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I wondered around at the Sea Festival and observed the same old rides I used to love when I was young. I stopped in my tracks as I saw a ride that brought back a painful past. The ferris wheel.
A sudden cramp clenched my stomach when I thought about Haliegh. The ferris wheel is where I first told her I loved her, and where we had our last kiss. This was two weeks before I broke up with her. I felt like knocking myself off my feet remembering why I broke up with her. I dumped her so I could go out with Maria. That was the most stupid thing I had ever done. I had spent the best year of my life with a girl I truly did and still do love...the most beautiful girl in the world, Haliegh. Now, I haven't seen her for almost a year.
It didn't take the whole year to realize I was wrong for dumping Halirgh. It took me about two weeks. Maria didn't want to date me, she just wanted a date to a party. When I called, texted and emailed Haliegh to tell her I was wrong and to apologize, she wouold never reply. Eventually she did, but only to ask if it was ok to date "Ryan." I told her she should. After that, we never spoke again.
It was surprising I had never seen her around town. She lives a couple of towns north of mine. We didn't go to the same school, so that may have been an obstacle. I don't even know why I wanted to date Maria; I guess I wanted more attention. Since Maria saw me more often than Haliegh, I thought I would get more. I am a jerk. I wish I could see Haliegh one more time.
I tripped over someone and fell straight on my face. As I was gathering myself back up, I saw who I tripped over. It was Haliegh. In my opinion from my memories, I thought she couldn't have gotten more beautiful since the last time I had seen her, but I was wrong.
Her braces were gone, and all that was left were straight white teeth inside a beautiful smile. Her eyes seemed lighter, not that gray-blue I was used to, but more of a teal blue. There was a sparkle in her eyes that would make diamonds look like any other rock; they lit up the rest of her face. Her hair was in a natural curl, as it always was, but the curls were spiral. Her hair also had grown darker. It wasn't dyed though; I would know if it was because I did know Maria. She was tan, and her body had grown even more curvier than I last saw it. Her legs went on forever and they were very toned, and muscular. Her whole body had seemed more muscular, she must have been weight-lifting. It was like I was falling in love all over again.
I snapped back into reality when she said "Oh my gosh!" Her voice was sweet and soft toned "I'm so sorry sir, here..." she picked my phone up and handed it back to me.
I was in shock. I finally managed to stutter out "H-H-Haliegh?"
She looked puzzled, then she caught my eye and realized "Oh Joey!" She smiled.
I flinched at the sound of my name. It sounded so sweet, like it was meant to be coming from her. "Yeah, its me." I smiled awkwardly.
"What are you doing here?" She asked in the bubbly tone of voice that matched her personality.
"Not much, I come every year. What about you?" I said comfortable than she had.
"Me too! I haven't missed it yet! I haven't seen you in forever! You've gotten taller, and stronger!" Her fingers ran down my arm. I felt myself arousing. "Maybe now you can beat me at arm wrestling!" She teased.
"Yeah I've been working out..." I trailed off trying not to sound corny and predictable, even though it was too late.
"Oh, okay so how's you and...Maria right?" She struggled to remember the name. I wonder if she struggled to remember mine at first too.
"We never really ended up dating...." I felt dumb. "So how's your...Ryan?" I tried to sound cool. I tried to make this look easy, but it wasn't.
She laughed an irratable laugh "Please, don't even say his name! We lasted maybe a month and a half, and he already had cheated on me....I'm surprised you remembered his name. When I asked you about him, it was the last time we ever texted." she sighed "I wasn't sure if I was ready to move on, but you encouraged me, so I thought why not?" I am an idiot, if I would've know she wasn't over me I wouldn't have told her that. I look at her face which had two expressions: pain and regret at the though of him.
Then I comprehended what she said. She wasn't dating Ryan, so she's single! My heart raced. I needed to tell her how I felt. Maybe we could start again. Just as I opened my mouth to say something, some tall, muscular, blonde guy walks over to us.
"Hey babe. Sorry it took so long, the line was huge, it like stretched all the way to main street." The guy put his arm around her shoulder "Who's this?" He was talking about me.
"Oh! Sorry!" She laughed "Lawrence this is Joseph, an old friend. Joseph this is Lawrence my boyfriend who I've dated for six months and is my date to this wonderful sea festival this year." She smiled awkwardly for the first time this whole conversation.
"Charmed.." I mumbled sarcastically. He was better looking than me; taller, had broad shoulders, flipped hair, I felt ugly standing beside him.
I will never forget the way Haliegh looked at him, and the way he looked at he back. It will stick in my mind; a permanent reminder of my biggest mistake. I feel as if I lost her all over again.