SZNS SERIES 1: Summer by Maria Writes (book series for 10 year olds .TXT) 📕

She will not waste all her time and energy for the man. That douche-b. She will never. Ever. Make herself a fool again.

CHAPTER 19:

Worlds Apart

It's been a week. And she never left her room. Luckily, she has a huge stash of foods hidden under her bed but is all just snacks. Just some junk foods and biscuits. At night, when all of them are sleeping. She will cook herself dinner and lock herself again in her room.

She never goes to her classes even if it's just a few minutes away from her boarding house. Chloe's just doing all her school tasks through her computer and she asks Caroline or any one of the girls to submit anything for her but the rest is her. She never left her room since the night she went home from Barry's party.

This is what she's afraid of in the first place. They've been rushing things in their relationship and now she's paying the price. It was a horrible move of her to not let Jesse explain his side, but what's there to explain? She saw how he deepened the kiss with that whore. And she will never forgive him for that.

"Chloe? It's me, Caroline. Can I come in?" Caroline is the only one she allows inside her room. The others, she just meets them at the door. She turned off her laptop and went to open the door. She let her friend in then she sat back again to her desk.

"What do you want, Caroline?" She doesn't understand why her friend needs to check up on her. She's fine. She's alright. Just because she ended up things with Jesse doesn't mean she's miserable.

Caroline went towards her and hold both of her hands. "Chloe, I know you're hurting. Look, I am mad at my brother because of what he did right in front of you. But please talk to him. He's losing his mind. We never attended any of his class, he didn't go home since he did the thing with Selena. And dad is having a hard time finding him."

Chloe just rolled her eyes at her friend and opened the door. "I don't want to be rude but, can you please leave. I told you I don't want to hear his name, I don't want to hear anything about him, and I don't like talking about it. Okay? Now, leave. See you at school tomorrow, yeah?"

"Yeah." Caroline walked out of her room and turned back again before she closed the door. "You know I'm always here for you, right?"

She just nodded and locked her door. Chloe went to her window seat and grabbed a book to read from the shelf nearby. She was wrong all along. No matter how hard she denies it, her heart still aches because of what Jesse did. He may not do it intentionally but it still broke her heart.

He's the only man she tried to let in her life except for her father and this is what she gets?

Her phone vibrated and she answered the call without looking at the caller ID. She doubts that it's Jessie caller her because ever since they last saw each other, he never dared to call her or come to her room. According to Caroline, he's been staying in a hotel near the school. She never asked more because she just wants to forget.

"Hi baby, I heard what happened. Are you---"

She cut off her mother before her could say anything that will piss her off. "Hello, mother. You want to go shopping? I'm free tomorrow. Maybe you should pick me up tomorrow."

Her mother remained silent on the other line for a couple of seconds before she agreed to go out with her tomorrow. "Sure, I'll pick you up tomorrow, we could have lunch tomorrow. And then some girl time. Just the two of us. I'll call you back tomorrow, okay. I love you."

"I love you, too, mom." With that she hangs up and saw surprise to see another call incoming. It's from Jesse. Wow, this is the first time she heard from him after a week. She contemplated if she's going to answer the call, and she decided to pick it up.

No words were heard from the other line. She, as well, didn't dare to talk. Chloe wants to hear his voice first before she says anything. It's been a couple of minutes but no one speak. She's getting tired of it so she ended the call. She waited long enough for him to speak to her but he never did.

A tear falls from her eyes and she immediately wiped it. "Be strong, Chloe. Don't let yourself be weaken by anyone. You don't need him. Be strong, Chloe. You're strong." Her tears streamed down her cheeks once again and she just lost it.

She let all the pain consume her. Chloe believes that there's beauty behind every pain. And this is it. She will get through this. The pain will disappear, she just needs time.

Chloe doesn't know how much time she spends on the window seat. But with all the crying she did earlier, she didn't notice that she fell asleep. The sun outside is nowhere to be found. She fixed herself and grabbed her phone. Today is the start of her reconciliation with herself. It's time to have harmony with herself again.

Being a fool for a man will not be her problem anymore. And since she'll not think of any one, anymore. It's time to have a time for herself now. Without the fear of anyone holding her back. She dialed her favorite restaurant and asked to deliver her tons of foods.

The people downstairs are surprised to see her heading down the stairs. She just smiled at her then head outside of the house. She