[ WP ] She kept quiet and turned her eyes towards everything but his . Something just screamed in her mind not to look .

`` I have n't been completely honest with you,'' he said. 
 
 Outside the office, the night sky was made darker with the constant drops of rain. The trees swayed in an uncontrollable tremollo of wind, as if they wanted to escape the roots that have kept them alive for so long. 
 
 Arms wrapped around herself, she braced against the weather, all the while listening to his voice. 
 
 She had never heard him this way before. He had always been loud. Confident. Not the quiet and solemn type she currently beheld. 
 
 `` The last few months have been great,'' he continued without waiting for any cue or even an assurance that she had heard him. `` But, I need to tell you. I just broke up Zoe. For good.'' 
 
 Dean fidgeted in his seat then, painfully aware of the underwear bunching up in his asshole. He was afraid of what he needed to say next. Being alone with her now though, he knew that he needed to say it. 
 
 `` I'm so sorry V. I did n't lie about before though. We did break up last November. Some months after that, we decided to try again. And we've been together ever since.'' 
 
 V followed the lightning streaking across the sky. She closed her eyes then and counted inward, *1.. 2.. 3..* Thunder roared. *We are right under the storm, * she thought. She began focusing on her breathing while Dean continued. 
 
 `` Until last week,'' Dean said. `` When we got back from the beach, I had to end it.'' 
 
 `` Why?'' V asked, her shaky voice betraying her calm stature. 
 
 Dean considered the question, struggling to find the right words. `` I found my happiness somewhere else.'' 
 
 After a moment of shared silence, Dean turned away and walked to the window. Sighing, he continued, `` I did n't tell you this to force you into action. I'm not trying to make you like me. You may not even like me. You're just too nice sometimes.'' 
 
 His chuckle quickly evaporated in the solemnity of the moment. 
 
 `` I'm sorry. I know you could hate me for what I did. And maybe you should. But... I just could n't take all the lies anymore. 
 
 `` I'm the last person to speak about truths, but the only thing I truly know is that whatever we are, I just want to share the truth with you. Even if we continue as friends, become something more - fingers crossed haha -, or even nothing at all. I just.... wanted you to know. The truth.'' 
 
 The words pierced her, unleashing a heavy chest characterized with *that* feeling. She had been hurt, but in her 27 years, she knew that it is only the ones that were able to get close that are able to hurt us so. 
 
 V opened her eyes then, finding Dean's outline looking out the window. She was thankful that he was looking away from her. For a while, she was content to look at him. 
 
 And against her conscience, against the heavy pain in her heart, and against all thoughts of reason she said, `` Hey.'' 
 
 He stiffened at the words and turned around and met her eyes. 
 
 
 

