Prologue He sat on the couch waiting. Waiting for her to come down the stairs. He felt as though he couldn�t go up. Going up there would just start another argument and he couldn�t stand another one. It didn�t matter, this was sill hurting him. Even though he pretended it didn�t, it was. She had been all he had know for nine months. It seemed as though he had eat, breathed, and slept her. Nothing had mattered to him except her...only it really hadn�t, and that�s why they were where they were now. For the first three or four months, yeah. It had been as he believed it, but after that it had changed. And it seemed as though nothing could change it back, and this was why she had decided to leave him. As he sat on the couch waiting, he became anxious. They had fought before and she had threatened to leave, but she had never actually done it before. She had never rented out an apartment and started to pack her bags before. He then heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He stood and walk toward them to meet her. �So this is it? Your really doing this?� He said in an unbelieving tone. �AJ what do you want me to say? That it�s a joke, ha ha. Yes, I�m really doing it, I�m really leaving. I can�t do....this anymore. I don�t even think there�s a name for it. I just...I guess I just can�t love you anymore. I tried but I can�t.� She said, walking past him as she dragged a heavy suite case behind. The last statement she spoke, hurt him. It hurt him bad, more then he ever thought words could. But he didn�t show it, he just continued to wear his mask that read whatever on his face. �So your just going to throw what we have away...just like that?� �What we have. What would that be exactly? Me staying home by myself? I can do that perfectly without you. There is nothing anymore. All we do is fight, that�s it.� Serenity said stopping as she put her bag upright. �Your acting like this was just a thing we did together. Like it never meant anything...like I never meant anything. Like you just never cared.� He said turning to look at her. �AJ I�m doing this because I cared, because I still do. I don�t want us to end up hating each other like my parents hate each other. I don�t want to hate you, I couldn�t stand hating you. You are... I just want us to be able to be friends one day. That�s why I�m ending this now, that�s why it can�t go on any longer.� She said stepping outside. �What a lode of crap! Your breaking up with me so we can be friends? What kind of BS is that, you actually want me to believe that sh!t? You know what, just go. Go home to your rich daddy and your alcoholic mother. Go whine to them about your problems. Oh yeah, that�s right they don�t care, I forgot." He said sarcasticly with a fake laugh. She just stared at him. "Well I guess that leaves no one then. Without me your alone, all by yourself. Just a poor rich girl who thinks she�s better then everyone else. That�s why you have no friends. No one wants to hang around someone who thinks they�ve got all the answers Serenity. You act like you�re the freakin pope or something. Trying to help everyone you see. Solving people�s problems. Well, what about you? What are your words of wisdom to yourself? You want to help someone? Then help yourself, Serenity!" He paused, but she didn't give a reply, she just started to the door. "I see who you really are though, your just a scared little girl. A scared little girl who helps other people because her own life is so screwed up! Never mind, Your not worth it, not even worth the time. Your know what, I should have listened...I should have listened to your father about you. He told me you were trouble. Your nothing, I mean your own father can�t even love you!� He yelled to her as she reached her car. His words hadn�t only pierced her heart like before, but this time they had also pierced her soul. They hurt so bad, it had almost felt as though he had punched her hard in the gut. She stuffed her bag in the car trying hard to hold back her tears. �Fu#k you AJ! At least I know who I am, I didn�t need anyone to tell me. And believe me, I have friends. You�re the one that�s alone. Besides your group, you have no one. Your going to end up a lonely old man. A really bitter, lonely, old man. And you know what? I feel sorry for you.� She told him as she got inside her car and slammed the door. �Yeah...well at least, at least...at least I have a group!� He yelled at the car as it sped away. At the same time he picked up a small rock off the grond, and through it at the car, missing it. He then took a deep breath and went back inside the house. As he walked in, he realized what he had just said to her. �Sh*t!� He exclaimed as he slouched down into his couch. He hadn�t meant any of it, it had just come out his mouth in anger. He still loved her. He had never stopped. Now he was really angry. Not only was he angry about Serenity leaving, but now he was angry at himself for pushing her away and yelling at her. AJ and Serenity had been together for nine months. In that nine months worth of time, she had moved into his house and they had become an official couple. For the first couple of months they had been inseparable. Nothing and no one had been able to come between them. They were all the other wanted. But then came AJ�s job. He had to tour and do promotion and it seemed she saw him less and less. The times she saw him became so few and far between that it seemed as though she didn�t even have a boyfriend anymore. Even when he came back home from touring he was always going out, leaving her at home. She was in a relationship by herself and she had become tired of it. |