"I was so proud to see both of them walk across that stage, and get their diplomas. Even though Jackson had broken my heart I still loved him."

"After the ceremony, I was talking to my parents waiting for Wyatt. Then I saw Jackson was walking towards me. I didn't know what to do without having to give my parents a reason why I didn't want to talk to him."

"When he got to us he thanked my parents when they congratulated him on graduating. My dad asked why he hadn't been by the house lately. Jackson said he was sorry, but he had just been really busy."

"He quietly asked me if we could talk in private, and I reluctantly agreed. We went outside where it was quiet since it was so loud inside the school. He looked so sad. This was supposed to be one of the happiest days of his life."

"I asked him if he was ok. He said no that he was not ok, and that he was miserable without me. I didn't know what to say, so when I didn't reply he continued."

"He told me that he loved me and that it was killing him that I wouldn't have anything to do with him. I asked him how could he cheat on me if he loved me so much? He said cheating on me was the biggest mistake that he had ever made."

"Apparently he thought if he had sex with someone else maybe it would help him move on from me. He really thought Wyatt would never allow us to be together. He promised me that he had not been with anyone else since then and that he only wanted me."

"I really didn't know what to think. I had not seen him with anyone else since we broke up, so maybe he was telling me the truth. I wanted to believe him, but he had hurt me so much."

"Suddenly Wyatt busted thru the doors and was headed straight for Jackson. I tried to stop him, but it was too late. He punched him right in the jaw, and told him to stay away from me."

"Jackson threw up his hands saying how sorry he was, and that he did not want to fight him. He told Wyatt that he loved me, and would do whatever it took to get me to forgive him."

"So did you tell him to go fuck himself?" Chase asks harshly.

"No, I didn't. We had to meet our parents for an early dinner to celebrate the boy's graduation. Of course, we were all going to dinner together because our parents had no idea that we all weren't friends anymore."

"Dinner was awkward, to say the least. Jackson kept staring at me the whole time, and Wyatt was glaring at him like he wanted to kill him."

"When we were all saying our goodbyes Jackson pulled me to the side. He begged me to let him come over to our house so we could talk. Our parents were going out for drinks together after dinner, and Wyatt was going to a graduation party with his friends. We would have the house to ourselves, and could finish our conversation from earlier."

"I agreed that he could come over. Wyatt drove me home, and when I told him about our plans he was not happy about it."

"He did not want to leave me there alone with Jackson. I told him we needed to end it once and for all, and ignoring him was not the way to handle it anymore."

"When Jackson came over he had a big bouquet of flowers and kissed me on my cheek when he came in the door. We sat down on the couch. He told me again how sorry he was, and that he only wanted to be with me."

"He told me he loved me and asked if I still loved him anymore. I figured that there was no reason to lie to him. I told him that I still loved him, but that I didn't trust him anymore."

"He leaned forward and kissed me gently, and begged me to please give him a chance. I had missed him so much that within minutes the kiss got out of control. We were all over each other just like we always were before."

"I led him upstairs to my room. Even after all that had happened I still loved him and wanted him to be my first. When we got to my room, he asked me if I was sure and I said yes. He pulled me to him, and hugged me tightly telling me again how much he loved me."

"He was so gentle and loving with me when we made love. I wished things could be different, and that we could be together again. However, I knew that I would never trust him again."

"Afterwards he held me close. He told me how amazing it was, and he was so happy that I was giving him a second chance."

"So just like that, you took him back?" Chase asked sarcastically.

"No! Just wait you'll love the next part, but you may think I am a bitch after I tell you."

"Well that will never happen, so please continue the story," Chase says.

"I told him the truth, that it was amazing," Leigh says.

"Ok, that part I did not need to hear," Chase says rolling his eyes.

"Then I used his own words to make sure to get my point across to him. I told him that it had been amazing, but it was just sex and nothing more. That we were not back together, and I did not want to see him anymore."

"There's my girl," Chase says smirking. Leigh raised her eyebrow at Chase but continued with the story.

"He asked me how could I have sex with him, and act like it didn't matter. I said I guess the same way you did when you cheated on me with that slut, and still act like it doesn't matter now."

Chase couldn't help but grin at that comment. He loved it when she got feisty.

"He stared at me for a moment, then with a defeated look he finally got up and got dressed to leave. As he was about to walk out the door he turned back, and looked at me with tears in his eyes."

"He said he was sorry that he couldn't be the man I deserved, that he really wished he could have been that man for me. I said I wished he could have been too. He nodded and walked out the door."

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