Heartbreak Story

Chapter 16: Broke up

-a week later-

ANNA'S P.O.V

I finished showering when my mom called me. I walked downstairs in the living room to find my mom and dad sat on the sofa. Once they saw me, they smiled. I knew there's something happened here.

"I'm here. What do you wanna talk about?" I asked calmly.

Both my mom and dad exchanged happy looks for a moment before looking back at me. "Your dad has been chosen as the new director in his company" my mom said.

My eyes widen. "Really? Oh my God that's amazing! Congrats, dad! I'm so proud of you" I stood up and walked up to hug my dad, he hugged me back.

"Thanks, princess" my dad poked my nose, making me giggled. "But there's another thing I need to tell you" he added.

"Okay what is it?"

"I will be transferred to LA for the new project I will be working on with the company, and I will be there for 2 months and your mom needs to go with me" my dad said.

I froze, trying to understand all the things he just told me. He will be staying in LA for 2 months? With my mom? What about me?

"But.. what about me? I can't go with you two, I still have a month of college before we finish the 3rd year" I looked at my mom, hoping that she would stay with me.

She smiled and held my hand. "I don't want to leave you alone honey but your dad needs me there too"

I sighed and looked at my dad. "When are you leaving?"

"Erm the day after tomorrow"

Great. They are soon leaving me for another 2 months. Leaving their 'sick' daughter, alone. What if something happened to me when they are away? I can't stay alone in this house.

"But you can't just leave me alone here, what if something happens to me?"

My dad sighed. "I'm so sorry, princess, we don't mean to leave you like this. How about if you ask Kelsey to stay with you? Just for a month, and when you finish college you can come to LA with us"

I sighed. "Fine, I'll just ask Kelsey later"

"I'm so sorry, princess" my dad poked my cheek, making me giggled. He always knew how to make me happy.

"Alright, dad. You have a job and I'm here to support you" I winked at my dad.

-2 days later-

I told Kelsey everything about my dad's new promotion and that I really want her to stay with me. Unfortunately, as much as Kelsey would love to stay with me, she couldn't. Tom was here and he needs her too, there's no way she would leave him. I understood though, Tom is her boyfriend. Though Kelsey said she could stay for a few nights in a while.

"Are you going to be okay, princess?" my dad asked again.

"Dad, seriously you've been asking me a hundred times" I rolled my eyes, making him giggled. "I'm fine, dad. You need to hurry up or you'll miss the flight" I added.

"Oh you're right!" he freaked out as he looked at his watch.

I stood in front of the door, looking at my mom and dad bringing their suitcases into the taxi before they pulled me into hug. We did a group hug for like 5 minutes before they kissed my cheek and told me to take care of myself. I watched as the taxi slowly disappeared from my vision.

And here I am, in this house alone.

I locked the door and sat on the sofa in the living room. I turned on the TV and looked for a good show to watch but nothing. I sighed and made my way to the kitchen if I could find anything to eat. I haven't had my breakfast, my mom didn't cook this morning because she was in hurry.

I took my cereal and put them onto the plate, pouring the milk as I began to enjoy my precious cereal. The house was so quite, too quite that I could even hear my own breaths. The bell suddenly rang, I headed to open the door to see Nathan.

"Hi Anna!" he greeted, a smile plastered on his beautiful face.

"Hey, Nath. What are you doing here?"

"Can you at least let me in first?" he chuckled. I rolled my eyes playfully and let him in. He walked to the living room. "Why so quite? Where's your mom and dad?" he asked as he sat on the sofa.

"LA. They will be there for 2 months" I simply replied.

"So you're staying here alone?" he raised his eyebrows. I just nodded. "Well you can stay with me if you want. My mom and Jess will be glad to have you" he added.

"Thank you but you don't have to. I don't want to be a burden to your family. Besides, I stayed in your house for a week, that's enough for me" I said, looking at him.

He chuckled. "Don't be silly, you know how much my family love you. You're like a daughter to my mom too, and you're not being a burden to my family"

I stayed silent for a moment. As much as I love Karen and Jess like they are the second family of me, I don't want to be a burden to them. Before I could decide, Nathan grabbed my hand and took me to my room to pack my stuff. This guy is crazy.

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"Where's your mom and Jess?" I asked once we arrived at Nathan's house.

Nathan took me to the guest room beside his room, where I will be staying there as usual. He put my suitcase beside the door as I sat on the bed.

"Mom is still at work and Jess is at piano lesson" he said. I just mouthed 'oh' before taking off my shoes. Nathan got the message that I needed to unpack my stuff. "I'll be in my room if you need me" he said before leaving my room.

The door was closed. I sighed at how f**k up my life is. My family left me, Nick left me- oh wait where is Nick? I haven't heard any news about him. In fact, he hasn't called me for like 4 days. I know he is busy with the competition but he can at least text or call me though, his girlfriend.

I unlocked my phone and was about to dial his number when I got a call from him. What a coincidence.

"Hey babe, I was about to call you" I said as I picked up the call.

"Anna we need to talk"

I frowned as he said that. He didn't call me 'babe', instead he called my name which is probably not good. Besides, I hate when people say "we need to talk"

"What is it, babe?" I remained calm, though I'm scared he would say something that hurt me.

"Listen, life is so f**k up. Anna, I can't do this"

I frowned. "What do you mean you can't do this? Nick, what happened?"

"I can't do this, I'm really sorry but I think we need.. we need to break up"

With that, my heart skipped. Did he just say that he wanted to break up with me?

"Wh-what?"

"We need to break up. I'm so sorry but I can't stand with this anymore"

I tried to be calm but right now I'm shaking. "Wh-why? I thought you love me?"

"I do love you Anna, I do love you so much but this is not going to work" I could hear a hint of stress in his voice, and I could picture him walked back and forth.

"Nick, what's the matter? You love me and I love you, so why is it not working?"

"I can't, I-I'm busy with these stuff that I rarely have time for you. You are my girlfriend and every girl deserves to spend the time with her boyfriend but I can't even be there with you. I left you in London whilst I'm in LA. I can't do this, Anna. I don't want to hurt you"

He sounded so broken. I couldn't believe what he has just said. I didn't realize tears already escaped my eyes.

"Nick, you know I trust you, right? It's okay for me that you need another time to be there, I know you have a lot to do and I understand that. You'll be away just for another month. It's fine for me, I'll wait for you no matter what. It's not a big deal for me"

I tried to keep calm even though I freaked out that he has already said the word "break up" which I don't want to.

"Anna, I-I can't do this. After this competition done, I will have to move back to LA. My dad wants me to be here with him. I won't be back to London and I can't spend my time with you anymore"

My heart just stopped when he said that. "Wh-what? You're joking, right?"

"I'm so sorry"

Another tears escaped. "Why? Why so sudden? Nick you can't do this to me, you promised me you will stay with me until the end of my life. You promised me!" I shouted on the phone, feeling myself sobbing so hard.

"Anna, please don't cry. I'm so sorry for everything I've done to you. But I can't do this. Long distance relationship won't work, I don't want to hurt you. I'm really sorry" his voice cracked, that's when I knew he cried too.

"How do I not cry when you just broke up with me? How, Nick? What about our promise? What about us? Do you really think you can break you promise easily like that?"

"I'm so sorry, I wish I could do anything but I have no choice. We need to break up, it's for the good"

"Please, please don't leave me" I cried.

"I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry. I-I have to go"

"No, no, Nick!" I called but he already ended the call. I dialed his number to find the number was no longer active. That's when I broke down.

How could he do this to me? After all this time he promised me to stay with me but he left me.

"How could you" I screamed as I broke down in tears. I was so angry and broken. I threw my phone on the wall, not caring if it's broken. I just don't care about everything. I'm hurt. My boyfriend just broke up with me over something like this. I sobbed so hard, I broke down on the floor, hugging my knees and buried my face.

I have never cried like this, since Edward. I felt so hurt, knowing that the guys I fell in love with ended up leaving me. First Edward, then Nick. 2 people I love have left me.

NATHAN'S P.O.V

I laid on my bed, scrolling down my timeline when I heard shouting. Was it Anna? Then I heard something hit the wall. I quickly got up and made my way to Anna's room to hear another scream and sob from her. Is she okay?

I opened the door to find her on the floor, with her face hid on her knees, she was sobbing. I looked at her phone which was broken near the wall.

"Hey, hey, are you okay? What happened?" I pulled her into hug.

She stayed in her position, but crying even harder. I panicked, I didn't know why she was crying. She sobbed in my chest, I felt my t-shirt soaked with her tears.

"Sshh it's okay, I'm here" I stroked her hair, trying to comfort her. What happened to her? What made her crying so hard like this?

We stayed like this for a moment, she hasn't stopped crying but wasn't as hard as before. I kept rubbing her back to comfort her.

"Will you tell me what's going on?" I asked softly.

She looked up. Damn her eyes were so read. She took a deep breath, trying to control her breath. I waited for her to talk.

ANNA'S P.O.V

I was crying, so hard. This break hurt me so much. Nick just left without saying goodbye in person, like I'm just unwanted. He told me he loved me but then he left me just because he thought our relationship won't work.

I heard the door opened, I didn't even have to look up to know that it was Nathan. He immediately pulled me into hug, I cried on his chest. I was heartbroken and he gave me a hug. He was there, letting me cry in his hug. I don't care if his t-shirt soaked because of my tears, I just needed to let out all my feeling.

I must cried for so long, I began to feel a little bit better. I pulled away from Nathan, rubbing my eyes as I felt my eyes hot from crying.

"Will you tell me what's going on?" he asked softly, I could hear a hint of a concern in his voice.

"I-I just.." I began to speak but my voice cracked. I cleared my throat. "Nick and I just broke up" I finally said.

I couldn't see Nathan clearly. My eyes were so blurry, I felt like I will cry again. Nathan tightened his grip around me, I buried my face on his chest.

"I'm so sorry, I wish I could help"

I wanted to say something but my voice won't come out, I was too hurt. Too weak to even say a word. I just let Nathan to comfort me because this is all I needed right now.

Surprisingly no more tears, even though I'm still so hurt. I rested my head on Nathan's shoulder, closing my eyes to throw away all the sadness. I don't know for how long we stayed like this because it was the last time I remember before everything went black.

*

I opened my eyes to find myself on the bed. I tried to remember what happened before I ended up here. Then I remember about the break up, Nathan hugged me, I cried on his chest, I told him about the break up, and the last thing I knew that I fell asleep on his hug.

I held my chest and it hurt like hell. I tried to get up before a strong arm stopped me. I turned my head to see Nathan beside me. I didn't even know he was still here.

"Go back to sleep"

"My head hurts" I mumbled.

He pulled my neck closer to him then I felt his lips touched my forehead. I was surprised, didn't expect he would do that. And guess what.. my head stopped pounding. What the f**k?

"I'm hungry" I groaned in frustration. He laughed at my mood swing.

I don't even know what has got into me. A minute ago I was crying and now I begged for foods. I'm such a bipolar.

"I want a red velvet cake" I said randomly.

Did I really say that? Like I was craving to eat a red velvet cake?

"What happened to you? A minute ago you were a mess, now you seem like craving for a cake" he giggled.

"After-broke-up syndrome" I chuckled. Funny thing that I wasn't that heartbroken again over the break up.

"It's 2 o'clock in the morning. No cake shop is open at this time" he smiled, rubbing my hand.

"Well can you make me food then? I'm so starving" just when I said that, my stomach screamed for foods. Both me and Nathan laughed after that.

"Fine. Let see what I can cook. I'll be back soon" he said then got up from the bed. I just giggled and watched as he left.

I laughed that Nathan was actually willing to cook for me, at 2 am. I heard noises from the kitchen, means that Nathan was cooking. Then something hit me.

Why do I sound like a spoiled girlfriend to him?

The way I told him that I wanted a cake and how desperate I was for him to cook for me. Then another thing is that we slept together a lot. We were not even dating, we are just bestfriends but we slept together. We kissed, we hugged, I stayed in his house, him taking care of me or me taking care of him. Isn't that weird?

Just then the door swung opened and Nathan walked in, holding a plate and a glass of water. I quickly sat up.

"There you go, Princess Lazy" he mocked as he handed me the plate.

"Thank you, Prince Sassy" I said sarcastically then took the plate from him. He made me a sandwich with omelette, not something you want to eat at 2 am but I'm so starving so I'll just appreciate it.

"Prince Sassy huh? Am I that sassy?" he raised his thick eyebrows. I just smirked, stuffing the sandwich into my mouth. Damn it tasted so great.

"It's delicious"

"Thanks, that's all I can do"

"It's okay, it's not bad though. Thanks anyway" I smiled, taking another bites. He just smiled back at me, letting me to enjoy my late dinner.

Once I finished, I took the glass of water. The whole time Nathan just staring at me, biting his lips like he was holding his laugh.

"What?" I glared at him as I finished drinking all the water.

"Nothing. You're just so adorable when you eat like that" he giggled. I could feel myself blushing. "And I love it when you blush" he winked.

"Oi you want a slap on the ass, Sykes?" I snapped playfully, making him laugh.

He took the plate and the glass from my hand then walked back to kitchen to put them into the sink. I sat for a minute, waiting for the foods to go down inside me. I heard footsteps, Nathan came back from the kitchen. He crawled on the bed and sat beside me.

"Full already?"

"Yep! Now I'm sleepy" I said. I just don't understand why I felt like I wanted to sleep again, clearly I have been sleeping a lot today.

"Well you need to sleep, because tomorrow I have a surprise for you"

"Ooo I love surprise! What kind of surprise?" I asked, looking at him.

"It's not a surprise anymore if I tell you" he winked.

"Fine, you won this time. Well I can't wait to find out what surprise you've planned" I chuckled.

"You better be" he stuck his tongue out at me, making me rolled my eyes.

I laid down on the bed, with him following me. I stared the ceiling. Since we both couldn't sleep, we decided to talk about random things, ended up me laughing so hard with his jokes. We talked for hours until I started to get really sleepy. And then without me realizing it, I already fell asleep.

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