I Wanted You to Stay

Stay.

Ellie stared at her floor. She couldn't bring herself to look where Milo had been standing fifteen minutes ago. Tears slipped down her cheeks as she tried to process the words that came from his mouth. Over the past few weeks Milo and Ellie had drifted. Neither were sure whose fault it was but now Milo had left, and Ellie was alone. Despite how they had drifted the both of them held onto the relationship with slim hopes of it lasting. Ellie learned the hard way that you can't hold onto something that isn't there.

Ellie's phone rings, her sister Mya. She debates on answering before deciding against it and just letting it ring. Ellie's room was clean but it felt like a train wreck. Her framed pictures and the ones that made a big collage on her wall mocking her sadness. She wants nothing more than for Milo to come back and say he is sorry. Deep down she knows it was for the best. As much as she wants him to stay, in the long run holding on for any longer would have made for a miserable time.

Ellie stands up, her legs shaky. Milo's hoodie falling mid thigh. She feels wrong wearing it, but it feels right. She knows her roommate Cara will be home soon. Ellie doesn't understand what happend between her and Milo, everything was fine. Until it wasn't. Things got hard, but they were sure it was normal. Until it all ended, leaving Ellie confused.

Ellie of course knew that not all relationships are gonna work out, but Milo is her first real love. So she feels more hurt than she did on high-school when she'd get broken up with after maybe a month.
Her phone rings for a second time, again, her older sister. Deciding its probably important, Ellie answers. "What?" Her voice is soft, but her uninterested tone shinning through.
"Great way to anwser the phone El. Anyway, why aren't you here?"
"Why aren't I where"
"The restaurant. We had reservations remember?"
Ellie's face drops. "I'm sorry Mya, look Milo broke up with me and I don't think I'm gonna be able to leave my house for three days without losing my mind".
"I'm gonna break his knees" Mya's comment made Ellie cringe, her mind imagining broken knees. "Well I'm sorry El. Talk to you tomorrow?"
"Sure"