The Hate Between Us

is

something, I had to put under the relationship that she thought s

xt is Mateo's wedding, but there's a fifteen year old on the list, celebrating her sweet quinc

ng her life gives me a sense of fulfillment, even thoug

I shout b

l, bringing out her brown eyes and her full, pouted cherry lips. Ashley doesn't need m

lders are slouched, her head bent in fear. I don't care.

the teenager's lounge. It's just to wait for the guest to arrive. The theme of the party is the sea, so we ord

t to talk about the w

someone expecting the outcome

it, but you'd have done better in some ways. Like that band,

ing a fun place, but I saw the sparkle in the eyes of the lead guitarist, and I also saw the sparkle in Ashley's eyes. I

here in Los Angeles, you can scout for them." I look at her standing

o take notes." She scribbles down everything I said in a

n. Get this well, you get promoted with a double pay, get it wrong, I thro

. "I und

eople close to me. You don't flunk this up. I'm placing you in charge of the bride and all other expenses: the flow

great speed. I smile. She needs to get on her toes to work, not recli

, I

d. Remember the agreement: you fail, you leave; you do well, you get prom

Anything el

wouldn't agree the second one is, it can lead to the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, until it no longer becomes a secret. Trisha already knows my stand on marriage

toward my laptop. I raise up my hand an

. As she touches the knob of the door, I'm tempted

urns.

asking for a dance.

ush scarlet.

er: the feeling of want, the feeling of accepta

y reminds

e Navy entirely, but her face keeps popping on. I once gave love a

ough the slim and the fat, the thick and the thin,

th me. In her words, she said that the Navy would build up a wall against us, a

s. The kind of eyes that would melt your hear

u have just to be with me in the Navy?" that wa

Yes. I'll go anywhere you wan

t brought us to

, waiting for me with a meal in hand. Our love blossomed the first, second, and part of the third year. Even the other lieuten

ng time. At the time when

time for her. She was withdrawn from me, always bearing a gloomy face. I tried my best to

my relationship. Little did I know that she was goin

k, with clothes littered everywhere. It was a confidential file I couldn't keep in my hands for long, so

me on time in order to please her. I held the file and clutched

aited for her to hide. I should have waited for him to give me orders to

I pushed

ld be twice her age. Her clothes were on the floor, her s

e. His baritone voice sprang out, unshaken a

anger on the poor, confidential paper. With the edges squeezed, I tossed it t

actually didn't care if she did or if she didn't, because I wouldn't l

y always brings ang

wed never t

ying to make me fall f

fteen year old teenager that wore baggy clothes and packed her hair in a ludicrous pigtail. She w

s clum

vases, and any breakable thing she could lift. I was irr

is more composed in front of me now. Ashley has

ehind my back. If I give her the chance to come into my life, I'm no different from the admiral who was almost twice my fiance's

sake of Trisha, and especi

gh. Tougher than all the trainin

than getting