Ava's Symphony

Tell Me A Lie

"Wow that hurt. Seriously Ava, but I don't really think I have the obligation to tell you where I went."

"No, you're not getting the point here Linus. Can't you see I'm panicking? Can't you at least ask me why I'm detonating over here? Can't you hold me and tell that everything's gonna be alright and that you're there for me? Sometimes, I don't even know why we're together because you don't know how to do these things, how to care for me - your girlfriend. You are insensitive as heck."

"You know what? That's enough. I don't know what's gotten into your head today but you don't get to tell me that I'm insensitive. You're my girl, I can do whatever I want. Now you get to have your little surprise whether you like it or not, because that's just how much you're gonna get. I'm trying really hard here but all you do is bitch in front of me."

I can feel a wave of heat rushing up to my brain. "Oh, so I'm the bad guy? Fine! Fine. Fine, your objectification of women disgusts me. I'd rather be with Niall than a jerk like you." I blurt out the death phrase to romantic relationships, "We should break up."

Linus has his eyes opened wide, both of them filled with reluctance and anger. "So now you're giving me up for some stupid boyband! That's your line! You say it every time, don't you?" He starts stressing words everywhere. He does it every time we fight. "You don't even know what you're doing, he's just some celebrity in another country and here I am, your boyfriend, standing right in front of you! You think you get to choose how this relationship ends? No, you don't. Because I'm going to end it right here, right now." He turns the knob, kicks the threshold and storms out the door without hesitation.

Then here I am, left on my feet, in the corridor of my house watching Linus leave. Ignoring the cushions outside, I drag myself back into my room knackered and heartsore. I take out my phone after dumping everything on the floor. Listening to the rest of I Would, I check my messages. I really want to text Linus. I want to tell him that I didn't mean it, that I didn't actually blame him for the surprise, that I didn't want to lose him. I feel like a snide nincompoop, why did I let him to just slip away like that?

I tap on his profile display once again and see that his icon, once being a selfie with me, is now changed into a tumblr-ish quote picture saying "I don't wanna lose you now" from Mirrors by Justin Timberlake. His status has been changed into "Tell Me A Lie." What? I always think Linus didn't like One Dee, and now he's using it for like a reference thing against me? What, anyway, is he trying to hint?

"Can't ever get it right, no matter how hard I try, and I've tried." The first line I hear after I try to search for the song on YouTube.

"Well I put up a good fight, but your words hurt like knives, and I'm tired as you break my heart again this time." No, Linus I didn't mean to say those things. I was panicking just now, I had to say something to vent. I mean, I was freaking out over the messages.

"Tell me I'm a screwed up mess, that I never listen." My heart aches a little to each note and each lyric. It is my fault, I realise. I am the fool in this. "Tell me you don't want my kiss, that you need your distance." Linus, I'm sorry. I really am.

"Tell me anything but don't you say he's what you're missing, baby." I am genuinely sorry if I mentioned Niall in our scrap. "If he's the reason that you're leaving me tonight, spare me what you think and tell me a lie."

But then he comes to my mind. I go back to my Twitter inbox, rereading our short conversation today, he said he needs me and sent me I Would - it all feels quite surreal. I can't help but find myself smiling. Should I be?

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Hello there! Sorry for the late update because I couldn't really choose which song to use :P This was written in quite a rush so perhaps it's not as good, and shorter than the other chapters, or so I say. Anyway, if you like it, remember to vote up and share it to your friends! So, TTFN, enjoy? ;D