All Chapters of How We End II: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 21I was at work the next day.When I got back to my apartment yesterday, I felt really tired and slept off immediately I stepped out of the shower and threw a big tee on. I ended up waking up earlier than usual by 4 AM and couldn't bring myself to sleep back so I just watched a Netflix show on my phone until it was time to start getting ready for the day.My mind was also occupied with thoughts of Dean and how his mood changed after his phone call with his girlfriend, Amber. He looked really downcast and upset. I didn't want to be that girl, but their relationship was very difficult to read in my opinion. I mean, it was obvious they both shared feelings for each other but other than that, they seemed pretty stiff. Careful around each other, if you know what I mean.Perhaps I didn't have the right to be making so much assumptions regarding their relationship when I didn't know much about it to begin with but the few times I'd seen them together, they rubbed me off that way. I

Chapter 23"What?" Dean asked immediately he stopped in front of me and noticed the look I was giving him."Nothing." I shrugged a shoulder.He looked down at his clothes and ran a hand down, "You said to dress fancy.""Yeah, but not this fancy." I couldn't help but laugh. "What is this? The Oscars?""Okay, that's enough." He laughed too. "You should've been more specific in your text.""What?" I raised an eyebrow. "Dress fancy but not too fancy?""Exactly like that." He nodded.Dean was dressed in a three piece maroon red suit, the dress shirt he wore underneath was black and his tie matched the colour of the shirt. He had his hair styled neatly on his head, the watch around his wrist was silver and the dress shoes he wore were black and shiny. I didn't know for sure but I guess they were Christian Louboutin's.I, on the other hand, was dressed in a black mini dress. It exposed majority of my back and had a deep V-neck in front. It hugged my body up until my upper waist region and fl

Chapter 25I felt most of my coworkers eyes on me as I made my way to where Dean stood."Careful, Dean. Getting me food like this is like the fastest way to my heart." I joked. "If you go on like this, you'll be trying to stop me from ripping your clothes off."He laughed deeply at that, "Shut up."Then, he handed the takeout bags to me. I felt my smile grow wider as I looked through the content of the bag."So, I wasn't sure exactly what you felt like having so I got burger and fries from McDonalds." I went through the bags as he listed them for me. "Then I stopped by the convenience store to get a few junk and of course, your favourite-""-ice cream." I completed his sentence immediately my eyes sighted it in the bag.It wasn't just ice cream, it was my favourite.Strawberry chocolate chip."Ugh," I wiped a fake tear off my eyelid, "now you want to ruin my makeup."He laughed."Thank you, Dea-""Oh my God, Dean is here." Lydia appeared from nowhere beside me, startling both Dean and

Chapter 26Saturday had come.It was the day of the BBA awards.It wasn't until the day before that I started fretting and feeling nervous about the entire thing. Anxious thoughts kept creeping in. Thoughts like "What if I don't win? Would everyone still be proud of me?" "Everyone has so much expectations of me. What if I let them down?"I tried my best to push them away but they were there; which was only human, frankly.The award show was nothing too extravagant. I did spot a lot of famous writers whom I had been reading and looking up to since I was a child and I felt honoured to be in their midst. There was a red carpet before the main event started where I was briefly interviewed with a couple of normal questions. There were also a lot of cameras flashing in my direction and I tried my best to look confident enough.Everyone who Kendra had gotten a ticket for showed up. Connor, who had made few efforts to speak to me since the whole Dean showing up at Spring thing, came all su

Chapter 28"Whoa," Chris finally said something after watching me rant on FaceTime for about fifteen minutes, "all this happened last night?""Yup."Last night was a lot for me, really.It really did hurt having to go through all that; accepting that I wasn't even close to getting over Dean and having that semi-outburst in the parking lot. There were so many things I wanted to say but held back from doing so because it would've been too painful. Don't even get me started on the look on his face. I wasn't a fool. It was obvious that he was affected as well by the entire thing. Which was what I didn't understand, if he was so in love with his girlfriend, why was he here giving me all these mixed signals? Letting me be his 'tour-guide' and show him special places in the city. Why was he here letting himself get close to me again? I just didn't get it.Harry was literally God-sent last night though. He got me home safe and stayed with me a bit till he was certain that I was okay. At one