↠ Dial ↞ C.H. {au}

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"Tara. I can explain." He said, pulling up his pants and walking toward me. I took a step back and shook my head.

"Yo-ou cheated on me." I said, looking at him, tears in my eyes.

"Tara. I- just listen." He moved forward again and I moved back again.

"No. You lied. I can't believe you." I said, a tear leaving my eye. "You- I fucking hate you. I hate you." I cried. "I hate you so much." I turned around, running out of the room, tears streaming down my face.

"Tara!!" I heard him shout.

He cheated on me. He cheated on me with my roommate. He lied...

I kept running, crying hard. I didn't even know where I ws going, I just kept running.

I soon found myself outside a dorm room, I knocked on it and it opened, revealing Ethan.

"Tara. What happened?" He said, pulling on another shirt. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head, crying. He came forward, pulling me in a hug, rubbing my back. "Shh."

I cried into his chest.

"Hey, come on, let's go inside." He wrapped his arm around me, bringing me inside and closing the door, bringing me to the bed and sitting me down. "What's wrong Tara?"

I looked down, closing my eyes as tears fell on my lap. "He cheated on me..." I choked out.

"Tara." He pulled me into another hug, hugging me tightly. "Shh. It's okay." He cooed, rubbing my back.

All I remember is that I cried, cried till I fell asleep.

✿

I woke up the next day, hugging a pillow. I opened my eyes and noticed an empty bed and turned around, seeing an empty dorm. I thought back to the events of last night and a lump grows in my throat. I look at the bed side and see a note.

"Went to class, didn't want to wake you. Will get your homework for you though, rest. -Ethan"

I leaned over and grabbed my phone, seeing calls and texts from Calum, along with ones from Julie. I sighed and unlocked my phone, deleting the texts without reading them the locking my phone, putting it on silent.

I turned back to the bed, holding the pillow closer and leaning my head on it. I was about to close my eyes again when someone walked in.

"Oh, uh, sorry. You Ethan's girl?" He asked, closing the door and taking off his bag along with his hoodie following after.

I shook my head, looking at him.

"Oh, well I'm Jake. Ethan's roommate." He said, giving me a small smile. "And you are?"

"Tara." I say, smiling back a little.

"Nice to meet you." He says, moving to his side of the dorm and sitting on his bed, grabbing his laptop and doing work I guess.

I turned back, thinking about how I was going to deal with this situation. I can't keep running away from it, even if I wanted to.

"So, if you aren't Ethan's girl. Why are you in his bed? If you don't mind asking." Jake asked, as I heard him typing away on his laptop.

"I came here early this morning. I, uh, had a problem and I just ended up here." I said, still facing the wall, my back to him.

"Hmm, I woke up and found him on the floor this morning." He said.

"He slept on the floor?" I asked, turning around and looking at him, across the room.

He peaked over his laptop and nodded, "Yeah, he did."

"Oh." I said, a bit surprised and a little relieved.

Ethan was my ex, but he was also a friend now, I guess. I don't want Ethan falling for me again, or still having an emotional attachment to me nor do I want to have that for him either. It would just cause a whole new problem and I didn't need it.

I didn't like Ethan in that way either anymore, that ended when he cheated on me and well when Calum came back in my life. But now that Calum cheated on me, I'll have to go through that process again. Although, this time, I don't know if I'll be able to get out of it as easy.

I hugged the pillow and closed my eyes, ignoring the problem and falling back asleep. Sleep is my best friend right now. It keeps me away from thinking and it stops me from crying. I was done crying. I didn't want to do it anymore.

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I woke up again and turned over, I opened my eyes and seen someone sitting in the rolling chair, writing something. I also seen someone else on their laptop, listening to music softly and typing. It was Ethan and Jake.

Ethan turned when he seen me move, seeing me awake. "Sorry, did we wake you?"

I shook my head, "No."

He nodded, "Well good afternoon."

"Hmm." I pulled the blanket over me, looking at him.

He nodded again, turning back to the desk and continuing to write.

I stared at him for awhile then spoke after a long while of silence, having only the sound of keyboard buttons being pressed, writing and our breathing.

"Thank you Ethan." I said softly, still looking at him. "For being here for me. Even when I broke your heart."

He turned to me. "You're welcome Tara. And I broke yours first so it was only right you do the same back." He said, smiling a little.

I nodded. "Still, thank you."

"Not a problem."

I grabbed my phone and looked at it, seeing more calls and texts from Julie and Calum.

"It's been blinking on and off for the past 5 hours." Ethan said, turning on the rolling chair.

"I need to go back. Just to get my stuff together for tomorrow." I said, deleting it all again, putting my phone in my pocket this time.

"You going to the administration to change dorms?" He asked.

I shook my head, sitting up and fixing my hair and clothes. "There's no sense, Christmas is coming up soon and it'll be vacation and instead of staying here, I think I'm going to go home."

He nodded. "Want me to come with you back to your dorm?"

I shook my head again. "I'll be fine. I'll call or come back if anything." I said, standing and grabbing my stuff.

"Okay, I'll be here. If not, Jake most likely will be." He said, standing up and walking with me to the door.

I nodded, "It was nice meeting you Jake." I said, waving at him.

"You too Tara." He smiled, waving then looking back at the screen.

I opened the door and stepped out, looking at Ethan. "I'll call you if anything."

"Please do." He smiled and leaned forward, hugging me. "Everything will be okay Tara, you're strong. Don't let this break you." He said softly.

I hugged him back and nodded, pulling away. "I'll see you later." I said, giving him a small smile before turning around and walking through the hall and riding the elevator down, walking out of the building.

A/N

I have this odd amount of inspiration at the moment and I'm loving it. I feel like I haven't written in weeks. That's because I haven't lol.

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