"Troy, I'm not sure we can do this anymore? We can't pretend. It's not working out." I stammered the words that I thought would never leave my mouth.
"Gabriella, don't say that. We can work this out, you know I love you."
"I love you too, but how do I know you won't leave me, that you won't choose a college far away or that you'll find someone better. No one can stay with their first loves forever."
"First loves never die, that's all the more reason to stay together." Troy grabbed my shoulders and kissed me fiercely. My hands reached up involuntarily to wrap around his neck.
"I'll leave you the day it snows in Albuquerque." Troy stated the ridiculous as he broke away and placed his hands gently on my hips. It never snowed in Albuquerque.
"Don't make promises you can't keep. Why not end it now, make a clean break." My strong stance was quickly fading and I knew if this conversation didn't end soon, I would start to cry.
Our relationship had been strained for months, ever since we reached the winter of our senior year of high school. We loved each other, but we were such different people. I wasn't sure I could handle it if we got even more serious.
"Gabriella, don't do this. Trust me, give me another chance, we can make this work. We love each other and that's all we need to survive. I'll go to college with you. We'll grow up together. Just don't leave me." Troy's voice broke as he tried to reason with me.
"If things end smoothly, I won't be leaving you. We'll both just be walking away." I tried to phrase it in a way that wouldn't hurt. Impossible, it would always hurt. A small part of me wondered if I was making a mistake.
"I'll never walk away from you." Troy argued and I remembered why I was doing this. We were different. There would be no compromising ever.
I opened my mouth to respond when my phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Gabby! It's Taylor, go outside!" I listened to her shriek with confusion.
"Why?" I questioned.
"Just do it!" She said before hanging up. I looked at Troy.
"That was Taylor, she wants us to go outside." Troy shrugged and walked slowly towards the front door. I followed numbly.
We reached the door and opened it before freezing in the doorway.
White flakes were gently falling outside. It was snowing in Albuquerque. I looked up at Troy whose jaw was twitching slightly at this news.
"Another promise broken, unless you want to leave me now." I bitterly told him. He glared at me briefly before storming out the front door. I watched his retreating figure, finally moving forward with my life.
"Goodbye Troy." I whispered against the wind.