FRAGILE by drapetomatic
She was left at the altar, and he's just as hurt. Can they put themselves back together again?
Crazy to think that a man can't hurt. Love takes its toll every time it doesn't work. But it's hard to let go when your heart's broken. I'll give you my trust, can you give me your word? Come take my heart of glass and give me your love. I hope you'll still be there to pick the pieces up.
Prologue: Love takes its toll every time it don't work
"No, no, you... you don't mean that, Jacob."
"I do, Bella. There's just no more love in me. I see no future in us, and I don't want us to both waste our times."
She looked at her phone and watched as the '9' turned to '0' - as 8:59 turned to 9:00 am. It was way too early for this but it was happening. Her stomach twisted in knots and she felt her heart in her chest stop, as if, willing time to stop along with it. She felt two fat tears build at the corner of her eyes before she released a small weak whimper, finally ending the phone call.
In a matter of seconds, the waterworks happened. Fast, furiously, and fearfully. She couldn't stop crying and the woman beside her in the bus handed her a face towel, looking very concerned.
"Are you okay, child?"
"My... fiancé. He, he called it off."
Bella knocked her head repeatedly on the faux glass window of the bus, crying in her makeshift corner but not really successfully muffling her sobs. She willed the pain to go away and stop. She'd talk to him later on, tonight, convince him. Maybe he was having cold feet, but for now, she couldn't let this get the best of her Monday morning. She wrung her fingers together, creating pressure, but also, subconsciously, wringing her hands in desperate prayer.
The lady next to her her turned to her again "What's your name, child?"
"Bella."
"I'll pray for you", the woman said, also crying, as she walked out of the bus. Bella wasn't even religious to begin with but watching the woman's eyes reflect the pain she assumed were in hers, she hoped for a bit, that whichever god that lady had subscribed to, would at least, listen, and please, just please.
Give her Jacob back. Please.