You and Me, Forever

I'm Sorry I Didn't Fight

Part 2 to I Can't

Here's the part 2 I promised:

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A month after Camila's encounter with Aaliyah, she hasn't been seen again. She had cut ties with Shawn and his family, meaning she started taking out loans and working every day just to pay off her schooling. Shawn had absolutely no access to her. He never expected his last moments with Camila to be in a three-hour car ride where silence consumed them whole as Camila wouldn't even look at him. The memory still haunts him, in his sleep and even when he's awake, laying on their bed with a glass full of bourbon at 4 in the morning.

He's changed since then, every bit of him broken and unfixable. He questions his reason for living. With finishing his career and his friends busy managing businesses and living their lives, the only thing keeping Shawn going was now gone, had disappeared from his life and showed no sign of return. He saw a future with Camila, a new beginning to an end with her, and now that it's over, he feels his reason to live and his future has turned non-existent.

Aaliyah hasn't heard from Shawn ever since that night, either. She had tried numerous times to explain herself but he simply ignored her, blaming her for ruining his life. She didn't know exactly what to think, she believed what she did was to protect him, but she started to doubt herself whenever Karen told her he's been locked up in his house with excessive amounts of alcohol and drinking his pain away. She had hoped a part of him would have learned that she was right and moved onto a different woman, but she knew that was highly unlikely. She was just frustrated, not only with Shawn, but with herself as well.

"You and Shawn need to talk about things." Karen demands through the phone.

Aaliyah rolls her eyes, letting out a slight groan.

"Mum, if he wants to put all the blame on me, he can have fun doing that. However, there isn't a thing I've done wrong and I'm not just going to sit here and-"

"I have never seen your brother more miserable in my life." Karen whispers, a slight quiver in her voice as she speaks. "He's not doing well, mentally, at least."

Karen lets out an almost inaudible sigh, "Aaliyah, I don't care what your intentions were, but the outcome of what you did is killing him."

Aaliyah takes in a shaky breath, leaning her elbow on the kitchen counter, placing the palm of her hand on her forehead.

"I'm not calling you a bad guy, but please, Aaliyah, fix this."

"But mum, I-"

"They drove three hours to see you just for you to deliberately embarrass her in front of her boyfriend."

Karen's tone suddenly became rough, not tolerating the fight Aaliyah has been constantly putting up whenever they discussed the situation.

"I understand you were trying to protect your brother but that is not how you go about it. Now, I will not tell you again, you speak to Shawn about this before you lose your brother forever."

The line goes dead against Aaliyah's ear. She sighs, locking her phone before pressing her forehead against the kitchen counter. She knows she has to talk to Shawn about this, but a part of her still feels like she can't allow Shawn to stay with Camila. It's as if her sister instincts kicked in. She doesn't want to see him hurt because of Camila, but she questions whether she's the one doing it instead.