Chris was lying awake on his bed for so long, he just didn't have any strength to move. He kept thinking that maybe he went too far, that this time she might be really upset with him. But he felt like saying it all to her had really helped him, not about the feelings he had for her, but about having to hide them and always pretend nothing happened.
Someone knocked on his door, he thought for sure that it was someone reminding him that their flight was about to leave. But it was not.
"Hi" And there she was, standing on his trailer door, like nothing had changed.
"Our flight got delayed. By three hours" she said.
"Oh, really?" He asked, more politely that usual and a little confused.
"Yeah"
"Okay…Thank you"
Silence fell as they looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Then, with a sight, Chris started.
"Listen, I'm sorry" he said as she entered the trailer and closed the door. "I know I went too far, It's just that… I had to. And it helped me, really, not the way I was expecting, but it did."
"Chris-"
"No, I'm not asking anything from you, I don't want to jeopardize what we have, I just-"
"CHRIS!" she tried again. He finally let her talk.
"Sit down"
"What?"
She shrugged "Well, if it helped you… I might as well try it. Also, I felt like you still don't understand what I did and how I feel about you, so…My turn" she smiled slightly and waited for him to sit down, then she sat in front of him and started to talk.
"You were right, it was easier for me to pretend those three months never happened. I thought that by not thinking about it, or talking, it would go away faster, so I forced myself to erase that from my memory. Well, I tried. And all these years I just ignored whenever you tried to talk about it or say the things you said to me earlier. Because I already knew what you had to say, all of it, and I knew how much it would hurt to hear it."
"You knew?" he asked, confused.
"Of course, because I went through the same things. You think I didn't know? You think I don't feel how you want to runaway every time we're close to each other? You think I don't see that you look at me the same way you did ten years ago? That your hugs are still the same? You think I didn't realize that the first movie you directed was about us?" She had a sad smile on her face.
"You said you were never able to get over it, and of course you weren't, how could we? It was a perfect relationship, you were right about that too, and it just ended, we didn't fight or yelled at each other, or said any hurtful things, it just ended, but we couldn't just stop feeling the way we did."
Now all Chris could do was remain sit and look astonished.
"And I did settle for less. But I ruined every relationship I had after, you know that. I married, and that gave me Rose, but right now we're just waiting for the divorce papers to come out. And Ryan… another ruined relationship, and part of it was the exposure. We barely talked after it ended. The same thing would happen if we-"
"You don't know that-"
"Yes, yes, I know how you feel about that, what I'm saying is, I couldn't even imagine not talking to you ever, and the slight possibility of that happening…So please, don't think I married him because I loved him more. And that you're the only one who couldn't find someone, I just gave bigger chances than you did."
She finished and looked down at her hands, as if not wanting to face him anymore. None of them talked for a really long time, then Chris looked at her and waited for her to finally raise her head to face him.
"It is really, really difficult for me to hear you say these things right now." He said, slowly.
"I thought you knew."
"Well, I felt things but you never wanted to talk about it so I…" He sighed. "I think I just didn't want to believe that all these years, we've been feeling the same way about each other, and that still, there's nothing we can do about it. But knowing it… it just…"
"I know" she said "And I know it's my fault. But I really think it's for the best."
"You know how I feel about that" he continued "But I'm not going to argue with you, I respect your decision as much as I did before"
"And I'm very thankful for that" she smiled, then raised her arm and ran her fingers through his hair. He closed his eye for a split second, instinctively, and smiled back.
Their eyes met for a few long moments, then he looked down, bit his lip and shook his head in disbelief, he never thought they would really have this conversation, at the level they had just did.
"I'm sorry" she said "I wish there was a switch where we could turn these feelings on and off, or change them, but there's not… We love who we love" She finished, he looked at her and a gentle laugh came from his mouth, surprised to hear the line from his own movie, the movie he did for her.
"Yeah" he said, smiling "It sucks." He shrugged. They both laughed, enjoying that moment as something that only they shared, and that would always belong to the two of them, no matter how many years passed.
"Hey, I just remembered. I still have that movie we were watching. We can finish it while we wait for our flight." She said
"Yeah, I guess we can do that"
He sat at his side of the bed as she put the dvd on. But, for his surprise, she didn't remain at her side as she usually did. She sat very close to him, hugged his arm and placed her head on his shoulder. He almost hated her for torturing him that way, but instead he just enjoyed her closeness and after a while, he grabbed her hand, and they remained like that through the entire movie.
A/N: This is short, I know, and I'm sorry. But I'd rather post this than make you guys wait for a couple more weeks. I hope you like it so far, thanks for reading!
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