𝓶𝓲 𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓻~

14.

Ev's pov:
He left me on read for a while, which I get, I mean he has to figure out what he's going to reply with, and we both know how this conversation is going to go. He texted me back saying he's going to come in 20 minutes, so I show Sam the text. He drops me off to my house. He's standing at the door step, and says, "Well, you're both being mature, which is good, because there's no need for drama. Umm, I better head out then, give you guys some space, call me if anything happens". I smile and nod. He turned around, heading to the his car, and I say, "Sam, thank you, for everything". He nods his head and says, "Of course, you're my best friend, I'm here for you". I run up to him, and hug him. I see his face turn from shocked, to a smile. I hug him tightly, and then I let go, "I'll text you,
if anything happens". He agrees, and I step inside. I shut the door, behind me, and I feel a vibration, against my thigh. I check my phone, and it's Venus, "I know I didn't do anything, but I'm still sorry. You should know that Isaac does really care for you, and he only wants the best. He just left, for your place, so I wish you guys the best". I smile and put away my phone. I sit on the kitchen counter, nervously, waiting for Isaac to come. Finally, I hear a car door shut, and I look outside the window, and see it's Isaac. I shoot up, out of my seat, and then tell myself, "Okay, calm down, he's probably going to be angry, so just be prepared, for the worst". I take a deep breath, and then, I hear a knock, on the door.

I rush to the door and when I open it, I see Isaac. I guess I knew it was going to be hard, but then, when I saw his face again, it made it 10 times harder, "Uh, hey, come in". He tries his hardest to force out a smile, as he walks in. We walk, into the living room, and I sit, on the sofa. I sit up, with my hands, resting, against my knees. I open my mouth to speak, but no words come out, it was more difficult, than I thought. He sees me struggling for words, and chuckles and says, "Okay, I'll start". I laugh a little, and make eye-contact, with him. "What I did was wrong, no it was terrible, and I would never cheat, on you, deliberately. I don't know what came over me, that night...". I look up at him, and I say, "You hurt me, you have no idea, what emotions I felt, when I saw you there, standing, in the bathroom, drunk. I didn't want to believe it, I still don't want to. Because the truth is, I don't want to break up... But I can't do this, I can't deal, with all the things that come, with this amazing relationship. It's just too much. The moments we had were amazing, they felt so magical. I don't regret any of it. I just can't be with you, anymore". He nods in agreement, rubbing his hands, against each other. I notice a white bandage, wrapped, around his fist. Concern fills my eyes, and I grab his fist, in my hands, and I ask, "What is this! What happened??". He looks away saying, "Nothing, I just hurt myself". I turn my head, in his direction, so our eyes meet, and I ask again, "What happened??". He mumbles, "I just hurt myself, okay?! If you're really concerned, then please just leave it". I sigh, and we both look, down and we see our hands, connected. It felt nice, his touch, his presence, the comfort he offered, the way he smelt of ciggerates, and the cologne he always wore, because I said I liked the smell. He tries to let go, but I grip tighter, and he looks up at me, "What do you want from me?! I came here, so we could break up right?!" I look down and he says, "Then why are you doing this to me?! Just make it quick and easy. Just say that, "we should break up", so I can feel heartbroken, and then get over it!!". I burst out, "Because the thought of me, not being with you is killing me!! I know I need to break up, with you, but it hurts too much!!". We both share a look,  before I ask, "Why did you go, with those guys, that night, if you hadn't-". He cuts me off and shouts, "You don't think I've thought of that.?! You don't think I've been asking myself, why the FUCK I went, with them?! You don't think I haven't been trying to find a reason, to explain myself?! You don't think I've been re-living that memory, trying to find a reason?! Do you not think that, that memory of me walking up those stairs, hasn't been playing in my head, over, and over again, torturing me, while I-" He stops and and I look up, at him, waiting for him to finish off the sentence, "-while I've been dying, on the inside...". I hold his hand and I say, "Thank you for the joy you brought me, thank you for making me feel loved, cared for, thank you for everything". He forces a smile and says, "It was fun while it lasted...".  We both look up, and I feel his hot breath, against my cheeks. My eyes are stuck, starring at him. He looks at me, and I pull him in, and I feel his lips, against mine, as our tongues touch. I feel his tender touch, against my head. He pulls away, at the same time, as me. I look up, at him, and I say, "I just had to remember what it felt like...", as I let go of his hand. This time, he doesn't force a smile, he genuinely laughs, and says, "So did I...". I walk him, out, and he says, "See you around", with teary, eyes. I feel a tear roll, down my cheek, as I say, "It was fun while it lasted". He smiles, through the tears, and walked away. I exhale loudly, as I shut the door behind me. I slump to the floor, and I bury my head, in my thighs. I burst out, crying, and I feel my chest, caving in. I try to get up, but I can't see anything, so I just stay there. I'm not sure how long I stayed there, but I just remember, crying, as if there was no tomorrow. I think I kind of fell asleep, in the hallway, because, I remember waking up to someone knocking, on the door. I wipe my tears, and when I open it, I see Sam. He sees me, and instantly gets worried, "Don't worry, I think I fell asleep.." I fall a little, and I lean, on the door way. "Woah, lets get you, on the sofa". "I'm fine, I just feel a little light-headed...".

Sam's pov:
I picked her up, and as I carried her to the sofa, I saw her eye lids shutting. I smile a little, as I place her on the sofa, and I tuck her in. All the crying, and emotions, must've made her light-headed. I leave her there, and I stick around. I find something, in her fridge, then I just watch T.V, waiting for her to wake up. I couldn't sleep, no matter how much I tried, so I just watched her sleep. She woke up, at around 4am. She woke up, looking mainly confused, "Did I fall asleep??". I reply with, "I'm pretty sure, you blacked out, and then you just kind of faded, into sleep.." She gets up, and fixes her hair, as she walks, into the kitchen, "Although the break up was messy, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. It was kind of beautiful, in a sad way... I cant explain it, but I'm fine". I smile and say, "Well, that's good, so now you're officially single??", as I smirk. "Shut up". I put up my hands, as I say, "Too soon, huh? I'm joking". She pours herself a drink, and I glance at the time, "Whoa, it's 4am... Seeing as you're not going to sleep, any time soon, and I just can't today, I don't know why, we should do something.." She looks up at me, and says, "Where do you want to go??". I laugh, as I say, "anywhere". A grin reaches her face, as she says, "Let me grab my skate board". First, I was surprised, that she said yeah, but then I just got up, and I said, "Lucky, I came here, on my skate board". We both laugh, and we rush out the house. It's pitch black, and the street lights, were still on. We just run down the street, just for the thrill of it. We manage to find ourselves, on a rocky hill. With our skateboards, in our hands, we walked, to the top of the cliff, and dangled our feet, off the edge, as we stared at our reflection, in the sea. We listened, to the silence, and the gentle ripples, of the water. We spot the sun rising, as we lay there. I pull something, from my pocket. She smiles, as she says, "Last time we got high, we were, in year 9...". I reply with, "Exactly! We must've forgotten how it feels". She giggles, as I light it. She pulls, it out my hand, and I see her eyes flicker a little, and she inhales, and exhales the smoke. She rested her head, in my lap, as she passed it to me. I breathed it in, and it felt like I just escaped my life, and when I exhaled, and breathed in, I stepped back, into my life, and found Ev there, with me. I blew the smoke, onto her face, and she blew back. She sticks her tongue out, and licked my face. I push her a little, and she screamed. She rolled a bit, and I grabbed her by the waist, and she smiled and said, "I'm okay, just don't push me, or I'll land, straight into that lake". I smile and I licked her face, "Payback". She slaps me, and breathes, in the fumes, "Wow, how could we forget how good this feels". I laugh, as I snatch it, out of her hand, "God, this feels so good". She looks up at me, and I explain, "The high feels good...". She smiles, and I blow, onto her face, as she inhales it. We just sat their for hours, as we watched the sunrise, and watched the world wake up.

a/n: At least they had a healthy breakup...
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