I Don't Want
to See You Go
By Alyson
Chapter 3
Luis rolled out of bed groggily. As he walked into the kitchen he
could
hear Hank snoring through his door. He poured himself a glass of
orange
juice and sat down. 'I'll go apologize to Sheridan today. I have to;
I
can't stand being apart.'
He went back in his room and threw on a
white tank
and some khaki shorts. 'Right after work I'll find her and tell her
how
sorry I am and then I'll take her in my arms and hold her and kiss
her�' He
snapped out of it and headed towards the Book Caf�.
He hated working
on the
days that Beth was working. It was usually just them. Its not like he
didn't like her, she was a good friend, but he just couldn't put up
with her
today.
He arrived at the Caf� and peered through the window. It was
almost
completely empty, except for Beth sitting at the counter working on her
laptop. He sighed and walked in. He saw the excitement in Beth's eyes
when
she saw it was Luis.
"Luis!" she exclaimed. Luis slowly made his way over to the counter.
"Um�hey Beth. How you doing?"
"I'm great. How 'bout you? I missed you at my party last night."
"Oh. Yeah, well I had a long practice and I had been studying; I just
really
needed some sleep."
"Well why don't you come over tonight to make up for it? We could have
a lot
of fun," Beth said as she batted her eyelashes. Luis had to suppress a
laugh
from how obvious she was.
"I'm busy, sorry," he said quickly. 'I have better things to do, like
make
up with Sheridan. Hell, a tooth scraping would be better than going
over her
house and being alone with her.'
"Oh." Beth paused a moment and Luis could tell she was thinking of
something
to talk to him about.
He grabbed a rag and started to wipe down all
the
tables.
Beth got up and followed him. "I'm just working on my midterm
paper
for Mr. Vecchiarelli. His exam is going to be pretty bad, why don't we
study
for it together? You could come over�"
"No. I mean, Vecc let me get exempt from his midterm. With honors and
all�"
Luis said, avoiding eye contact with Beth. 'Why won't she just leave
it
alone?'
"Well maybe you could just help me study for it�"
"Beth, I like you as a friend, and only a friend. I'm in love with
Sheridan;
you know that. So please, just stop." Luis could see the pain flash
across
Beth's eyes, but she kept smiling.
"I know you think you're in love with Sheridan now, but I know better.
Remember all the good times we had in high school?"
"That was two years ago Beth."
"We were so good together. Everyone thought that we were going to get
married and have kids and a life together�"
"I didn't, and that's why we broke up. I don't love you anymore Beth.
Sheridan is the one I want to marry and Sheridan is the one I want be
the
mother of my children, not you. Why can't you understand that?" he
yelled
harshly.
Beth's bottom lip started to quiver and Luis could tell she
was
going to cry.
"Beth," he said quieter. "I'm sorry, but you had to
know.
You shouldn't be led on by thinking we had a future together�"
"I understand," she said sadly.
"Look, let's just change the subject. Can I use your laptop? I need to
check
my mail."
Beth nodded her head softly. Luis headed towards the
counter but
kept talking to Beth. "So Vecc's midterm is gonna be tough? Don't
worry,
I'm sure you'll do fine."
He signed on and was on the verge of
ecstatic when
he saw an email from Sheridan.
Beth wiped down one of the tables
gloomily.
Luis hated that he had hurt her feelings, but she had to know. He
clicked on
Sheridan's mail and smiled as it came up on the screen.
His smile
quickly
faded as he read the words. 'Sheridan's gone?'
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