Don't tell me I'm Beautiful.

She stormed away with tears rushing down her face. Leaving me dazed, confused, and in slight pain from the slap right across the face. I held my cheek, feeling the sting that was now occurring. "Dude what the fuck was that all about?" Alan asked running over to me. I shook my head and ran after her. I soon caught up to her and grabbed her by the arm yanking into my chest. Where she cried uncontrollably.

"Nicole, talk to me. What did I do to deserve any of that?" I questioned her. "You seriously don't know?!" I shook my head. "Wow okay, um..." She began shaking slightly, while she ran her hand through her hair. "Tino, you hurt me." "What did I do to hurt you?" I became a tad annoyed. She was acting like we were dating and we clearly weren't. "You stole my first kiss, took my virginity, and broke my heart." She cried again, placing her face in her hands.

Did I really break her heart? There's no way I could. I sighed, and tried calming her down. I brought her face up to look at me. Mascara streaks running done her already flawless face. "Listen to me Nicole, I just don't do good with girls. As hard as that seems, I may seem like I'm the guy that'd be perfect for you. But baby girl, all I'm gonna do is leave you hurting every night." Her lips quivered as I spoke, I did hurt this girl.

"Honey, please stop crying. I just can't handle another heart break." I sighed. "I never have dealt with a heart break before I met you. You stole my heart with that smile, your confidence, and overall like for me. I thought you truly cared, I didn't think I'd be another one stand for. Well that's what I was hoping for." She trailed off, looking into the distance, advert ing my gaze. Which was locked on her.

She was so vulnerable and I took advantage of that. I knew she had never been kissed, I knew she had never even gone any further than probably hand holding, or a friendly hug. I took her innocence and there was no giving that back. I plopped down on the ground, her following my actions. I grabbed her hand and kissed it gently. I didn't want to hurt her, but what if she hurt me?

"Do you honestly think I'd hurt you?" Did I say that out loud. Man I gotta find a better inner monologue. "You really are going to be selfish about this?" She questioned. "My last girlfriend cheated on me Nicole, it's hard to just jump back from that kind of thing." I said sternly. She nodded, and went silent again. "Nicole, you aren't just a one night stand, you were in the beginning, I'm not going to lie. But, after everything happened, I grew feelings for you. And that scared me, I told myself I needed time to recoup from my last falling out before I got into another. But, you seem to just have this hold on me. You are on my mind day in and day out. All hours of the day it's you, you, you, and more you."

I held my breath and said something that I never thought I would. "I like you a lot Nicole."

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