The War on Love

Chapter 18

I was lying on my couch upside down. World War Z was on the TV. I love this movie. Except for the end. The end is a piece of crap. The zombie on the plane just attacked the one lady.

My phone started ringing. I groaned and answered it without looking at the caller ID. "This better be good. You're interrupting my zombies," I say with annoyance in my voice.

"What?" It's a British voice. Shit. I don't want to talk to him. "Emmalyn, I swear to God, if you hang up on me I will come cut your other arm off! Talk to me!"

"I'm watching a movie and it's at my favorite part! You better have a pretty damn good reason for interrupting my zombies!" I snap.

"How much more is left of your movie?"

"I dunno. Half hour?" I huff.

"So, it'll be over by four?"

"Yes, Thomas. Why?"

"I want you to watch Ellen today."

"Why?"

"Love, er... Emmalyn, just do it. Please," Thomas begs.

"I was probably going to watch it anyway. I normally do," I say, rolling my eyes before returning them to my movie.

"Oh...." It's silent for a moment. "What the bloody hell are you watching?!"

Oh. Oops. I guess the volume is pretty loud... "World War Z. It's about the zombie apocalypse."

"That sounds weird."

"I'm a weird person," I counter.

"You say that as if I don't already know."

"Wow. Thanks, Sangster," I grumble. "I'm going back to my movie now. Bye." I hang up. I should've hung up earlier. I didn't want to talk to him. I still don't want to talk to him! I'm still pissed about being called a publicity stunt!

My Twitter has been blowing up ever since we broke up. Why don't you take him back? Because he hurt me. Don't you miss him? No. Not really. Did you even love him? I did. Do you still love him? I could never answer that. Part of me wants to say no. But the other half keeps saying, "Yes. Yes, you do." I keep trying to ignore that half. It doesn't work.

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When four rolls around, I turn on channel three. Ellen is just sitting in her chair and beginning to introduce her first guest. "Okay, first today, we have the British actor, Thomas Sangster!" She says, standing up to greet him.

My breath gets caught in my throat. He walks out onto the stage wearing a light blue button-up with a black jacket. He smiles his fake smile he uses for the public. His hair is swept up perfectly. But something's different. His deep brown eyes are missing the normal twinkle. He's wearing long sleeves. He usually wears a nice t-shirt or something like that. He keeps fidgeting with his fingers as he sits in his chair.

"How you been doing, Thomas?" Ellen asks.

"Fine. Just fine. You?" Lies. I can see it. His jaw tightened. His fingers froze slightly before continuing to tap on the arm rest.

"Good. Okay, let's get down to business. I'm going to skip over everything none of us care about and cut to the chase. What happened between you and your girlfriend?"

"Um... It's complicated," he said, nodding as he spoke, clearly satisfied with his answer. "There was an argument and and she told me to leave. She's ignored me ever since. I did get a hold of her today, though." Wow. Thanks for making me the bad guy in this, Thomas.

"You guys were living together?"

"Yeah. We both had found it rather worthless for me to go out and get an apartment in Louisiana when she had a perfectly good guest bedroom."

"Oh, so, you're not good enough for the master yet," Ellen jokes.

He chuckles. "No. Apparently not." Oh, most definitely not. I had a rather evident bruise for a week from where you kicked me the last time we shared a bed!

"Do you miss her?"

"Oh, most definitely. How could I not? I've known her for almost two years now. She's just become a part of my life that I don't like living without." A collective 'Aww' rises from the audience.

I scoff and roll my eyes. You seem to be getting along just fine, Sangster. Then, I see them. The stark white bandages wrapped around his wrist. I take out my phone and text him angrily. "What the hell were you thinking!?" I shout as I type. I hear his phone beep through the television screen. He resists the urge to pull his phone out of his pocket and read the text, knowing it's from me. He still hasn't changed my ringtone. That's okay. I still haven't changed his.

"Why don't you take her back?" Ellen asks.

He snorts. "She's not the one who needs to be taken back. She broke up with me. I apologized. She didn't forgive me and I don't blame her."

"Is she watching today?"

"Um..... I don't really know. I asked her too but, she's stubborn and probably didn't listen."

"I am," I text. His phone beeps again. His eyes take on a look of discomfort. He wants to answer. He can't. He can't do it discretely.

"Is there anything you'd like to say to her?" Ellen asks as the camera does a close up of his features. He has dark circles around his eyes. He looks horrible.

"Love, I am so incredibly sorry for everything. I miss you, Emmalyn. I understand if you don't want me back in your life. Will you at least forgive me though? I'm stupid for saying this because you probably already have a new boyfriend, I mean what man in their right mind wouldn't swim across oceans for you?" He takes a deep breath and pauses. "Take me back, love. I am so incredibly sorry for messing everything we had up. Truth is, I still love you. Really." He silently gets up and walks off the stage. I see him take out his phone when his back is to the audience.

His ringtone fills my ears.

T:??

E: Don't you dare play dumb with me, Sangster! I'm not blind.

T: Emmalyn, what are you talking about?

E: I could see your bandages for half the interview.

T: Shit... I'm sorry. It's just that I haven't made the best life decisions since we broke up.

E: I can tell.

T: So, what do you say?

E: I say that I don't follow

T: Will you have me back?

E: I don't know. You hurt me, Thomas. I trusted you and you lied to me. How do I know that won't happen again?

T: Because, I swear to you, I will never again do anything to hurt you. I can't stand being away from you anymore. I'm sorry! So. So. So. Sorry. I just want you back in my life. I miss you and I love you. Please?

E: Okay.

T: Okay.

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A/N: TFIOS MOMENT! Yes. I did that on purpose. I'm sorry that the break up period only lasted two chapters but I ran out of ideas =/ besides you guys probably didn't want them broke up, now did you? I didn't.... Well.... COMMENT/VOTE/FOLLOW!!!! -med_01