I'll always come back to you, the sequel

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I laid in my bed for days after finding out david planned on proposing to natalie. I couldn't tell anyone why, then david would know i listened every time he came to speak to me thinking i was asleep. It was his way of bringing some type of peace to his mind. So, i told everyone I was sick.. which the ache in my heart that sat there sure made me feel sick.

2 years ago david and i broke up after being together for 7 months. We were.. toxic but our love was so deep it was incredibly hard to end it for both of us. I wish i could tell you we had the happy ending that him and i both wanted for ourselves but, that just wasn't the case.

David and Nat have been together for almost a year and a half.. they got together not long after we broke up, i knew the whole relationship he had something still for her.. so i feel like i drove him to her basically because i stayed hounding him about her.

We're all friends, to keep the peace in the friend group we basically act like david and i had never happened and the past just stayed in the past.

It was so easy to do now but not while we were dating, for the life of me i didn't understand why. relationships always made things much harder and messier than ever.

I continued to think about what david said, in another life or afterlife or whatever the case may be he would always come find me and come back to me, i didn't understand why he would marry someone else if he still felt that way.

I was brought out my thoughts by heath laying down next to me in bed.

"hi elena." he said in a weird toned voice causing me to laugh.

"hello?" i questioned back, "what do you want." i said throwing the blanket over my head.

"just checkin on ya.." he said while pushing me a little.

"i'm fine just don't feel good.." i said sniffling a little.

"now i know that's a lie, tell me what's really going on.." he said sitting up pulling the blanket off of me as the cold air hit me i shivered and pulled it right back on me.

"nothings going on heath." i said back quickly and he gave me a questionable look clearly knowing i'm lying.

"elena i'm your best friend, why do you feel the need to lie to me. is it david? is it work? what's been going on?" he said crossing his arms. i sat up and sighed placing my face in my hands and robbing it softly.

"i.. i don't even know where to start.." i spoke trying not to cry.

"well let's start on where you've been going every wednesday at the same time.. if it's meeting up with david elena that's just not cool to na-" he spoke but i cut him off.

"NO! no no it's not that at all i wouldn't do that to her.." i said as he nodded and gave a me a 'ok explain then' look.

"i thought i could handle everything okay and by myself and i thought i would be fine eventually. then all of a sudden months and months go by and this pain in my heart over david never went away. like time going by wasn't healing a damn thing. so i decided a few months ago to go to a therapist and talk to someone that didn't know me and didn't know david and knew nothing but the story and how i was feeling. she's been helping a lot.." i said afraid heath would think i was crazy or something.

"elena why didn't you tell us?? we would have understood! david was your great love nobody gets over something like that.." he said rubbing my back as i nodded.

"and i know that. i do! and i truly thought it was going to be okay.. until a few nights ago.." i said earning a confused look from heath.

"when david was here?" he asked and i nodded yes and took a deep breath.

"please don't tell anyone.." i whispered and he nodded his head in okay.

"david.. for a while always came to my room randomly while he was here and i'd always act like i was sleeping in thought he'd go away and i wouldn't have to face him, but he sits down here and he talks to me, he gets out everything he's feeling and that he loves me and such. i guess it helps ya know?" i said and heath stared at me in shock but i continued before he could say anything.

"...but the other night was the last time he was doing that because he was letting me fully go. completely. his love for me, the thought of us, everything because... he's asking natalie to marry him.." i said tearing up at the words as heaths eyes widened.

"WHAT!" he shouted jumping up.

"SHH heath!! shut up!" i said afraid zane or matt would run in.

"sorry.. what do you mean?!" he asked and i rolled my eyes.

"exactly what i just said heath. he's going to propose to her.." i said as he nodded no.

"no baby! like that's not how that's supposed to happen we all thought eventually he'd realize it's you it's always supposed to be you.." he said pulling me into a hug.

"no it's not me, we never worked no matter what we did.. he's happy with her i mean truly happy.. and i'm happy for both of them it just.." i was speaking as he cut me off.

"hurts like a bitch.." he said as i nodded wiping the tears away.

"hey it's going to be okay.. you know that.. zane and i were here through it all.. david's thinking irrationally i mean this has to be a mistake i mean their only like 26.."he said and i laughed.

"that's a normal age to get married heath" i said and he laughed and nodded.

"i know but it just doesn't seem... right?" he said running his hand through his hair.

he was right, it didn't seem right.