Thank Sabrina for editting!
Marissa was standing at the beach, with the Valentine's gift, a necklace that Ryan had given her, in her hands. She was staring at the tide as she threw the necklace in the sea.
She doesn't need Ryan anymore , she now knew she should have stayed away from him a long time ago. He had brought her nothing but trouble and pain. He had asked her to help out his brother while he was out of town, and all she got in return was an attempted sexual assault. She saved Ryan's life when his own brother tried to take it away from him, and she was expelled. And while she was off in her new school, she managed to meet new people, she met Johnny who ended up dying because she couldn't leave Ryan for him.
Her relationship with Ryan had put everyone she was close to through a lot; herself, Ryan, Johnny and everyone else who was around her while she was seeing him. She placed most of the blame on herself; thinking had she broken up with the boy earlier on things wouldn't have been so messed up.
Ryan was the kind of guy who would be happy as long as he had a girl by his side. Whenever he was had a new girlfriend, he would act as if she didn't exist. It was as if the past the two had shared was now non-existent. He could find his own happiness without her, and she wanted that for him, the boy was after all a big part of her life; she just didn't want him to be her life anymore.
What about her own happiness though? She hadn't been happy in a long time and as much as she didn't want to, she knew that a big reason for that was Ryan. He always found a way to bring her down; she knew he didn't mean to, but it was inevitable, when the two were in a relationship, she was never fully happy. She felt tears starting to sting her eyes, but before they could start falling, she heard someone call out to her. It was a voice she hadn't heard in a long time.
"Marissa?"
She turned around and her eyes widened at the site before her, "Alex? What are you doing here?"