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Back to December

Four months ago-

"You aren't listening to me!" Rhydian said, fighting to keep his voice level and low. He failed. He and his girlfriend of nearly seven months were fighting again. It had been happening more and more lately, from everything being so good to going bad so quickly Rhydian wasn't even sure when it had begun going downhill.

Maddy, aggravated, shook her head. "Rhydian, I am listening to you! I just don't understand; help me understand what's wrong and I'll help you!"

"You can't help me!" he shouted. "I don't belong here, in this town, with these people! I'm not like you! I want to go places, see things! This isn't a life for me!"

"But you're with me!" Maddy's voice cracked.

Rhydian looked away from her. "Maybe that isn't enough anymore."

Maddy's tear-filled eyes blinked hard and after a moment her gaze fell to the floor. "Since when?"

"I don't know," he murmured. "I just know I can't stay here."

Maddy looked up at him then. Though red, her eyes showed resolve. "Then I guess there's nothing left to talk about. Go."

Rhydian stared at her for a moment, and then he snorted. "Fine. I'm out of here."

Now-

It had been a shit decision. After a couple of months without her he had realized this. Sure, in the beginning he had felt freer than he had in a while. He went everywhere, did everything. It was exhilarating not having any responsibilities, seeing different faces every day. But then he figured out he missed the usual faces he used to wake up to. Especially Maddy's. He had treated her so terribly in his selfishness. She had only tried to be there for him and support him, and he had turned around and crushed her, made her feel small.

After the end of the third month, he found himself replaying that night in his mind, over and over, wishing he could go back and stop himself from being such a dick, tell himself that he would regret leaving everything that he'd had in a matter of weeks. But how stupid could he be? It was beyond reason to hope she would ever take him back after all he put her through. But a small part of him knew how forgiving she was, how she saw the best in people. Maybe…

Maybe if he hadn't been so afraid of loving her. Of staying in one place with one girl who saw him for everything he was, good and bad. And maybe that was what had scared him so bad. No one had ever looked so close before. No one had ever tried. But she did.

He would go back. He would see her. And if she refused to let him in again, both to her heart and door, he would understand.

He left a message on her voicemail. Hearing her familiar voice made his stomach flip from both nerves and anticipation. "Hey, Maddy. I'm back in town… and I'd really like to see you. I don't expect anything, just… If you could find time to meet me, I'd really appreciate it."