Sweet Creature • larry au ✓

22 : often

Marbles | night thirty four

Tell me;

How often do we speak?
How many words have we offered?
How many moments were too weak?
How many days have you stuttered?

How many lies have you said?
How many secrets have you kept?
Do you remember while in bed,
Or when you unbearably wept?

•

Tess: Have you seen him today?

Louis: (sighs) Standing there, as always.

Tess: Didn't pick him up?

Louis: (shakes head) I couldn't.

Tess: You can, you just wouldn't do it 'cause you're scared. (rolls eyes)

Louis: [silence]

Tess: How often do you talk, on the phone specifically?

Louis: Barely existing.

Tess: Have a full conversation while in the car?

Louis: Unlike before.

Tess: You still love him?

Louis: A lot. (pauses) He's the only one I have.

Tess: Then why aren't you telling him that?

Louis: You know why. (looks up at Tess)

Tess: Plans for tomorrow?

Louis: [silence]

Tess: [silence]

Louis: Tess... (sniffles)

Tess: Hmm?

Louis: Give him the night he deserves. Serve him the blueberry cheesecake he loves, and play his favorite song. It's not gonna end well tomorrow, and I want him to remember at least one good thing that happened.

Tess: (sighs) You sure about this?

Louis: Yes.

Tess: [silence]

Louis: I'm breaking up with him.

- - - - - - • - - - - - -

n o t e | "i still don't get why he's breaking up with Harry. wtf." - readers

s o n g | The Story Never Ends - Lauv