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It infuriated Carter the more Ella spoke, the boy just wanting to pull out his hair and shout curses to the Godâs for having to put up with her in the moment. Unfortuantely for Carter, he loves her, and despite how much he tries to divert his feelings or interest in Ella, the fact that he cares about her so much wonât allow him to walk away from the toxic situation. âIâm not fucking expecting you to live up to an expectation, I just figured if you fucking care about me, even in the slightest that youâd try. It isnât that fucking hard Ella, it isnât brain science. I get that you have your fucking issues, and I know what itâs like being at that point and I understand it but youâre making the choice to isolate yourself and be alone, you say thatâs all you know how to do but itâs because youâre not letting yourself develop. Youâre going to stick yourself in a fucking ditch, trying to protect yourself from developing feelings and youâre going to hate yourself because I may not be the guy but youâre going to love someone and youâre going to let them go and youâre going to regret it and the only person you can blame is yourself for not trying.â Carter had experienced that, hes been through the whole not feeling like enough, not doing enough and then losing someone he thought couldâve possibly have been the one. âYou know what, Iâm just preaching to the unconvinced right now. You have and thatâs why I canât be mad at you. I decided to still go after you even after knowing that youâre not into me that way.â Letting out a sigh, âYeah, thatâs cool, I hope you get there at some point, Ella. Iâll be rooting for you.â He forced a smile wanting to just be alone now. As much as he didnât want her to go earlier, he couldnât stand the sight of her right now, not when his heart was hurting. âDo you want me to call you a car or will you be good?â He asked, moving to dress himself, he didnât feel right being naked and vulnerable at the same time in front of someone he cares about so much with feelings that arenât reciprocated.
The blonde would look at him with both of her brows raised, âYes you are. Youâre expecting me to hang around and cuddle because you think thatâs going to somehow change my view on relationships or something. Maybe it isnât that hard for you.â Now she scoffed as she shook her head, âDonât you dare even attempt to pretend that what youâre worried about is my own good. Just because you experience things one way doesnât mean that I experience them the same way. So stop projecting that bullshit onto me. Enough with this fucking pity party. If I didnât think that we were friends, or didnât give a shit about you, I wouldnât even be here right now.â She didnât expect him to understand where she was coming from because she knew that even though it didnât seem like much to him, sleeping with the same person on a somewhat regular basis was actually kind of a step forward for her. âYouâll be rooting for me?â she had to laugh in disbelief, shaking her head again at the thought âI donât even think you realize how condescending you are sometimes. Sitting up there on your high horse looking down at me in my ditchâ she nearly spat the words he used back at him. Collecting her bag and her phone, Ella headed to the door, âIâll be fine.â That was something she reassured herself of on a daily basis. The girl wouldnât even allow herself to look back as she walked out, letting the door close behind her.Â














