A Tale Of A Broken Heart

Puzzle

"Sorry, but I think I need some time for myself", I replied to Natalie after she asked me if I wanted to hang out again.

I just didn't feel like seeing her. After I got sober from the party, I decided to put her on hold for a while. I wanted to get away from her as far as possible.

"Oh Ok. I understand", she texted back and topped her message off with a smile emoji.

I didn't know how to feel. I felt like crying and shouting at the same time. But I had no energy to do so. It felt like I was missing a piece. As if a someone ripped out a chunk of the jigsaw puzzle within me.

"What's wrong honey ? Is everything Ok ? You look so sad", my mother asked me from the drivers seat.

"Yeah it's nothing", I replied. I've never told a greater lie in my entire life.

The day went on without any special event happening. Maybe there was and I just didn't notice. I didn't care. 

Why would anyone care ?

I felt like being trapped in a unending spiral of trial and error. Destined to never escape this punishment handed out by a higher power. I felt so small in this cruel world. So alone.

Not too long after midnight my phone woke me up from the shallow slumber. 

It was Natalie.

She wrote me a very long text describing how important I am to her and how she didn't want to lose me. I read through the text very attentively. I was both excited and scared at the same time. Excited because the love of my life just wrote me and scared because I didn't want to know what she wrote me. But I kept going.

"I want to try being with you"

My heart skipped a beat. Did I just read it correctly ?

"I don't know how long it would work out, but I would like to try it with you."

My answer was very obvious.