Charlotte's pov
Before I was able to begin to explain to Leah why what had just happened had happened, she quickly made her way from my bed, grabbing her clothes and making her way down out of my bedroom towards the bathroom. I stood frozen for a few minutes, before hearing the bathroom door unlock as I made my way down the hall, Leah avoided eye contact and quickly walked towards the front door, still not speaking one word too me.
"Le, please! I didn't mean to upset you, the last thing I wanted was to hurt you. Please let me explain." I desperately called out. Leah now had turned to face me, her eyes full of tears, "No. I Don't want to talk to you. Don't you see how embarrassing that was for me? Your feelings are clearly not as strong for me as what mine are for you, and I can't put myself through a relationship where I'm going to get hurt. I think we need to have a break" she sobbed. And with that, she left my apartment without even looking back. I wanted nothing more than to chase after her, to hold her in my arms and explain what I was scared of, but instead my feet were firmly planted the floor as I stood frozen in the same spot I was when Leah had left. How had this turned into such a big argument, why did I not just be honest with her? The tears rapidly fell from my eyes as I sobbed. Leah had ended things and I knew there was nothing I could do to convince her how much I loved her and my feelings were the same as what hers were.
Leah's Pov
I left charlotte's apartment heartbroken. The girl I had fallen so in love with had hurt me, deeper than she would ever know. We hadn't had a conversation about our previous relationships but I didn't think it was necessary at the time. The truth is, my last relationship didn't end so well, and it left me being broken for a very long time.
I had dated a girl I had gone to school with and we were together for 3 years, Sophie and I were in separable, she was my first love. During the last few months of our relationship, we had begun to drift, and I didn't understand why. Sophie wouldn't let me go near her, we were not affectionate as we once were and had not kissed, cuddled or had been sexual towards each other in months. As I tortured myself to determine why Sophie had suddenly changed, I found out she had been sleeping with someone else behind my back. Yes, she had cheated on me and the thought of her being intimate with someone else whilst in a relationship with me still brings so much pain to my heart. I have never understood why people cheat. If you are not happy with your partner, end things? I know ending a relationship is never easy, but it is much easier to end a relationship amicably than it is when one of them is unfaithful. After our relationship had ended, I had blocked all contact with Sophie. Although Charlotte didn't know the extreme of the struggle I went through as I had to mend myself from the previous relationship, when she abruptly stopped our intimacy tonight, this immediately brought back the hurt Sophie had once caused me. I immediately thought Charlotte too was being unfaithful as she did not want me to touch her. As I told Charlotte I thought we should take a break, this was the last thing I wanted. But I knew it was the decision I had to make to avoid causing myself further heartbreak and from getting hurt again. This time, I had to put myself first.
