Darling, You're With Him

“Chris, did you hear about Hayden and Indie?” Frankie asked loudly in my ear, almost making me hit my head on the locker.

I rubbed my ear. “Yes, we went over it yesterday, remember?”

He shook his head. “No, that’s not it. I heard they were going out, AGAIN.”

Again?
But, they were over.
Sadness washed over me.
I thought I had a chance, a tiny bit one.

“Sorry, dude. She’s just blind to see you,” he reassured.

“Whatever,” I muttered, going off to class.

♥

The rest of the school day, I avoided Indie.
Why would she go back to him? He cheated on her. He doesn’t even care about her.
I wanted to be with her.

“Chris! Chris! Gosh dang it! Chris!”

I ignored the voice and kept walking.

“Chris!”

“Christofer Drew Ingle, if you don’t pay attention to me right now, I’ll make sure you won’t wake up tomorrow.”

“Gah, Chris!”

Walk faster.

“I don’t want to do is, but you deserved it,” I heard her say.

I stopped for a second. Do what?

One second I was standing and then next, I was falling to the floor.

“Indie, why did you do that?” I asked, angry.

She threw herself at me, making me fall to the ground.
She threw herself.

“It’s was only way to get your attention. Now, listen to me,” she demanded, sitting on my back.
The floor wasn’t a great place to lie on; plus, the pain from falling to the ground made it worse.

“Ugh, fine.”

“Why have you been ignoring me?”

I bit my lip, debating whether to tell her the truth or not.

“Chris,” she warned, her voice rising.

“Fine! I ignored you because you got back together with Hayden. I thought you two were done, and when I heard you two had gotten back together, it killed me. It killed me because,” I took a deep breathe. “…I love you.” I gulped, my eyes closed.

She didn’t respond back.

I knew I shouldn’t have told her that.

“Chris?”

“Mhm?”

“I love you too.”