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We Can Fix These Broken Pieces (Michael Clifford Imagine)

Warnings: Addiction, cheating, swearing and problematic moments. Please don't read this if you'll feel triggered, this is may be upsetting for some as it is an upsetting writing.

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"Hey, what are you doing here?" Ashton questions, quizzically looking me up and down as if he's unsure about my presence. "I'm here to see Michael, why else?" "Michael? I thought you two broke up?" He states, but I'm pretty sure he's questioning. Allowing me into Michaels apartment, I'm greeted by the other two boys as they all share the same look of confusion. "Why are you all looking at me like that?" "No, we just didn't expect to see you here." Luke answers, rubbing the back of his neck. "I mean, Michaels never been one to keep his exes around." "An ex? I'm his girlfriend, and you guys know that well enough." I frown. "But Michael told us differently," Ashton begins. "He told us he had broken up with you two days ago or something." "No, if we had you know I would've told you, or one of the other boys." I exclaim, all of them agreeing with what I've said. "Let me call him, maybe when he gets back hell clear this up. It's probably just him joking." Calum laughs, pulling his phone out to call Michael. Who - yet again - left his phone at home.

Following the sound of his ringtone, I find his phone in between the sofa cushions. Picking it up, I notice messages on his screen: 'We don't need to end this...', 'I miss you x', 'She can find someone else...', 'Come back to me ;)' and it was in that moment I couldn't contain myself and I unlocked his phone and scanned through his conversation with a girl called 'Layla'. I knew all of Michaels friends, and all of them knew me as he had introduced us, but clearly this girl is new and she isn't good news.

Once I had finished reading the texts, I felt my heart break. The sound of Michaels voice booming through the room is what brought me back to reality, and it's what began to make the tears start streaming. "Y/N, w-what are you doing here?" "Layla?!" I exclaim, facing him. His face completely blank of emotion, his mouth opening but not speaking. "Who the FUCK is Layla, Michael?! And why the FUCK have you been meeting her and fucking telling her to 'come over'?!" I quote, the three boys entering the room, gazing as I shout at a speechless Michael. "You cheated on me... Didn't you. That entire time. Those entire 5 months that I fucking waited for you!" I scream, throwing his phone onto the couch and ramming into him, pushing him backwards because there's nothing I can do. There's nothing I can do to relieve myself of the pain and distress he's caused me. "Y/N, don't believe-" "Don't believe what I just read?! Physical proof that you're a cheating piece of-" Cutting myself I off, I stop and realise I'm wasting my time. "Actually never mind, we're done." "No, you c-can't- Y/N, you can't do this. You didn't even let me explain!" He exclaims, tears streaming from his face. "No, fuck you," I say for the last time, turning to the door. "If you don't mind, I'm leaving and the doors locked." I sniffle, Michael moving to stop me but Luke holds him back. Calum coming to help me, he says he'll escort me out, saying goodbye to other two boys, I leave with Calum and we make our way to my car. "I'm sorry that happened." He tells me, pulling me in for a needed hug as I sob into his arms. "I thought he loved me..."

"I'm so glad you're back in town! I've missed you so much oh my god, it's been a year since we've properly been together." I tell him as I embrace him in my arms. "How are the other boys?" "Ashton and Luke are great," he tells me. It's been a year, or probably more, since everything that's happened. And by everything I mean mine and Michaels breakup. Just because we broke up it doesn't mean that I'd end my friendship with the boys, I'd avoid him as much as I could and so far it's succeeded. "Michaels not so great though." He tells me, looking directly at me to search for a reaction, I turn away to avoid him seeing the hurt in my eyes. "Y/N, it's been a year and like 5 months. You've not spoken to him at all, don't you think it's ti-" "There isn't 'time' for this Calum, he cheated on me for god knows how long. You guys were gone for 5 months and I saw you for literally a month, who knows how long him and her were going on for." I never went back to Michael to get answers, I don't know if I even want answers anymore. I've not moved on, I've not tried to move on, I've just left things the way they are because I believed, and still kind of believe, that things will resolve themselves.