This is Love | Daniel Seavey

seven

A few days after the party I got a text from Corbyn.

"Hey, can you come over?", read the text.

"I'd honestly rather not" I replied.

"Please Daniel really needs you right now" Corbyn texted.

"Why should I care? He didn't care about me when he cheated" I replied again

"Please Kristen, he hasn't eaten since the party, we're really worried about him", he texted almost immediately after I sent the last text.

"K" I said

I got up and grabbed my keys and went out to my car. Johnny wasn't at my place so, I texted him to let him know that I was going to be out helping a friend out.

"Okay, I trust you, be safe" he replied

It was already 3 pm, so I didn't plan on staying long.

This better be serious, and not just Daniel trying to see me again.

Once I got to the apartment complex, I texted Corbyn and he came down to get me.

"I know this is really sudden, but we think you're the only way we'll get him to eat" he explained as we approached their door.

Once we got inside Corbyn lead me to Daniels room where the rest of the boys were along with all the sisters.

"Why are you here?" Daniel asked in surprise.

"I texted her asking her to come" Corbyn explained

After a few seconds of just looking at me, Daniel burst out crying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for the way I treated you, I never meant to hurt you".

"Daniel, calm down" I said sitting next to him on the floor, "it's okay". I brought him into a hug. It felt really weird and he was really tense but if I'm being honest, I'm actually really worried about him.

"What's been goin on?" I asked softly. It took him a few seconds to reply.

"It's just that... Ive treated you so bad every time I've been drunk. Not even just that, I cheated on you for fucks sake. I don't even know why I did, you're all I need but I don't know what came over me. And ever since then, ever since the day you broke up with me, I've felt lost, I've missed you so much, more and more every day. And now you're with a guy who probably treats you the way you deserve to be treated. I just wish I were him." he said, it was obvious that he was trying his best to hold in all his tears but there were so many that they just kept streaming down his face along with his voice cracking.

I looked up at everyone else seeing they all had looks of empathy on their faces. "Can we have a few minutes alone?" I calmly asked everyone.

They walked out of the room and shut the door.

"Daniel... I know... I know you're sorry. You've done all that you can to prove that and I'm very, very appreciative of that but, it's just hard for me to forgive you after everything I've been thought personally. You're a great guy, you really are but, I just think it's gonna take a while to have things go anywhere near how they were before." I tried saying this the best I could and it's really the truth. The breakup was one of the biggest emotional pains I've felt in my life.

"Kristen..." was all he was able to say before bursting into tears again.

I pulled him into a hug and caressed his back and his head. I could feel his tears soaking through my shirt and onto my shoulder but I really didn't care.

"I wanna start all over with you, Kristen. I wanna show you I really care about you. I miss you." He cried.

"Daniel...," I sighed, "you know we can't do that."