Page 43 of Foul Territory
All I can do is stare back at her and wonder what I can possibly do to fix this. Her deep sigh seeps under my skin. I'll be carrying it with me as a reminder of how bad I’ve managed to screw everything up between us.
“Can we just get through this and go our separate ways?” she asks.
“I don’t want to do that.”
“Maybe it’s time you start bossing around someone new. Here.” She pushes her coffee cup into my chest. “Start with her. She looks like she might like it.”
Sydney walks toward the exit but I’m right on her heels. I stop by the trash can and make a show of draining the coffee and tossing it in the trash.
It doesn’t take me long to spot Syd in the parking lot. I slide in between cars and manage to reach her as she opens her door. I drop my forearm on the roof of her car and keep the door open with the other, essentially caging her in.
The air thickens between us as we both stare at each other waiting for the other one to say something. I know I need to speak first.
“You used to like me bossing you around,” I say, leaning closer to her beautiful face.
“Once. A long time ago. It won’t happen again.”
“Why’s that?” I ask, not thinking straight. Being this close to her has me opening my mouth and saying all the wrong things.
She rears her head back. “You can’t be serious right now.” Her body tremors as she takes a steadying breath. “I guess you forgot. Let me remind you. It’s because,” she says, pushing me on my chest. I give her the space she’s requesting. “I was never enough.” Her car door slams shut punctuating her statement.
I was never enough.
Her parting words play on repeat as I stand in the parking lot watching her drive away. Is this what she’s thought all these years? That she wasn’t enough? That couldn’t be further from the truth.
An oversized SUV honks a horn forcing me to move so they can have her vacated spot. Walking back to my car, I know things have to change. I can’t let her go another day thinking she wasn’t enough.
FICTION FORUM
NotYourAverageJoe19
How was the rest of your day?
Did you start reading your new books?
FaeAtHeart
It was good. Great actually.
NotYourAverageJoe19
Oh yeah? All because your friend bought you books?
FaeAtHeart
No. I got some good news I’ve been waiting for.
NotYourAverageJoe19
That’s great.
FaeAtHeart
All of my friends have been busy making plans for after graduation. It’s nice to know I have something tolook forward to.
NotYourAverageJoe19
What are you going to be doing?
