The Heartbreak Factor - Part Three

Chapter Eighty-Eight.

Sorting through Katy’s clothes, I tried to work out the best way to tell George about the tour as I still hadn’t brought myself to tell him. Justin was making the big announcement of me being the support act in two weeks – meaning I had less than two weeks to tell him.

“I just want you to know that I’m gonna be back here as many times as I can – Katy will hardly notice that I’m gone most of the time,” I whispered to myself, rehearsing all the different ways that I could try and make it sound less like a challenge.

“Sammy,” George said as he walked into mine and Katy’s room.

“Yeah,” I said, turning around startled, praying that he didn’t overhear what I was saying.

“Can we talk?” he asked.

This was strange – we hadn’t spoken properly in nearly a month so why now?

“Sure.”

Putting the pile of clothes down on the sofa, I followed George out of the bedroom and into the lounge.

“What’s up?” I asked, sitting down on the sofa.

“I’m just gonna say this. I think we should go public with the break-up.”

I sat staring at the floor. I wasn’t expecting that. We promised to not go public until we had both decided what we actually wanted. This was obviously his way of telling me that it was over for definite and there was no going back at all. My heart dropped into my stomach. There was still a part of me that was hoping that we’d still get back together but this just crushed that part of me – we literally were never ever getting back together.

“There’s so many rumours going around about us and I just think we’ve had enough time with it privately that it’s time to just tell everyone and try sort something out,” he continued.

“Oh, okay,” I nodded.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

I nodded, smiling a fake smile at him. “I’m fine,” I smiled. “In fact I’m great.” I lied again. I couldn’t tell him how broken up I was inside when he seemed fine with it himself. I had to leave this relationship as the strong girl who entered it nearly four years ago.

*

Logging onto Twitter, I decided to set all the rumours straight, once and for all. Scanning through my timeline, I knew there was no better time to do this. Taking a deep breath, I tried to think of the best way to start it off.

“The truth; the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” I put as the title on my Twitlonger.

The truth; the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I’ve decided to set all the rumours and speculations straight and tell you all the truth. This is exactly how it is and after you’ve read this, I’d really appreciate it if you could all respect mine and George’s privacy.

The rumours that I’ve heard are mostly true – me and George have decided to call it a day on our relationship. This does not mean that we don’t love each other still; it just means we know it’s for the best – sometimes love just isn’t enough. Sometimes relationships just come to the point where it can’t go on. Before other rumours start, I want to say that neither I nor George have a “bit on the side” – this is all down to a mutual decision.

Also, both George and I love Katy more than we love anything else in the whole world and we just want what’s best for her. She is not the reason for me and George breaking up and when she grows up, we’ll both make sure that she knows this. Age has nothing relevant with this either. I know the media have a huge problem with me and George being “too young” to become parents as we don’t have enough “life experience”, but Katy is a happy, healthy baby who is loved by so many people and both me and George do an amazing job of looking after her and caring for her. I don’t want Katy to grow up in the public eye as much as some children are – I want her to lead a happy life where the media don’t have to scrutinise every move she makes.

We’d both really appreciate it if everybody would just leave us alone for a while and stop the ridiculous rumours. I would appreciate it if the media could back-off our case as well but the likeliness of that happening is next to nothing.

Sammy x

*

George had gone out to pick Katy up from Toni’s after she had spent the night being spoiled rotten so I decided to have a long bath and try to relax. As I walked out of the bathroom in my dressing gown, there was a knock at the door. I froze in the middle of the hallway, unsure of what to do – answer the door in my dressing gown or quickly run into the bedroom to get changed and hope that whoever was at the door stayed patient. After a few moments of contemplating my options, there was another knock at the door. “Ugh,” I sighed, rushing over to the door and opening it.

“Sorry, have I caught you at a bad time?” Jaymi asked, noticing I was in my dressing gown. “I can come back later.”

“Don’t be silly,” I smiled, opening the door fully and grabbing hold of his arm before I dragged him into the apartment and shut the door behind him. “I’m so glad to see you!”

“I thought I’d better come see you after learning about you and George,” he said, flashing me a sympathetic smile as we walked into the lounge.

“You’ve only just found out,” I asked in shock. “I thought George would have told you to be honest.”

“He didn’t really want to talk about things,” Jaymi explained. “We all asked him – I even tried to have a private conversation with him last week at the studio but he wouldn’t answer any questions about you or what was going on. We knew something had gone on and when the rumours began to spread around twitter, we sort of had an idea that you two had broken up. I gotta say though, I’m so surprised.”

“Really? It was bound to happen one way or another.”

“So it’s definitely over then?” he asked.

I nodded. “Definitely over.”

“For good?”

I nodded. “For good.”

Jaymi sighed a deep sigh as he looked at me with a sympathetic look. “I really am sorry, Sammy.”

“Why?” I asked. “You couldn’t have done anything. It’s just one of those things. Shit happens in life and we’ve just got to learn to deal with it and then move on.”

“But Sammy,” Jaymi paused. “This isn’t just ‘one of those things’ though, is it? It’s gonna change your life forever. Well, not even just your life, Katy’s life too. I’m not saying stay together for Katy’s sake because that wouldn’t be fair on neither you nor George but it’s not just ‘one of those things’.”

I nodded, staring at the floor as I tried to work out what to say in response to Jaymi as he’d just told the truth.

“You know me and the boys are always gonna be here for you and for Katy – regardless of whatever happens between you and George. You’re always gonna have your adopted brothers and Katy is always gonna have her adopted uncles. Nobody can change that, ever.”

Tears began to stream down my face as I listened to Jaymi.

“I love you, Sammy,” he smiled, putting his arm around me and pulling me closer towards him for a hug.

“I love you, Jaymi,” I sobbed on his shoulder.

“In English,” Jaymi laughed.