Rhett's Secret Love || Rhink

~4. The Car Ride~

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Rhëtt P.Ö.V.

So, after I called Link and confessed my love for him, I got home to Jessie and the kids. Locke and Shepard were happy to see me but Jess wasn't in the "happiest" mood. So, we argued for about three hours or so, and I told her everything. We decided to get a divorce but still stay as close as possible. I mean, we still have kids together and I do love her, but I want to be with Link. She was a little surprised by it, though she understood and agreed to file a divorce, just as long as I'm still in the boys' lives; which i planned on being apart of their lives for as long as I live. Like, come on, they are my children.

So I haven't really talked to Link much, if at all, in the past two weeks. The phone call was the last real conversation we had. Even on GMM, we didn't talk about anything other than what our normal topic was. We made sure we put appropriate things on the wheel and after the end of GMMore, we went our separate ways. A couple people, like Ben, Alex, and Jen noticed that we were acting strange. We always brushed it off with an excuse like, I'm just really busy, or something else along those lines.

They always just go with it, even though we both dont believe it. It was tough, not talking to Link. He was my best friend and I hated not talking to him for more than a day. It didn't seem fair in my eyes, but luckily, we planned to get much after GMMore was over.

I hopped in my car, Link in the passenger seat, and took off towards Olive Garden. On the car ride there, there was silence. I tried to break it by turning on the radio, but All Of Me by John Legend came on.

After 30 seconds of the song, Link turned off the radio and said, "We need to talk about this, Rhett."

I looked over at him, but looked back at the road. "Okay.." I said after taking a deep breath.

"I honestly don't know how to feel about this. Its really confusing. And if I did choose to be with you, what about Christy and the kids? I can't just leave them. You can't leave Jessie either. Its not right. We can't be together Rhett. We have families," Link said, tearing up. I felt really bad about leaving Jess, but Link didn't know it yet. Like I said, we haven't talked much.

"I-I already left Jess..." I said, tears coming to my eyes now.

"What?! Dude, why would you do that? She loves you! You cant just abandon your family and-"

I cut him off. "I'm not abandoning them! Jess and I agreed to divorce, but still be good friends. Link I want to be with you. I love you."

"Rhett, I get that you love me, but I love Christy. And my kids. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to leave them."

That hurt. I slammed the brakes, turned into the parking lot that was on our right. Thank god it was there.

"What are you..?" He started.

"Get out," I said looking down, closing my eyes.

"W-What?" He asked.

"Get out. Get out of my car," I said, almost yelling. I couldn't take it. I couldn't take him rejecting me like this. I needed to be alone.

He huffed and got out of the car, slamming the door behind him. I pulled out of the parking lot and sped off. I didn't care if I got a ticket, I just had to get away.

I drove and drove, speeding down the road; I ran 3 stop signs. Then finally, I was stopped. By a pole.

I crashed? I didn't feel anything, well I couldn't feel anything. My legs were numb and I almost blacked out. Next thing I knew, I was in the back an ambulance, heading to the hospital.