Broken Hearts - TreeBros Part 2 - The Separate Journeys

Chapter 18

Evan's POV:

I stand in the mirror and look at myself, my hair is a mess and it looks like I haven't showered in days.

No wonder Connor doesn't want me anymore, I'm a mess.

I walk back into my room and Connor is sitting on my bed, he looks up at me. I sigh.

I want to like you, I do. But I don't know if I can handle you right now after what happened.

"Evan look I'm sorry" Connor says.

"I know" I reply while folding clothes and putting them back into my drawer in a neat pile.

"So you're not mad?" He asks, I shake my head.

"It's.... complicated" I say.

"What do you mean it's complicated?" Connor says while getting up and walking over to me. "Evan what do you mean?"

"I'm not as mad as I was but I'm still a little mad ok?"

"Look I'm not in love with him" Connor says, I nod.

"I know, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just... when I asked you if you guys were close yesterday, you said you weren't"

"Yeah we aren't anymore"

"Anymore, but you were. You acted like you didn't know him very well" I say while walking over to water my plant that I have on my windowsill.

"Evan I was just trying to protect you from the truth"

I look back at him, suddenly realization hits me.

I would have done the same thing, I would have lied to protect him. I mean look at him, baggy eyes, messy hair, a mess. He didn't want this to happen, he didn't want me to get hurt. Maybe I should forgive him. Maybe I should pretend that this all never happened. But it did and that's what bugs me, the fact that Connor had someone, other than me, and he didn't tell me until yesterday.

"I-I forgive you but I can't put this behind me" I say, he nods.

"I understand" Connor says, he walks over to me and holds my hands, I let him. I start to cry again and I look away for a second before bringing my eyes back on Connor.

"I'm sorry" Connor says again and engulfs me in a hug, I hug back.

We can never pretend this ever happened, but we can understand each other. I still care for Connor and that's all that matters, I want to do what's best for our relationship and that's not to tear it apart but to learn from our mistakes and build it back up. Sure it will take some time to let this Miguel thing sink in but in the end it will be better. It's just now that's hard, it's just now that's hard knowing he had this secret ex. But this will all be over soon, hopefully. Hopefully nothing else happens, hopefully nothing can ever ruin our relationship.