Chapter 16

“You cheated on her!?” he exclaimed shoving me into the wall.

“It was a mistake” I replied.

“A mistake that has a heartbroken girl sitting in my apartment with nowhere to go”

“She’s with you!?” I snapped clenching my fist

“She came to me, a friend” he replied.

“She stayed with you!?” I ignored what he said.

“I didn’t try anything on her Kris. She’s in love with you, I’m not that idiotic”

I just scoffed and tried to walk away but he grabbed my arm, “she left everything for you, you better think of a way to make this right before she’s gone for good” I just pulled away from him and walked down the hall.

I didn’t know what I was supposed to do anymore. All I knew was that I loved her and that everything I did was a mistake. I never meant to hurt her. I couldn’t bear to see her cry, it broke my heart. Watching her leave broke my heart.

We’ve been through a lot and for it all to be thrown away over this, is ridiculous. It is my fault, but she wouldn’t even talk about it. She wouldn’t even let me speak. She can be so hotheaded sometimes.

Walking into my empty apartment, felt empty. Obviously. A part of me was missing, it was too quiet without her around. Her being at Max’s is what got to me. Max? Of all her friends she goes to him? I’ve heard him talk about her before, it just never bothered me because I knew she was mine. I knew she would never go to him. Now, I can just see him pulling some stunt to get her in bed.

*Julie’s POV*

I was stuck in Max’s apartment. I wouldn’t leave, I wouldn’t go out into public, scared I would run into him. I wasn’t ready to talk to him right now. Not yet.

I heard the door open and Max came in, he just finished practice. I was just waiting to see if he would mention him, if he said anything about me.

“How was practice?”

“Fine” he replied, “he doesn’t look too good”

I just sighed and closed my eyes. He couldn’t be doing worse than me. He was the one that cheated on me. He hurt me. He broke my heart.

“Whatever”

“You need to talk to him” he said sitting beside me.

“I’m not ready to face him right now, just looking at him…” my voice trailed off.

“You can’t run away from it Jules”

“I know that” I snapped.

He just sighed and stood up. I just pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. He just stood in front of me and looked down at me, “what?”

“Just don’t do anything stupid” he simply said.

“I won’t” I mumbled.

He leaned down to kiss my cheek but I turned my head, not purposely, and he got my lips. And because of my emotional state, I took it a bit farther than necessary. He pulled away and I looked at him in shock.

“Um…”

“Yah…”

“That was nothing right?”

“Yah, nothing” he replied shaking his head.

“Alright then…”

He just moved away and disappeared into the kitchen. I tried to process what just happened. It didn’t mean anything. It couldn’t have. As much as I hated Kris right now, I still loved him. Very much. Max was just a friend, and it was an accidental kiss that shouldn’t have went as far as it did.

I stood up and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. As the hot water fell over me, I started to feel somewhat better. I had calmed down a bit since yesterday, but I still didn’t think I was ready to talk to him. I don’t think he was ready to talk to me. When he realizes how much he misses me and realizes how much he screwed up, he’ll come to me.

I wrapped a towel around me and walked into the spare bedroom that Max was letting me stay in. I walked in and shut the door behind me and then I jumped, almost losing my towel when I saw him standing by the window.

“Shit Max” I said putting my hand over my heart.

“Sorry” he replied. His face turned ten shades of red, “this room has the best view”

“Yah….can you go now?” I finally asked, when he hadn’t moved.

I saw his eyes look me up and down and then he finally moved. He walked by me and shut the door. He scared me to death, but the thing is…he didn’t make me feel uncomfortable. I was just in a towel and it felt as normal as if I was fully dressed. I don’t think that was the case for him though.