1 Hate to See Your Heart Break ★

Characters

Marie Sanchez, Justin Anders

Description

Sometimes, when people love, they tend to expect to be loved back.

But to 18-year old Marie Sanchez, it's enough that she can love the boy she's always loved.

Even if it means it has to break her heart. 

Foreword

I'm sitting on the porch steps of our house, like I always do. Sometimes, I feel like that's the best thing I can do when I'm confused, just sitting around on my porch.

"Marie!"

I lift my head up and see Justin Anders running towards me from the right side of the street. He's my best friend, and ever since, I've always looked at him more than that. But he doesn't know.

As he run towards me, I could see him smiling and waving and full of energy. I wonder what's up.

"Oh, hey," I tell him as soon as he sits beside me. "You seem happy."

He nods vigorously. "Guess what, dude. Anna just said yes!"

For a minute there I suddenly stopped breathing.

"Hey, Marie. Did you hear me? Anna said yes!!"

Anna Collins is the girl every guy dreams of, and she's the head cheerleader of the school. And she's the girl Justin's been asking out to be his girlfriend.

Justin's hand waves in front of me. "Yo. Earth to Marie. You okay?"

I blink and swallow. I don't know what I swallowed, but I think that was my pride. "Really? Wow. That's great." Not much enthusiasm there.

And, out of all the things he has to do, he hugs me.

He freaking hugs me.

"Thanks, Marie. You've always been there for me. Thank you for being my best friend," he says.

And as he was saying that, I just nod. "You're welcome, dude."

And that's how it's always going to be.