The Bridges We Burn
„This is for who I was, who I am, who I might be.
This is for you."
CHAPTER ONE - 505 / Prologue
„It seems like once again you had to greet me with goodbye."
I exhaled deeply, my breath crystallizing in the cold night air. Unsure of what to do, I reached into my bag, took a cigarette and realized upon lighting it that I wanted to stop smoking. Thinking back on the events of the night, my resolve quickly crumbled and five minutes later, I stomped the cigarette out on the sidewalk, only to light another one. Somehow, this had become my life. I found myself at a crossroads time and time again in the last two years, standing on a sidewalk in a city that seemed so familiar and strange to me, not knowing where to go from there.
From the moment I met him two years ago, I knew I was screwed. But I never thought it would be this bad. No matter what anyone told me, I didn't listen. Not when they told me to stay away, not when they told me to stay. I was drawn to him, and I ran from him. Brief snippets from our life together flashed before my eyes, and suddenly I knelt on the cold asphalt, shaking violently, tasting salt. In that moment, I wanted nothing more than for all this to be over in two weeks, but it wouldn't be. All the hurt would stay with me for the rest of my life. I'd walk with a hole in my chest where my heart should be, where he should be, for the rest of my life. After two years, I had two weeks? After everything that happened between us, this was supposed to be it?
It was what I deserved. I fucked up. I ruined him, and I ruined us.
With shaky legs, I got up from the sidewalk, brushing the dirt off of my jeans. I looked at the door I walked through a thousand times for the last time, turned around and swore myself to never look back.
It was the most heart-breaking thing I ever had to do.
AN: So, there it is. The first chapter to my first story! I know it doesn't make sense yet, but I have a vague idea where this is all headed. If I got you interested, stick with me for the second chapter, where our plot train will start moving. Please leave me a review, I'd appreciate every single one. x