Chapter 3 Sylvia learns about the break up
A few short days went by and Sylvia was still concern for her boyfriend Goofy. She had no idea that Goofy used to be a relationship with the famous gossip reporter. One morning Sylvia invited Goofy over for a nice brunch at her place to try to cheer up Goofy and maybe find out what happened. "Good morning Sylvia these are for you" Goofy said as he gave her flowers. "Thank you Goofy they're beautiful" said Sylvia as she put the flowers in water. "For brunch I made your favorite. I know you weren't happy to see your ex-girlfriend Clarabelle so I wanted to cheer you up." "Thank you Sylvia it was really sweet of you" replied Goofy as he and Sylvia started eating. "Goofy I know it's a sore subject for you but what happened between you and Clarabelle and how come you never told me about her?" Sylvia asked. Goofy knew he couldn't keep it a secret forever about his past relationship with Clarabelle so he decided to tell Sylvia the truth. "The reason why I never mentioned Clarabelle because our break up didn't go well. Clarabelle and my late wife were best friends. When I lost my wife it broke Clarabelle's heart as much as my own. We even became really good friends but one day Clarabelle and I realized that we started to have feeling for each other romantically after all the time we hung out. We told each other our true feelings and became a couple. While we were together Clarabelle was in school to become a reporter and I was real proud of her because it was her dream. After Clarabelle graduated she landed a job as a reporter for the local news. As time went on Clarabelle wanted to be more than a reporter for the local news. She wanted to be one of those gossip reporters like the ones in New York or California that does reports about them famous people and mentions anything embarrassing about them. I did love Clarabelle so much that one night I wanted to ask her to marry me on the same night she wanted to tell me some good news. Clarabelle told me she finally got her dream job and I was happy for her. She even said yes when I asked for her hand.
As time went on Clarabelle became really into her job and sometimes I didn't see her a period of time. One night we had an argument about not seeing each other much and the fact that she told me that she was getting her own gossip show in Los Angeles. That was also the night Clarabelle broke up with me because she believed we were drifting apart and that I didn't support her when she finally got her dream job. Clarabelle gave back the ring and moved away. After that I did my best to move on with my life despite my broken heart." After hearing Goofy's story about him and Clarabelle she felt bad about pestering Goofy to tell her about his past relationship with Clarabelle. "I'm sorry that happened to you Goofy and I'm also sorry if I made you uncomfortable by having you tell me your story" Sylvia told Goofy and he replied, "No it's ok. I'm glad I told you. I was just afraid I might lose you if you knew." "Oh my sweet Goofy I love you too much so I doubt you'll ever lose me" Sylvia told him as she kissed his cheek. "Wow let's finish brunch and enjoy the rest of the day together" said Goofy as he and Sylvia ate their food. The happy couple enjoyed a walk in the park and catching a movie. After his time with Sylvia Goofy went home with a smile on his face and in his heart knowing that Sylvia knew the truth.
Later on that day Goofy remembered that there was still something he wanted to tell Sylvia that he didn't get the chance to the other night after what happened. Before he could call Sylvia Goofy heard a knock on the front door. "I wonder who could it be?" Goofy thought to himself as he went to answer it. "Clarabelle what are you doing here?" Goofy questioned. "I wanted to come by and say that I'm sorry for spoiling your date with that girl you were with. I had no intention of doing that. I didn't even think I would see you there. It's nice that you were able to move on after what happened between us and to be honest I blame myself. If only I tried to be a better girlfriend/fiancé to you then maybe thing would be different" said Clarabelle. "It was a long time ago and we all learn from our mistakes. The best thing to do is try not to let it happen again especially when it comes to being happy with somebody special" Goofy pointed out. "Thanks Goofy I needed to hear that so I was hoping that maybe we can try being good friends again. I miss our friendship very much" requested Clarabelle. "Sure why not. We were friends before we became a couple so let's be friends again" Goofy replied as he and Clarabelle shook hands. "Wonderful and one of these days you, me and your girlfriend should hang out whenever we're not busy since I'm going to be in town for a while" suggested Clarabelle. "That sounds like fun. I'll ask Sylvia if she is up for it" Goofy told Clarabelle before she left.