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Do you love me?

June 24, 2010
By OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch


“I love you.” he states over the phone, his rich angel’s voice hesitant and tender. He can make it sound like anything.

Oh, you love me now? You shouted at me, called me an idiot, a b****. That was love? When you left me waiting in that fancy dress that I’d bought all for you, at that expensive restaurant I’d had to spend a fortune in gas on to reach—left me waiting there pathetically all night while you cavorted around with some other woman. You call that love? I confronted you—you struck me. I can still feel the flash of pain across my face though it is days later. So this is your idea of love.

“Do you love me?” he whispers brokenly. Did he just ask me that? Did that son of a b**** just ask me that? After all he’s done, he has the nerve to ask me if I love him. I have the nerve to consider the question. My once-dreamy hazel eyes gaze through curling lashes at sights only I can see.

You, holding me in your strong, secure arms. Running your fingers through my dark, curly brown hair. Stroking my prominent, milky-white cheekbone. Whispering sweet secrets in my ear. Kissing my full red lips so gently and emotionally that my head swam for days. Do I love you?

“Yes,” I said dully. “Yes I do.” Wonderful. Did I really have to say that? Now he’ll think I’ve forgiven him.

“Will you give me another chance?” he asks, full of apprehension. Give him another chance? Another chance to carefully mend my heart, only to rip it to shreds? He must be joking.

But who am I fooling? I know the monster that beautiful exterior conceals. I know the infidelity, the lies, the cruelty. And I love him. I love him, I miss him, I want to be with him.

I’ve always prided myself on being a sensible girl. Intelligent, logical, always making the right choice. Right now, my heart and mind were grappling for the right to make this oh-so-important choice. They fought as viciously as a pair of wild dogs, but in the end, I proved myself correct. The mind won out. Self-preservation won out. Love lost.

“No,” I say curtly, and slam the phone down definitively, only to slowly slide down the wall until my head rests in my lap, salty drops splashing onto my crossed legs, sobs echoing throughout the desolate building. I made the right choice. I know I did. Then why does it hurt so much?


The author's comments:
I don't write a lot of short stories, but I love Taylor Swift songs, and one of my favorite ones inspired me. Guess which.

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on Jul. 27 2010 at 4:10 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks! Of course I will.

Babylufin GOLD said...
on Jul. 27 2010 at 4:07 pm
Babylufin GOLD, Liberal, Missouri
13 articles 2 photos 229 comments

Favorite Quote:
"'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" Jeremiah 29:11. Thank you Lord, for this future you've given me.

I liked this. I like how she knows to choose what's best for her, not just what she wants.

Kudos!

:D

Can you please take a look at my work? ;)


on Jul. 27 2010 at 7:33 am
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks:D  

J.A.M. SILVER said...
on Jul. 27 2010 at 1:17 am
J.A.M. SILVER, Lacey, Washington
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I really like this. It has really good voice and kept me reading. It shows that sometimes even if you dont want to say no its best you should and deal with the pain. I liked it. :) good job there friend

on Jul. 26 2010 at 7:09 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks!:) 

Deadjokr said...
on Jul. 26 2010 at 7:04 pm
Deadjokr, Childress, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight." Phyllis Diller

really good :) I loved every bit of it.

on Jul. 24 2010 at 10:23 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thank you!  I try to put as much of the thoughts in as I can, I think they are what makes the story understandable and interesting.

on Jul. 24 2010 at 3:51 pm
yellowflower SILVER, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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I love how you portray the her thoughts!! it was awesome!! bravo!

on Jul. 22 2010 at 3:18 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thank you! I based this off the Taylor Swift music video White Horse, and I tried to make it as vivid and realistic as possible.

on Jul. 22 2010 at 10:48 am
JennaBeaSwimma SILVER, High Point, North Carolina
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I like how descriptive you are, and that your character was strong to say no. It gives a good example of what's the right thing to do if you're ever put in this position.

on Jul. 21 2010 at 8:10 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Haha thanks!:)

on Jul. 21 2010 at 8:02 pm
rueebee21 SILVER, El Paso, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Adapt and overcome" - Coach Massey

Aww,Wooah now that was a Grawesome short story you wrote.! I loved it.!!(:

on Jul. 21 2010 at 3:03 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks:)I tried to make this as realistic as possible.

Miara GOLD said...
on Jul. 21 2010 at 12:34 pm
Miara GOLD, Ottumwa, Iowa
16 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
Dying is a day worth living for.
The problem with being the last of anything is by and by there be none left.

I've always wondered what it would be like to have this happen to me.  You show how badly it really hurts to say no.

on Jul. 18 2010 at 2:48 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks:) 

Kenya BRONZE said...
on Jul. 18 2010 at 1:53 pm
Kenya BRONZE, Vero Beach, Florida
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This Is A Great Story It Really Has Yu Wondering What Wil Happen Next :) .

on Jul. 17 2010 at 1:54 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Thanks!  I based this off the Taylor Swift music video White Horse, where she was strong enough to say no.

on Jul. 17 2010 at 1:49 pm
kdancer454 SILVER, Lynbrook, New York
6 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
As the heart speaks, the pencil dulls.

I really liked this, especially how the girl was strong enough to say no, and didn't let her love blind her into get herself hurt again. great job!

 


on Jul. 14 2010 at 5:30 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

Well I'm glad you got away from him, then.  Good for you.

on Jul. 14 2010 at 1:40 pm
JustKeepRowin SILVER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Peace begins with a smile."-Mother Teresa

haha! Don't he was mean! :-P