One in 2330 ~ Connor Bedard Love Story

31. Why?

~Call your friends
Tell them how you cheated, betrayed me~

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I froze.

Tears were streaming down my face, I felt like I had my heart ripped out of my body, but I couldn't move. All I could do stand there as I watched the guy I thought I loved rip my heart out over and over again with every second that his lips were on that girl's.

I was surprised that Rids hadn't noticed that we were there yet. I was sobbing right behind him and he didn't even notice.

"Come on, Lia. Let'z get out of here," Timmy whispered. He wrapped me into a huge hug, blocking my view of Rids with his body and guided me away from the hallway.

"Are you okay, Soph?" Sandy asked me as Timmy led me towards a secluded area of the building.

"Jake fucking Zanderzon. Zhe just got her heart broken by her idiot of a boyfriend. Vhy the fuck would you think zhe'z 'okay'?" Timmy snapped bitterly before handing me a napkin to wipe my tears with.

My life felt like it was going to end.

This was just like how my last relationship ended. I thought that the two of us were happy, then he goes breaking up with me, claiming that he fell in love with another woman.

"W-why?" That's all I was able to muster through my sobbing. I felt like an absolute mess. I could tell that all of my make-up was running down my face, my eyes were puffy, breath ragged and body shaking due to all of my crying.

"Hey, hey, Lia. It'z going to be okay." Timmy assured me, holding me close to his body. "Do you want to leave?"

I simply nodded. I wanted to scream, yell, break something, but all I could do was cry. Cry my eyes out over someone who didn't deserve my tears. Why couldn't I have just had one relationship that went well? Why?

"Zandy, can you go get Brady real quick?"

A few minutes after Sandy had left to find Brady, the two of them came rushing back, concern written all over Brady's face.

"Oh my God, Soph. What happened?" Brady panicked, rushing up to my side.

I couldn't even think about what had happened. If I did, I would just start crying even harder. Which is what I ended up doing. Timmy hugged me closer to him, rubbing my back comfortingly.

"I'll explain later," Timmy told him. "I just wanted to tell you that I'm gonna take Lia home early."

"Yeah, of course." Brady agreed, not knowing what to do. He wanted to help his sister, but it didn't seem like she wanted her help. He felt like he was letting her down as her brother. "Drive safe."

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The entire way back to the hotel, I tried to wipe away the tears that had dried on my face, but as i wiped away one, another one fell. It was a never ending cycle that had me want to crawl into a hole and die.

Why would he do something like this?

What did I do to make him do this?

Why was I not good enough? Was I not smart enough? Not pretty enough?

All of these questions spiraled through my head, making me want to vomit. Just thinking these things made me feel sick, just imagining these scenarios.

Was the long-distance thing too much to ask for?

Is it because I was three years younger than him?