He turned to her and told her he was going. All of a sudden she couldn't take it anymore. She lost it, started screaming at the top of her lungs. All she knew was that this would be the last time. The last time she said goodbye. The last time she regretted anything. This was it. Everyone had said she'd changed, but the truth was that she hadn't. She just got tired of pretending everything was alright.
"Why the hell am I dreaming in third person?" she grumbled out furiously as she woke up.
The day went on as usual. She got in the shower and cried. This was the only possible time to cry. Ever since that day she'd been too afraid to show any emotion in front of others. Usually she could get by alright, but today was different. Today she had found out the worst possible news she could have heard.
"So this is it?" she managed to get out between sobs. " Yea. This is it." he said as calmly as if he were to be back in a few hours. "I can't...I won't...no." was all she could say.
"UGH!!!" she screamed. He had this effect on her even when he wasn't there. And that's what hurt her the most. Sure there had been other guys, but it always ended up back with her thinking about him. She couldn't stop wishing that they were together. No one ever really seemed as good as him. They weren't, as she put it, 22.8 miles good. And anything short of that wasn't good enough for her.
The phone rang just as she was stepping out of the shower. Reluctantly she picked it up. It was Andrew.
"Hello?" Rory said exasperated.
"Rory, I need you down here. This place is a mad house." answered a distracted Andrew.
"Fine. I'll be there as soon as I can, bye" she really could care less about the book store right now. Rory knew she needed to focus all of her energy on something else.
--AT THE BOOKSTORE--
"Can I help you with something?" Rory directed this monotone comment at the figure standing in front of her desk at the bookstore.
"I'm looking for a copy of Howl." answered the customer.
"Ugh. I wish people would stop asking for that book. I hate looking at it." Rory mumbled to herself.
"Excuse me? Did you say something?" he wasn't rude with this just commenting .
"Nothing, follow me." was all she said in her reply.
Rory stood up still not noticing who her customer was. He just stood there, dumbfounded. Had he been gone that long? Apparently he had.
"Are you com-" was all she said before the shock of who was staring back at her hit her too hard for her to continue.