No Another Love Story
Chapter 3- The Difference
A/N: Sorry it's been so long! That's all I have to say about that.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters…still. 'The Difference' by Matchbox 20. Great song…in fact, great album 'More That You Think You Are'.
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Goren sat on the bench watching the sun set. Even though it had been weeks since they broke up, he still missed her. His mind wandered between memories and he'd even sometimes think he saw her, but turned out to be another person, sometimes no one there at all. He remembered the time…
…Slow dancing
On the boulevard
In the quiet moments
While the city's still dark.**
They had finished dinner and had been out all night. It was still an hour before first daylight, but they were still wide-awake. They walked down the streets along the water and under bridges lit with brilliant white lights. Alex stopped and held his hands.
"I had a wonderful time tonight," she said softly. He smiled.
"So did I," he replied and held her tightly. They stood for a moment, and then she raised her head.
"We never had that one last dance," she said, smiling. Bobby pulled her hands over his head and put his arms around her waist, and slowly began to move. They didn't dance to anything in particular, just the songs of the city – the lapping water, the distant sound of cars, and their heartbeats.
**Sleepwalking through the summer rain
In the tired spaces
You could hear her name.**
"I love you, Bobby," she's say and kiss him so softly, it felt like she was barely there. "So much".
"I love you too Alex. I can't even begin to tell you," he'd reply, and caress her cheek with his thumb. Sometimes late at night he'd still whisper her name and hope she'd reply, even though he knew she wasn't there.
**When she was warm and tender and you
Pulled her arms around you
There was nothing but her
Love and affection she was
Crazy for you now she's
Part of something that you lost**
Goren slowly walked home, dreading walking past all the places they went to. The flower shop, the CD shop, and even the Italian restaurant on the corner that he loved. He didn't want to go in there and think "she sat there," or "that's where she hugged me."
**And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be**
He walked with his head down, and hands shoved into his pockets until he got home. He threw his keys on the small table next to the door and slumped down into the kitchen chair. He couldn't even stand sitting there, because it reminded of all the candle-lit dinners…especially the one in California.
**Night swimming
In her diamond dress
Making small circles
Move across the surface**
He and Alex went for a walk on the beach one night, and she just twirled around. She looked at the ocean deviously, and ran to it.
"Alex, you're crazy!" he yelled out, but she still dived in. She splashed around like she was a kid, then just stopped and floated, gazing at the sky.
"Bobby, come on. The water's great," she yelled.
"No thanks, I'm just fine here."
**Stand watching
From the steady shore
Laying wide open
And waiting for something
Warm and tender**
But that happiness didn't last that long. After they got back, things started to deteriorate at work, and at home. More and more cases piled up, and they just got tired.
**While she's
Moving further from you
There was nothing that could
Make it easy on you**
Then one day, he got home late, and saw her packing her things.
"Alex, what are you doing?" he said softly. He couldn't believe it was about to end. He prayed that she just had to go out of town awhile, but deep down he knew better. She turned around, her cheeks wet and eyes red. She took a deep breath.
"I'm leaving, Bobby. I just can't take this any more. We work together, eat together, sleep together, and as much as I love you, I'm choking. I just can't do it," she sobbed. She ran her hands through her hair, over her eyes, and slapped them on her sides.
"Can't we work it out? You can move back into your own apartment, and we'll go from there," he pleaded. "Just, don't go Alex. I love you too much to lose you." His words made her cry even more.
"Bobby, I just can't be here. All the stress from work is spilling into our personal relationship. We fight about the littlest things, right down to the best way to kill insects – swat or spray. It's just not working."
**Every step you take reminds you
That she's walking on**
After that she caught a Taxi and left. Goren stood at the window watching her leave, and a hole emerged in his heart. There she went. Then one day, not long ago, she called. She just wanted to say hi, but it sounded more than that.
**Every word you never said
Echoes down your empty hallway**
"Bobby, I do love you. You know that right?" she said.
"Yeah, I do. Are you coming home?" he asked hopefully. She sighed.
"No. I'm leaving New York. I'm being transferred to LA. I have to go. The money is good, and I have family up there."
"When?" he asked.
"Tomorrow."
**Everything that was you world
Just came down
It just came down.**
Goren decided to get up early and go back to that bench, as he had been last night. He couldn't shake the sadness that she left with the phone call. He sat in the darkness, just to watch the lights fade, and the sun rise.
**Day breaking on the boulevard
Feel the
Sun warming up your second hand heart**
Light swimming right across your face
You think
Maybe someday
Maybe someday**
He had to do something. He'd thought about it all morning. He wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do, but he decided to try. Now, instead of being a man with a broken heart, he was a man on a mission.
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Rightio then…this is how it's gonna work. Since I couldn't make up my mind about the ending, I wrote 2 alternative ones. If u want a happy ending, go to Chapter 4. It u want the sad one, go to Chapter 5. Simple! Or if u wanna read them both, that's ok too.