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so this is my new fic...I thought I'd post the first chapter here, just to see if it could get ANY comments...if not, it will be posted on the KERNT board..if anyone cares.
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
“We made plans to be unbreakable, love was all we knew. We’ve been searching for a lifetime, short as it may seem. Riding on the fumes that spark us, while igniting dreams…Mistakes we knew we were making.”
Instead of being out like a normal person on a Friday night, I found myself barricaded in my bedroom, listening to the argument that was unfolding outside my door. They’d been at it for well over an hour, making absolutely no progress. I turned my radio up and tossed the remote on my bed, trying to drown them out. I didn’t dare venture outside my room, knowing that if I did, I would inevitably wind up caught in the middle. I’d tried everything I could to stay busy while two people that I cared very much about hashed out their differences, but eventually, my curiosity got the best of me. I crawled over to my door and pressed an ear against it.
“It was a mistake, honestly! I didn’t think that you were coming back, but I was wrong! I’m sorry!”
“You said you loved me. If you really did, you wouldn’t have needed to be with anyone else, regardless of how long I was gone! I promised that I’d come back, did I not?” The tone of his voice was harsh, condescending even, but not loud at all.
“I do love you! I told you; it was an honest to goodness mistake, Nicholas! Why can’t you forgive me so we can move on? Please, let’s just get past this…please!”
“But you knew that you were doing it, correct?”
“I-yes, but…but I-”
“That’s all I needed to know.” The arguing suddenly stopped, and I heard the door to our apartment slam loudly.
I turned off my radio and slowly ventured out of my bedroom. When I entered the room next to mine, I saw my roommate and best friend of four years curled into a tiny ball on the floor, emitting quiet sobs. I walked over and gently patted her back, then joined her on the floor.
“Kals, it’ll be alright…I promise. He’ll come around, just give it time,” I tried, with no luck, to console her.
“No he won’t! He hates me, I know it. Not that I blame him…I hate me right now!” she sobbed.
“Kalli Celene, don’t say that! He couldn’t possibly hate you! You’ve been together for nearly two years, he can’t walk away now!”
She looked up at me, and through the tears, I saw genuine agony in my best friend’s eyes. “But Brit, that’s the problem. It’s been two years, and he walked out the door today, mad at me. He’s never done that…we’ve always made up before we left each other. But not today. I cheated on him, and it’s not even like it was an accident, because I knew what I was doing. And I knew what would happen if he ever found out, but I threw our entire relationship out the window, all because my stupid pride and selfishness got in the way of my love for Nick.”
Not knowing what else to say, I stood and returned to my room, grabbed a DVD, and headed to the living room. I put in the movie and raided our kitchen while the opening credits rolled. I settled in on the couch with a pint of chocolate-fudge ice cream, and tried to concentrate on the film. That didn’t happen, because concern for my friends took over.
Never, in the two years they’d been together, had I heard Kalli and Nick argue like that. This was, however, justifiable, considering that she had cheated on him. I’d kept the secret for her, but I’d never condoned what she had done. For the months that Nick was away, she became a different person, and I tried my best to talk her out of it, with little to no luck. So in a way, Nick was right to be angry with her, but that wasn’t the whole story. I knew something about him that I had never told Kalli, on a promise. I didn’t think that now was such a great time to bring it up, but if she knew, I could guarantee that she wouldn’t have been in the state of absolute misery that she was.
My cell phone rang obnoxiously from its charger in my room, and I ran to it, trying to get there before voicemail kicked in. Without a glance, I pressed the Talk button and held the phone to my ear.
“Hello?” I asked, through a mouthful of ice cream.
“I need to see you…now,” the voice on the other end was barely audible, but I knew exactly who it was.
“I’m not so sure that it’s such a good idea…” I replied, knowing in my heart that I’d go regardless.
“Yes, it is. I need you. Usual place, corner table, I’ll order for you.”
“Alright, I’ll be there in twenty,” a smile crept across my face as I hung up. Tossing my phone down, I began to take clothes off faster than I could put new on.
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i was hanging to like every word....it wants me to keep reading it so PMS
Erin Marie
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I'm really excited about this fic, and I'd love to post chapter two today...if i get my Silver update done, I will.
in the meantime...bump!
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So, I fully intend to update tonight....but FIRST, I have to get Silver done...because that's my top priority.
for now, bumping.
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I know it's soon, but as a treat here's chapter two..then probably nothing else until...Monday...because it's Memorial weekend, and I'm going to the middle of nowhere...again...so if i come back from camping and then the parade unscathed and un-sunburnt, count on chapter three monday...and i'm really glad this is getting such amazing feedback....love you girls!!
My worst habit has always been doing before thinking. I don’t ever weigh out the consequences of my actions before I take them; I just face their wrath when they come. That’s part of the reason that, while my best friend was locked in our apartment, mourning the loss of her first love, I was sitting in the parking lot of a near-empty Starbucks. I wasn’t surprised that I was there, but I was surprised that I was feeling so guilty about leaving Kalli alone. After killing a good five minutes of time, I pulled my key out of the ignition and headed inside the Starbucks.
Just like I was promised, he was sitting at the corner table all the way in the back of the coffee shop, eyeing the inhabitants from the covering of hair that had fallen over his face. I walked up and took the seat across from him, instantly picking up the drink that was sitting in front of me. He glanced up at me, and his lips curled into a lopsided grin. I began to chew on my straw, another bad habit, waiting for him to speak. When he didn’t, I sighed and took it as my cue to start a conversation.
“Are you going to tell me why I’m here, or are we just going to sit in silence the whole time?” I questioned.
“I already told you on the phone. I need you tonight, Brittany. There’s no one that I’d rather see right now,” he said, reaching across the table to give my hand a squeeze.
I quickly pulled away, eyeing him cautiously. “What are you talking about, Nick? You definitely just left my best friend crying her eyes out, and now you ‘need me’? I’m not exactly sure how to react to that.”
“No, you’ve got it all wrong. I don’t mean need you as in need you, I mean it like, I’m hurting and I need a friend. A friend that, I’m sure, would do anything for me. A friend that knows more about me than my own girlfriend did. That friend is you, Brit. I just need someone to talk to,” he replied. I let out a quiet sigh of relief, thankful for his clarification.
We fell into easy conversation after that, avoiding the subject of Kalli and their argument at all costs. Finally, he looked up at me and inhaled deeply.
“Brittany, I want to ask you something, but you’ve got to be totally honest with me,” I nodded in agreement. “Did you know what Kalli did? Did you try to stop her?”
Again, I nodded, averting my eyes from his intense gaze. “I did, Nick. She told me when it happened the first time. She was completely torn up about it, and I tried to get her through it. The first time was an accident, I’m sure. It wasn’t even her, really, it was John…some guy from her acting class. But after you called to tell her that the tour was being extended, she started letting him take her out. Dinner mostly, sometimes just to study, but as time progressed, she was with him more than she was at home. I tried numerous times to get her to stop, to get her to see that she was wrong. She didn’t listen though, and so I quit trying.”
“Why didn’t you tell me? The minute you found out, why didn’t you call me and tell me to come home? I would have left, you know. My family would have understood…they’d have had to. Brit, why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t tell you, Nicholas, because Kalli’s my best friend, and it’s not my business. I wanted her to tell you, so that there were no more complications. And let’s not forget the fact that I’m keeping a secret for you. You don’t want me to tell her your secret, so why would you expect me to tell you hers? It’s not right, and I’m staying out of your relationship,” I said, standing to leave.
“No, don’t leave! You’re right, I’m sorry. But please, don’t mention that…that…well, you know. But it’s not my relationship anymore, Brit. Kalli and I are over…it’s been clear for a while, but tonight made me really see it. Come on, let’s go for a walk,” he said, standing as well.
We left our cars parked in their spots and headed down the street, the only sign of life coming from the insides of the various stores we passed. I slipped my hand inside his, swinging our arms back and forth as we walked. Aside from Kalli, Nick was the only true friend I had. When we’d moved to California for college, Kalli and I never dreamed that we’d meet someone as genuine as Nick, let alone that she would date him and he’d be one of my best friends. Everyone always asked how I dealt with being the third wheel, being a best friend of two people that were so deeply in love. Of course I said that I was fine with it, because in my heart, I thought I was.
After we’d made it back to our cars, Nick let go of my hand and turned to face me. There was something in his eyes that I hadn’t seen before, at least, not when he looked at me. He brushed a stray hair behind my ears, letting his fingertips linger on my cheek longer than necessary. I shivered at his touch, instantly knowing what the look in his eyes was about. Next thing I knew, I was pinned against my car, Nick’s arms wrapped around me. He was inches away from my face, and even though his breath was warm against my skin, I began to shiver once again. He lightly brushed his lips against mine, sending a third wave of shivers down my spine. I sighed into his kiss, then snaked my arms around his neck and tangled my fingers into his curls. Suddenly coming back to reality, I broke away and pushed him off of me, opening the door to my car.
“Brit, I’m sorry…I don’t know what I was doing. Well, actually, I do,” he said, grasping my arm to stop me from moving.
“I…I can’t, Nick. Not tonight. Kalli’s my best friend, and it wouldn’t be right. She’s your girlfriend, I can’t interfere,” I told him, pulling away and getting in my car.
“No, she’s not my girlfriend anymore. I told you earlier, we’re over. But I was out of line, and I’m sorry. I’ll call you or something, just be safe.”
I nodded and shut my door, zooming out of the parking lot as fast as I could. I waited until I was out of his sight, then turned down a side road, pulled over, and began to cry.
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bummmp.
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it's a shame.
i leave for three days, and this gets NO comments or bumps?
ouch.
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bump.
comments? yes? no?
would it help if i said that i have like, three more chapters of this done? because, I do.
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