August 2010.

The silence in the room is deafening. And that's when he realized that this is over. That they are over. He thought of something to say. Something that would change her mind. Something that would make the pain go away.

Nothing.

It's not like he'd say 'sorry' or 'let's be friends' because that would be a lie. He's not sorry, not at all. He loved her more than anyone in the world, and wouldn't change the fact that they were together for anything. And friends? They love each other far too much to be anything but lovers.

He knows that she's broken, and it's all his fault. He also knows that he's broken, and never going to get over this girl. His first love. It's not like you ever really get over your first true love. But it's even harder it it's this girl. She's the most amazing person he's ever met in his life. She's beautiful and funny and wonderful. It's not like its matters anymore, it's over now.

"I just can't do this anymore." She whispered in his ear. He hopes she can't hear his heart breaking. She hopes he can't hear the unrelenting pain in her voice.

She sat down, leaning against the wall, pulling her knees up to her chest "Sometimes things start for a reason….and they end for a reason too." She whispered.

"Remember when we met?" he asked quietly. Even though it was dark in the room he knew exactly what she was looking at. The picture of the two of them after a had his arms wrapped around her waist, and whispered something in her ear, just when the picture was being taken, making her laugh. That was his favorite picture of her. So in love.

"Don't, please." She begged, not wanting to go back in the past.

"I thought you were the prettiest girl I'd ever met in my life." He told her honestly. "And I used to watch you with your friends. Laughing and talking. And I knew from that moment on that I wanted you. That you were the girl for me."

She knew she had to be careful what she said. She had her whole heart on the line this time. One wrong word and she'd fall for him again, forgetting the fact that they just couldn't do it anymore.

"I love you, I'm so sorry." She whispered, feeling as though she could hear her heart cave in as she utters the words.

"I don't want you to leave."

"I know. I have to. We can't do this anymore." She said, barely above a whisper.

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September: 2015

That memory came flooding back to this man as the women he so dearly loved so long ago was standing right before him…….