I Gave It All

Claudia's POV~~

I sat in the cab, shivering and crying.

"Uh, miss... I'm gonna need an address." The cab driver said.

"How far do you go?" I asked.

"As far as you need me to. You seem broken and helpless.. so I'll take you anywhere for free." He said. Wow... this man was nice.

"Thank you sir. I need to go to Orangevale, California." I said. He nodded and just drove. I felt bad leaving the guys like that, but I needed to see Marco. After seven years, this kind of news is nerve racking. I couldn't keep my eyes open much longer after that, so I fell asleep.

*a number of hours later*

I awoke to a long beep. The driver was honking his horn in hopes to wake me up, which he succeeded in.

"Good, you're awake. You didn't give me a number address, so we're at the edge of Orangevale. Take my card if you need any place to be." He said. He handed me his card and I took it, stuffing it into my back pocket. I stepped out of the car and took in my surroundings as the driver sped off. Nothing in this city had changed. I started up the street, recognizing everything as I passed. I reached the middle school after an hour of walking. School was in session, so I didn't walk on the campus, so I continued to the high school round the corner a ways. About halfway there, I saw his house. I ran across the street and up to the door. I hesitated before knocking loudly. The door swung open and there stood Marco.

"Claudia..." He whispered. I nodded and hugged him.

"Oh my gosh.. I've missed you like hell!" I said. I pulled away and we both stood there, looking into each other's eyes.

'Calm down, Claudia. You have Jake now. You can't kiss Marco.' I thought. I couldn't listen to my thoughts right now though. I leaned closer to Marco and our faces were inches apart.

"STOP!" Someone yelled from behind me. I turned around and saw Jake standing there.

"Jake." I whispered. He walked up to me and grabbed me, pulling me away from Marco slightly.

"You think you can just kiss my girlfriend and get away with it? Huh? Do you!?" Jake yelled.

"Jake! We didn't-"

"Shutup! I wasn't talking to you." Jake said. That hurt.

"No. But I don't like the way you're treating your girlfriend." Marco said. I yanked my arm away from Jake and I took a step away from him.

"We didn't kiss Jake!" I yelled," we hugged and that's it!"

"Bullshit excuses. I'll see you when you get back to Illinois." Jake said. He started to walk away and tears stung my eyes.

"JAKE!" I screamed after him.

"Jake!" I yelled. I fell to my knees and put my face in my hands. He was halfway down the street now, and I knew I couldn't keep crying about my problems, so I sprinted after him. I reached him, but I tripped on my feet and down I went. I stood up, looking at my now bleeding hands.

"Jake!" I pleaded.

"What." He said coldly.

"Don't leave me.. you're all I have left." I sobbed.

"I'm sorry, Claudia. I can't do this anymore. I'm sorry." Jake said.

"What?" I whispered. He kept walking while I stopped.

"So you're dumping me!? Is that it!" I yelled after him. I wiped my hands on my black jeans and I turned around and walked back to Marco's house, all the while sobbing. I reached him and asked him if I could use his phone, and he gladly let me. I dialed CC' s number and waited.

"Hello? Who's this?" CC asked when he picked up.

"It's Claudia. CC, I need you to pick me up." I said.

"I thought Jake was going to. I think that's why he followed you." CC said.

"Jake broke up with me." I said.

"He did what!?"

"You heard me." I said.

"Why?"

"Because he thought I was going to kiss Marco..." I said. It wasn't a lie either. I was going to kiss him, but Jake didn't need to know that. I wasn't going to now though. CC let out a frustrated sigh.

"Alright.. um.. you could stay with my parents.." He said. That wasn't a bad idea. My aunt and uncle lived in Orangevale. (Not Aunt sue, guys. Don't worry.)

"Okay.. when can you pick me up?" I asked.

"I think this is a tour you'll have to skip. I'm sorry, Claudia." CC said. I hung up and told Marco that I was leaving. I set off towards my aunt and uncle's house. It only took about twenty minutes to walk there. Once I arrived and knocked on the door, my aunt opened the door and engulfed me in a hug.

"Christian called, dear. Told me what happened. I'm sorry." She said.

"It's okay. I'm fine." I said, but nothing was okay, and i definitely was not fine. She let me inside and I walked into CC's room. I fell face first on his bed and cried myself to sleep.

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