Once In A Lifetime (Katy Perry/John Mayer Fanfic)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Fool Me Once

"I'm his girlfriend," She replied, folding her arms across her chest. "Who the hell are you?"

I stood there, blankly on the front doorstep of John's Montana home... Shocked. Angry. Hurt. Feeling everything I possibly could in a matter of seconds.

No. This wasn't happening. This was some kind of sick, twisted fucking joke.

She continued to give me a glare, looking at me as if I were some child begging for mercy. The tears sprung to my eyes faster than I could control, my body completely frozen.

"John, honey, there's some girl here for you," She suddenly yelled in the direction behind, turning to her side. I saw the back of John's head in my view, making a large lump form in my throat. Honey? She's calling him honey? And I'm... I'm just some girl?

This was... Real. I wasn't dreaming. He was cheating on me... Or he was cheating on her with me.

"Forget it," I hugged angrily as I hastily turned around, making my way so fast down the stairs and footpath to my car that I nearly fell over, my boots slipping on the ice that was forming.

How could he lie to me? All this time... He had a fucking girlfriend?!

I was so hurt, so upset that my body felt heavy and lifeless despite rushing to my car. I wanted to die. I was embarrassed, I was so fucking angry, but more at myself - for trusting him. I thought we were in this together, I thought we were perfect... He told me he loved me.

Lies, they're all fucking lies. He's no better than Russell... No man ever truly loves you.

Hysterical sobs escaped my mouth before I had even got into the car, covering my mouth to try and hide the loud cries. My life was thrown upside down in a matter of seconds. All of this... Was a mistake. Coming here, was a mistake.

I wiped my cheeks with the cuff of my sweater as I struggled to pull my car keys out of the pocket of my jeans, before finally unlocking the door and throwing my body into the seat, slamming the door behind me as everything literally started to fall apart. I couldn't help but let my emotion take over, leaning against the steering wheel and crying... And crying, and crying.

He told me he loved me... While he's with another woman. All this time he would tell me sweet things, he would be saying that exact same thing to that bitch.

I felt like such a fucking idiot, for trusting men. For believing that love really does exist... When it doesn't.

I lifted my head up at the sound of a door opening outside, feeling panicked when I thought I saw the curls of John's hair. I immediately placed my keys into the ignition, not even letting the car have a second to warm up before I sped off into the night, not daring to look back at the face of the man who lied to me.

I didn't know where I was going; I had no place to go here. I never, ever would have, even in my worst nightmare, imagined tonight would have turned out like this. It took me so long to trust John, to let him into my life... And now? Now it was all in question. I've never felt this betrayed. Russell divorced me via text message, but being cheated on? Nothing compares.

I felt worthless, lifeless. All this time he made me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world. We were so happy together... Weren't we?