——-1 week later——-

PRIVATE MESSAGE

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let's hang soon

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what do you have

in mind?

maybe clubbing again?

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I have to see

why are you being

so short lately?

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I haven't been short

You refuse to

see me again

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I've been busy

What what?

Your cheating ex?

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I sigh in anger as I read Gunnar's message. I don't know if I'm mad that he's being a dick or that he's right.

I run a hand through my messy hair and toss my phone to my side, earning a stare from Timmy who sits on a chair adjacent to his couch that I'm sitting on.

"What's wrong?" He asks with concern.

"Gunnar" I state blatantly.

"What did he do now?" He asks further, his tone changing from worried to angry.

"He's being a dick" I explain. "He doesn't understand that I'm not into him and that I don't want to keep seeing him"

"Have you told him that you aren't into him?" Timmy questions as he sips from his beer.

"No but I thought he'd get the hint" I sigh again. "He thinks I'm blowing him off for my cheating ex boyfriend" I quote Gunnar's words.

Timmy's face grows confused until he realized that the cheating ex boyfriend I was referencing was him. "How does he know I... you know?" He awkwardly asks.

"That you what?" I tease causing a blush to creep onto his face.

"That I uh- messed up" he stumbles over his words.

"Oh wait, you mean cheated?" I continue to mock him. "You can say it you know"

"Yes, that I cheated" he mumbles, earning a laugh to slip from my lips.

"I told him" I finally respond to his original question. "He asked what happened between us"

"Interesting" he mumbles again, standing up and walking into his bedroom.

I follow behind him, confused at his sudden change in location. "Why'd we move?" I ask as I look down at him sitting on his bed.

"I moved, you followed" he states coldly.

"Okay?" I reply questioningly, trying to hide my hurt at his tone.

"I have to shower" he coldly states again.

"Didn't you just shower?" I ask, taking a seat beside him on his bed, only to have him stand up and walk into his bathroom.

"Well I feel like taking another shower, so get out" he snaps at me.

"What the hell is with the attitude all of the sudden?" I snap back at him. "Are you seriously mad that I told Gunnar?"

"Yeah, I am mad that your going around and telling the world our business" he harshly responds, walking out of his bathroom and right in front of my face.

"The world? I told one fucking person, It could be so much worse" I raise my voice, stepping closer to him.

"One person turns into two people that turns into the whole fucking world" he shouts back at me.

"This wouldn't be an issue if you wouldn't have cheated on me" I scream louder. "Ever thought about that one?"

"Maybe if you wouldn't have been a bad girlfriend I wouldn't have cheated on you" he yells louder than I ever have heard before. His face quickly drops as he realizes what he said.

"What the fuck did you just say?" I match my volume level to his. "I was a bad girlfriend huh?"

"Adeline I didn't mean it" his voice is now back to a normal level.

"No I was a bad girlfriend right? I did nothing but be loyal to you and love you but I was a bad girlfriend. I busted my ass to see you on your schedule but I was a bad girlfriend. I gave you everything I fucking had to give but I was just a shitty fucking girlfriend." I scream so loud I'm sure the whole building could hear me.

The room falls silent except for my heavy breathing from my previous outbreak. My eyes bore into his in anger. "The fact that you had the nerve to say I was a bad girlfriend when I'm sitting here trying to give you a second chance after you cheated on me and humiliated me and broke my fucking heart is astonishing" I speak at a normal volume, my voice now raspy from my yelling.

"I'm sorry" his voice comes out as desperate.

"No you're not" I roll my eyes as I walk towards his door.

"Addy please don't leave" he begs grabbing onto my arm. "I didn't mean it"

I shake my arm from his grip. "You obviously have thought it for a long time if I came out that easy"

"I haven't I just didn't know what to say, I was talking out of my ass" he continues to plead.

"Just like when you said you loved me?" I sarcastically ask as I reach the door. "Because you clearly don't"

"Yes I do" he huffs dramatically.

"If you loved me you wouldn't say shit to purposely hurt my feelings" I say harshly as I pull the door open.

I turn to face him standing in the door way as he shakes his head disappointedly. "How could you even say that I didn't love you?"

"Because you didn't show it" I state as a matter of factly. "Cheating doesn't scream really scream 'hey I love you'"

"For the love of god, can you stop bringing up how I cheated" he loses his temper again.

I have to hold back to urge to cry. "Why? The whole reason why we're in this situation right now is because you cheated"

A single tear slips from my eye causing Timothée's expression to drop. I quickly wipe the tear away with the back of my hand.

"Can we please just talk?" He presses.

I shake my head. "Why? So we can get into another fight?"

"Well running away from your problems isn't going to fix anything" he frustratedly runs a hand through his hair.

"I don't want to fix anything. I was doing just fine without you" I lie.

He laughs bitterly. "Yeah you looked like you were doing so great without me"

"Fuck you" I spit. Before he can respond I turn my back to him and walk down his hall and into the elevator.

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