makes me happy. Not someone who breaks my heart all the time. I need that. I can’t be strong anymore.”
Derek ran his hand down her back, touching her gently. “Nancy, listen to me. I’ll never hurt you again. I promise you.”
“I can’t trust you.”
“I know. I’ll prove it to you.”
“No.”
“Nancy—”
“I said no.”
He stepped away, looking at her with eyes coated with tears. He lowered himself to his knees and looked up at her, sadness and despair on his face. “Nancy, please. Just one more chance. That’s all I need.”
She shook her head.
“I’ll never stop begging you. I’ll bug you every day until you give me another chance.”
“I don’t owe you anything, Derek.”
He sighed. “Please.”
She crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head.
He came back to his feet and pressed his face close to hers. “I’m ready for this relationship, Nancy. No more partying, no more flirting, no more looking at other girls—nothing. I’m yours, totally and completely.”
She closed her eyes and leaned her face against his.
“Yesterday, I won the championship and was offered contracts by scouts. Everyone was paying attention to me, thinking I was the coolest guy ever. Girls were throwing themselves at me, every guy’s dream. But you know what I was feeling? I was sad. I thought you didn’t come. I thought you abandoned me. That hurt, Nancy. I never would have acted that way if I had gotten a good luck kiss from you.”
“Don’t blame this on me.”
“I’m not,” he said quickly. “I’m just explaining.”
“So every time you’re mad at me, you’re going to cheat on me?”
“I didn’t cheat on you, Nancy. I didn’t do anything with those girls.”
“You signed a girl’s tit.”
“I still didn’t do anything. And no, I won’t act that way again. You have my word.”
She shook her head. “I—I don’t know.”
He sighed. “I really don’t want to lose you. It kills me that I’ve hurt you. I want a chance to make it up to you. I think we can be great together if we just work through it.”
“Why should I do that?”
“Because I know how much you care about me. Please give me another chance.”
“Derek, I’m scared.”
“I know. I understand that. But I won’t let you down.”
“You have to promise me.”
“I promise.”
She stared at him, seeing the blue eyes she loved so much. She wanted to reject him and just walk away, but she couldn’t.
“I cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye,” he said with a smile. He grabbed her pinky with his. “I pinky promise. I give you my word. I give you everything, Nancy.”
She sighed. “I really hope I don’t regret this.”
He kissed her forehead. “You won’t. You won’t.”
8
“Are you sure you’re alright?” Sydney asked.
Nancy shrugged. “Yeah.”
They were at a party near the base of the mountains. One of Laura’s friends in vited her, so she invited Nancy, and Nancy invited Sydney and their friends.
Sydney looked at her. “Then why didn’t you ask Derek to come?”
“I just wanted a break from him tonight.”
“He did seem sincere when he talked to Coen.”
Nancy took a drink of her glass then walked by the pool with Sydney. “I just couldn’t say no. I looked into those eyes and just fell. I don’t know what it is.”
Coen wrapped his arm around Sydney, pulling her to his side and claiming her.
Sydney rolled her eyes at him.
“What?” he asked.
“I’m wearing a wedding ring. You think people are really going to make a move?”
Coen glared at her. “Can I just be affectionate with my wife?”
Sydney shook her head then looked back at Nancy. “I don’t know what advice I can give you. I wanted to take back Aaron but I couldn’t. A part of me knows if I did, we would have worked out and got our happily ever after. When Aaron apologized, he really seemed like he meant it. Derek doesn’t apologize very often. I think he was being sincere as
Derek ran his hand down her back, touching her gently. “Nancy, listen to me. I’ll never hurt you again. I promise you.”
“I can’t trust you.”
“I know. I’ll prove it to you.”
“No.”
“Nancy—”
“I said no.”
He stepped away, looking at her with eyes coated with tears. He lowered himself to his knees and looked up at her, sadness and despair on his face. “Nancy, please. Just one more chance. That’s all I need.”
She shook her head.
“I’ll never stop begging you. I’ll bug you every day until you give me another chance.”
“I don’t owe you anything, Derek.”
He sighed. “Please.”
She crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head.
He came back to his feet and pressed his face close to hers. “I’m ready for this relationship, Nancy. No more partying, no more flirting, no more looking at other girls—nothing. I’m yours, totally and completely.”
She closed her eyes and leaned her face against his.
“Yesterday, I won the championship and was offered contracts by scouts. Everyone was paying attention to me, thinking I was the coolest guy ever. Girls were throwing themselves at me, every guy’s dream. But you know what I was feeling? I was sad. I thought you didn’t come. I thought you abandoned me. That hurt, Nancy. I never would have acted that way if I had gotten a good luck kiss from you.”
“Don’t blame this on me.”
“I’m not,” he said quickly. “I’m just explaining.”
“So every time you’re mad at me, you’re going to cheat on me?”
“I didn’t cheat on you, Nancy. I didn’t do anything with those girls.”
“You signed a girl’s tit.”
“I still didn’t do anything. And no, I won’t act that way again. You have my word.”
She shook her head. “I—I don’t know.”
He sighed. “I really don’t want to lose you. It kills me that I’ve hurt you. I want a chance to make it up to you. I think we can be great together if we just work through it.”
“Why should I do that?”
“Because I know how much you care about me. Please give me another chance.”
“Derek, I’m scared.”
“I know. I understand that. But I won’t let you down.”
“You have to promise me.”
“I promise.”
She stared at him, seeing the blue eyes she loved so much. She wanted to reject him and just walk away, but she couldn’t.
“I cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye,” he said with a smile. He grabbed her pinky with his. “I pinky promise. I give you my word. I give you everything, Nancy.”
She sighed. “I really hope I don’t regret this.”
He kissed her forehead. “You won’t. You won’t.”
8
“Are you sure you’re alright?” Sydney asked.
Nancy shrugged. “Yeah.”
They were at a party near the base of the mountains. One of Laura’s friends in vited her, so she invited Nancy, and Nancy invited Sydney and their friends.
Sydney looked at her. “Then why didn’t you ask Derek to come?”
“I just wanted a break from him tonight.”
“He did seem sincere when he talked to Coen.”
Nancy took a drink of her glass then walked by the pool with Sydney. “I just couldn’t say no. I looked into those eyes and just fell. I don’t know what it is.”
Coen wrapped his arm around Sydney, pulling her to his side and claiming her.
Sydney rolled her eyes at him.
“What?” he asked.
“I’m wearing a wedding ring. You think people are really going to make a move?”
Coen glared at her. “Can I just be affectionate with my wife?”
Sydney shook her head then looked back at Nancy. “I don’t know what advice I can give you. I wanted to take back Aaron but I couldn’t. A part of me knows if I did, we would have worked out and got our happily ever after. When Aaron apologized, he really seemed like he meant it. Derek doesn’t apologize very often. I think he was being sincere as
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