My plan for today was to go on a run with Eli since he needed a running partner. Not my idea of an early morning Saturday, but I'll sacrifice if it makes him happy.
I told him I would meet him at the park, so I grabbed my ear buds and my phone and started to jog as a warm up. As usual, he was early.
"Hey you ready to run 6 miles!?" He said in his perky voice.
"I'm ready to go back to sleep." I said monotone.
"Don't be so cranky!" He said pinching my cheeks.
"Don't touch me." I said swatting his hands away. I don't like being touched.
We had only ran for 20 minutes and I was already sweating. I don't like this.
"You want to take a little break?" He suggested.
"No, let's just keep running." I said out of breath. I shoved my ear bud back in. Of course I needed a break, but I didn't want to look like a wimp. I looked down at my shoe lace and saw it was untied, so I stopped.
"My shoe lace is untied, I'll catch up with you." I told Eli.
"Okay but don't get too far behind." He said running.
I sat on the ground for about 5 minutes watching the sun rise higher into the sky. I figured if I get too far behind, Eli would freak out, so I got up and started running again, sadly.
Just as I was about to start running again, I felt a pair of hands tap on my back. I turned around and saw a pair of blue eyes.
"What do you want." I said standing up.
"I just wanted to say hi." He said smiling with his hands in his pockets.
"Well hi." I said turning around.
"Wait!" He said turning my shoulders back around.
"What?" I said irritated.
"Can we um.. Talk for a second?" He scratching the back of his head.
I sighed. I really didn't want to talk to Nash but I REALLY didn't want to run.
"Fine." I said walking towards a near by bench.
"It's really pretty out here in the morning isn't it?" He said looking at the sunrise.
"Nash, as much as I would want to look at the sky I need to catch up with Eli so what did you need to talk to me about?" I said.
Then he spilled. He spilled about social services, Carter leading me on, how he knew Jack was lying. Everything.
I pushed him. "You bastard!" I yelled.
"What?" He said confused.
"Why would you call social services?!" I yelled.
"Because it seemed like the right thing to do." He said.
"I don't think you understand the consequences the happen in my house for stuff like that!" I said.
"I'm-" I cut him off.
"Don't even say you're sorry Nash. If you were sorry, you would have believed me when Jack was lying. Instead you chose to become selfish." I yelled.
"I tried to help you out with your dad. How does that make me selfish?" He said.
"I'm not mad at you for that! I mad at you because you tried to impress your little friends! Let me guess, you tried to lead me on too?" I said.
"No I-" I cut him off again.
"You know what? Just leave me alone Nash. And tell all your friends too." I said running.
"Hadley-" he said.
"I mean it Nash. Stay away." I said running. I never looked back at him. I just kept running on this trail called life.
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Yeah the end was a little cheesy. But who's going to see the fault in our stars today? I am! thanks for reading!
