choking on. Pounding on my chest with my fist, I coughed hard, trying to get the sting of the soda out of my throat before I answered. Everett looked at me, slightly worried, and patted my back. "W-What?" I asked her.

"Levi told me you two started seeing each other," she told me. "I wasn't expecting that!" I could've sworn I saw her eyes flicker over to Everett really quickly, but she threw a smile at me just as quick as her gaze left him. "So, are you planning on having him as your date for my wedding?"