The Truth About Forever
By: Canadianreject
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The truth about forever is that, the term is relative. Nothing lasts forever, not love, not life, nothing. People change, move on, move away, change their minds, say the wrong thing, say too much, don't say enough, make mistakes, don't make enough mistakes, care too much, or care too little. And people die. Forever is an impossibility, circumstances change, nothing is ever constant, no matter how many people may try to convince you of that. We are all so afraid of change, because normalcy is where we find our comfort, but if you want honesty, if faced with change, we'll all live. We all find ways to move on, recover, heal. We adapt to a new pattern of what's normal, we sink back into a new routine, so I guess that normalcy is relative too. Nothing ever stays "normal", as much as we all want it to. But sometimes, it's for the best.
Jacob's fist clenched so tightly around the paper that his knuckles were beginning to turn white, his eyes were burning into mine. The tension in the room could have been cut with a knife, and the anger that he was exuding was enough to make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. "You...You're leaving? When were you planning on telling me?"
My gaze dropped to the floor, I was feeling particularly cowardly. Firstly, because I couldn't look him in the eye, and secondly, because I had lied. "Jake, I ... I didn't want it to happen this way. I'm so sorry." I felt tears burning the insides of my eyelids, but I refused to cry. I didn't cry. I swallowed hard and forced myself to look up.
"What do you mean, you didn't mean for it to happen this way? What way did you think it was going to happen? What would have made this better?" He threw the paper onto the ground, it floated and eventually landed in a puddle. I wanted to lunch forward and pick it up before it was ruined, but I couldn't. "Don't promises mean anything to you? Why are you doing this to me?"
I wanted to scream at him, I want to run over and shake him, I wanted to tell him to stop being so selfish. But, I couldn't, because I had been selfish, too. "I'm not doing this to hurt you, Jacob! Why can't you see that?" I pleaded helplessly, knowing that whatever I said wasn't going to make a difference.
He starred at me, his whole body shaking. "I should have expected this. I should have known you'd pull something like this. I should have listened to everyone when they said you were a bitch. I should have known better than to fall for someone again. Nobody ever sticks around."
