Chapter Three

Why did this have to happen to me?

Inside of me felt like my heart had shattered into a thousand pieces. No, it felt like my heart had been ripped out of my chest and stomped on a thousand times. That's how I felt right now.

I don't understand why Nick wanted to cheat on me for. We rarely ever got into fights, and if we did it was over stupid things. Did he cheat on me because I didn't try to contact him at all during his vacation? I didn't want to bother him while he was spinning time with his family, that's why I didn't try to contact him.

If Nick hadn't of texted me -- asking me to come over to his house tonight -- I would have never known about him cheating on me. I wonder how long he would have kept him cheating on me a secret before I would finally find out? But how long has he been cheating on me already behind my back?

The thought of him maybe cheating on me for the whole two years we were together comes into mind making more tears come rolling down my cheeks. I quickly push the heartbreaking thought out of my head.

But if Nick didn't want me to know about him cheating on me, why would he text me to come over to his house? Unless that's how he wanted me to find out -- me walking in on them making out.

I try to wipe the tears away, but they get quickly replaced by more tears. The cool night air was making my face feel like it was ice cold.

After seeing what was going on with Nick and that girl, I have already ran a block away from his house; not wanting to look back. I thought running farther and farther away from him that he will now be in my past, but running away is doing nothing. I will have to come face to face with him sooner or later about this. I was just hoping it would be later.

As I continue to run down the street I hear a loud clap of thunder that fills the night sky. The last thing I need right now is it to start raining.

I stop running and put my hands on my knees to catch my breath. Crying and running at the same time was a bad combination.

Once I regain control over my breathing I look up and see the local park that is in my neighborhood. I know it might start raining soon but I needed to take a quick break. I decide to walk over to the park and take a seat on one of the benches, try to clear my head a little.

I cross the street and walk into the park when I stop in my tracks at the sight before me. The swing seat that is placed towards the middle of the park -- it's for the little kids -- was on fire. Standing a few feet away from the swing set stood a person. Although it was night time, the brightness coming off from the fire made it just visible to see the person standing there. The person was wearing all black with the hood of jacket up over his head.

He suddenly turns his head around towards my way. Although he was too far away for me to see his eyes I know his eyes locked with mine.

Something in the pit of my stomach was telling me that I needed to run. There was something dangerous about this person and I needed to get out of here. If I don't, I'm not sure what might happen.

I quickly turn on my heels and start running again. I wasn't going to stop this time until I was home.

As I'm halfway to my house I feel someone grab onto my arm making me stop in my tracks. My immediate thought is that it's the person back at the park.

First Nick cheating on me now this?

I snap my head around as I try to free my arm from the person's grip.

"Whoa, calm down." the person says.

I stop trying to free myself when my eyes met the person in front of me. It was a boy.

"Are you alright?" he asks, his grip loosening on me.

"Um, yeah." I say. "Sorry, I thought you were somebody else."

"Is that why you were running?"

"Yeah..."

"I didn't mean to scare you. I thought maybe something was wrong and I wanted to make sure you were okay." he says, a small smile on his face.

"It's okay." I reply as he finally lets go of my arm.

"What is a girl doing out this late anyways?" he asks as he puts his hands in his front pockets.

I could feel my eyes starting to water again as the words leave his mouth. "It's a long story."

"By it looking as if you have been crying, I would say it is." I try my best to show a small smile.

I had no idea who this man was or where he came from, and I was having a weird vibe about him. There was something about him that was making me feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Did you see that fire at the park?" he randomly asks, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah," I reply. "I don't know what happened to make things go up in flames. But, there was somebody standing by the fire. I think whoever they were caused the fire."

His eyes look down away from me as he bites his lip. His whole body language has changed. He looked as if he was now...nervous? Scared?

"Uh, yeah. Maybe he did." he says, his voice shaky.

"You okay?" I ask.

"Y-yeah." he says as he backs away from me. "Uh, I have to go."

Before I could say anything he was already running down the road and vanishing into the darkness of the night.

What suddenly gotten into him?

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