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I stood from my spot on the couch heading straight into the stairwell, overhearing Andy's conversation as I approached him
"Juliet, I'll be home by the end of the week, and I'm planning a big surprise for our anniversary" once he noticed my presence he froze in his spot, staring at me, his eyes resembling a deer caught in headlights
He quickly hung up his phone. Stuttering out words as he tried to come up with an excuse "Micah, uh I, you didn't...what all did you hear?" He questioned, reaching out to hold my hand
"I never want to see you again" My eyes bore into his as I shoved his hands away from me
"No Micah, don't be like that-" he began to protest, grabbing both of my arms to hold me in place "I've loved you since I first met you, and because of that you've used it to get whatever you've wanted from me. I'm not giving into you anymore!!" I screamed pushing him away from me
He lost his footing and fell backwards down the staircase, crashing into the wall on the next landing. He let out a pained groan as he clutched his shoulder tightly.
I stared on in silence as he writhed in pain "what the hell happened?" Lorenzo questioned stepping into the stairwell, a few of my neighbors peeking their heads into the hallway as well
"We broke up" I stated, not taking my eyes off of Andy "I'm gonna call an ambulance" he mumbled heading back inside our apartment
I walked down to stand beside Andy, he stared up at me "I deserve this, I know" he said still grunting "you deserve much worse than this" I said sitting beside him, moving his head to rest on my lap offering some comfort despite how I felt towards him.
"My phone" he mumbled as I moved hair out of his face, I got his phone from his pocket. I let out a small chuckle as I read the name out to him "it's Juliet" he let out another groan as I answered his phone putting it on speaker "Andy, why'd you hang up on me?"
"Andy's had, a little accident" I said, running my fingers through his hair, something I usually did out of boredom but now I was doing it as if I was taunting him in a way "who's this, is Andy okay?"
"Would you like to tell her?" I question holding eye contact with Andy "Andy are you there, what's going on?" I smiled to myself, knowing that even though I probably wouldn't get much satisfaction out of ruining their relationship doesn't mean I wanted to hold back from doing so.
"We never met, I'm sure Andy would've liked it better that way, but I'm Micah Andy's girlfriend of the past four years but I guess that's over now, huh" the other line was silent for an entire minute before she calmly spoke "I want to speak to Andy"
"Aren't you going say anything?" I questioned lowering the phone to him "...Juliet, I...I didn't want you finding out like this" he said before the call ended
A few seconds later a group of paramedics showed up and, after a few attempts, got Andy onto a stretcher and took him to the nearest hospital.
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"Micah are you okay in there?" Lorenzo asked, knocking on the door. I was sitting in my tub, my legs pulled up to my chest, "I'll be out in a minute" I responded, wiping my eyes
I don't know how long I've been sitting here staring at my bathroom walls, still thinking over my relationship with Andy
I felt stupid for going back to him, even stupider because I had actually thought he had left Juliet for me. But now all that mattered really was what I was going to do at the end of the week, I had quit my job and already given up my apartment. There wasn't anything for me in California so I definitely wasn't considering going there.
"Do you need to talk about it?" Lorenzo offered once I stepped out of the bathroom "not right now" I mumbled heading to my room.
I stripped down to my underwear and climbed into bed, no longer feeling the satisfaction from a few days earlier, the only feeling I had now was the reoccurring loneliness that seemed to be a constant companion of mine.
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"Hey Micah, long time no see" Joey's voice echoed past me as I enter his family's diner. "Is everything okay?" I looked up to him, forcing myself to nod "Lorenzo's moving to California in a few days...I was wondering if you'd do me a favor by calling and checking in with him from time to time, to make sure he's doing okay" he nodded his smile disappearing
"What about you?" I bit my bottom lip as I shrugged "you don't have to worry about me" the expression on his face made me frown as I turned to leave.
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A/N
I decided to publish two chapters on the same day rather than waiting a few days in between since I finished editing them both around the same time. This might be the longest chapter I've written for this story
