Short stories

Chapter 11 ~same old love~

~Tiana ~
Take away all your things and go

I held the cake with one hand and opened the door quietly with the other.
I walked into our room
"T!" Rob exclaimed getting off of my boss and attempting to talk to me.
"hOW long!" I yelled above his attempts
He looked down ashamed. Damn right your ashamed
"2 months" They both say, I walk out of the room and set the cake down on the table ignoring everything they are shouting to each other or to me.

You can't take back what you said
I know I've heard it before at least a million times

~a few days later~
I left our-his apartment I quite my job and have looked at other jobs. But I just can't...
My hair is beyond what it should look like, the garbage hasn't been out in a few days.
My phone rings

I'm not one to forget
I don't believe, I don't believe it

I leave it and roll over, the couch has like my body implant.
I get a phone call from my friend
Mia but we call her maps
"Hi hon, we're having a childhood sleep over my place at 5"
"So demanding" I say jokingly
"Just be there by 5" she says and hangs up
I smile and remember how much fun me and maps had at sleepovers
I shower and wash some of my clothes
And get ready to leave

You left in peace left me in Pisces

I drive to maps house it felt nice to be near where we grew up
I've got this thought in my head that we might see him again....

Too hard to breathe. I'm on my knees right now... Right now (ow)

As I drive by I stop and look at my old house.
I get out as I do I turn around its got like a old video tape recorder thing
I watch myself, Mia, and-and is that
"Tiana? Tiana miller?" The little boy starts growing up until I'm back in my world
"Preston?"
I rush over and hug him
"Oh my goodness I've missed you" he says with his hands on my shoulders
"Me too" I say my breath is heavy Preston has always been attractive as a young boy I always thought he looked so cute... But now he was just... Like overload adorable
"How are you and Rob doing?" I hesitate Rob and Preston were and are really good friends if I told him that he cheated it would end in chaos
"Ti?" My old nickname
I had stopped
"We're doing okay" Preston looked unconvinced
"Tiana what did he do?" Preston says stepping closer too me
I shut my eyes and I can feel Preston's footsteps growing closer
...I run...
"Tiana!" Two voices say together as I collide with My old friend pages motorcycle
No helmet
No seatbelt
This should kill me fast enough
I'm dead rob and it's all your fault
I wasn't enough
I just...

I'm so sick of that same old love that shit it tears me up

Maybe I can run

I'm so sick of that same old love I've had enough that shit it tears me up

How far though? Prestons voice rang

In so sick of that same old love feels like I've blown apart

The motorcycle doesn't move
Out of gas
"Damn it" I curse under my breathe

I'm so sick of that same old love the kind that breaks your heart

"Tiana!" Maps calls to me surrounding me on a hug pulls me off the motorcycle
I pull away and fall on the ground and curl up into a ball the tears are big and salty
Images of rob and my boss flood my mind I feel a pair of hands rub my back
"Preston" I say through my salty tears

I'm not spending any time wasting tonight on you
I know
I've heard it all so don't you try and change your mind

"I'm here" he says rubbing my shoulder
"I know..." I take his hand and squeeze it

Cause I won't be changing too you know

His hand feels warm on my shirt
I can't tell him
I mean I know Rob-
"Preston if your so close to rob"' I start drawing circles on my arm which has little road pieces jabbing me in the arm
"Why did you visit him for his birthday?" I see him bite his cheek out of the corner of my eye

You can't believe
Still can't believe it

"Maps" I sit up and Preston you know being the gentleman he is gives me a little bit of space Mia takes my arm and helps me up

You left in peace
Left me in pieces too hard to breathe I'm on my knees right now ow

"Preston" I hug him
"We'll have time to catch up this week" Preston nods my focus is back to my old house... The white roses my mother grew sat in the front lawn
Prestons door shuts and I see Mia, Preston, and I dressed as characters from my favorite book
I was the Cheshire Cat Mia was Alice and Preston was the rabbit or the mad hatter
I giggle at the memory
"You coming?" Mia shouts from inside her car
"I know where you live I'll be there soon"

I'm so sick of that same old love

"T!" A familiar voice calls
"No"

I'm so sick of that same old love feels like I've blown apart

I start to jog down the street
"T! Stop running and let me ex-"
I explode
"Expect me to understand why-why you SLEPT WITH MY BOSS!" Maybe I'm being a bit dramatic

I'm so sick of that same old love the kind that breaks your heart

"Expect me to understand why you slowly stopped loving me!"

I'm so sick of that same old love

"Expect ME of all people to understand you Robert!"

I'm so sick of that same old love that shit it tear me up

Preston out of the blue tackles Rob
Official cliche save the girl award goes to Preston
"Preston, Preston! Preston Stop!" He still doesn't stop so I pull Prestons face up and I mash our lips together
May I remind you how awkward rob felt
Sitting under Preston and half me kissing...

I'm so sick of that same old love my body's had enough

It's a pretty decent kiss
But I feel something
No not rob shifting uncomfortably underneath us
"I remember us" I say whispering into his ear
He smiles and gets off of rob and apologises
I smile
Maybe some happy endings don't happen right away... You know?

I'm so sick of that same old love feels like I've blown apart

Plus if someone gives you lemons and expects you to make lemonade
That's not how life is going to be
Your not just delicately handed the ingredients
You have to go and hand pick the lemons and then make the lemonade but even so that lemonade might be sour-
What I'm trying to say is not everything will be a fairytale, fairy tales can't come true...

I'm so sick of that same old love the kind that breaks your heart

~and a much needed update I was gone for a while on this book~