Forever With You (With You #2)

Vanessa

W ho is this guy?

He looks up at the sky once again and I feel a twinge in my chest. He’s flirty, funny but he seems to also carry a lot of weight on his shoulders. I know we’ve only been talking for what must be at the most half an hour but at times his smile felt forced.

I watched as he stood, watching the water and tipping his head up to stare at the sky. And I quite literally watched as his stiff shoulders relaxed, his fists unclenched as he gripped the railing and smiled. A smile that lit up his face in the most beautiful way.

At that moment I decided I wanted to stay.

I know I should go.

My boyfriend, Dean, broke up with me after school today. It’s nothing new. He gets upset about something, breaks it off, then a few hours later starts blowing up my phone or shows up at my house with an apology and a promise to be better.

Which was the reason I was here. My cousin, Bianca, who was visiting over the weekend refused to let me stay home. She picked me up from the school and saw the whole thing play out right in front of her. And she was pissed.

If you keep letting him do this, he will always think you’re disposable. You are not here for his convenience. You are worth so much more than that.

Her words had resonated loud and clear so I agreed. For a few hours there, I was determined for a fresh start. Or atleast a night where I didn’t end up in tears or… worse.

Then like clockwork as soon as we got here, Dean called. I didn’t pick up right away, for fear he would hear the sounds of the party and think the worst so I headed out here to pick up his call.

But as soon as I picked up, he was already livid. He had showed up at my house only to be told by my grandfather that I had left to go partying with my cousin.

He didn’t like that.

Dean is possessive to the point of being controlling. At first I loved it. I was flattered that my boyfriend was obsessed about me enough to care and be jealous. But then it got to the point where it didn’t align with how he acted. He was flirtatious, overly friendly and touchy with other girls. At school he would ignore me a lot and hang out with his teammates from the basketball varsity. Most of the time, that included the cheerleaders. At first it didn’t bother me since he made sure I got equal attention as his friends if not more but after a few months, it dwindled.

He’s been moody, less attentive and patient. I know a lot of it has to do with his parents’ divorce. He’s dealing with a lot right now and given that I don’t really know what it’s like to have parents, let alone possibly understand how he feels…

I mean… How can I possibly give up on him when he’s at his lowest?

I had let him rant and scream on the phone because I knew nothing I could ever say or do would calm him down. I understood he needed to let it out but the things he said and called me… they still hurt which was why Stephen walked in on me crying.

Dean had hung up on me at that point. I know it’s just a matter of time before he calls again and I had already decided I was going to go find Bianca to tell her I’m leaving. Because if I didn’t go seek Dean out now… I don’t even want to know how mad he would get.

But then I turned around and saw him .

Something shifted the second I locked eyes with him and it compelled me enough to stay.