Our destiny

End this

Justin practically just walks past me. I can't even react quick enough to stop him. He walks straight to the living room. That's it. This will be embarrassing now. I hope it won't end too bad. Ellie is still sitting on the couch as he enters the living room. I follow him but can't do anything. I see the shock and panic on Ellies face as she sees Justin in front of her.

"Can you tell me what you are doing in your personal trainers house?" He says in a louder voice. This lie is about to crumble now.

"Umm... she is just helping me with my recovery. I can't move too much that is why I am staying here." Ellie explains. He won't buy that. He literally heard her calling me honey. There is no way he will believe her now. I don't think we should keep that lie up anymore.

"So you always call your personal trainer honey?" He frowns his eyebrows. Shit. She probably didn't even realise that she called me that.

"It was just a joke about us living together like a couple." She says. I have to slightly laugh at that.

"Don't make a fool out of me here. I will ask you this once and I want you to answer it honestly. Are you sleeping with your personal trainer?" He looks so serious as he says that.

"No." Ellie says. Technically that is true. I'm not her personal trainer.

"So what is it that you are doing here?"

"I'm just living at my girlfriend's house because I'm injured and she is helping me." She finally says. She called me her girlfriend for the first time in front of Justins eyes.

"Helping you? She is just a distraction. That is why you are still not any further along. You spend your time with sleeping with a random woman instead of actually doing your rehab." He says. Random woman? Didn't he hear the word girlfriend?

"She isn't a random woman. She is my girlfriend." Ellie says a bit louder.

"You should know that it is extremely unprofessional of a personal trainer to sleep with her athlete." He turns at me. Why is he so focused on that sex aspect? It's not at all about sex. This isn't a fling.

"I was never her personal trainer. I'm just her girlfriend." I say to finally get that lie away.

"So you also lied to me. Is it worth to lose your job for a little fling?" He snaps at Ellie.

"It isn't just a fling. I love her." She says. I'm glad she said that.

"I don't care what it is. You either end this or I end your career." He says. I can't believe he just said that. He can't mean that. This is so ridiculous.

"Isn't that going a bit far. Why isn't she allowed to have a relationship outside of her work?" I speak up.

"Stay out of this." Justin immediately says at me. "You took my best athlete."

"You are taking her yourself." I shrug.

"It's your choice." He hisses at Ellie once again. She doesn't say anything anymore. Justin turns around and goes for the door again. I just stand where I am and don't move. I hear him leaving the house and Ellie flinching as the door slams.

I walk up to Ellie who is still sitting down without moving.

"What should I do now?" She says. She seems clueless.

"You will definitely stay here." I don't want her to get confused and insecure because of this stupid idiot.

"But if he will find me here again, I will lose my job. I can't lose my job."

"You would rather lose me?" I ask. She looks at me without saying anything. Why isn't she saying something? In this moment I realise it. She is seriously thinking about this.

"Wait, are you seriously considering to leave me because of him?" I can't believe this.

"I can't risk this. I gave up so much for this job here and it's the best I get." She says. I get angry and hurt now.

"You would rather break up with me than to change your job?" I hope so hard for her to say no now.

"I don't want to break up with you."

"Then what is it that you are doing here?" I get louder now. This is so ridiculous right now. I won't lose her like this. Our story was a fairytale. This can't be the end.

"Leah, I just don't want this to all be for nothing. Why can't you understand that?" She gets up now. She jumps on her one foot and collects her clothes in her bag. She is really doing this. I watch her without a word. It breaks my heart. How can she do this? What was I to her? Maybe I didn't overreact and she really just used me for sex.

"Did you even love me?" I ask after a while.

"Yes, Leah. Of course I love you." She says. How can she say this while leaving me?

"If you would really love me you wouldn't go right now." I sigh.

"If you would really love me you wouldn't make such a big deal out of it." She says. Why is she acting like this?

"I'm making a big deal out of this? You question if I really love you? I let you stay at my house for two weeks and did everything to help you. I even came home earlier from training because you were crying for me to come home. I held your hand for hours when you were in the hospital because you were scared. I could have let you do this on your own but I didn't because I love you. What you are doing right now is so extremely unfair and hurtful." I start to scream a bit at the end.

"I won't let you yell at me." She gets her jacket.

"Why are you being like this to me? I don't get it."

"Because you are not the only one in my life, Leah. My entire life doesn't revolve around you." She yells. I would never do this to her. I would never leave her for my job.

"You won't be able to do this without me. You will see. And one day you will come here again and cry because you left. I'm not sure if I will help you then." I say. Deep down I know I will help her. I love her and that doesn't just change.

"I don't need you in my life. I'm not a baby. I can live a life on my own." She says. These words hurt even more. I still don't understand why she is being like this.

"I had sex with you every night for two weeks even though I didn't want to." I finally say it.

"What?"

"Do you really think I wanted to have sex every time? I just did it for you, to help you."

"I don't need you to fuck me to feel better." She claims.

"Then why did you force me to do it?"

"I didn't force you. You could have said no." She screams at me. I don't even care about it anymore.

"No I couldn't. I tried to but you wouldn't stop. It hurt when you touched me. I just stayed through it for you." I spit out. 

"I won't let you blame me and turn it like I hurt you. It's your fault. You didn't say anything."

"Go ahead. Leave. I don't want you to stay here anyway. If this is what I mean to you then there is no point in this." I say.

"I don't need you for sex. If I need sex there are other options than you." She says. At this point my heart completely breaks. She didn't just say that?

"If you sleep with someone else, it's over. I mean it. I won't ever speak to you again." I say in a serious voice. This is far too much.

"Don't call me or text me, Leah." She says as she opens the door. I won't. I don't want to. I never thought that this is how this would end. All because of Justin. I don't even understand what he wants out of this. Ellie steps out of the door and leaves without looking back at me. She really just left me because of this stupid Justin. I get so angry that I could literally just punch everything I see. I couldn't have been that wrong about her. Why is she suddenly acting like this? I wonder when she will call and cry because she wants me to come and do something for her. I promise myself to not help her. I won't help her with anything. She hurt me so much that I won't just let her get away with it.