Michael X Rose (MC): Heartbreaking Summer (part 3)

Michael x Rose (MC): Heartbreaking Summer (part 3)

A/N: action takes place in the very beginning of junior school year. During the story some details about summer will be revealed.

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Part 3: At Last We Met Again (words: 533)

After Rose and Maria took their own ways, Rose went to direction of exit through side door of the school, which leads directly to parking lot. As she expected, Michael was there. He didn’t notice her at first, as he was riding the skateboard around with earphones in his ears. Rose stood there for a while, waiting until she will be seen. When he finally did, he almost lost balance, but succesfully jumped off the skateboard, taking off his earphones and quickly putting them in jeans pocket. He approached Rose and froze in front of her not knowing what exactly to do, just awkwardly put his hands in the pockets.

“Hi.. thanks, that you came.” He sighed. “Honestly, I wasn’t sure you gonna come as you totally have a right to be angry on me because of how I behaved and how made you feel.” He looked down to the ground for few moments then looked into her eyes waiting for her to speak.

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d come as well. I almost changed my mind and went home.” Rose made small step backwards to create a bit more distance between them, while feeling a bit lost of not knowing how to act in front of Michael. After several awkward moments looking at each other directly or not, Michael broke the silence:

“Would you want to have a ride and talk somewhere outside the town in nature, or you’d better stay here in the parking lot?”

Rose knew that he’d prefer to go somewhere and not stay here, but at same time she felt exhausted from all mixed feelings she had whole day. She wanted to say to stay in parking lot, but choosing a ride possibly would make him more open, so she sighed and answered:

“Fine, let’s have a ride, but with one condition – you answer any question about yourself, which comes to my mind when we speak.”

“Well, I can’t promise to you answering anything about my past 100%, but I could answer to you anything what’s related to this summer. I owe you a detailed explanation, as I possibly ruined your summer at least partially. So, what do you say about this kind of deal?” he said while turning with uncertainty to the direction where his motorbike stood.

“Okay, I’ll take it.”

“Good, was hoping you wouldn’t refuse, I also took two helmets.” he said and started going and Rose followed.

“How thoughtful.” she said with slight sarcasm in her voice.

He didn’t respond, just looked at her and gave a helmet. Then he hopped on motorbike and waited for Rose to take her seat behind him. She hasitated for a moment and then curled her arms around his waist.

“You okay there?” he turned his face to side to check Rose on his back.

“Yeah, I am fine.” Rose answered and made herself more comfortable to sit while holding her arms around Michael.

“Let’s go then.” he said and started the engine. Motorbike began to move slowly, leaving the parking lot. As full speed was reached, school and whole Cedar Cove town was left far behind their backs.

Michael x Rose (MC): Heartbreaking Summer (part 5)

A/N: Coming parts of the story goes back to the beginning of the summer and is told from Michael’s perspective.

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Part 5: There Are Things, Which Better Were Forgotten (words: 1280)

That evening before last day at school was my favourite thing ever happened. Time with you was so perfect, so were you, I was enjoying every moment, trying to memorize every bit of you and to be as positive as I can even if I missed you already knowing it was a day before not seeing you for a long time.

Then suddenly that phone call.. I didn’t want anything or anyone to interrupt our last evening together, so I just ignored the call. I really was surprised seeing who is calling, but I didn’t want to remember and talk about Giselle at that time, so I decided not to tell you who was calling. It wasn’t that I was hiding something from you, that was  just so not important, when I had you with me.

After I gave you a ride to your home, and was on a way to mine, I got Giselle’s text. As I thought and later it turned out, Giselle came back to Cedar Cove for a month or so to visit her grandparents. She was asking if I am busy and wanted to meet same evening.. I didn’t want to face her that evening as I had wonderful day with you, which I remember as yesterday. I just wanted to have some alone time to think of us. I was full of emotions I wouldn’t believe I could ever have. I realized how different I became, when you appeared into my life. I enjoyed feeling those emotions even if it made me feel vulnerable too, I didn’t mind to be that way with you as I clearly knew you were the right person to be with, without building any walls. I missed you so much after first day you left.. But enough about this sentimental part, I want to tell you what happened after you left.

I got her text again several days after you left and that same evening was first time we met after almost two years. I must say that meeting was.. weird, really weird. Anyway, so here what has happened.  We planned a meeting at a same diner not far from our school. I was expecting to meet her personally as she didn’t give me any more details. When I came there I saw her in one of the booths kissing a guy, who seemed somehow familiar, but wasn’t sure from where.

“Giselle? Sorry to interrupt this PDA scene, but I was invited too, so hi there.”

She and that guy jumped in the seat turning their faces to me. Giselle awkwardly smiled and stood up to give me a hug, while I just waved hand and sat down in front of them. She stayed standing for couple moments, then just fixed her shirt and sat down.

“Oh, sorry, Mike (she was the one who called me that way when we spent time alone), nice to see you after some time!” she smiled at me, but that smile seemed somehow fake.

“You mean Michael.” said I. It probably sounded cold as she stopped smiling and turned to a guy next to her. He also looked at me for a while, as if he knew me from somewhere, trying to figure this out. His face lightened up as he remembered:

“Ohhh, I remember you! You are Berry’s football team’s quarterback Michael Harrison. I am Simon White, I play in Hearst’s football team defence.” It was a bit strange to shake hands with someone who was Berry’s rival and participated in that not fair game against our team last season, but I let it slide and just acted normally without mentioning anything about it.

“Waait, no waay! You as QB?” Giselle seemed surprised. “So now Mike the Popular, what’s next – Mike the Prom King?” she smirked. “I see.. so many things changed in your life after I left.”

“Stop it.. I am not popular guy material, I was just helping for my school. Let’s just not talk about it.” I said and crossed my arms.

There was awkward silence for several moments when Simon started speaking again.

“Wait.. you went to Hearst before as well, right?”

“Yeah I did, but I am not gonna tell anything more about this.”

“Why you avoiding Hearst topic so much, is there something bad about it?” Giselle seemed curious about all that Hearst matter, I glared at her for a second as she was totally not helping in this unpleasant situation.

“I had a past that I don’t want to talk about. ” I started to feel annoyed, but tried my best to stay cool. It felt as something about Giselle has changed – she never made me annoyed before.

I thought, “Okay, maybe it is just me, as it is sensitive topic to me.. But still, she wouldn’t ask such things in front of others, as she was a friend who understood me.” But later that conversation turned into something even worse. Simon, as a good example of mean Hearst student, didn’t leave this painful topic that easily. As he got to know I attended Hearst before and had some bad memories, he tried to obtain something from me, what would make me upset. Typical Hearst bully.. I didn’t tell him anything, but Giselle didn’t help me as well, as she was too curious to know what was the deal with me and Hearst. 

Then Simon said something I really didn’t want to hear..

“Ohh, I guess I remembered something.. weren’t you a target of Max’s prank with hot glue?”

This made me really angry, I frowned, but said nothing. Giselle stayed quiet with surprise in her face, not knowing what to say.

“Oh come on, it was really funny!” Simon said almost laughing.          

“Oh yeah?! Really funny.. as fun usually leaves you really bad scars. ” I stood and was about to leave.

“Okay okay.. that injury part wasn’t funny though.” Simon’s face got serious. “Sorry man.. I guess I got carried away, shouldn’t have said that. But that face expression you made when Max did that prank..”

“I had a lot of pain, and that was not funny at all. That’s enough.” I left the booth and went to the door. Giselle followed me and caught my hand, when I was outside already.

“Mike, I am sorry, I really didn’t know it all was that bad about your past at Hearst.”

“It all is a past now, it doesn’t matter. Just let me go.” I pulled away my hand from hers and was about to go to my motorbike.

“Can we meet later?” guilt could be seen in her face after all that scene in diner, I was angry on her and on Simon, but I wanted to give her another chance and to talk to her personally, as in old days.

“Fine. But next time no Simon or any other guys from Hearst, okay? Just let’s meet somewhere alone, as we used to.”

“Yeah, sure! I’d love to. I really didn’t want it to turn into something like this. Honestly, I haven’t seen Simon this way either, you are not the only one surprised or feeling upset about what happened, I really am sorry..”

“You better go back to your.. boyfriend?”

“Well yeah, kind of. Will tell you later about it.”

She quickly hugged me and started to go back to the diner. “See you later!”

I just waved and went to parking lot, where my motorbike was. All way home I was thinking about what have just happened in diner and remembered the scar I have on my back.. I wish I could forget that really not funny prank, which happened last year on Valentine's day.

“She is beautiful.“

MC: "With you, I could go anywhere. Even if it's other planet."

Michael: “I love you, but no matter how much I hate to admit it, I always gonna stay a lonewolf.”