Falling out of Love

Sacrifice

   We ate Chinese food and watched a movie as we cuddled on the couch, it was the best Friday night ever. There’s only one thing, we innocently fell asleep watching the movie and now its morning, and he’s still asleep, and if I get up he will wake up. My bladder is going to explode! If only he wasn’t so cute when he sleeps.

  Why did I drink so much liquid last night?! Oh boy, oh boy.

  Knock Knock

Oh my cheese, that knock scarred me! That could’ve been bad.

  “Is someone at the door?” Kyle asked in a sleepy voice. I nodded and he stretched, moving his arm from being around me. I jumped up and ran towards the restroom.

  “Get the door would ya,” I said as I ran to relieve myself.

  When I came back I saw Kyle talking to Tom. Wait what? Why is Tom here this early?

  “Tom, what are you doing here?” I asked because I’m surprised and this is a little awkward.

  “I wanted to stop by to talk to you about my house, but I was talking to Kyle and he thinks he might be interested in renting it from me,” Tom said and Kyle nodded.

  “Oh is that so?” I asked Kyle.

  “Well right now you and I live an hour away from each other which I think makes it harder for us to just casually hang out when we want. If I move into Tom’s place then we would only live like ten minutes apart,” he said.

  “That’s very accurate. But moving is a big deal, and what about your jobs at the hotel and the café? You want to give that up so that we can be closer?” I asked. We haven’t been dating for very long, what if we break up after he moves? He will have given up his jobs and his apartment for nothing.

    “Phoebe,” he walked away from Tom and over to me then continued, “I want to be with you, I don’t care what I have to give up. I think you and I are going to last and I’m willing to sacrifice those things for us. Do you think that I shouldn’t consider it?”

  “I don’t want to tell you what to do, I just think that puts a lot of pressure on our relationship. I want us to last too but this is a big decision and we don’t know how it will all end up,” I said. I would love it if he lived closer I just don’t want to ruin things by him doing this.

  “I’ll think about it Tom, I’ll let you know as soon as possible,” he said but he was still looking at me, not Tom.

  “Okay yeah take your time, I leave in a few months so you have time,” Tom said but Kyle didn’t respond so I decided to.

  I walked past Kyle and over to Tom “Thank you Tom, it’s very generous of you,” I said.

  “Yeah Tom, I appreciate it. So we’ll see you later then,” Kyle said with his arms crossed so it came across as kind of hostile.

  “Tom you can stay if you want,” I said. What is Kyle’s problem? He basically told Tom to leave; he’s acting like he doesn’t like tom or something.

  “No that’s okay Phoebe, I um, I should go,” He smiled and I smiled back then he left. My smile fell and I crossed my arms. I turned around to face Kyle who was looking at me.

  “What’s your deal man? He offered you his place yet you cant be nice to him,” I said.

  “I was nice,” he defended.

  “You basically kicked him out of MY apartment.”

  “I think I’ve been pretty cooperative with this whole Tom thing, wouldn’t you say?”

  “Tom thing?”

  “The fact that your still friends, best friends, with your ex who, not to mention, loves you. And by the way, if I wasn’t here when he came, what would’ve happened?” He said, starting to raise his voice.

  “What is that supposed to mean?” I asked and raised my volume to match his.

  “It means, you still like him obviously! You made that clear the other day when you went all crazy about him leaving. And if I wasn’t here this morning, I think you might have done something that you might not regret.”

  “How could you think that?! Tom is my friend, him and I are strictly platonic! Like I’ve said a billion times, I’ll always have feelings for him but they’ll never be as strong as how I used to feel for him! What do you want from me?!”

  “I don’t want you to have feelings for someone else! If you’re going to be with me, then be with me! If we are going to do this, then I want all of your heart, not a piece of it because Tom still has most of it!” He sighed and rubbed his temples then continued, “You and Tom are too close.”

  “So you want me to stop being friends with him?” I asked. I told him once that I wouldn’t drop friends for him and I mean it.

  “I don’t want him coming here at 8 o’clock in the morning to see you! I’m not saying you should stop being friends with him, but maybe it would be best if you did. I want you to choose right now, me or Tom,” he said. My eyes got teary at the thought of loosing either of them.

  “Don’t make me do this Kyle,” I said quietly.

  “Right now Phoebe!” he said getting impatient.

  “Tom,” I said really quiet.

  “What?” he asked like he couldn’t hear me but I know he did.

  “I don’t want to loose either of you but I told you that I would never drop friends for you, and I’m serious. So if you have to make me choose, then I choose Tom,” I said.

  He looked down and cleared his throat, he grabbed his jacket and walked past me and slammed the door which made me flinch.

  “AHHH!” I screamed angrily and threw a lamp at the door, which bent and the light bulb shattered.

  I went around the room throwing things and breaking things until I just sat in the middle of the floor and cried.

                                                          Kyle Mayberry’s P.O.V.

  I sat in my car, still parked at Phoebe’s apartment, and tried to calm myself down. I cant believe she choose him.

  “AHHH!” I screamed angrily. I looked around my car for something to break but there isn’t anything, which is not helping me to calm down! I’ve lost someone I care about again because of my stupidity, but this time is different. I have a chance to fix it, I’m not in the wrong here though am I? Nobody should be that close with their ex! Phoebe needs to realize that relationships take sacrifice. I should go back and tell her that!

  I got out of my car and marched to her door. I went to open it but the sound of her crying uncontrollably, stopped me. I made her cry, how could I make her choose?! No I cant think like that, I did what I think is right. I cant go back in there, if I do I know I’ll cave. I have to go before I make more mistakes.

A/N

Writing this chapter was hard because of how much I love these characters but I hope you guys liked it.  What do you guys think of going in Kyle's P.O.V. every once and a while? Let me know in the comments please, or ya know, don’t. Either way=XOXO