"Can it wait?" I whisper. He gently pushes me off of him and with a deep sigh, he says, "No.." Cole brushes off his pants, "I just want you to know.. before I tell you this... I still don't know how you feel about.. us..." I notice his shivering reaction to the word "us". "When you kinda.. well.. pushed me away. I shrugged it off, I guess. Well.. Fuck..-" Cole groans, "I just.. I thought what we had was simply just a one time, out of boredom kinda thing. 'Cause, ya know, I don't really date...." Cole takes a breath and looks down, removing our eye-contact. "Go on..." I pressure him. "Well... I may or may not have.. uh... hooked up with Nadia..."
 I freeze. My legs stiffen up. I'm angry, of course. But at the same time, I get it. Cole and I aren't dating and.. I don't know his feelings. I don't know my  feelings... I understand, but I still just want to run away crying. No. I need to stop running away from my problems like a wimp. I'll stay.. and talk. "Okay.." I take a breath to calm myself and my legs feel normal again.
Cole lets out a sound that sounds like a snort and a gasp in one. "You're just gonna let it go?.." Cole and I have been through so much, but I want it to happen alone now... "Just like that?" He snaps. I nod, pushing my lips to the side and staring into his eyes. He scoffs and rolls his grey ones in a circle. "Before we can be together, I want to learn more about y-"
"Stop right there... Liliana..." Cole interupts. He pushes me back a little with his right hand. The unexpected move causes me to stumble over a rock. I keep my stand. He sighs, shutting his eyes tightly. "I just..." He opens them calmly, "Be free, Liliana, please. I can't fucking live with you not being happy..." Does he actually care? "I don't date-" Cole pauses, "Yet that doesn't stop me from craving you every second.... I mean.. Ugh!" Cole sighs yet again. Spit it out already! I cross my arms, tilting my head as to symbolize, I'm waiting.
"I can't be with you... you know that." I do know that, I don't know the reason, but I do know that. It still breaks my heart to hear it from him out loud. "We need to stop whatever is happening between us... I don't want to have feelings for you... can we try the whole friends  thing again?"
  Cole's words come out as almost a whisper. Tears well in my eyes and I wipe them, smiling a fake beam at him. He doesn't smile back, he just stares into my eyes. It hurts to even look at him now. Everything hurts if it means I'll think about him, see him, feel him.... "I... I g-guess we c-could t-try..." I stutter. His hand touches my shoulder to calm me, but it doesn't work, not at all.. "I'm sorry... in another life?" He asks, "In another life." I smile again. I look happy, but.. I'm not. Not at all, I'm heartbroken. I have no one.
I silently curse myself for my agreement to this. "Can I get one last kiss, princess?" Cole pulls me towards him by my waist until our faces are inches a part. I smile and nod.
   He leans into me... but we're stopped by the ringing of my phone.
  Cole groans and leans away. I pick the phone out of my pocket and excuse myself by holding up a single finger and walking off a bit.
  "Hey, Liana!" Aron. It's Aron! I completely forgot that I gave him my number at the... I sigh.. the party. "Aron! Hey! What's up?" I turn around to see an angered expression upon Cole's face. "Put it on speaker phone." Cole whispers.
  I roll my eyes and put the phone on speaker, holding it out in front of me.
   "Can I ask you something serious?" Aron sighs. I nod and forget that he can't see me, "Oh, uh...yeah, sure."
  Aron takes a deep, longing, breath. "Do you... wanna get lunch with me some time..?" Aron barely manages to push the words out.
   Cole's face is red, like lava. His brows are facing downwards and a scowl is plastered on his face while a huff and growl both escape from his lips. "As friends?" I ask, regretting putting Aron on speaker phone.
   "No, Liana, as a date.." Aron stays silent afterwards and the akward tension grows.
   "I'd love to get lunch with you, Aron." I smile and Aron laughs.
  "Okay, that's all, I'll text you all the information soon."
   "Okay! It's a date!" I exclaim and hang up. I cross my arms and smirk at Cole.
  "You bloody bastard..." Cole growls out. He can't be serious...
   "What? Are you seriously angry right now?" I scoff.
  "Fuck yeah, I'm angry. I'm gonna have to sit around and watch you and that dickhead all the fucking time." Cole rolls his eyes.
  "And why do you care? You do not date, we are just friends, you're a player, and you have got Nadia!" I challenge. He really has to be like this all the time?
  "It's not about Nadia-" Cole groans, "Fuck, Liana, you just don't get it!" He slams his fist into his car, leaving a dent.
  "WHAT!" I yell, "What do I not get? Oh, please, enlighten me." I push his chest.
   "Liana.. DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!" Cole runs a hand through his hair. I step back. "Just run away already, I know you want to. It's what you always do!" Cole glares at me. His friendliness never lasts long. So much for being friends...
   "No! I am done with running away all the time..." tears blur my vision as I  wipe them away.
   "Liana.. just go, I don't want to do something I'll regret." Cole props himself up and sits on his car. I continue to wipe my tears. "I said go..." Cole doesn't even look at me. I listen and run. I hate running away, but what choice do I have right now?
As I'm running, I bump into a person. They fall, and I do on top of them. "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry.." I get up and help the person up, who wipes their pants off before looking at me. "Liana?" they ask.
"Aron! Hey." I smile and hug him. His hands go to my waist as he hugs me back. Out of all the people I could've ran into, honestly, Aron wouldn't be my first choice.
"Why were you running?" Aron scratches the back of his neck and raises an eyebrow.
"Well, let's just say I was running away from my problems." I sigh and Aron reaches a hand out for me. He holds my hand tightly and looks into my eyes.
"Well, I've got you. Everything will be okay..." He smiles and for a minute, all there is around us is pure silence and not a word slips from our lips. "I really like you, Liana." Aron calmly states. I smile, "I like you too."
Aron pulls me closer to him and calmly leans into me for a kiss. I place my hands on his cheeks while his are on my waist. Aron pulls his head back and asks, "Can we skip lunch and just consider us dating?" He laughs and I giggle along, "Know what? Sure." I plant another kiss onto his lips then rest my head on his shoulder. He puts his hand on my head and plays with my hair.
  "Well, this all happened awlful fast, huh?" Aron snuggles his head into my shoulder aswell.
"Mhm.." I respond....

AUTHOR'S NOTE
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Hey guys! Thank you so much for sticking with me for a whole ten chapters! I cant believe we're in the double digits!! I couldn't have done this without each and every one of you. - Even if you followed me or not (; -
Also.. *Starts tearing up* I'm just as annoyed as you are that Aron and Liana are dating, but it's for our own good! Trust me ;)
Alright, lol. I've kept you long enough. Byeee!
- XOXO Belle