Middled Aged Actors : One Shots

Purple Rain

Catherine x reader (y/n)

Friends to enemies...
Not based on the tv show disclaimer , just using the character .

Tw: none
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Bit of backstory :

Me and Catherine had beens friends for years now , but somewhere along the way my feelings became more . But I didn't realise until too late , or so I thought .

We had met a few years ago through mutual friends , and our friendship just blossomed from there . We spoke almost everyday , would say I love you as friends do , would have the occasional peck on the lips when drunk and we spilled all our secrets to each other .
But there had always been a flirty banter between us and somethings I or her would say , would sound more than a friendship but we always brushed over it jokingly . It got to a point even our friendship group joked we must secretly be together , which of course wasn't true , as we were just friends and she was in a committed relationship with a man who I got on quite well with .

Then things changed that I didn't realise till later on . But She would always say she missed me when we were apart , she would compliment me non stop and she also began to get funny with me if i got closer or seemed in her eyes closer to others . It almost came across slightly possessive.
But me being the people pleaser i am , i pandered to her and never wanted to feel I had upset her in anyway , which i just put down to how much i treasured the friendship we had built over the years .

But then everything came crashing down ...

'Why did you do it ?' Catherine almost shouted .

'Look Catherine I am so sorry for breaking your trust , but i was upset at you and just needed to confide in someone . And yes somethings came out about what you had said about her because it had been making me uncomfortable when you would talk about her to me or msg me about her when i was with her . And you became distant Everytime I was with her, it wasn't fair' I exclaimed back trying to be calm .

We were arguing because I had been out with a group of our mutual friends and there was this one particular woman Catherine didn't like , and didn't like that i had become closer to her , but it was just as friends . But everytime I was with this woman Catherine would be off with me , or make comments about her and it had started to make me feel bad and uncomfortable. So I finally snapped when Catherine had upset me as I had told her I missed her and was sad she hadn't joined us and she told me she didn't think I did and then proceeded to ignore all my messages, so I ended up drunk telling the woman what had been said and what was happening .

'(Y/n) the whole group think I'm the bad guy now and you've come out of this looking like a saint' Catherine carried on shouting

'That is not true at all they don't think that , I am sorry for breaking your trust it never should have come out like that , but it did and I can't change that . But I was really upset Catherine' I said still calmly but feeling the lump in my throat and tears starting to swell .

I know I shouldn't have told the woman and broken Catherine's trust but also she shouldn't have been so horrible about her and making me feel as if I was in the middle , it wasn't fair .

'(Y/n) why were you upset with me I wasn't even there for fuck sakes .' Catherine proceeded shouting with her hands flailing in the air .

But that one sentence broke me , and made me question everything .

'If you don't understand why or how I was upset Catherine , then I don't think you even know me at all .' I said now with tears rolling down my eyes

' I understand why you're upset but please can we work this out I don't wanna lose you as a friend but if you can't understand why I was uncomfortable and why you had upset me . Then maybe we should both just be civil and move on with our lives' I said tears streaming and not believing a word I was saying , I didn't want to just be civil I didn't want to lose her as a friend but whatever choice she made I would support her on it anyways .

'You're right I don't think we are friends anymore , I can't trust you (y/n) and I don't think we will ever be how we were .so civil it is .' Catherine said bluntly not even acknowledging the tears running down my face

'That's fine whatever you need Catherine , I'm gonna go . I hope you can forgive me eventually, I will always love and care for you ' I said before leaving her house , tears now uncontrollable and my heart broken in two .

I drove home in autopilot and don't even remember the drive , as I got home I collapsed on the floor and was hysterically crying .

Months had passed since then , and she had changed , and not for the better. She began to try 'fix her image' it would seem and began posting back handed posts about me and telling our mutual friends stuff that wasn't true or about personal things . I had never imagined the dark colours she would show , but I also knew she was doing this because she was hurt .

Everything died down slightly and our mutual friends would mention her every now and again about how hurt she was but what she was doing wasn't right . And that they wish it was sorted .

Which even after it all so did I , I wish we could talk it out , or come to some common ground . Because even after 8 months I still felt broken , and then I began to realise why I was so hurt and upset about losing her , it was because without realising I had fallen in love with her .

I didn't want to accept the feelings at first , but the more I denied it the more obvious it became . I was in love with Catherine . But we weren't even on speaking terms anymore so accepting the fact I loved her broke me even more .

Then it all changed :

It was a Friday evening and I had just got home from work , I was scrolling aimlessly on my phone as I usually did, when I realised Catherine had now unblocked me , which I found odd as I'd been blocked for months . Yes I had been checking .
So I thought fuck it and took the jump , I messaged her : 'hello , I know you may not want to hear from me and you can ignore this if you want but if you would be up to meeting in person and talking about all this let me know'

I sent the text and put my phone down , not wanting to know what would come through . I kept myself busy the rest of the evening doing bits round the house that definitely didn't need to be done but I had to distract myself and keep my tiny bit of hope alive that maybe just maybe she would agree to talk finally .

I eventually got into bed around 10 , and saw i had a notification : Catherine has sent a message .
My heart instantly began to beat harder , and my stomach dropped . It took me a couple minutes to finally open the message .

Catherine: hello (y/n) , I will agree to talk . Come over tomorrow at 12.

My jaw dropped and my body just went still , I didn't know how to react . My body and mind went through every emotion , anger at what she'd done , anxiousness to how it would go or how I will feel seeing her again . And the love for her peeking its head even after how hard I tried to deny it .

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A/n: Well I hope you guys like it, I know I haven't posted in a while but this is slightly based on a past experience 🙃. So thought I'd make a story out of it . Sorry if it's shit but hey ho