Chapter 3 "Apology Accepted"

"Steve?, what are you doing here?, how'd you know where I live?" I asked him. "Well, I went with Ryan.""Where is he?""Hey Elizabeth!"Ryan called out while running towards Steve. When I'm about to open my mouth, Ryan interrupted me. "Before you ask any questions, Elizabeth, can we get inside?"Ryan pleaded. I let them in and we sat on the sofa. The two sat across me. Steve bowed his head unable to look at me while Ryan wiped the dripping sweat in his cheeks. After a moment of silence, Ryan opened his mouth and turned to look at me with a concerned look in his face. "Look,... I'm so sorry Elizabeth!.... I'm sorry I acted that way earlier, I just...I just love to watch Toby being pissed.""You know Ryan, you acted wrong back there,you shouldn't have said that in front of Toby and you know, I won't go out with anyone, ever,... and you too!" I turned my gaze to Steve. He quickly raised his head and looked at me. He cleared his throat and began to speak. "Um,... I wanted to apologize about earlier, I'm sorry, really. I said those things because...because...I really wanted... to get to know more about you, Elizabeth." With those sudden words, I felt my heart leaped for a bit. There's something inside me that tells me that I want to get to know him also. Now I'm really confused about my feelings. It's been a long time I ever felt this way. "Elizabeth?, will you forgive us?"Ryan asked when I was in the middle of my thoughts. "Since you two made an effort to come here, I might as well accept your apologies." Ryan stood up, he walked towards me and gently hugged me. "Thank you Elizabeth!" he murmured. "Oh, I missed you Ryan, my one and only nerd best friend."" I missed you too, my beautiful girl." 

The two waved goodbye and rode on Steve's car. As I stood in the doorway watching both of them in a distance, I remembered the last thing Steve said to me when he's about to go out and Ryan were already in the car. "Elizabeth, go out with me, and I promise... I won't bother you again." He gave me his calling card and headed to his car. I felt my heart constricted when he said those words. A part of me wanted go out with him, to get to know him but my mind tells me that I can't, it's wrong. If I will go out with him, he won't bother me anymore. Going out with him is a good thing to keep my secret hidden but if I did I might lose my control. I let out a big sigh and headed inside.

I sat onto the sofa, wondering what I should do. I looked at the window and noticed its getting dark. I looked at my watch, it's already 6 pm. I might as well cook for dinner. I will make...mmm.. Weeknight Two-Bean Chili. I gathered the ingredients and began prepping. I cut the large red onion when I accidentally gashed my finger. I saw blood coming out from the cut. I let the blood dripped and after a few minutes, I could feel an icy sensation in my finger and then the cut started to close itself. I'm not surprised of what I saw, since the night that happened. I quickly washed the chopping board stained with my blood, and continued my work.