New Hope Club Imagines x Short Stories

somebody that you loved- reece bibby

i'm lying here in my bed, alone. hoping, praying that shes alone too. just like i am. i'm wishing that her name would just flash upon my phone, reminding me that i'm not alone and she's still with me. that we never broke up.

three months, it's been. three whole months. and that day still replays in my mind like a scene from a movie. it's as clear as day.

~Three Months Earlier~

i had finally got the time off of work to visit my girlfriend of two years, where she lives in London. we struggle to see each other often because of how far away we live from each other. i live up in Accrington, while she lives in London, it's a four hour drive at least. but i'm finally breaking that barrier today and going to surprise her by paying her a visit. we haven't seen each other face to face in a month, so i'm making the effort to see her.

the whole drive i was so excited, i love this woman with all my heart and i can't wait to see her and i know she'll feel exactly the same.

i finally pull up onto her street and towards her house, when i noticed a blue car on her driveway. that's weird, she must have got a new car and forgot to tell me, she used to have a red one. i shrug it off and check my hair one last time, before collecting all of the courage i can, while grabbing the bunch of roses i bought her and climbing out of the car, towards her door and ring the doorbell, exhaling trying to slow my heart rate which is building from nerves and excitement.

she opens the door with messy hair and a robe wrapped around her, but she still looks beautiful. my smile is from ear to ear, she's here. right in front of me.
"oh my god, Reece. what are you doing here?" she forcefully whispers, with a hint of anger in her tone. is she not happy to see me? she keeps looking behind her as if she's checking something
"i wanted to surprise you because i missed you" i honestly admit, smiling wildly at her
"Reece-" she starts but immediately stops when a man comes and stands next to her and wraps his arm around her waist. wait what?! hang on i recognise him. it's her ex, Mike.
"you alright mate? what can my girl help you with?" he says claiming her almost and i freeze, dropping the flowers onto the floor with shock.
"she-she's my...girlfriend" i mutter and i look to the floor where my roses now are ruined.

she's cheating on me.

the girl i love and trusted completely. is cheating on me. with her ex.

at this moment i feel like i'm trapped in a burning room and the flames, the pain, the torture is all in the shape of this woman. but now she's just left me standing in the dark.

she has left my heart in two. one half still loves her and the other part cant stand the thought of her but i cant decide which feeling is stronger. what about the spark we had? the spark that set off a thousand fireworks every time we kissed.  the spark you only get once in a lifetime.

at this moment i don't know what to do, she gives me a sorrowful look, with tears in her eyes as if to say 'i'm so sorry' but i don't believe her. i have to be the bigger person. this moment will be the hardest thing i'll ever do in my life. and that's walk away still loving her. but to her i'm just somebody that she loved, if she ever really did.

i feel like she just let me in, used me whenever she wanted then spat me out like i'm nothing. she was my everything- i gave her my everything. but now she threw it all away. for him.

i made my way back to my car and drive off as quickly as i can. i lasted five minutes until i had to pull over. i banged my hands against the steering wheel, then rested my head against it and sobbed. i don't know how long i cried for but it felt like an eternity. she really cut me deep, and she's found a place to leave her mark. i never thought we would fall apart especially not like this. but that's the consequence of loving someone, getting your heart broken. and loving her just broke my heart. if i didn't love her it wouldn't have hurt as much as it does.

when all of a sudden i snap my head up and remember something. i dig through my front pocket of my jacket and pull out the small velvet box and open it.

inside was an engagement ring.

i was planning on proposing to her tonight and i had picked out the perfect ring. it's the ring she saw in a shop once and fell in love with so i immediately went back and bought it for her. it may have been three months worth of paycheck's but she was worth it. well that's what i thought anyway.

i look over to my bedside table at the ring box that's still there after all this time. i don't think ill ever find anyone who i connected with as well as i did with her. but there's nothing i can do about it now. i sigh and get up out of bed and get myself ready to go to work.

"Mr Bibby?" a female voice questions me as i raise my head groggily from my computer to meet her eyes.

holy- she's gorgeous. she has short brown hair that ends just below her shoulders and dazzling blue eyes hidden behind her thick black glasses. she's... stunning. she must be the new secretary people have been telling me about but i never cared enough to play attention. i feel as though i've lost all the vocabulary i once knew, so i just nod my head to answer.

"um- here's the p-paperwork, Mr uh- Beckett told me to bring you" the new girl continues nervously refusing to give me eye contact while handing me the papers.
"Thank you..." i trail off and let her add her name at the end.
"oh! i am so sorry! i'm becky" she holds her hand out for me to shake, i gladly accept and shake her hand back
"i'm reece, by the way, none of that 'mr bibby' crap" i inform becky.
"Got it, Mr Bib- shit! sorry...Reece" she corrects herself and i let out my first genuine laugh in what feels like an eternity. i don't know what come over me in this moment but i let myself slip and ask becky a question i'd never thought i'd ask someone

"would you like to go on a date with me tonight?" she looks shocked and i realise what i've just said to this woman i have just met "oh my god i'm so sorry, i don't know what came over me- we've only just met. i mean you're so pretty you probably have a boy-"
"Reece." Becky politely stops me "i would love to go on a date with you tonight" she grabs a post-it and a pen off my desk and writes her number down. "pick me up at 7, Mr Bibby" Becky winks and walks off away from my desk. and i lean back on my chair and just smile at myself like an idiot.

maybe this is the start of a new me.
maybe i'm finally over her.
its now time to focus on myself and my happiness and stop worrying about her.
it's time to forget about her and restart my life with Becky.
i can feel a whole new spark forming. even bigger than the last.

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