10 Fruit Salad

"I made a fruit salad for breakfast today. I hope you don't mind." He said lying down and continuing to look at me.

"Anything you make is fine," I answered quickly. Even though I said this, I've never liked fruit salad before... But when I tasted Miguel's I noticed that only fruits that I liked were in it and the flavors were mixed in a way that seemed perfectly suited to my tastes. The breakfast made me feel a bit more energetic on my walk to my University. The mood was ruined when I saw Jack waiting near the entrance to see me. Miguel's face distorted at the sight of him. Only now did I realize his expression is due to jealousy. I decided to go with a preemptive strike today.

"Hey Lemon," Jack stated smiling.

"Before you continue... I think I need to make something clear. I've moved on. The chances of us getting back together are extremely low." My words seemed to do critical damage.

"What? Why? I went through a lot to be with you I even tried to respect you and wait for you." Jack declared, justifying himself.

"Wait on me? Do you mean because I was a virgin? So cheating on me is your way of respecting me, gee... thanks..." I shot back. Jack's eye twitched and he took a deep breath and touched my shoulder.

"I cared too much about you... to risk scaring you away... that's why I did it..." He stated. Then he winced from pain as Miguel grabbed his wrist. He pulled his hand away and shook it to ease the pain looking baffled. "Every day... You tempted me more and more but if I forced you down, you would have left me. So... I needed an outlet but you're the one I want to be with. No one else."

"Then," I began, "Why Amber? She was my closest friend at the time... wouldn't an unrelated girl have been better?" My question made his expression distort. It was obvious that was something he really didn't want to talk about.

"Please forget about that one mistake... Lemon, I love you." He stated, then stared into my eyes. I casually brushed my hair back and exposed my neck to him.

"I'm with someone else, so you should just give up." His eyes widened as if I stabbed him in the gut.

"You let someone else kiss your neck? You've moved on? I haven't even agreed to us breaking up yet and you pull this sh*t on me?!" I could hear the anger in his tone but it's not justified so I have no reason to feel bad.

"Both sides don't have to agree for a couple to break up. One leaving is enough and I left you 3 years ago." I clarified while moving around him and walking away. I heard people whispering and I regretted causing a scene.

"Lemon!" He yelled. I kept moving and I felt his hand touch my shoulder. I jerked away in response but he took a hold of my shirt and pulled me down the steps into his arms then he planted a kiss on me. I flailed and screamed in protest but he didn't stop and judging from the sudden summer blizzard which was causing me and all the bystanders to shiver, Miguel pissed off...

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"Just ignore your inconvenient feelings. Let him have her."☻

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I angrily snatched away from Jack and then ran off wiping my lips into the bathroom and splashed my face repeatedly in the sink.

"I'm going to kill him," Miguel stated. "It will be so easy to just reach into his chest and squeeze his heart until it bursts." He sounded serious so I turned and said.

"Don't kill him, I don't like what he did either but it's not worth the death penalty."

"But," Miguel started speaking again while scratching his head. "If his attitude is like that I doubt he'll give up...Killing him will be easier than dealing with more episodes." Miguel's reasoning disturbed me a little but I couldn't argue with such sound logic.

"Lemon, are you okay?" Amber asked entering the bathroom. She looked at me with my face covered in water and my lips bruised from rubbing. "That bastard, I'm going to kick his ass."

"Wait!" I shouted as she was starting to leave in a huff. "Tell me why you care! Can't you just leave it alone?" I inquired.

"No... because even though I don't deserve to be your best friend anymore, you're still mine." I stood shocked and she rushed from the room, leaving me alone.

"So she's not just a girl you know after all. You're besties." Miguel mocked.

"Oh shut up." I retorted, and then I began gargling water repeatedly. I heard Miguel snickering behind me. "What's so funny?"

"I think it's cute... that another guy kissing you bothers you so much." He teased. His statement made me blush,

"That's not it... It has nothing to do with you at all," I replied out of nervousness.

"Oh really?" He asked moving in front of me, phasing through the sink and wrapping his arms around me. Miguel then began kissing me deeply. I wrapped my arms around him and closed my eyes. My body has become so accustomed to his temperature I'm not even shivering right now... It's such an odd sensation when we kiss, my insides feel like it's on fire but my skin feels so cold that it goes numb. Even so, at the moment, it's the best feeling in the world. The places his hands touch tingle, like gentle waves of electricity. I don't want this to end. Breaking me from my thoughts was a loud knock on the door.

"Open up! Why would you lock the bathroom?! Oh my God! I got to pee!" Some girl screamed. Miguel sighed and snapped his fingers, then a girl fell into the room, quickly got up, and ran into a stall.

"I guess this isn't a good place for your first time anyway." How far was he planning on going?! Miguel took ahold of my hand I squealed and shivered from nervousness. He merely laughed at me and led me to Geology but the classroom door had already been locked. Miguel forced me to listen outside the door and take notes. He's such a tyrant sometimes. Like a study buddy from hell. After class ended I was found outside and scolded by my professor, so I had to repeatedly promise to not be late again, but, frankly, I'm paying tuition! I think he should be a bit more forgiving and stop locking me out.