untitled START// ten.thirty.zero :: 20:34 "What do you want from me, Ethan?" Raine asked, exhaustion taking over her body as the anger flooded away. Five hours they had been fighting. Five hours. All because of three words. "I don't know Raine. How about an answer? How about *anything* at all?" "Why can't you just let it go for once? Why can't this just be over?" She could feel the hot tears sliding down her face, shamed at how she was crumbling before him. Ethan. Her darling Ethan, who she thought could never hurt her. Ethan took her by the shoulders, wanting to shake her and kiss her senseless. "Raine, what can't you understand? Do you think I want to feel this way, if it so obviously destroys our relationship? I was happy being your friend! I loved it. But somewhere along the way I fell in love with you and I can't change that. It's not my fault I feel the way I do." "Ethan, I can't give you what you want." She looked up at him through tear-soaked lashes, gently prying herself from his grip. "And I'm sorry. I love you so much, but-" "Just not in the way I love you." He finished. She nodded. "I'm sorry." "Don't apologize, Raine. I'm the one who should be sorry." "For what?" "I'm sorry for falling in love with you!" he burst out, startling her. His breathing was ragged, heavy from his passion, heavy from his outburst, heavy from his pain. Then, softer: "I think then it'll just be best if we don't- if we spend less time with each other." Raine slumped against the wall, cradling her head in her hands as she slid to the floor. She gave a dumb nod, half expecting him to take it back, half accepting the fact that everything had changed. The door shut with an audible 'click' as Ethan slid out the door, all the while his words echoing in her consciousness. I'm sorry for falling in love with you. END // ten.thirty.zero :: 21:32 << [heart] >> scribble me your heart