Three Months After The Break Up

Jake and Marley haven't seen or spoken to each other since they broke up, but neither has stopped thinking about the other. Marley had started dating Tyler, they had gotten close since they moved in together. She thought it was a little weird to be already living with him, but they were living together when they were friends. I mean, it's not like they were sleeping in the same room, she still had the small part of the apartment that was hers. Plus, he helped her accept that she and Jake wouldn't work, it was just the way things were. She was happy, and this was better than how she and Jake were before the breakup.

"Hey, babe." Tyler said as he walked up to Marley and kissed her on the cheek.

"Hey, Ty. Are you doing anything today?"

"Yeah, I wish I didn't have to but I need this extra credit. I'll be home in a couple hours and we can have dinner together. Okay?"

"Sounds good. I'll make dinner, I just have to run down to the store and get some things to make it."

"Why don't you get the stuff and we can make it together?"

"Okay, we'll make dinner once you get home."

"Looking forward to it. I'll see you later, Marls." Tyler pecked her lips then headed out the door.

Marley couldn't decide what they should make for dinner so she decided to go to the store, but first she needed to get dressed. Marley waslked upstairs and hopped in the shower, once she was done she went into the closet to figure out what to wear. She decided on high waisted skinny jeans, a light pink cropped tee and some black heels. Marley lightly curled her hair before grabbing her keys and purse heading out the door towards the store.

Jake woke up the same way he had been since Marley left. Alone. That's how it was now, he would wake up a roll over reaching to pull her close to him. But she wasn't there. He got up and took a shower, got dressed and walked into the kitchen to make breakfast. Of course there was nothing in the fridge, he decided it would be best to get some shopping out of the way now because he wouldn't have time to do it later. Jake grabbed his keys and walked out the door, reaching the store fairly quick.

It took Marley less than ten minutes to reach the store, she entered and started browsing through the store, looking for something to make dinner. Marley had picked up a few items for dinner and placed them in the basket she was carrying. She was too lost in thought to see the person in front of her and walked right into them, almost dropping the basket. Thankfully, she didn't.

"Oh my, I'm so sorr-" Marley stopped when she realized who she had bumped into.

"Jake?"

Jake was pissed that someone ran into him. But then he heard her voice he looked up, caught by her beautiful blue eyes, the eyes he got lost in.

"Marley?"

"I'm so sorry, Jake. I wasn't paying attention, I was trying to figure out what to make for dinner and-"

Jake smiled, Marley was rambling. Something she did when she was nervous. "It's fine, Marley."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fine, so it's all good." Jake started walking with Marley by her side.

"So, how have you been?" Marley said breaking the silence.

"I've been managing." Jake was being truthful, he didn't know how but somehow he had manged to survive since she left. "What about you? You look beautiful." Jake looked at Marley up and down, she looked sexy as hell. But, she wasn't his anymore, he couldn't think like that.

Marley blushed a deep shade of red, suddenly she was glad she wore her hair down to use as a curtain to cover her face. "Thanks, Jake. I'm good."

Marley couldn't think of any way that this situation could be more awkward. "Well, I should probably get going." Marley continued walking towards the register.

"Okay, well it was nice to see you again, Marls."

"You too, Jake." Marley and Jake shared an awkward hug before going their seperate ways.

Marley walked into her house and put her groceries away, she grabbed a book and a blanket and curled up on the window seat in her room that overlooked the city. She was still a little rattled from seeing Jake, she tried as hard as she could to focus on her book, but she couldn't. All she could think about was him. His smile, his dark brown eyes, the way he looked at her. She missed him, there was no denying it but she was with Tyler now and he's a great guy. But, seeing Jake made her feel the way she did five years ago when they first met. Marley laid down and silently cried holding her blanket, wishing she still had Jake.

Jake walked into his house and made himself breakfast. He thought about Marley again and how amazing she looked, how much he wanted to bring her home and love her all night long. Her beautiful blue eyes, her blush, her hair, her voice. Everything about her drove him crazy. He needed to stop thinking about her, he went into his room and tried to think of anything he could do to take his mind off of her. Cleaning, that could work. He hadnt cleaned in a while, really cleaned. Jake started cleaning his room when he accidently dropped something and it rolled under the bed. He dropped to the ground and looked under the bed only to see a few other items. Jake reached for all the items and once he had them all in his grasp he put them on top the bed. When he got up he sat on the bed and started going through the things. There was a book that was most likely Marley's, there was one of Jake's shirts probably lost in one of their bedroom evenings, one of Marley's bras that was probably lost the same way, one of Marley's bracelets, and a picture of the two of them. It was one of his favorite pictures of the two of them and he had no idea how it had gotten under the bed. It was a picture of Jake and Marley laying together under the stars in her backyard. Marley's mom, Millie, had taken the picture the summer between junior and senior year. He loved the way it was from a distance and the way you could see the stars perfectly. But the thing he loved most was that you could see Jake and Marley holding hands and looking into each others eyes. He remembered the exact words Marley's mom had said when when she first showed them the picture.

"That's a special love, never lose it. You two were made for each other."

Jake sadly smiled remembering that time, he had lost it. All he wanted was that love back, he wanted her back.