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Chapter 21: Frozen.

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“ I give up!” I yelled as the water splashed on Ethan’s face.

“Naina it’s only been a minute.” Ethan said trying to reason with me. I let out a deep breath' frustrated. Was I being overly dramatic? Heck yeah, but do you blame me? I am in a pool with a bunch of three year olds trying to learn how to float. My self-esteem already went down the drain and so was my pride because the four year old next to me was floating as if she was getting ready for the Olympics.

“Ethan' look me and water just don’t mix. For god sake I can’t even float. This is not only embarrassing, but I’m pretty sure that the water isn’t supposed to be this warm and yellow.” I said while trying to contain my gag.

“Your being overly dramatic.” Ethan huffed as he ran his hands across his face.

“Oh really!” I yelled with my eyebrows raised challengingly. “Then explain that diaper that is floating around.”  I screamed even louder while my finger accused the baby’s underwear floating (better than I was) across the water. Ethan turning his head towards my fingers began to shudder as realization dawned on him.

“Maybe we should find another pool.”

“Or we shouldn’t swim at all.” I exclaimed as I threw my hands in the air.

“Floating not that hard. Maybe is you were wearing a swimsuit it could be easier.”  Ethan explained.

As I lifted myself up from the kiddie pool I eyed my outfit, short- sleeves shirts with leggings. “Your just saying that because you want to see my sexy body.” I teased, but Ethan didn’t laugh at all. I could have sworn his eyes turned a darker shade of green.

“Maybe I did.” He responded husking. I could have sworn my throat hitched. It was if my lungs decided that it would be the perfect time to stop working. After what seemed like days Ethan let out a shaky laugh.

“Naina I am just joking. Jeez trust me you aren’t that appealing to look at it. Lets gets some ice-cream to reward you for your lack of effort.” I should have been someone what offended, but I wasn’t. Why? Because for some reason I thought, Ethan may just be lying. I shook my head back and forth trying to get the delusional thoughts out of my brain.

“I thought you weren’t suppose to eat or something after you swim?” I questioned.

“I highly doubt what you did out there qualify as swimming.”

“Touché”

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“French ice-cream is the BOMB!” I shouted as I slurped the chocolaty goodness down my throat.

“Naina I don’t think you should ever use the word bomb that loosely.” Ethan warned as we walked out of the ice-cream parlor.

I shrugged. “Its not like anyone was listening to our convo because if they were I am pretty sure we would be arrested.”

Ethan let out a deep laugh. “You are one of a kind. You know that.” I could feel the butterflies scatter across my stomach as those words with through one ear and out the other.

I look up out into the distance to see the Effie Tower glowing throughout the darkness.  I couldn’t believe we were in Paris. I couldn’t believe that this was our last week, and then we would be flying back home. I just couldn’t believe it. To say I was sad would be an understatement .I was devastated. I look at Ethan from the corner of my eye I couldn’t help, but come some sort of conclusion that this was the end of our friendship that after this week we would part ways and never see each other again, and I think that was the reason that I was devastated. 

I saw a finger snap in front of my face which caused me to snap out of my train of thought. “Sorry.” I said.

“Its fine.  I just thought you were dead.” He teased. I didn’t have a chance to respond before he started talking again. “I think you could have learned how to float if you just let me hold your back.”

“I just don’t feel comfortable when guys touch me.”  I replied honestly.

“You didn’t have a problem when Raj is touching you.” Ethan muttered. My feet came to a halt. Was I hearing stuff or did those words just come out of his mouth?

“Excuse me.”

Ethan didn’t respond but he just stood there quiet. We were almost to the hotel just at the park in front of it with not that many pedestrians, but just us.

“Nothing.” He whispered.

“No Ethan please tell me what you said.” I asked furiously.

“You didn’t have a problem when Raj was touching you.” He responded with so much confidents.

“And how do you know he touched me?”  I retorted. It was a true he did touch me, but I just didn’t understand why Ethan was getting so pissed.

Ethan let out a humorless laugh as he stared at me in disbelief. “He’s a guy. Trust me  he was definitely going to touch you especially after waiting for you so long.”

My mind just could not wrap around what was going on right now, and for some reason my brain and mouth decided that they would not work together today.

“Maybe he did touch me, but that’s because we went on a date.”

“I know that! All I am saying is you claim that you ‘don’t feel comfortable when guys are touching you’ when Raj was all up on you.”

“First off Raj was not ‘up on me’. Second I am sorry if I was not like your slutty pass girlfriends that love it when you touch them. Not every girl wants you to touch them you perv.” Yeah my mouth was just barking out words today.

“I never said that stop putting words in my mouth. Look this is stupid argument lets just forget about it.”Ethan said desperately, but for some reason I didn’t want to forget about this argument because it wasn’t stupid there was something much more to what he said than what he leaned on to.

“NO! Why doesn’t bother you that Raj touched me Ethan.”

“It doesn’t” He said quickly.

“Oh really because your tone definitely applied that it did.”

“You are just delusional.” He said walking away from me. I ran up in front of him stopping him from proceeding.

“Why doesn’t bother you Ethan?” I asked one more time.

“Move.” His face-harden oh so ever slightly.

“Why does it bother you Ethan?” I asked softly.

He just stared at me and I could see his eyes debating back and forth if he should tell me the truth. “Because…” He whispered.

“Because.”  I pressed.

“Because… I’m Jealous okay.”

“Jealous of what?” I asked in total confusion. What could this guy who looks like he has everything be jealous of, but Ethan looked at me as if I had grown an extra head.

“Are you serious?” He asked in disbelief. I think my silence answered for him because Ethan began to answer the question that roamed my brain.

“I am jealous that he gets to touch. I am jealous that he gets to kiss you. I am jealous that he could have a future with you. I am jealous that he gets to talk to you. I am jealous that he gets you approval from your parents. And most of all I am Jealous that you love him back and not me.”

That moment where everything stop, and it as if time and all hell as frozen was the feeling I felt right at this moment. I wanted to speak. Oh I dread to speak, but I just remained there in shock.

Ethan like me.

I wanted to asked him. How? When? Where? And most of all Why? But instead I just stood there like a baboon. Ethan waited forever for just a single word from me. His eyes contained this sort of desperation that I had never seen before. I could see his whole body shaking. I opened my mouth ever so slightly to respond, and when I did I saw a gleam of hope spark in his eyes, but right when I closed it not knowing what to say I could tell his whole world just shattered in a split second.

Ethan avoided my gaze and brushed passed me. I could have stopped him. I should have stopped him, but I didn’t.

Instead I just stood there frozen.

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