𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 ; 𝐝𝐬

0.8

[E L A I N A  H O P E]

"hey." he breathed out.

"how are you?" i asked weakly.

"g-good." he replied, still flabbergasted.

we stared at each other for many moments, looking deep into each other's eyes. no one bothered  to say anything, because they knew there was something happening that only we could feel.

we could still feel a connection.

after many minutes of uninterrupted staring, i turned my head back to the tv, not being able to look at the man who broke my heart, yet still holds it at the same time.

i heard him go back upstairs and i sighed, "that was extremely awkward."

"oh my god." zach mumbled. "that's the first time i've seen both of your eyes go back to their natural color. he actually looked complete looking at you. his eyes weren't gray anymore, and yours weren't black. for a second, you both looked happy for the first time in a long time."

i looked down and shrugged, not wanting to admit that all of that was true. looking at him, i felt complete. i felt genuinely happy for the first time in four years.

"i better get going." i mumbled, standing up. "corbyn, please give christina my number."

he nodded his head and smiled.

i gave everyone a hug and thank you, then left the house, hoping not to return anytime soon.

~

when i got home, i decided to do something you most likely wouldn't expect that i would do in this circumstance.

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me: that's not exactly how i expected seeing you again after four years.

daniel is typing...

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he kept typing something, then backspacing it, like he didn't know how to respond to my text. to be honest, if he texted me randomly, i wouldn't know how to respond, either.

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daniel: that was so awkward. everyone was just staring at us.

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i laughed. i literally laughed right out loud at his text.

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me: still have your sense of humor?

daniel: eh, kind of. it doesn't come out very often.

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no one texted anything for five straight minutes, both of us waiting for the other to say something, until i finally did.

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me: is it possible for texting to be awkward? because if it is, this is definitely awkward...

daniel: i think we just made awkward texting a thing.

me: okay, well... bye, i guess.

daniel: bye.

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two of the most awkward situations of my whole life just happened in one day. 

at least i had a conversation with him. an actual face-to-face conversation with him. sure, it was only four sentences, but it was a start.

at least it was a start.

♡