Chapter 15

“What do you want? Haven’t you done enough?” I said.

“It’s so not what it looks like. It was a mistake on both me and Chris’ part. He was just trying to make me feel better-”

“By shoving his tongue down your throat? That’s one hell of a way to do that.” I interrupted her. Was that really the excuse she was trying to throw at me?

“I admit it; I was the one who kissed him. I told him that he didn’t need to tell his girlfriend…er you anything. I admit it was a horrible thing to do, and I’m so sorry.” I have to admit that I kind of felt bad for her. She was trying really hard to apologize. But I was just so angry that I wasn’t willing to listen. I turned away from her and walked away. Before I had walked far away from her she called out “Chris is at the gym! You two should seriously talk!”

Cassandra had a point. Chris and I really had to talk. I made my way towards the gym. Chris was practicing weights, but his mind was obviously somewhere else.

“Careful with that, you might hurt yourself,” was the first thing that came to mind, so I blurted it out. Because the truth is, I still deeply cared for him.

“I’m already hurt,” Chris said. He took my hand and placed it on his chest. “Right here…” I pulled my hand away and avoided eye contact.

“Funny, I could have said the same thing,” I said in a low voice.

“Amy, I’m so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I was comforting Cassandra because of a loss and then, out of nowhere, she kissed me. You have to believe me…”

“Why should I? It’s the exact same thing that Cassandra told me.”

“You spoke to Cassandra?”

“She was in your dorm room.”

“Oh, I forgot about that. Wait, what were you doing in my dorm room?”

“I wanted us to talk about what happened between you and her at the gym the other day. I was willing to listen to what you had to say. But to tell you the truth, I don’t know if I can trust you anymore, Chris. What you did really hurt me…”

“I know Amy, and I’m terribly sorry. You can’t believe how sorry I truly am.” He looked down at the floor and avoided eye contact. “I understand completely if you never talk to me again…”