Kate stood in front of the mirror and inspected her outfit. With her decision to go to the party being so last minute, it was the best she could do.

'You out to break some hearts tonight?' Alice said, strolling into the bedroom.

The purple knit dress an a scooped neckline and went to her knees. She topped it off with a black cropped jacket. 'It'll do' Kate retorted.

'And I suppose your choice has nothing to do with Will being there tonight to enjoy it?' Alice laughed.

'William won't be enjoying anything', Kate snapped back.

Since calling Alice that night after discovering pictures online of Will dancing with a mystery blond, she had travelled to Oxfordshire from Bucklebury, and landed on Alice's doorstep. But her anger had not subsided.

She applied the finishing touches to her make up, and with Alice, left for the party, knowing that she would have to face Will for the first time in weeks.

Thirty minutes later, and Alice had pulled up onto the make shift car park in a field on the Upton Viva estate, where Sam's party was being held inside the manor. As Kate jumped out of the car, her heel sunk into five centremetres of mud.

'Great! Just great!' She grumbled.

'It's just a bit of mud, Kate!' Alice teased.

'I'll remind you of that when you're about to see your ex and are trying to look composed!' she huffed.

Alice helped to pull her out of the mud. 'You'll be fine, babe. He won't know what's hit him', she reassured her.

They walked up to the house where the party had already started. The ground floor hall was full of colour and sound, and a variety of Sam's friends. Kate instinctivly began to scan the room for any sign of Will, when Sam jumped into her eyeline, 'You came!' he said, bouncing towards her and giving her a peck on each cheek 'you both look shhhplendid'.

He was clearly drunk, but Kate was delighted to see him and reconnect with those friends that had had to choose between her and Will after the break up. The truth was, most of them chose Will.

'He's in the living room' Sam said with a wink, noticing her scanning the room again.

'Thanks' she blushed, as he bounced off to greet another guest. She hoped to God she didn't look desperate as she felt.

'I'm gonna get some food' she told Alice, pointing to the kitchen.

'Alright, I'll be around if you need anything…Oh, and Kate…chin up', she said, giving her a warm smile

As she walked to the kitchen, she glanced into the large living room, where loud music was blaring. There in the corner of the room, was Will, chatting to two of his friends. He looked up, and for a brief second,caught her eye, before she looked away, and rushed down the hall.

Kate hurried into the kitchen, which had food to choose from on every surface. She was breathing hard, trying to compose herself. Reaching for a bread stick, she took a deep breath.

'I didn't know you were coming tonight', a voice said behind her. She whipped around, and saw Will standing just behind her.

'Try not to look so disappointed' She said, turning her back to him again. She felt him move in even closer.

'Kate, don't be like that, can we go somewhere and talk?'

'About what?' She said, aggressively dipping the bread stick in a dip.

'About…everything' Will said.

'I have nothing to say' Kate said, lying through her teeth. She moved to the left to try to get past him, but he stepped in front of her. She went right, and he did the same again.

'Will, move!'

'No.'

Kate was in no mood for games and pushed him to the side with her arm and walked out of the kitchen.

Entering the living room where Will had just been, she busied herself by greeting some friends. She found a spot to hide away in the corner, next to Will's friend, Tom.

'You looked like you've seen a ghost' Tom noted.

'Not quite' Kate smiled 'But thanks, good to know I look like crap!'

'Oh, shush! Come on, you need to blow off some steam', he said as he stood up, reaching his hand out to her. Kate took his hand and they made their way to the centre of the room to dance. The music was loud and fast. Kate had no idea what it was, but being twirled around the dance floor did the trick of relaxing her. Tom dipped her backwards and Kate let out a raucous laugh, just as William re-entered the room. He stopped in his tracks, darting his eyes between Tom and Kate.

'What the hell are you playing at?' Will snarled at Tom.

'Just a dance mate' Tom replied, patting him on the back. William shoved Tom backwards in return.

'William!' Kate shouted, pushing William away from Tom and staring him dead in the eyes. 'Apologise. Now.'

William's chest rose and fell sharply, trying to calm down, but he kept silent. Kate pushed through the crowd of people that were watching and hurried out of the house. Once out on the front lawn, she pulled her phone from her jacket pocket;

'I need to go. Waiting by the car x' she typed, and sent the message to Alice. She began walking to the car, squinting in the dark to find it, when she heard footsteps behind her.

'Kate!' William called as he jogged up behind her. 'Wait, where are you going?!'

She carried on walking.

'Would you stop and be mature about this?', he called, catching up to her. Kate stopped suddenly, span around and crashed into William full on.

'Me be mature?!' she screamed at him, 'ME!?'

'Alright, I'm sorry, it just got to me' Will said, relieved that she had stopped.

Kate laughed, 'And I suppose pictures of you touching up that girl all over the internet is fine, is it?'

Will's face dropped, 'It's not what it looked like'

'Don't take me for an idiot, William. I have been stuck in my house, not going out. Not saying a word to anyone. For you! I thought I might get an ounce of respect in return!'

'YOU broke up with ME, remember?' Will said, suddenly angry. 'I should be the one who's pissed off.'

Will may have been angry, but Kate was furious now. 'You let the world believe that you ended things, then you go out to celebrate your new single life. What, was that your revenge?!'

Will rubbed his forehead 'Look, I was trying to protect you, the media would leave you in peace eventually if they thought I broke it off.'

'What are you saying?' Kate asked, dreading what was coming.

'I had it leaked that I dumped you' he answered, staring at the ground.

'You did what?' She whispered.

'I did it for you'

'Bullshit! You did it for yourself and your image. You couldn't care less about what happens to me!'

'Of course I do' he said, reaching out to hold her arm, but Kate snatched it away.

'Don't you dare touch me! If you cared, you would have answered my texts, you would have checked to see if I was ok, you would have warned me about those pictures! But you did nothing! It just goes to show I made the right decision'

'Don't say that' Will pleaded. 'I've missed you, Kate, we can deal with this'

'It's too late', she said, her anger turning into sadness. She looked him in the eyes. 'I need someone I can trust, who will be there for me no matter what'

'I can. I will' Will said.

'It's over, Will' she said with more certainty than she'd felt in months, and turned around to walk away. As she took a step into the mud, he heel once again plunged through the earth.

'Let me help' Will said immediately, trying to pull her out, but she resisted;

'I can do it by myself!' she said pulling away forcefully. As she did, she lost her balance and fell side first into the mud.

Just as Will extended his hand to help her up, Alice came running up behind him.

'What is going on!? What have you done to her' she said, aiming her anger at William.

'Nothing! She fell'

'It's fine Alice, it was my stupid heel again' she said as she accepted Alice's hand and stood up, mud covering her dress. 'I got your text, do you need some time?' Alice said, glancing between them.

'No, we're done here' Kate was looking straight at Will.

'You sure?' Alice asked.

'Certain' Kate said, fixing her gaze on William. 'I'm done.'

With that, covered in mud, she turned around, and finally walked away, leaving William standing alone in the dark.

The End.