Alex's POV
I scrambled to get off Kelley and I put on a sweatshirt and a pair of leggings. Without paying attention to Kelley, I ran out of the room.
I ran down the hall and down the stairs but I couldn't find her. I ran outside and I saw Tobin walking away from the hotel.
Just then it began to pour and the sound of thunder filled the sky. Drops of water blurred my vision as I continued running towards her.
"Tobin!" I say breathlessly as I stop a few feet away from her. I regained my breath before looking up at her.
"Tobin... You're alive. You're here." I say as I take a step towards her but she takes a step back.
"This was a mistake. I shouldn't have come back here." She says.
"No it wasn't. But why are you here?" I ask.
"For the World Cup... And for you." She says.
"You haven't forgotten me?" I ask.
"I took ten shots of vodka when I first go to Paris because I wanted to forget your name, but the only name I forgot was mine. And it turns out, either when I am drunk or sober, you're the only thing that's on my mind. So no I can't forget about you." Tobin says and I felt tears in my eyes.
"Tobin... I'm sorry I've missed you so much and I know what you saw today wasn't what you wanted to see and yes I am with Kelley. I've been with her for a while now but deep down I still loved you. I forced myself to love Kelley but I couldn't love her like I loved you."
"If you loved me that much you wouldn't be with anyone else. My decision to come back here wasn't just for this team. I came back for you and you're sleeping with someone else." Tobin says with frustration building inside of her.
"No! That's not what it was. I just needed someone -"
"So you can forget about me. Damn it, Alex! I couldn't forget about you no matter how hard I tried! So turns out that you were always better off without me." Tobin says.
"You know what, fuck you Tobin! Fuck you for leaving me when I needed you!" I scream back.
"You didn't miss me Alex! You never thought about me! You decided to be with Kelley to forget about me." Tobin says, her voice cold. She was never like this. Even when she was mad at me, it's like she's changed.
"I thought you were dead, Tobin! For months I thought you were dead since that shooting in Pairs! Since then you were the only thing on my mind because I couldn't see a world without you in it. I was scared to death and you never answered my calls, so I didn't forget about you. Months passed and when I didn't get any kind of response from you-"
"You stopped trying." Tobin says, finishing off my sentence.
"Tobin, just stop. You're here now and I don't care about Kelley and I. I care about us. I need you more than you'll ever know." I say.
"You never needed me, you were always better off without me. You were better off, breaking my heart over and over again giving me no chance to recover. I left to go to Paris because of you. You were the reason why everything between us fell apart. Because you, of all people, believed that I was still the person I was years ago."
"It's different now. I realized that I already knew you weren't that person anymore." I say, taking a step toward her.
"Go be with Kelley." Tobin says.
"No. I need you and I mean it. I can't live without you."
"You certainly can and you most certainly will. You broke my heart countless times, you aren't going to break Kelley's." Tobin says.
"That doesn't matter because all along you've always had my heart. I never gave it to her." I say but Tobin shakes her head.
"You don't need me, Alex."
"I do. I need you." I say.
"Alex!" Tobin yells. Then it got quiet. All you could hear were the cars driving by and the sound of the rain pouring down on us. "You have Kelley you're happy! Love her not me! Because I'm not the person you think I am. I'm not the person you fell in love with."
"I love you." I say, ignoring all the things she said.
"Then prove it! Not just by your words but by your actions. They speak louder than words. Damn it! I want you to fight for me."
"I will."
I take a step towards her, closing the space between us as I crash my lips against hers.
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Happy Halloween! Here's a treat instead of a trick :)
