Forever True (The Story of Us) by Grace Gwendolyn

Author:Grace, Gwendolyn [Grace, Gwendolyn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Courtney

I giggled at an incoming text from Alex. It was a selfie of him sitting in a darkened room illuminated by a faint light with his eyes crossed. The caption read:

“Really enjoying this blah, blah bullshit presentation.”

Today totally made up for yesterday. He called first thing this morning, his voice still groggy from sleep; I preferred that much better to my usual 6:15 am alarm. He also called again while in a taxi on the way to the conference. And now he sent me a picture of him in his boring morning meeting. I have to admit that I was disappointed when I didn't hear from him yesterday. I hadn't expected him to call during travel but at least when he got settled into the hotel. When the call didn't come, I dialed his number only for it to go to his voice mail. All of the old feelings of neglect and insecurity crept it's way inside and as much as I wanted to ignore it, I couldn't. I managed to refrain from Facebook stalking him and sending a million texts. I called him once and left it at that. I was very proud of myself. The remorse in his voice made up for all of it. I just wanted him to care that he disappointed me. If we continued to put in this kind of effort, I could see us mending all of our past issues bit by bit.

My phone buzzed, and I picked it up smiling, expecting to see another text from Alex.

Will: Are you free for lunch? I just want to talk face to face.

Me: I don't think that's a good idea. I'm sorry.

Will: I promise I'm not trying to be a psycho. You broke up with me over the phone. I wanted to see you in person at least.

The old me would have given in and met him because I couldn't see the harm in it. I did care about him. He was always a sweetheart to me, and I knew that breaking up with him over the phone was a crap thing to do. The new me understood that there was a lot of harm in it. I knew Alex would hit the roof if I met Will for lunch. I knew for sure that I would lose it if he met with Kimmie. As a matter of fact, I needed to tell him that I ran into her at the grocery store. No more secrets between us, no matter how insignificant they might seem. I vowed to be forever honest and open with him. That is exactly what I am going to do.

Me: No, I'm sorry. I won't meet with you but please take care of yourself.

Will was only a chapter in my life. I wanted Alex to be the entire story.

****

“And you didn't meet up with him?”

“No.”

"Why?” I felt he had every right to ask me this. He still needed to work through his insecurities. Instead of reacting and becoming defensive, I took a deep breath and calmly answered his question.

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