innocent | ethan dolan

thirty-nine

he broke her

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violet's pov;

I had felt this kind of pain before. With my ex. First love is always the worst breakup isn't it? Wrong. With Liam, I had never felt like I had with Ethan. I thought Ethan was the one.

I thought wrong, clearly. I stood outside a cinema, waiting for Grayson to pick me up. Joey and Shawn had told me they had plans together so I didn't want to interrupt.

I shook, my head, laughing to myself. What the fuck did I expect from him? Of course he had cheated the week we got together.

I had never felt so deeply for someone before in my life. The way I felt with Ethan was so different. I felt hollow at the moment. I could feel tears stinging my eyes however, they refused to come out.

There were people surrounding me, plus the cinema was quite busy so I felt remotely safe at the moment.

"Got stood up?" I hear a voice behind me. I turn to see Will, along with a girl that I hadn't seen around before.

"Worse. I got cheated on." I crack a smile. I didn't want to cry right now. I was still processing the entire thing.

"Oh shit. I'm sorry. Do you want me to drop you home?" Will asks.

"No, no. Grayson is picking me up, plus you gave a date." he says.

"Date? This is my sister." he chuckles. She shoots me a smile.

"I'm fine. Honestly." I say, forcing a smile. Will shoots me a look of sympathy, before giving me a hug.

"You realise that you can always talk to me about it right?" he says.

"Thank you. I'd rather not though." I say. I hear a car beep and turn around to see Grayson, his arm hanging out of the blue Porsche that he owned.

"See you later." I smile. Will nods at me, sending me another one of his comforting smiles. I turn around, walking to Grayson's car as I get in. I thought that I could remain normal until I reached home but then, he asked the dreaded question.

"You okay?" Grayson asks.

"No." I say, my voice cracking as I begin crying. I couldn't even think straight at the moment. My sobs fill the car as Grayson wraps his arm around me as much as he possibly could. In that moment, I felt my heart completely shatter.

That's why he was being so distant from me the entire time. That's why he refused to even touch me. All this time, I thought it was just me. But it was his cheating ass and his guilty conscience.

"I'm sorry." he says. "I told him to tell you sooner—"

"You knew?" I ask, wiping my eyes looking at him. He was supposed to be my friend. How could he hide this from me for so long. Especially since I told him nearly everything.

"Why the fuck didn't you tell me?" I ask.

"It wasn't my place V." he says.

"Drive." I say, refusing to meet his eyes. He sighs, looking straight ahead, not listening to me.

"Please drive me home Grayson." I repeat. This time, he listens to me. I stare out the window, the deafening silence managing to fill the car. How could he do this to me?

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." Grayson says, as we stop outside in my driveway.

"It's fine Gray." I say, understanding that he didn't want to hurt his brother either.

"Are you sure?" he asks. I wipe the wet patches under my eyes and look at him with a half smile.

"Honestly. It's fine." I say, before turning around to go into my house. Of course I wasn't fine. The love of my life just told me he had cheated on me and had been lying to me the entire time.

"You okay sweetheart?" my dad asks, looking at me. He probably thought that I wouldn't be home for a while, or at all.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I say, taking off my heels. I didn't feel like talking about this to anyone. I go into my room, throwing my heels down in the corner.

I stare at my reflection in my mirror. God, no wonder he cheated on me. I'm so fucking ugly. I stared at the scars hidden under my tattoos.

I convince myself not to cut. I had to be strong. I unzipped my dress, changing into shorts and a top which I will most probably be living in for the next few days.

I check my phone, ignoring the countless messages that had flooded my phone from Ethan, Grayson and Will. I shake my head, looking at the one from Joey.

joey: how's date night?
me: he cheated on me

Incoming call from Joey

I answer my phone, hearing Joey's voice from the other side of the phone.

"What happened?" she questions. I explained how the whole night was going right up until the part where I had come home.

"He's not shit." Joey says.

"God, I want to strangle him. The fucking dick. And with Alicia? Oh my fucking god." she says, cursing a little too excessively. Who am I kidding? He deserved every single one of those insults.

"I'm coming over right now." she says.

"No. Don't. You're with Shawn." I say.

"He doesn't mind Violet." Joey says.

"No. Trust me, just enjoy the night. I'll be fine. Plus, I think I just want to be alone for a while." I say, not wanting her to give up her time with Shawn. At least one of us had a loyal man.

"Are you sure?" she asks.

"Positive."

"Alright then." she says, giving up because I was being stubborn. "I love you" she says. I say the same thing back before hanging up. I close my lights, turning up my music. You could already guess that it was sad and depressing music.

I stare into the darkness of my room, feeling like my heart was bleeding.

a/n: fs ethan, u had one job

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lots of love and d,
-N