Aubree Tate thought that she and Ryan Blaney would be together forever, until a devastating diagnosis turned her life upside down. With her future uncertain, she makes the heartbreaking decision to let go of the person she loves most in the world. T...
Upon arriving home that evening I wasn't sure what to do with myself. Contrary to what I said earlier about being in my own bed, the last thing I wanted to do was go to sleep. Sleep was where memories of Ryan haunted me the most.
Remembering tomorrow's team meeting would include a victory celebration for Ross and the number 1 team, I decided to bake.
While waiting on the cupcakes I began scrolling through my phone. I didn't have the heart to delete all of the pictures of Ryan from my phone so I had transferred them to a folder. Looking back at them now, I was flooded with a wave of nostalgia. Although only a year and a half had passed, it almost seemed like a lifetime. We looked so young and carefree. Not a worry in the world, and so in love.
My screen began to blur as tears filled my eyes and a text message popped up. I blinked back the tears as I read the text.
Ryan: Congratulations
It took me a moment to realize what he was congratulating me on and it hit me...the race.
Why? I didn't do anything.
Bree: Thanks
Ryan: How are you?
Terrible.
Bree: fine
I couldn't do this. I couldn't make small talk, or small text, whatever with Ryan. This was too hard. Why was he even texting anyway? I thought that night when Ryan told me about Laken's pregnancy we had made a clean break.
Ryan: I really am sorry
I wasn't sure what he was even apologizing for.
Bree: There is nothing to be sorry for Ryan. You did nothing wrong
Ryan: I still love you
Oh God I can't take this anymore.
Bree: Ryan you have to stop doing this. We are over. Focus on Laken and the baby.
My hands shook as they hovered over the send button. Finally I hit send as tears streamed down my face.
Three blinking dots appeared, then disappeared. My oven timer went off, so I set my phone down and took the cupcakes out of the oven and started decorating the first batch while these cooled.
Throwing myself into the task at hand, I decorated the cupcakes to look like watermelons. They came out cute, so at least one thing in my life was going right. After boxing up all of the cupcakes, I decided to finally go to bed. I checked my phone one last time seeing that Ryan had read my reply but did not reply back. I was relieved yet disappointed at the same time.
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"You did it baby. You got the win and locked yourself in. I'm so damn proud of you."
"I can't wait to celebrate with you baby. God, I'm so hard right now." He murmured against my lips, then took my hand and placed it over his crotch.
