𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 ➳ 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬

𝟕. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧

I turn off my phone with a huge smile on my face, and get out of the bathtub. I put on my pajamas, lay in bed and keep thinking about Chris again. It's such a weird feeling, I can't believe the feeling is still here after two months!

The next day, I wake up at 8am and go for a run through the streets of New York. I love going for a run, especially early in the morning to clear my head. The weather is perfect, and there aren't too many people outside yet.

I run for about an hour, until I get closer to some traffic lights. I can see that they're red now, and I can also see someone crossing the road. That's perfectly normal, but the thing that isn't normal, is the black car driving towards the runner way too fast.

He gets closer within every second, not stopping at all for the red lights. "Watch out!" I shout, right before the car gets to the runner, but I'm too late. The driver hits the brakes, but the runner still gets hit.

"Oh my God..." I whisper to myself, quickly running towards the accident. "Are you okay?! Are you ok- oh, my God..." I say starting loudly and finishing the sentence whispering to myself as I look at the man in front of me.

"Yeah, I'm- oh, h-hi...!" Chris replies, nervously smiling at me while I help him get up. "This is so embarrassing" he chuckles after we look at each other for way too long.

"Are you alright? That guy just drove through red lights" I ask again, checking his face for wounds by looking at every inch of it's beautiful existence.

"I'm alright, yeah, it doesn't hurt that much" he replies, dusting off his hands. "Are you sure? Maybe you should go see a doctor" I suggest, feeling myself getting a little concerned about him.

"No no, that's okay, I'm alright. Thank you for warning me, I already thought I heard your voice. Made me think I was in heaven for a second" he chuckles, making me laugh with him. That's freaking adorable, why does he have to be so freaking adorable...

"Can you walk?" I ask, so he nods his head and I take him to the sidewalk. "Thank you, I appreciate you helping me" Chris says once we get there, so I smile at him, telling him that it's okay.

The driver didn't even come out of his car after hitting Chris, he just drove off when we got out of the way. Such an asshole, who does something like that?

"Are you okay to walk to your on your own? No headache?" I ask again, trying to make sure that he's alright. "Yeah I um, I'm okay. I wouldn't mind you walking with me though" Chris replies, making me smile again, until I realize that I shouldn't.

"I... I'm sorry but I-I have to go, take care of yourself" I add, slowly walking away backwards like I did in the grocery store. "Okay, alright, no problem. Oh, uh, good luck with the whole conversation thing" he replies, so I smile at him and walk away.

I get back home, take a long, hot shower and think about Chris the whole time, again. I can not get this man out of my mind, it drives me crazy! But on the other hand, I kind of like it.

I wonder why he's back in New York again, maybe he's just visiting some friends or something! I get myself ready to see Henry, and open the door once the doorbell rings. "Hey darling!" Henry happily says, immediately giving me a kiss on my lips.

"Hey, um, let's go sit down for a second" I reply, taking him to the kitchen. We both sit down, and have a cup of tea before starting the actual conversation.

"Okay... So, I wanted to talk to you because I-" I start, but he interrupts me. "Wait, I want to ask you something first" he says, taking both my hands in his. I silently sigh, nod my head and let him speak.

"Alright, so... Emily and I are moving back to London! We want to be close to put family again, so we both bought a house there and I wanted to ask you... Will you come with me?" Henry asks, looking right into my eyes.

I slowly drop my smile, and slightly frown. "You... You want me to move to England with you?" I ask, making him smile again. "I definitely want you to move to England with me" he chuckles, but I still can't smile.

"Henry..." I sigh, looking at our hands. "Look, I know it's a lot and I know that I already cheated on you, but-" he adds, but now, I interrupt him. "What? You cheated on me?" I ask, letting go of his hands.

"I... I thought Emily t-told you..." he stutters, and I widen my eyes. "You- really? You cheated on me, and now you're expecting me to move to England? Are you out of your mind?!" I loudly ask, standing up now.

"I'm sorry, I thought you already knew! Besides, we'd have a great future together in-" Henry loudly replies, but I interrupt him again.

"Ofcourse I didn't know! And no, I'm not moving to England for you! God, I asked you to come here today because I... Because I'm breaking up with you, Henry" I tell, while he just frowns.

"Yeah... I already thought you'd say that..." he sighs, looking at his feet. "We're too different, you want to move really fast but I just can't do that. We tried it out, it was really nice but it's not working. I thought this was going to be really hard but since you also cheated on me, I'm sure you understand" I explain, and he nods his head.

"I get it, you're right... And I'm sorry for cheating on you" Henry adds, looking at me again. "I think you should just go. Good luck in England" I sigh, and after saying goodbye, he walks out.

Wow, he actually cheated on me? Already? Well, it's not like it's actually a surprise. Cheating has been really popular with my previous boyfriend's, so why would it be any different with Henry?

I just haven't really had a lot of luck with love yet, my ex-boyfriend was abusive and cheated on me like 8 times, the one before him did the same thing.

Sometimes, I wonder if I'll ever even get my luck. Maybe it's just not something for me, maybe I'm supposed to stay by myself all my life.

I clean up the kitchen after Henry left, change into some more comfortable clothes and sit down on the couch again. I take a few deep breaths, realize that I'm single again and tell Sarah about it.

Henry and Emily are leaving America next week already, so we have a party to plan! Before Henry left, we decided to just stay friends. I mean, it was just something to try out, it's okay like this.

It's only 2pm now, and I have no idea what to do for the rest of the day. I already did all the grocery shopping I needed to do and cleaned up, I guess I'm watching The Office then! Almost 5 minutes into the episode I turned on, I decide to text Chris again.