Always and forever (choni oneshot)

couples counciling

It's been six months since she's even kissed me. She barely looks at me anymore, our marriage is falling apart. Our love is slowly disappearing. When she says I love you it doesn't seem real; not that she says it a lot anyways, when I hug her she flinches. I try and talk to her and it ends up in a fight. She sleeps on the other side of the bed and that's not the Cheryl I know and love. She is still the seventeen-year-old girl I fell in love with all those years ago. But things change, and I wish they didn't have to.

"Babe," I call from the entrance of our house, "I'm home!" I don't expect her to call back or say anything. I walk into the living room and see her staring at the TV with no emotion.

"How was work?" She says with no emotion. That's a first, she never asks.

"Good, I got Isabel out of her house so she is now seeing a nice foster family," I smile sitting next to her and lifting her legs onto my lap. She flinches again, but I chose to ignore it, "How was your day?"

"Fine," she says not looking at me she moves her legs off of me and tries to get up but I bring her back down

"Babe, what's going on?"

"Whatever do you mean?"

"Don't play stupid with me. You know god damn well what I am talking about," I say a little too harshly, "Do you not love me anymore?" I ask as tears well up in my eyes

"I do love you, Antoinette," She says sitting next to me, "but our marriage isn't working."

"And why's that?" I say placing my hand on her

"It just isn't," She says harshly smacking my hand away

"So that's just it? We are getting a divorce now?" I yell as she walks away

"I don't know Toni!" She yells back at me

"If you want to throw away ten years be my guest!" I yell even louder

"Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!" She yells pointing at the door

"No Cheryl, I am not the one throwing this away. I love you and I want to fix this, why don't you?" I ask softly, she scoffs and walks out the door slamming it. A photo of us falls to the ground and smashes. Symbolic.

I wake up the next morning on the couch with beer scattered everywhere and a raging headache, I look at my phone and see a text from Cheryl

We should talk. Pops at one?

I immediately respond

Yes. I will be there.

I looked at the time and it was twelve forty- five. I looked like shit no doubt but knowing Cheryl maybe she would be in the same boat as me. I get to Pops a few minutes early surprised to see Cheryl sitting there already. I sat across from her taking note that she still looks perfect.

"I ordered what you usually get when your hungover," she mumbles, I look at her confused as to how she would know that I am, "You never sleep in past nine-thirty unless you're drunk."

"Thank you," I smile and she nods, "Cheryl, I love you so much," I choke a little, a tear slips out of her eye and I quickly wipe it

"I love you too Toni," she says looking into my eyes for the first time in weeks.

"Can we please fix this? We could go see a therapist-"

"Yes," She says smiling at me softly, "yes we can try to fix it. I actually got us an appointment for tomorrow. So until then, I think we should maintain some space. I will sleep at Veronica's for the time being."