4...

And yeah, it's a classic song...(secretly one of my favorite songs...xD)

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[Jack's POV]

This is the chance that I'm finally going to explain everything to her...I can't do this anymore.

But then...she's fine now, I don't want to hurt her again. But she deserves the truth...in that way she might forgive me.

The party is still going on and it's already 9 in the evening. But I think it's fine if I sleep late, besides tomorrow is Thursday and my classes starts at 2pm. I ate another slice of the 4th lasagna which I recently found out was made by Elsa's mother...she's a good cook.

"Hey." I gulped and turned around and saw the girl with the strawberry blonde hair; Anna.

"Uhh...hey." I said nervously and she glared at me.

"So, you're our neighbor now, huh." She said sarcastically and I nodded slowly.

"Look, Anna, I--"

"Yeah, yeah...you want to apologize and all but you need to explain everything to my sister." She crossed her arms. "Though I hate you because you hurt her and left her without explanation...I secretly wish for you too to get back together, you changed my sister, Jack...she's not the same anymore, and I thought that bringing you back together piece by piece might fix her."

I looked at her in shock. She wants us back together? "You...really?"

She nodded. "Please don't tell her that I told you this, but it doesn't change the fact that I still am angry at you."

"Anna, look, I'm really sorry."

"It's fine, but still you gotta tell her your explanation."

I nodded. "Okay, I understand. But, Anna...I'm not..." I trailed off and sighed.

Anna looked at me disappointingly. "I though you wanted to..."

I shook my head. "I just want to apologize."

"Okay." Anna said before walking away. "I'll see you around, neighbor."

I waved my hand a little, before putting it down, realizing that she's not going to see me. I sighed again before eating the last piece of lasagna on the plate. So, Anna wants me and Elsa back. I thought.

It wasn't long before I saw Elsa again, sitting alone outside with a small can of...beer?

"You drink now?" I asked surprisingly and she jumped a bit on her seat.

She scoffed. "I'm 18...so what? It's not like I'm a lightweight or something."

I hesitantly sat beside her and she raised an eyebrow at me. "Elsa, I--" I started. "I wanna say sorry to what I did a year ago."

"And?"

I sighed. "And--"

"Yeah, well, you said you don't love me anymore." She huffed. "But then hey, I got over it, so..."

She got over it.

I was about to stand up when she stopped me. "Jack, why did you do it?" My heart clenched a bit...this is it. "Why did you leave me?"

I didn't want to tell her the truth now, she got over it right? Or...did she?

"I...I told you, I...I don't love...anymore."

She suddenly sniffed and it alarmed me. Is she crying? She turned her head to me and I saw her teary but angry eyes. "People just doesn't fall out of love, Jack! There has to be another explanation for it!"

"I...I can't." I replied.

"Jack, tell me the truth, if you want me to forgive you, then tell. me. the. truth."

I sat down again. "You want the truth, then here it is..." She looked at me expectantly and I sighed. "I didn't mean it but...it just happened. I saw her and then I just..."

She nodded. "Her...I knew it."

"Elsa, let me finish." I replied. "I felt it, you know, I thought I had a chance...so I risked it."

"But then you realized that you don't that's why you want to apologize to me." She sighed. "Right...so you broke up with me just because of a girl that you weren't sure that loves you back." She laughed sarcastically. "And you left the one who truly loved you?"

"I...I was a jerk."

"You're a jerk, Manolo Jackson Overland." She wiped the tear from her eyes. "And in one year, I kept thinking on what I have done wrong...but the truth is, it was you who did."

"I'm sorry."

"You know what? Save it, I'll have a hard time thinking whether to forgive you or not...you broke me, Jack. I gave you my heart and you just shattered it to pieces because you saw another. I gave you everything and you just wasted it because of another girl who probably who doesn't care about you."

"I know that, Elsa...now I'm suffering the consequences because of the wrong decisions that I made." I said sadly. "I did love you too, Elsa, but--"

"But you also fell in love with her." She cut me off. "Thanks for telling me the truth, Jack." She stood up, left the beer can and my shoulders dropped as I watch her open their fence and closed it, I watched her opening their front door and she got inside, she looked at me with narrow eyes before she closed their door.

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[Elsa's POV]

*Thursday, January 21*

I'm alone in our music room, Anna, Merida and Punzie still has classes and since today is Thursday, we have different schedules, I sighed and decided to play my guitar, still thinking of what happened last night...Jack was a fool to just leave me with another girl, but then he said what he said, he's suffering his consequences. I shouldn't get affected anymore, it was his fault anyway. I should probably get back to my life one year after he did it to me. I wouldn't allow Jack to break the walls of Maria Elsa Winters version 2.0, the strong, confident and cold and reveal the real Maria Elsa Winters...the vulnerable, sweet and loving one. I won't allow it, I don't wanna be weak once again.

I started strumming my guitar on a particular song and I sighed and closed my eyes, feeling the music touch my soul.

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[Jack's POV]

I picked up my guitar that Elsa gave to me two years ago, I stroked the carvings that she put on it saying; 'Always play from the heart -M.E.W.' with a heart shape on it.

I start strumming the guitar before lying on the bed beside my phone.

I'm lying alone with my head on the phone

Thinking of you till it hurts

I know you're hurt too, but what else can we do?

Tormented and torn apart---

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[Elsa's POV]

I wish I could carry your smile in my heart in times when my life seems so low

It would make believe what tomorrow could bring when today doesn't really know

Doesn't really know---

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[Jack's POV]

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right, believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong...

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[Elsa's POV]

I want you to come back and carry me home

Away from these long, lonely nights

I'm wishing from you, are you feeling it too?

Does the feeling seem all so right?

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[Jack's POV]

And what would you say, if I call on you now?

To saw that I can hold on

There's no easy way, it gets harder each day, please love me or I'll be gone

I'll be gone...

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[Elsa's POV]

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you--

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[Jack's POV]

I know you were right, believing for so long--

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[Elsa's POV]

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

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[Jack's POV]

I can't be too late, to say that I was so wrong...

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[Elsa's POV]

"Wow, did you just came out of the Hurt Locker or something?" I stopped playing when I heard Merida's voice behind. "You're very serious in that song."

"Something happened." Anna replied and looked at me worriedly.

"Oh, my gosh! Elsa, what happened?" Punzie says, pushing Anna and Merida to the side. "Did someone hurt you?"

"I don't wanna talk about it." I replied and put my guitar down.

"That's it, I'll go get some ice cream and pizza." Punzie says and ran outside, Anna and Merida just shrugged before settling down in their places.

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[Jack's POV]

I stopped playing when I saw my phone ring, I furrowed my eyebrows before opening the message from an unknown number.

From: (Unknown)

Hey, we'll have rehearsals 5pm. Don't be late.

-Eugene F.

I shrugged and put my phone down. And I haven't mentioned to anyone that I'm the new member of the band; The Big 4.