I Love Him - Romance Short Stories

At War With Myself

I had been hurt again. The one guy that I had thought had loved me had cheated used me and lied straight to my face. He emotionally scarred me. Every guy I've ever dated had cheated on me. Will I ever be in love again?

I petted Celest's hair deep in thought as she cried herself to sleep on my lap. This girl was always so oblivious. Always so caring but yet too oblivious to let herself fall for the right guy that was standing right in front of her. My long wavy brown hair starting to fall down in front of my face as i sighed looking as Celest's tear stained cheeks. This girl really needed to do something for herself for once instead of everyone else.

As for me. I am a writer. I sit around at home and pretty much wait for something to inspire me. It doesn't usually go in my favor though. Celest was dreaming of being a singer and song writer. And I knew she could do it she just needed the ambition to fulfil her dreams. But until then she worked as a waitress at our local bar. We live in a little city. its more like the country. The houses are a 10 minute run from each other. I like it its very secluded and calming for me. We live next door to Daren and his older brother Anthony. Daren is a sweet guy he's always looking after Celest and me. Granted his brother is in the army so he usually works a lot. He's gone for months at a time and he is hardly ever back for long. He's one of my close friends and I really like him and he makes me smile but I cant take him away from his work.

I couldn't help but remember the last thing that happened before he got on that jet.

We were standing in front of a large black jet. Anthony in his military uniform. Oh boy do I ever love a man in uniform. The uniform would always hug in all the right places. He pulled me into a tight hug as I cried silent tears. He lightly kissed my forehead his lips warm on my cool skin. Anthony was tall like his younger brother Daren but they didn't look alike. Daren had black hair where as Anthony has dark brown hair with ice blue eyes. you could almost swear they were a hint of purple. I sniffed back my remaining tears.

"I'll miss you Anthony..." I whispered.

The four of us were all really close friends. It was always hard for me to see him go. To go fight another war that wasn't ours to begin with.

"I'll miss you too Maralynn. I need to tell you something before I go..." he whispered still holding me close.

"What Is it?" I questioned tightening my grip.

"I need to tell you... I think I'm falling in love with you," he whispered tucking a stray piece of hair behind my ear,"I love you Maralynn I needed you to know that..."

I couldn't breath. I couldn't think. I couldn't speak as he sighed kissing my forehead and walking onto the jet. I was afraid. I was scared to tell him that I loved him. Wait..did I love him? I had been hurt so many times I hadn't even thought about the idea or possibility that I could love Anthony. But now it was too late he was gone to war. What if he dies and I am never able to talk to him about this? My mind had been driving me crazy just like now.

My mind still hasn't accepted the concept of loving him back. My last ex Connor had hurt me so bad I never thought it could be possible to love again. I sighed watching another romance movie munching on my popcorn as I watched Celest run out the door. I'm pretty sure I have a hunch as to where she is going. I couldn't help but constantly think about him while he was gone. He's been gone for 5 months and I haven't stopped thinking about him since. Only things that have been distracting me are Celest's problems and her little sister Chloe. Chloe is 2 years younger then we are and lives on the oposite side of us with their father. she has long blonde hair and hazel eyes. Shes shorter then Celest and you cant really tell they are sisters because of Celest's Red hair and Chloe's Blonde hair. She came to visit a lot and we would go to the park a lot.