“I think we should break up…” says the boyfriend who won’t let me look away.

Fear and rejection flood my mind, and he’s holding my gaze in place (his green eyes dancing in the light of the setting sun)
so I can’t hide my reaction. My stomach has dropped and my heart’s
in my mouth (crammed in there with all the words I can’t say) while I stand, motionless,
shocked, and scared. The fear and tension in the air is nauseating, and I gag on the stench of my emotions.

“…why?” I manage to ask without vomiting.

But then it hits me (I’ve just set a monster free(silly Alice didn’t think pain could be this tangible, but even
her(ex)boyfriend flinches)) what I’ve just done and I blush ( but manage to tear away my gaze) as he stutters out an answer.

“Well…you’re too hardcore for me…” ‘and this-this is hilarious folks, listen, did you hear what he just said??
(Alice looked up, eyes filled with innocence and shards of trust, an empty bottle in her hand(“I wasn’t expecting you”) and a
cigarette in her mouth(“my first, I promise”) and some man standing next to her, kicking her(“move it, whore, time is money”))
She’s just lost the one thing she’s ever loved(quite so much)! Laugh at the pathetic little princess, watch how ladylike she is,
patting her tears away with a handkerchief (till she gets home alone to pour them out of her v.e.i.n.s.)’

“But…listen…there are plenty of other guys out there…” And (Alice is-) I’m crying now, face turned away
(whispers “but you’re the only one I want” and if only he heard me) while I try to pretend that I’m f.i.n.e.

“…and you’re a pretty girl…” (Alice laughs on the inside, wondering how he ever thought that(deceived by too much
makeup and tight jeans)) and now I’m s o b b i n g, hoping that maybe he’ll see how fragile
I really am (he’s breaking me from the inside out) and ..it.

“…Sarah, I’m just going to go…” and then he’s gone (Alice is laughing in my head) riding away, and I’m just standing
there, tearstained and alone. My hopes and dreams for the future crashing in on me-my miracle gone (for now and for always)
and he’s the only person I’ve loved so much (and he didn’t even know my name…)