Forth Beam short stories 2

Old love, new love (part 2)

Beam's P.O.V.

I felt someone shaking me and a voice on the distance. I tried to shake it off to continue sleeping but it was relentless. I finally ended waking up but still didn't fully open my eyes.

"What? Just let me sleep." I whined trying to get comfortable again.

"Beam." I heard an unfamiliar voice and quickly turned to look at the source.

"Huh?" I said confused looking around the unfamiliar room and face. It took me a second to process everything. "Oh shit I'm so sorry I overslept. What time is it?" I asked rubbing the sleep from my eyes. I was still so damn tired.

"Midnight." He said and my eyes widened.

"I've been sleeping since noon. I'm really sorry you should've woken me up earlier." I said analizing him. He didn't look mad at least.

"It's ok. I'm not waking you to kick you out. But I think you should eat something at least. I was busy so I couldn't come earlier." He said sitting down on the sofa and turning to look at me.

"Damn it is gonna be hard finding a place that's open to eat now. Anyways I'll just grab my things and go. Thank you for everything is there any way I can repay you?" I asked searching for my shoes.

"Where are you going? You don't owe me anything. Also I ordered room service it should be here any minute." He said and I say back down on the bed confused.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked and he shrugged.

"Because I hate cheaters, and you seemed tired, and also because I want to I don't really need a reason." He said and I nodded still confused.

"You're weird." I said and he laughed.

"Well you are not that far behind me. You followed me and slept here all day."

"You dragged me here." I said glaring at him.

"Well you didn't put up much of a fight."

"I was tired." I said.

"And I just gave you a place to sleep." he smirked.

"Whatever you're still weird." I said stretching out. Before he could say anything else there was a knock on the door. A second later they opened the door and two people walked in carrying a cart full of food. I looked at Forth surprised but he ignored me tipping the guys and walking them out. "That's a lot of food." I said surprised.

"Well I don't really know what you eat." he said scratching the back of his head. "Do you want to sit down at the table? Or do you want to eat in bed while we watch a movie?" he asked and I thought about it for a second. It's been a while since the last time I could pamper myself like that.

"Let's eat at the bed." I said and he nodded rolling the cars to the front of the king size bed. We both sat down and he was scrolling on the tv while I looked at our choices. He picked a movie and we ate mostly in silence. I felt at peace. Once we were done he was picking everything up.

I looked at my phone noticing there were no call or texts from Mew. Does he even know I'm off work? When was the last time we at least talked on the phone? I entered my message app quickly getting out of the chat with the unsaved number who sent me the pics. I scrolled to Mew's contact. Our last message was more than a day ago when I told him I was on the way to the hospital for my shift. He just replied ok and that was it. He probably thought he had all weekend without me bothering him since I sometimes do 36-hour shifts. I get why we grew apart. We were both so busy I guess we stopped trying. At first, I tried to text him every time I had a chance. But he always took so long to reply I could barely get two texts in before I had to return to work. We've been distancing from each other for so long now. I let out a sigh turning off my phone.

"I will leave now. Thank you for everything Forth. If you need anything don't hesitate to come to me." I said sincerely.

"Don't leave. No one is staying here you can have it for tonight. Or as long as you want really. Don't you want to get revenge?" he asked and I shook my head.

"There's no point. This relationship wasn't going anywhere. We were just delaying the inevitable." I said sadly. I wasn't sad it was over just that it happened this way.

"He still cheated. Even if you had problems. There was always another way."

"Don't you think I know that?" I said a little angry.

"Good, you are mad. You should be mad." he nodded like that was the reaction he was expecting.

"Of course I'm mad. He made me look like an idiot. I've been working my ass off for two years since I started my internship and managed to get a job there after. I wanted someone to support me, to be there for me after a long shift. Someone to talk to after a bad day or when I lose a patient. But I didn't have that. Instead, I had a jealous boyfriend. One who instead of supporting me only gave me more headaches. Who was mad I wasn't home every night. Who got mad at me and ignored me when I made time to text him even if it got me in trouble. Do you know how many days off I spent apologizing to him instead of resting or spending time together? At some point, I just stopped caring I guess. We were going through the motions. Together but not really. I threw myself even more into my work. I stopped texting him as much. I distanced myself hoping he would come searching for me but he never did. And now I know why. It hurts he did that to me. Because the one thing I asked him was to never cheat on me. We should've broken up a long time ago. Why didn't he do it? Did he just want to hurt me?" I started my rant and for the first time since I learned the news I broke down and cried. Forth came and hugged me until I calmed down.

"Why didn't I break up with him? Am I an idiot? I thought once I finished my first year working we could give this another chance. We will have time to try and fall in love again. We loved each other four years ago we could do it again no? Well, I guess now we would never know." I continued venting. I had to let it all out. Forth just quietly heard me and in that moment it was all I needed. I was so tired. Of working, of my relationship. I was tired of everything.