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party to whatever it is he’s doing to you,” Daisy said.
“Do you even listen to what you say? He’s a Marine, not some predator. What possible reason would he have for trying...oh, forget it. I’m leaving,” I said, almost getting into it with Daisy. I remembered what someone had said to me once, a professor I think. You can’t argue reason with an unreasonable person. I hadn’t even dropped my purse or taken my jacket off so I just turned around and walked out the door.
“You’re a fool, Melinda!” she called after me. I ignored her. I was outside the dorm before I realized I had no idea where I was going. I considered what Daisy said and it made me feel dirty. I tried to put her words out of my mind and focus on Hunter.
Why would he have come to see me? I wanted to think he was there to try to convince me I was all wrong about us, that I shouldn’t have ended it. I wanted to believe that but I knew it had to be something far less exciting. Maybe he lost something and wondered if maybe I’d found it. I tried not to get my hopes up but...well, I was getting my hopes up.
I was wrong to break up with Hunter. I know all the reasons I did it. I knew that logically, I was right to do so. But never argue reason with an unreasonable person, right? The way I felt about Hunter wasn’t reasonable within the life I had constructed for myself but it was real. He made me feel something I’d never felt before. Wanted. I didn’t need to save the world when I was with him to feel like I mattered. All I needed with Hunter was to be myself.
“Home! He’ll be at his parent’s home,” I said out loud suddenly. Where else would he be? I never considered why he might be here. He just was and he’d come to see me. Daisy was right about one thing. I’d blown it but I had a chance to fix that mistake...or so I hoped.
I walked to the bus stop, took the next bus to the terminal and found a route that would take me to within walking distance of Hunter’s home. I could have simply called him, I still had his number in my phone because I could never bring myself to delete it, but after my confrontation with Daisy, it just slipped my mind. It was an hour before I had arrived at my destination and then I still had to walk several blocks to Nate and Penny’s house. I hadn’t gone a hundred yards before a car pulled up beside me. I heard a familiar voice. It was Indigo, Hunter’s sister.
“Mel?” she asked. I bent down and peered past Sandy to find Hunter’s sister.
“Hi,” I replied.
“You headed to see Hunter?” she wondered.
“Uh...as a matter of fact,” I told her. The coincidence of Indigo and Sandy finding me and guessing at my purpose, or lack of coincidence maybe, wasn’t lost on me. Something was going on.
“Get in. That’s where we’re headed,” Indigo offered.
“Thanks,” I said and climbed in the back seat. “Hi, Sandy,” I greeted Indigo’s wife once I was seated and had my seatbelt on.
“Hey. Long time,” she remarked.
“Yeah...I uh...,” I began to say but Sandy interrupted.
“You broke up with Hunter. He told us,” she told me. I wondered if they were angry with me for a moment.
“It seemed like the best thing at the time,” I offered in my defense, as weak as that was.
“He still talks about you,” Indigo told me.
“He does?” I replied, surprised that he mentioned me at all after I essentially dumped him.
“Yep,” Indigo told me and then she and Sandy shared a look that told me they weren’t angry with me. There was more to Hunter’s appearance than met the eye.
“Do you know why he’s looking for me?” I wondered.
“We should let him tell you,” Sandy said. I shrugged but it was only a few moments later we pulled up in front of the house. I was nervous suddenly, my stomach doing somersaults. I still didn’t know what Hunter wanted and my head was buzzing too much to
“Do you even listen to what you say? He’s a Marine, not some predator. What possible reason would he have for trying...oh, forget it. I’m leaving,” I said, almost getting into it with Daisy. I remembered what someone had said to me once, a professor I think. You can’t argue reason with an unreasonable person. I hadn’t even dropped my purse or taken my jacket off so I just turned around and walked out the door.
“You’re a fool, Melinda!” she called after me. I ignored her. I was outside the dorm before I realized I had no idea where I was going. I considered what Daisy said and it made me feel dirty. I tried to put her words out of my mind and focus on Hunter.
Why would he have come to see me? I wanted to think he was there to try to convince me I was all wrong about us, that I shouldn’t have ended it. I wanted to believe that but I knew it had to be something far less exciting. Maybe he lost something and wondered if maybe I’d found it. I tried not to get my hopes up but...well, I was getting my hopes up.
I was wrong to break up with Hunter. I know all the reasons I did it. I knew that logically, I was right to do so. But never argue reason with an unreasonable person, right? The way I felt about Hunter wasn’t reasonable within the life I had constructed for myself but it was real. He made me feel something I’d never felt before. Wanted. I didn’t need to save the world when I was with him to feel like I mattered. All I needed with Hunter was to be myself.
“Home! He’ll be at his parent’s home,” I said out loud suddenly. Where else would he be? I never considered why he might be here. He just was and he’d come to see me. Daisy was right about one thing. I’d blown it but I had a chance to fix that mistake...or so I hoped.
I walked to the bus stop, took the next bus to the terminal and found a route that would take me to within walking distance of Hunter’s home. I could have simply called him, I still had his number in my phone because I could never bring myself to delete it, but after my confrontation with Daisy, it just slipped my mind. It was an hour before I had arrived at my destination and then I still had to walk several blocks to Nate and Penny’s house. I hadn’t gone a hundred yards before a car pulled up beside me. I heard a familiar voice. It was Indigo, Hunter’s sister.
“Mel?” she asked. I bent down and peered past Sandy to find Hunter’s sister.
“Hi,” I replied.
“You headed to see Hunter?” she wondered.
“Uh...as a matter of fact,” I told her. The coincidence of Indigo and Sandy finding me and guessing at my purpose, or lack of coincidence maybe, wasn’t lost on me. Something was going on.
“Get in. That’s where we’re headed,” Indigo offered.
“Thanks,” I said and climbed in the back seat. “Hi, Sandy,” I greeted Indigo’s wife once I was seated and had my seatbelt on.
“Hey. Long time,” she remarked.
“Yeah...I uh...,” I began to say but Sandy interrupted.
“You broke up with Hunter. He told us,” she told me. I wondered if they were angry with me for a moment.
“It seemed like the best thing at the time,” I offered in my defense, as weak as that was.
“He still talks about you,” Indigo told me.
“He does?” I replied, surprised that he mentioned me at all after I essentially dumped him.
“Yep,” Indigo told me and then she and Sandy shared a look that told me they weren’t angry with me. There was more to Hunter’s appearance than met the eye.
“Do you know why he’s looking for me?” I wondered.
“We should let him tell you,” Sandy said. I shrugged but it was only a few moments later we pulled up in front of the house. I was nervous suddenly, my stomach doing somersaults. I still didn’t know what Hunter wanted and my head was buzzing too much to
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