Riptide

Summary

             “How could I ever love you?” I spat angrily, the lump forming in my throat as I clench my fists. He hit close to the mark and he knew it. It was one thing to try to fool him that I didn’t love him anymore, but it was another thing trying to fool myself.

            His eyes are dark and his hand grips the counter tightly. “You did once, you can do it again.”

            Something in me snaps because in the next second, I am in front of him. “You are the one that broke my heart. Not the other way around,” I say furiously, jabbing my finger into his chest. “I hate you. I don’t even know why I loved you-“

            “But you loved me,” he exhales, his fingers gripping my waist to hold me still, the question in his eyes.

           I push him off of me, the pain in my chest starting again. There I go again, saying too much.

            “Why does it even matter anymore? It’s not like anything’s changed,” I mutter, looking away.

            When I feel his hands on my face, I don’t push him away, done with the fighting. His hands are warm on my cold face as he nudges me to look at him, a soft look on his face.

            “It matters because everything has changed, you just have to open your eyes and see it,” he murmurs quietly, his thumb brushing over my bottom lip.

~*~

          Asher has really done it now-

         Sick of his rural life in Alaska, his dream to live in the city of big lights is seemingly crushed when he lands himself in the town jail- the exact place he was trying to get away from. Technically, it wasn't even his fault that he was in jail, it was his dim-witted, testosterone driven friend who did it.

            Regardless of whose fault it is, Asher is stuck in jail until who knows when. When the sheriff proposes the ultimatum of working off his debt by helping the family living a few miles away or stay and rot in jail until he is released, the opportunity to leave is to good for Asher to pass up.           

          Rosemary Patterson doesn’t have time to worry about the man that the sheriff says will help her. She’s gotten along taking care of her two younger siblings without her parents just fine—that is until a tree lands on her house from an Alaskan blizzard.           

          Asher’s plan to spend his Christmas month working off his debt before booking a plane ticket straight out of this hell hole is simple until he meets Rosemary.    

         Even though Asher James seems to have no recollection of ever meeting her before, Rose remembers him all too well.         

            This time, Rose is determined to guard her heart better than she did two years ago after that incident with Asher. The fact that Asher doesn’t remember her shouldn't even bother her, it will only help her move on from the past- at least that's what she tells herself.          

           Besides, if he didn't even remember her as the girl whose heart he broke, how hard could it be to not have a repeat?

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A/N- New short Story! it is a little late but hopefull i will be able to update a lot, the summary sounds a little boring but i promise you will like it. It is going to be romance- when do i not write about romance? lol.

College applications are priority right now but please be patient and stick with me, this is going to be just a simple love story-no superheros, no contracts and no magic :/

-Smar