𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧. a true story

⁀➷ 21- THIRD CHANCE

-𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲-

6 / 25 / 21

It was hard at first. The heartbreak was a pain. But what really hurt was the fact that someone I'd cared about and loved so much ended things in the blink of an eye.

And it wasn't just the hurt from Ian, but more so my whole life seemed to have crashed and burned. My grades went down, I wasn't doing good in swim, and even my friends seemed to avoid me.

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( a lot more happened, including some mentions of suicide ,, but i'm not in the mind to share that atm ,, so we'll skip that part )

I looked up to see the person I wanted to see the least.

"Ian?"

He sighed. "Hey, Mel."

"W-why are y-you here?" I stuttered in disbelief.

Ian's face was straight as he whispered, "Because I missed you."

I started to feel tears falling. "Yeah, right. As if I'll believe you now. Do you really think-"

Before I could finish, Ian pulled me into a hug. I gave up and cried into his arms.

The boy I'd loved so much held me close, and I sunk into him. When I finally snapped back to my senses, I pushed him away and backed away.

"Why are you here?" I asked again. "I thought you were in Canada, living your life while mine was falling apart-"

"I'm sorry. I really am, I didn't want to leave you-"

"Leave me? Oh believe me, you did much more than just leave me."

"I'm sorry, it's because-"

"Do you even know how hard it was? I was-"

"MY PARENTS DIVORCED!"

I froze.

"What..?"

"My parents got divorced. Dad took me to Canada with him and Tessa stayed with mom. My dad found out about us and told me to break up with you and I am so so so so sorry."

I inhaled a shaky breath.

"I didn't want you to hurt like that... Please forgive me, Mel."

"S-sorry, I didn't know..."

"Are we good?"

I paused.

"Yeah. We're good."

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We told our parents that night, and they weren't too unhappy. It felt nice to be free of such a heavy secret.

currently 11:38 pm and editing this chapter... 🥱

-Emmie