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Ariel’s P.O.V
The night hit and everybody went out accept for me, I was too tired or I couldn’t handle seeing Harry all grinding on some other women. I walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge, I grabbed the Champaign that was on the top shelve and closed the fridge with my foot. I reached up into the cabinet to grab a clear crystal glass that they use at a weddings and scooted it onto the granite countertop. I squeezed the cork out of the drink luckily somebody already gone through the struggle of opening it the first time so for me it was easy to pop the top. *Pop* the smell of the wine floated up towards my nose I tilted the bottle letting the beverage flow into the glass filling it up halfway then I bottled it up and put it back into the fridge.

I walked over to the living room and grabbed the remote off the table and clicked on button at the bottom to the right instantly the fire place came to life the yellow flames grew bigger and bigger, the wood crackled underneath. *Buzz, Buzz* I turned around immediately and grabbed my phone off the table I picked it up *Buzz, Buzz* I clicked my phone on; there was six messages from Jesse I deleted the notifications and just called him instead. I put the phone up to my ear and grabbed my wine off the table taking a quick sip. Jesse might have been controlling at times but he was also still the charming guy I fell in love with a year ago. “Hello?” Sounded like he was asleep. “Jesse?” “Ariel…..” He was happy to hear from me. “You didn’t respond to any of my messages…..” I walked down the small steps into the living room. “I know I know my phones been dead” He sounded sober; he’s more attractive when he’s sober. “I miss you…..I miss that pretty little face of yours” I closed my eyes smiling to myself. “I miss you too” I heard shuffles of covers in the background; I assume he was getting up. “So how is it down

there?” I paced in front of the fire place watching snips of different colors ignite through the flames. “It’s good….great actually! But it’s really cold” “Hahaha give me it back……” I stopped immediately in my spot; speechless. “Jess…..” “Yes babe?” He shushed something in the background, the lights came flashing from outside onto the house, I walked over to the curtains pushing them back a black sleep tinted window car came pulling up into the drive way everybody began hopping out one by one laughing with each other but there’s one person that was additional to the group that didn’t come here with us on the plane and that girl was with Harry. The tears stung my eyes, I’ve been hurt twice today…… “Um so….” I choked back my shaky voice. “How are you?” The group came walking up towards the house, I walked away from the curtain and grabbed my drink and headed down towards a more private hallway, to

think about it there’s a lot of hallways in this house. “It was fine, it was normal mom cooking a big dinner for thanksgiving, she’s sad that you couldn’t make it…..” I heard another giggle in the back ground, one tear slipped down my eyes onto my cheek and down underneath my chin. I removed the phone away from my face for a second; every time I hear that girl giggle I die a little more inside. I heard the front door to the house open and everybody came falling in laughing loudly and kicking off their shoes, I came upon a big window that looked out over this lake next to the house. I leaned my forehead up against it, feeling the cold surface freeze my skin “Are you having fun?” I wiped the tears from my face. “…….Lot’s!” He said that more excited than he meant to. “By yourself?”

Every time I asked a question it took him a minute to answer back. A soft moan escaped from the background “No…not exactly” I shook my head against the surface, after a year, after a year I gave everything to him I gave him my virginity. “Jesse…..I can’t do this anymore, you don’t love me…..” Tiny moans kept escaping from the background, I couldn’t hold back the tears anymore my voice shook uncontrollably. “And I don’t love you back so how about we stop pretending…..” He wasn’t listening to me, there was no “No” or “But I love you” He didn’t fight for me. I walked down to the end of the hall to see everybody sitting on the couch, whoever the random girl was; was sitting on Harry’s lap with an arm slung around his neck. “I love somebody else and I know you don’t care…..and I know it took me a year to realize it, but now I know who I want

and…..that’s persons not you” I hung up the phone immediately before I heard another moan. My phone slipped out my hand falling to the floor, my whole world shift and erupted my heart cracked slightly down the middle I slid down to the floor and placed my head into my hands crying over and over and over again. He was the one who was there for me once Bobby died, he was the one that helped through everything, he’s the one I thought I loved but since Harry has come along he’s taught me more than Jesse has taught me during this whole relationship. I grabbed my phone off the ground and stood up I wiped the tears off my eyes. “I’m fine…..I’m okay……” Bobby’s voice rung through my ear again. “Ariel you’re not supposed to cry over every guy that breaks your heart, they’re not worth your time…..” He wrapped his arm around my shoulder squeezing me tighter. “Haven’t you ever heard there’s more fish in the sea?” I

nudged him the rib. “I know I might be going all dad on you right now but god has matched everybody up with somebody, you just have to wait till that somebody finds you…..it’s won’t be long I promise” He kissed me on the forehead and rubbed my shoulders comforting me. The memory faded from my head, Bobby’s gone now and I only have the memories to guide me through life this is the only time I wished I could have paid more attention to his advice. I started down the hall and I quickly went past everybody staring down at the ground trying to not make eye contact, I slid the drink onto the counter. “Ariel!” Barney called my name from the couch. “Come join us…..” I shook my head. “Nah, I think I’m just going to go to bed, I’m tired” My eyes accidentally fell onto Harry his smile faded into a thin line, he knew what was wrong with this picture. “You guys have fun ya here” I gave a tight smile towards Harry, he watched me walk away I went up the stairs and gave one last glance back. He finished laughing from one of

Sam’s jokes and looked up at me swallowing his throat deeply. His emotion then changed, he furrowed his brow. I guess he could still see the redness in my eyes or the unhappy look on my face, just something told me he knew yet he stayed where he did not want to draw attention towards me, I closed my eyes for a second one last left over tear slipped down my cheek. I opened it and he was still looking at me, he wasn’t touching that girl anymore or focusing on one of Sam’s extraordinary jokes but instead he stared at me till I walked all the way up the stairs.

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