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One Day At A Time – (Chapter: Beauty In Walking Away)
I get back to my loft at a quarter past three. I didn’t even notice how late it had gotten. After leaving the Carlin home, I didn’t feel up to coming back here and dealing with Kelly when so many things were running through my mind. Instead, I found myself driving to the beach house, sitting at that piano and just letting time fly past me, time ticking by note by note. But now I’m back, I’m back to facing this reality. Images of stolen kisses and soft touches, filling my mind but only staying briefly, they stay long enough for me to desperately reach for them but disappear before I grab hold. I make my way through the loft as quietly as I can. I don’t want to face the all knowing look of betrayal sure to be plastered all over Kelly’s face. I very slowly and carefully get into bed beside her, I lay there still, hoping to not stir her awake.
It’s an unnecessary precaution really, I knew before I walked through the door that she would be awake. I knew that she’d be waiting for me, a part of me just hoped that I’d have time, that I could somehow convince the world to stop as I gathered myself together.
She turns around and snuggles up against me, resting her head on my shoulder, while her arm goes around my waist. She pulls me in tightly and I can’t help it when my own arm goes around her and brings her even closer. She buries her head into the crook of my neck and I instantly notice how her body has begun shaking and shuddering. Familiar sounds coming from her lips as the tears fall freely. I try to hold back the tears I feel threatening to spill over, but I know that I’m already on my way to a breakdown like the one she’s having.
We stay pressed together holding on to one another as her tears slow their descent and her breathing returns to normal. I feel her take a deep breath and I know the next words out of her mouth are going to break us completely.
“You‘re still in love with her, aren‘t you?” She doesn’t yell it, she doesn’t say it with anger or malice, she says it so broken that it hurts. It cuts right through me, because I can’t handle this, I can’t handle how fragile her voice sounded, or how hurt and exhausted she looks. So, I do what I can, I shut my eyes and allow the tears I’d been holding back to fall down the sides of my face. I feel the bed shift beside me, I know that she’s sitting up, finally ready to have this conversation that’s been a long time coming.
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I feel a tad bit sorry for kelly. all she did was love ash and all but at least she had the sense to break it off, realizing it wasn’t going to work. well at least part of ash’s guilt is gone, now spence just has to work on her issues, and they both need to work on their issues with each other. I love this story so much! can’t wait for the next update!!