Break up and Punches

Lana Condor as Emma. Enjoy♥️

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Through the whole ride, although my eyes were focused on the road ahead, flashes of Taylor's teared eyes kept coming in my head. I think that when something bad happens to bad people they deserve it; they should have seen that coming but good people don't deserve shit. Taylor is a good guy and I hated myself for hurting him. When he said he doesn't want to be my friend, I could see everything crushing inside of him. He had many many hardships in his life and I was the only holding it together for him.

As much as I wanted to think about the cons of leaving him, our memories keep flashing in front of me; the first time we cooked together, the time I asked him to try to paint and he failed miserably. I painted a joker on his face when he was asleep. He later told me he wasn't really sleeping but he knew I was having fun destroying his face so he didn't budge. I parked on the side because my vision became blurry from tears. Many many deep breaths later, I buried the guilt I felt for what I did and tried to even my emotions. When I thought I managed, I went off again only to start crying half way. Somehow, I managed to reach home safely without hurting myself. I still had tears on my face when I opened the door to my house. My mom never told me hold my feelings. She said that all emotions are equal part of life and whenever we felt like it, we should express it.

As soon as I opened the door, my friends jumped from behind the sofas and my mom came down from the first floor.

"BREAKUP PARTY!!!!" They all shouted at the same time and practically ran towards me engulfing me in a huge hug.

"Oh you guys !!!!" I said hugging them back. When we pulled apart, I wiped my tears and adjusted my vision. Emma, Sofia, Mia, Ashley, Mark and Mom were grinning at me from ear to ear. Mark came towards me and cupped my cheeks.

"You did what you should have done. Don't feel guilty about it. You did good. You set him and yourself free." He said wiping my stray tears. I nodded and hugged him. I always found comfort in him.

"You are like a big teddy bear!" I exclaimed.

"Hey, I am not cute, I am hot." He said gesturing towards his body. I gagged but then smiled at him.

"Whose idea was this by the way?" I asked scanning at the faces around.

"The most important person in your life." Ashley said. My eyes met my mom's and I ran towards her.

"I love you mom. You are the best."

"Aww honey. I love you too. Now no more sadness. Let's party!!!" She said cheerfully and her excitement was followed by loud blow horns and wohoos.

I was home at around two in the afternoon and we danced, laughed, ate, drank till five. After that everyone was super tired. I suggested girls night in plus Mark but they all were super tired and had to go back to their homes. I was disappointed but I can't expect them all to just leave everything and stay with me. Everyone left soon except Mark, Emma and Sofia.

"Hey Emma, you want a ride back home?" Mark asked Emma scratching the back of his neck. She gave him a pointed look and I raised my eyebrow at him.

"Nah Sofia will drop me back. Our houses are close." Amongst all five of us, if anyone knows how to read the room best it's Sofia. She quickly looked at Mark and then at me for conformation. I gave her a small nod and understood what was happening.

"Actually Emma I have some work on my way to home. It will take some time and I don't want you wait up. Mark will drop you home." She said. Emma opened her mouth to reply but before she could say anything Sofia was already out of sight. She sighed and looked at me. I just shrugged and motioned towards Mark who was looking at me to see what I would reply.

"Well then okay. Let's go." Emma said and started walking towards Mark's car. When Mark started to leave, I held his shoulder and made him look at me.

"This is your chance. Don't fuck up." I said and he nodded nervously. I let him go and he jogged to catch up with Emma.

I chuckled and closed the door. I turned around to see mom smirking at me.

"I sense there is something going on there." She said still grinning from ear to ear.

"Yeah. Emma loves football and is into classic books. Mark is our football captain and is in her literature class. I am hoping things will work out." I said smiling. She put her hand on my shoulder and we started cleaning the mess.

"Should I go to bakery right now?" I asked when we were almost done.

"Nah sweetie, take the day off. You had enough for today." She said. When we were done, I went upstairs to finish my remaining assignments and projects. My deadline wasn't until next week but my anxiety didn't let me pile things up for later. As soon as I was done, I got a text from Emma.

Bro: Is you friend Mark single? I smirked at my screen. He left a good impression, I thought to myself.

Liv: Yeah. Why? Interested?

Bro: Actually yeah. But I am not going to make a move right now. I wanna know him better right now. What if he is just a gentleman with me and jerk to others? When we talked, he wasn't like the bully you punched last week but I am still not sure. What's your opinion? You have been friends with him for a long time.

Liv: Yeah I have. He changed when he joined the football team to blend in but he apologized last week when he came to my bakery. We spent a lot of time together and I feel he is a nice guy but I want you to analyze him well before you let him in, if you know what I mean. ;)

Bro: Gross Liv! But I get your point. Thanks babe! XOXO

Liv: Always there for you love.

I decided not to tell this to Mark. Somethings are better kept between best friends and I am gonna honor that oath. I went down for dinner and saw mom already cooking for us.

"What's on dinner tonight ma?" I said and sat on the kitchen table.

"We have been having a lot of junk food these past few days so today is Meat loaf day." She said and placed the dish on the table. We ate and discussed about various stuff; my talk with Taylor, her work etc. I thought today would suck but my friends and mom made it much better than my imagination.

Carter's POV

"Are you sure this is fine?" Noah asked me for the hundredth time today. I groaned and looked at his phone again.

"'Hey Ashley, what's up? Noah here.' Dude its literally the most plain text I have ever seen. If she gets mad at this, I don't think she is one for you." I said and rolled my eyes. He pouted and pressed sent with shivering hands.

"So, for how long did you have a crush on Ashley?" I asked and Noah looked at me with surprise.

"It's that obvious?"

"Who asks his friend this many times before sending a simple text to a girl?" He sighed and looked away blushing.

"I don't remember when I started staring at her for more than a non-creepy amount of time. It just sort of happened. I love her spirit and the way she stands up for herself. I love that she isn't a Damsel in Distress. She is her own Knight in Shining Armor." He said with adoration in his eyes. I chuckled at his response and his face turned into a darker shade of red. We came to this lame bar because my parents were fighting again and Noah sent me a SOS text. If I would have know it was for a simple intro text for Ashley, I would have just talked to him over the phone. But now that I think about it, its fine. I might meet my next girl here. I looked at this blonde girl dancing alone. She must have been too drunk because she almost fell a couple of times while making her way towards the bar.

"Can I get you a drink?" I asked her huskily. She looked at me, then at my body and then back at my face again.

"Sure." She said and smirked at me. Three drinks later we were making out on one corner of the bar. I took her outside to my car and gestured her to get in. She obliged and we took off. I myself was so drunk, I had a huge hungover the next morning. I shifted a little adjusting myself to the sunlight. It felt like a knife piercing through my brain. I groaned and heard a small moan beside me. I slowly tilted my head to see a blonde hair on my hand. I quietly took my hand away without waking her and got out of bed. I went to take a shower and through the whole time I kept thinking about her name. If I got it wrong, she will get even more mad than she will be once I break things off with her. Okay what was it, I thought. Levi? Lisa? Leah? Leah. Yes! "Leah" I said it out louder than I should have. Fortunately, I didn't wake her up. When I went out, she was all dressed and was ready to leave.

"Call me." She said and left my room. Oh she is so going to hate me. I got ready for school and rode my bike to it. I don't want to but I have to end it today. The more I will drag this, the more she will make a big scene out of this, I thought.

I had fifteen minutes to spare before the class begins. I somehow found Leah talking to her friends. I grabbed her arm and pulled her on a corner.

"Not in school, Carter." She said giggling. I rolled me eyes.

"No that's not it. Whatever happened last night was a one night thing. I never intended to call you back. I will prefer if you will not make a big scene out of this." I said and she looked at me with an expressionless face.

"WHAT!? So you used me?" She said too loud. I saw a crowd forming around us and I mentally groaned.

"Yeah." I said keeping my hands in my pocket. Tears started flowing down her cheek and she turned around and ran away from me. I sighed and made my way to my class.

"What the hell did you do!?" I heard a feminine voice behind me. I groaned and turned around to meet a very angry face. I have never seen a girl this pissed before and honestly speaking, I am a little bit afraid.

"She knew what she was getting into. Everyone knows I am player and I never stick to one girl." I shrugged and turned around to walk away. I didn't even take one step when I felt Olivia's firm hand on my t-shirt. She took a fist full of my shirt and turned me around so I was facing her. She held my collar and pulled me close. Under normal circumstances, I would have flirted with her but I am kind of pissed at her. Damn, she is almost the same height as me and if I would have been any normal guy, I would have been terrified of her.

"You don't treat girls like trash, asshole. She has feelings, she is not some toy that you got bored from after playing for a while. Apologize to her." She said through gritted teeth pointing towards Leah who was crying her eyes out. I noticed a few cameras around us. People started recording all this and I rolled my eyes. They really don't have a life, I thought. I shrugged her hand away from my t-shirt and glared at her.

"I will not apologize to anyone." I said slowly through gritted teeth. No one clashes me and no one stands against me. Everyone in this school knows that. I saw her eyes go blank and before I could duck, her fist made contact with my face and I felt sharp pain coursing through my nose. I held my nose tight and felt warm liquid flowing to my lips.

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Ohhhhh, Olivia punched him and he is pissed. What's gonna happen next. Stay tuned to find out♥️