Joe and Dianne: Life away from you

Still fighting for him

Narrator's POV:

"Dianne I think that you should leave..." Joe's words stuck in her head like a knife that was cast into her bones. Slowly but surely breaking her down. It was initially the shock of it all that broke down Dianne's defences. Causing the endless stream of tears to poor down her face, dripping slowly onto the white t-shirt she wore that day. After the way the past 24 hours of her life had gone, the smiles she finally welcomed - the laughter she finally shared - the feeling of joy that she finally embraced once again, the last thing she thought would happen to her this weekend would be that her and Joe would breakup. And in the entirety of her life, she had been naive enough to assume that when she thought she had found someone she loved, she would end up marrying them or they would breakup after he makes a mistake. But never, ever in her wildest dreams had she foreseen her being the screw up in a relationship.

But clearly times had changed. And so she had to accept what she had done. Keeping her eyes off of Joe's tearful face, Dianne stood up and walked back towards the door she had just come through, picking up her bag as she went. As her hand reached the cold metal of the front door, her head kicked into action again. Differing from the whirlwind of uncontrollable thoughts she had just experienced. A moment of clarity reaching her, forcing her to correct her posture, lift her head up to Joe and stop the tears falling from her tired and blotchy eyes. Dropping her bag to the floor, with a thud as she turned on her heel to make one final fight, one final push, one final procurement of her love for the skinny man with the floppy hair who managed to steel her heart forever.

"You know what Joe, I don't want to go just yet." The wave of confidence suddenly found within the fiery red head taking Joe by surprise, causing him to to correct his posture and stop the tears from his eyes falling down his cheeks. "I know that I fucked up. And I know that no matter how many times I say it, it won't make a difference. You see me differently now - and I accept that..." Dianne paused for a moment, pushing her hair back from off her face, as she stepped back to Joe slightly, this time keeping the eye contact that told the world that she was in control. "But I refuse to accept that you don't love me anymore. I refuse to believe that you don't want me here Joe. You may think that I have forgotten about our little chat about moving in together, but I haven't... Because everything that you said to me that night was real. I know that you love me, and I know that when I walk out this door that you're going to miss me. You may not have gone through heart brake before Joe, but I have. And if you seriously think that you're never going to want to see me again then you're just as naive as I am. And you aren't like that. You aren't a naive fool. You're kind and generous and smart. I'm so, truly and genuinely sorry for what I have done. And if I could go back and not go to that bar and not drink my body weight in alcohol then I would... But I can't. And I accept that this is my punishment for being an idiot. But anyway... Once you come to your senses, and understand that this was a one off, drunken mistake and that I love you - because Oh my goodness Joseph Sugg, I do. I really fucking love you - I'll be at Chloe's , and if you... when you want to see me, then I will run back to you with open arms - and I hope that you would do the same. Because I love you. And you're the man that I am meant to be with."

Dianne finished her long and rambling speech, admittedly unaware of 90% of the words she had just blurted out, but hoped and prayed that they all made sense. She walked over to Joe, placing her hands gently on Joe's left shoulder, pushing down on it as she went up on her tip toes, pressing a firm kiss on Joe's cheek.

"Goodbye Joseph Sugg."

And with that Dianne walked back over to her bag - picking it up before turning to the door and leaving the apartment she had been thrilled to call her secondary home. A solitary tear running down her cheek as she got into the lift, contrasting her smile. A telling smile that exemplified her inner mind track. Knowing all too well that she would be back in her home in no time at all. But until that day came, she allowedher tears to fall.

Joe however was left in his empty apartment. His only company the broken record of his mind repeating Dianne's words over and over to him. Hating himself at the fact he knew she was right.

A/N Hey people! I hope that you enjoyed this. I know that it was a little bit shorter, and very different to the usual pieces I write but I hope you liked it. I also just want to thank you for all the support I have been getting from this story. Any comment or vote means so much to me and I want you to know that I read and appreciate anything I receive, so tank you xx