a storm was brewing, but not the weather phenomenon, one that took shape of a man I had once admired and a girl who adored to ruin my life. I was the last one to arrive at the cliff, I wanted to call River as my back up, to escort me out of the situation if it got too unbearable, but I had to fight these battles for myself. This situation isn't even one I can blame myself for, I had no clue what I was getting involved in, I was disappointed that somehow Lara had gotten involved in my life for yet another time, I thought we had both moved along with our lives.
My eyes seemed to be allergic at the sight before me, I struggled to look at the both of them, I could feel my eyes already getting red and puffy at the thought of what was about to come.
"I guess it's time to confess," Lara began, kissing her teeth, her gaze didn't once budged off of me. If I wasn't mistaken, she was wearing Reece's cream hoodie, I just hope she wasn't getting the satisfaction of his perfume coaxed on it.
I stared longingly at Reece, I once held pride in Reece, his actions and way with words was something I never believed existed in real life, but only in love stories where the author could imagine the best version of a male and make them as truly desirable as their heart wished. Only Reece could be held accountable for a heartbreak like this, he knew the route to my heart, but he also knew exactly where to grab a hammer and start smashing it relentlessly.
"Okay, so seeing as no one wants to talk, I'll tell you what's been going on," she spoke with that smarmy smile that still maintained her lips.
"Reece has been leading you on for my satisfaction," she stated and it was like someone had fired a gun but somehow I managed to survive all these hits, despite all the agony I was in.
"Is this the way you get your kicks? Making my life miserable?" I asked her, the tears began filling in my eyes and I could only imagine the way this was going to end, although I couldn't rely on Reece to wipe them for me this time, he was the one providing the sadness for them instead.
"It's Reece really you have to thank, once he told me that he met some mysterious girl on the cliff edge, I knew exactly who he meant," she continued to explain, placing her hands comfortably in her hoodie, or Reece's.
Reece stood like a statue, waiting for this storm to bellow and destroy the lives of the two girls he had been getting involved in. I didn't want to hear him speak, he didn't have any purpose in being here, he wasn't defending himself or either of us.
"But you had Zac?" I questioned her, remembering the time they walked in on us at the party, her hands all over him.
"I'll always have Zac, he's there whenever I feel like it. I bet Reece didn't tell you that he was suppose to be taking me to the after party, but once I saw you two together, I knew I had to do something, my eyes were on you both like a hawk," but the more she spoke and minced her words, the more I was beginning to think this was some sort of wind up.
"This isn't the way I want to live," Reece mumbled but I shot him a glare, his head still frozen in place, fixated on his Chelsea boots and the grass he stood upon.
"so you didn't have Reece?" I asked, it was hard to believe that Reece was spending all this time with Lara, speaking great wonders about her and writing songs about her too.
"Shiloh where do you think he goes after he's seeing you?" she smirked. "I know everything you've been telling him and I knew what it would take for you to fall for him."
I looked back over at Reece, behind those eyes that harboured sadness, I knew the blueness of his eyes had turned icy from this cold hard reality that was unravelling before him. He longed to be forgiven by me and I could tell he wanted to reach out and say something, but we both didn't have it in ourselves to face one another right now.
"This is stupid, I don't want to be stuck standing on a cliff with you Lara, I don't want know what I've done for you to continuously hurt me, but I'm asking you to just stop," I sternly spoke as I stepped away from this excruciating environment.
I walked back to the mini, thinking of what else I could say, I wish I had used that minute of confidence to tell Lara to fuck off, and Reece too. I was so drowsy from emotions that I had no more tears left to cry.
Reece had snuck in my shadow and had followed my footsteps in silence, waiting for me as I attempted to get into my car.
"You don't believe all of that do you?" Reece asserted.
"Let me go home Reece," I told him as I sat in the drivers seat, his hand holding my door ajar.
"Only if I can come with you," he stated his breaths were getting heavy and his cheeks turning rosy, he was trying to hold back to tears, but I couldn't fall for that.
"Are you serious? After all of that?" I pretty much spat at him, I grabbed ahold of my door handle and attempted to yank it out of Reece's grip but he wasn't giving up.
"You've said it yourself, she's manipulative Shiloh, you can't possibly believe any of that," he whimpered, he looked back up to the empty cliff, I don't know where Lara had vanished too, but hopefully it was somewhere where I'll never see her again.
"actually I can Reece, it explains why you couldn't speak your feelings last night and how you could deal with some space," I rested my tired head on top of my steering wheel, I knew I wasn't leaving here anytime soon but I didn't want to reward Reece's sadness by inviting him to sit next to me in the passenger seat.
"what are you getting at? You can't manipulate me into saying I love you Shiloh," he muttered, my head jolted in his directions and he stared at me with a wide expression, stunned with the words he had just uttered.
"w-what was that Reece?" I stumbled, my heart had been revived by some sort of electrical current. I looked at Reece with great wonder, his raw honestly and his the words that spilled out from his mouth with ease as if the truth was talking on behalf of him. The words which escaped him held such wonderful compassion, honesty and vulnerability, I guess he didn't need space to figure out his true feelings, he just needed to know what Lara was capable of. Either that or he just needed to say something so loud and boisterous, that it would keep me around for just a little bit longer. I, however, gained a boost of confidence and I didn't know the extent of my power.
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beach//reece bibby
Romance"You're like a daisy; you've been trod on and become so closed up with every gloomy day that passes, you need to focus on the brighter ones so you can bloom," he spoke as he twiddled a daisy between his fingers. "A daisy?" I questioned, my voice hoa...
