The new boy

Door

I was still shaking when I heard a gentle knock.

Its Damien, thank god he's okay. I thought that Jason would've gotten him. Thank god he didnt

As soon I opened the door he hugged me, tight.

As if it was the last time. We then shut the door, just to be safe.

Damien: Show me the messages

Emily: Why?

Damien: I want to see what we're dealing with

Emily: Oh okay

We then went and sat on the sofa, and I handed him my phone.

I then let him go through all the messages for today. The further down he went he reacted more and more. 

When he was finished he sighed, as if he was done with the situation already.

Damien: You need to break up with him

Emily: But we've only been dating for a short while?

Damien: Yeah but he treats you like crap

Emily: No not really, he's not usually like this ever

He gave me THE LOOK. The look that says 'oh yeah sure' with sarcasm.

Damien: Its a huge red flag

Emily: I'm colourblind though

Damien: Ha ha. Very funny Em

Emily: How am I gonna tell him though?

Damien: I'll type it out for you and you can proof read it, if that's okay

Emily: mhm that's fine by me

He continued to type out his paragraph. He's a fast typer though so it only took a minute.

He showed it to me

" I'm going to be honest with you now, I don't think this is working. You're a very jealous guy and you get really mad when you do. If you do get angry you go to violence, I really hate violence. You know that you've been good to me but this small moment has made me realize you need to work on yourself too. I'm not saying you're the problem, it definitely has a lot to do with me too. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I'm breaking up with you Jason, I'm sorry but I can't deal with our arguments anymore, they're just too much for me."

I made eye contact with Damien.

Damien: Is that good?

Emily: It's perfect, you captured my feelings exactly.

Damien: You wanna send it then?

Emily: Yep

My finger hovered over the send button, all the memories rushing through my head. I loved him so much. But the only way to heal is by moving on.

I finally sent it.

Damien: I'm proud of you

I was tearing up, I think Damien could see it as he hugged me, like he did at the door.

I had a notification

[One new message]

Jason

"Emily, Thank you for being so compassionate about this incident. You are such a good soul. Thankyou for helping me realize this, I'm sorry for making you feel that way. I just love you so much. I never meant to hurt you. It's okay that you don't want to stay with me. I hope you move on well and have a good life."

I showed it to Damien.

I was crying. I felt so bad. That's the Jason I know. The kind, heart warming one always looking out for me.

Damien held me. Consoling me like he has done since the incident.

He's the one that should be crying. Not me. He has it worse.

Damien: Don't start talking about how I have it worse ok? You've just been something trauma inducing, yeah it may have been small. But not to you.

Emily: *Through tears* Thankyou.

We stayed hugging for what felt like forever.

Damien: You need to block him.

Emily: But why?

Damien: Do you want to get over him??

Emily: Yes

Damien: Then blocking him will help that process be faster.

Emily: Fair point

I held my finger over the 'block number' pop up. Thoughts rushing through my head.

I did it

I was free

No more calls

No more texts

No more Jason and Emily.