Lunch dragged on, feeling as though it would never end. Paul kept rambling about his band, and Adrie would steal a couple glances at Nate, who was painfully bored by Paul's lack of adulthood. When the check finally came, Nate did the proper thing in buying both Adrie and Paul their lunch. Paul gave Adrie another inappropriate kiss and left the two to catch up for the rest of the day. "Wow, Paul hasn't changed a bit from the last time I saw him," Nate said, with a sarcastic undertone. Adrie pleaded with him using her eyes, "Nate...I love him. I can't help it, I just do. I seriously don't understand how you didn't go through this with Rachel. I couldn't handle Paul's and my first break up, I couldn't handle being apart, how did you not feel that with Rachel?" "She wasn't in a band," Nate offered. Adrie gave him a friendly punch in the side, and they got back in the car and drove towards Glen Grove Elementary.
"After all of these years, this is still probably my favorite place in Glenview," Adrie exclaimed as she hung upside down from the monkey bars. Nate stood close beside her, helping her down, and gave her a hug. "I seriously needed this, how do you know me so well?" "I've known you since the 3rd grade, Nate, how could I not know you this well?" Adrie asked. "So tell me all about MSU. Is it everything you ever wanted?" "Hah. It's a lot more work than I wanted. I'm just so sick of school. I can't wait to get out there and use my degrees." Nathanial replied. "Degrees," Adrie sighed. For a second Nate saw a glimmer of regret in Adrie's eyes. She hadn't gone to graduate school because at the time of applying she had just gotten back together with Paul, again. She gave up saving and got a job close to home, about 20 minutes from Glenview. "I never though I would have given everything up for a guy," Adrie said, staring at the ground pensively. "Maybe we should get out of here," Nate said, trying to change the subject. He was never good with words, especially when it came to comforting someone; it just felt awkward to him.
About Me
- Estrella Bella
- I've neglected writing for too long while focusing on my business major. So here I am, back in the act. I've changed my major from business to english, and hopefully, now that i'll be doing something I love, opposed to business, the inspiration will come.
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The Untitled Story of Events Pertaining to Nate by Danielle Schwartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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