“Cameron!”
I stopped mid-step, my body rocking back and forth, as Ally continued walking a few steps ahead. She turned back and looked at me. I cocked my head to the side and she gave me a wave to go. I turned around and saw him leaning up against the railing, his arms supporting him. I made my way towards him.
I felt as if I was seeing him for the first time. His tan skin stood out against his white shirt; which was my favorite, his brown hair messy underneath his snap-back as usual, but still cute, and his blue eyes watching my every step. I bit my lip, not wanting the way he looked to destroy the anger that was built up inside. I came to a stop in front of him. We were both quiet.
“What?” trying to sound impatient.
“Why are you mad at me? You asked for the whole truth. I gave it to you,” he replied calmly.
“It’s what you lied about Mike.”
“I never --”
“Yes you did. You lied during the entire relationship. Everyone warned me, ‘Don’t go out with him,’ and, ‘He does it every day,’ and so on and so forth. Then when I asked you about it, you said you did it once and didn't like it, so you haven’t had any since. Then you tell me earlier, ‘I've been doing it before, during, and after you,’” I gave little air quotes, “So tell me where you never lied?”
“It was one little thing,” he was no longer leaning against the rail, only a foot away from me.
“No, it was a big thing Mike. You lied about it.”
“I lied. Big whoop! Everyone does,” he threw his hands in the air.
“You lied to me during the entire relationship. I don’t even know if half of what you said to me was true,” my tone rose.
“Like what?” he was becoming agitated.
“Like not going out, been staying out of trouble,” he rolled his eyes to those responses, “Saying that you loved me.”
His head snapped when those words fell from my mouth. The single foot that separated us was gone. He was just inches from my face; my nose filled with the familiar scent of his cologne.
“You’re right. I did lie about all of those things. But the one thing that I never lied to you about, for a single moment, was when I said I loved you,” his voice was low and filled with anger. He searched my eyes for a moment. “I meant that Cameron. I meant it every time I said it and I always will mean it. But hey, you don’t believe a single word I say, so why should you believe this,” he walked past me, giving my shoulder a push with his.
I stood there for a moment, rapidly blinking away the tears. Ally came rushing towards me. “Cameron are you okay? It looked like things got really heated between you two,” she put her hand on my arm.
I took a deep, staggered breath in. “Yeah, I just want to go home,” my voice was cracking.
“Cameron, it’s the middle of the--”
“Can we please just leave?!” my head snapped to her. Her voice was caught in her throat. I quickly wiped the tears on my face away.
“Uhhh, yeah lets go,” she guided me towards the front doors to leave. “Cameron, what happened? What did he say?”
“Everything Ally, he said everything.”