Wretched And Divine
Chapter Twenty-Nine
"Lena, just go over your piece while I help Josie for a minute, alright?" Her ballet coach instructed.
The company that Lena was a part of was working on their rendition of Cinderella. Lena was playing the Summer Fairy and had a small solo piece to get perfected.
Lena nodded as Beth, her ballet instructor, took Josie to the rehearsal room for a one on one practice. Josie had been having difficulty mastering her part as the Winter Fairy.
Lena, Kendra--the Spring Fairy, and Laura--the Autumn Fairy, were left on stage to rehearse their parts and give each other pointers on what they could each improve on. Each of the girls decided to pick a part of the stage to go over their parts briefly before rehearsing it full out for each other.
Lena was in the middle of her fouette turn when a familiar voice called out her name.
"Lena!" He shouted at her.
Lena's ankle gave and she stumbled off pointe towards the edge of the stage, almost falling off. Lena looked up to see Jake standing at the edge of the stage, looking up at her. She straightened up and scoffed at him. "What the fuck are you doing here Jake? Thanks for almost killing me." She crossed her arms over her chest, rolling her eyes.
"Be careful, Lena!" Kendra called over to her before Jake could answer.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want you to fall off the stage and break something!" Laura added.
"I would have caught you." Jake stated.
Lena turned her back towards him, and started walking away.
"Lena, wait." Jake pleaded. "Stay."
Lena turned around, her arms still crossed over her chest with one hip jutted out. "Why should I?"
"I miss you. I want you to come home." He admitted. "I'm sorry for being a dick."
"Home? That's not home to me. I'm living with Andy now. And honestly, he's done a hell of a lot more for me than you ever did." It was as if Lena had completely forgotten everything Jake had ever done for her, starting with their very first date when he bought her that AFI t-shirt. She still wore it, and Jake knew. The sad thing was, he didn't think she remembered who bought it for her. Furthermore, it was true. She couldn't remember where it had come from.
"Come on, Lena. You said if I was truly sorry, I would stand in front of you and tell you. Nothing I do seems to ever be enough. I fucked up, sure. But I didn't fuck up as much as you did for the entire time we were together. I never for a second, even glanced in another girl's direction. But I know you were all over Andy. You loved me, sure. But he was all you really wanted. So congrats, you have him now."
Lena stepped forward. "I have always cared about you, Jake. You never cared about me."
Jake took a step towards the stage as well. "I always cared about you, Lena. You just never noticed."
The company that Lena was a part of was working on their rendition of Cinderella. Lena was playing the Summer Fairy and had a small solo piece to get perfected.
Lena nodded as Beth, her ballet instructor, took Josie to the rehearsal room for a one on one practice. Josie had been having difficulty mastering her part as the Winter Fairy.
Lena, Kendra--the Spring Fairy, and Laura--the Autumn Fairy, were left on stage to rehearse their parts and give each other pointers on what they could each improve on. Each of the girls decided to pick a part of the stage to go over their parts briefly before rehearsing it full out for each other.
Lena was in the middle of her fouette turn when a familiar voice called out her name.
"Lena!" He shouted at her.
Lena's ankle gave and she stumbled off pointe towards the edge of the stage, almost falling off. Lena looked up to see Jake standing at the edge of the stage, looking up at her. She straightened up and scoffed at him. "What the fuck are you doing here Jake? Thanks for almost killing me." She crossed her arms over her chest, rolling her eyes.
"Be careful, Lena!" Kendra called over to her before Jake could answer.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want you to fall off the stage and break something!" Laura added.
"I would have caught you." Jake stated.
Lena turned her back towards him, and started walking away.
"Lena, wait." Jake pleaded. "Stay."
Lena turned around, her arms still crossed over her chest with one hip jutted out. "Why should I?"
"I miss you. I want you to come home." He admitted. "I'm sorry for being a dick."
"Home? That's not home to me. I'm living with Andy now. And honestly, he's done a hell of a lot more for me than you ever did." It was as if Lena had completely forgotten everything Jake had ever done for her, starting with their very first date when he bought her that AFI t-shirt. She still wore it, and Jake knew. The sad thing was, he didn't think she remembered who bought it for her. Furthermore, it was true. She couldn't remember where it had come from.
"Come on, Lena. You said if I was truly sorry, I would stand in front of you and tell you. Nothing I do seems to ever be enough. I fucked up, sure. But I didn't fuck up as much as you did for the entire time we were together. I never for a second, even glanced in another girl's direction. But I know you were all over Andy. You loved me, sure. But he was all you really wanted. So congrats, you have him now."
Lena stepped forward. "I have always cared about you, Jake. You never cared about me."
Jake took a step towards the stage as well. "I always cared about you, Lena. You just never noticed."
Notes
ily guysShout outs (from last chapter as well bc I was lazy):
-Kvengeance
-xXPikachu'sTanukiXx
-Chloeabrandon
-introverted-mouse
This story was amazing! I'm gonna go read the sequel now!
2/10/15