TOTGA: The Last Straw Ep.4

How do you go from being exes to friends? 

It was a very weird transition that she was trying to get used to. She kept on trying to rebuild her relationship with Lucas for months but he also kept on building a wall between them. She invited him to dinner several times but he was very good at making excuses. 

What hurt her more was the fact that he looked so happy. She couldn't help but stalk his social media accounts which displayed pictures of him and his new girlfriend with a constant caption of #relationshipgoals. One time, she was so pissed that she accidentally clicked the angry emoticon as a reaction to his post. She immediately sent him a long message which he ignored. In fact, he avoided her like a plague. 

So, she was surprised when one time, he called her. As desperate as she was for his attention, she came running to meet him in a bar. She found him drowning himself in bottles of alcohol. 

Her: What's going on? 

He looked at her with so much longing in his eyes which reminded her of the first time he said that he loved her. He pulled her closer and hugged her tight. Her heart raced inside her chest. She even wondered if he could hear her heartbeat. At that time, she felt needed. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back like she used to. 

He narrated how he was becoming sick and tired of his new girlfriend, how violent and jealous she was. He emphasized how suffocating it was to be in that relationship. Then, he told her how he missed her. She listened and cried. When he saw her crying, he wiped them with his thumb and stared at her. She felt like melting under his stares. He cupped her cheeks and slowly drew his face near hers. She closed her eyes waiting for his lips to touch hers. 

But before it even happened, his phone beeped and it displayed the picture of his new girlfriend showing off a nice diamond ring, the message said: Babe, sorry for being hard on you. I'm really sorry for everything that I have said. I thought I am just having mood swings but turned out...

And there it was, a picture of a pregnancy kit with two red lines. 

That was the last straw. She balled her fist and with all the anger and pain that she was feeling at that moment, she punched his face hard, hoping to atleast break his nose. Then she walked out without looking back at him.  

She was hugging her knees on her bed, crying. She was cursing him on her mind. She felt so broken just like the day that he broke her heart. Only that time, she felt nothing but hatred and disgust towards him. 

She reached for her phone and dialled the number of someone she never thought she would need. Someone answered the phone after two rings. Her: Please, where are you? I need you...