Love Me or Leave Me
There used to be a time when Rhodes was in love with Autumn. He would tell her every
day, and he would show her through warm hugs, hold her hand just because, give her cups of coffee and she would always find a sticky note somewhere in their apartment with a sweet little message. However, that has not been the case lately. She cannot remember the last time she heard the three words from him. Three days ago, Autumn decided she was tired of it, tired of not knowing what changed in their relationship.
"What happened to us?" The natural redheaded girl had finally asked.
"Nothing," The raven-haired boy answered, looking at his girlfriend with weary eyes. "Where is all of this coming from?”
"You used to tell me that you loved me, at least once upon a time you did. What
happened?"
"You’re crazy, Autumn. There's nothing wrong," Autumn scoffed as Rhodes answered
her, tears began to fill the space in between the freckles on her face.
"You're lying and you know that I know it. Why can't you just admit it?" Autumn's face
began to turn red, matching the color of her hair. She was tired of the tears, although they were still evident on her face.
Rhodes looked at Autumn, his mouth open wide as he tried to figure out what his next
move would be. It was silent for a few minutes, before Autumn scoffed again and spoke up as
she realized it would be awhile before he would respond, "I don't know why it's so hard for you
to tell me what changed. I'm going to bed. Wake me up when you are ready to talk."
He never woke her up to talk. The next night, they fought again and Rhodes ended up
sleeping in the guest bedroom. Autumn never thought this would happen this late in their
relationship, she had hoped their three year anniversary that was coming up in a few months would end in an engagement; she does not believe it will anymore. For the third night in a row, another fight occurred and they slept in separate rooms once again.
The next morning, Autumn woke up and walked over to the guest bedroom. She woke Rhodes up and began to speak, finally coming to terms with everything.
“Something changed within us, Rhodes," Autumn grabbed ahold of his hand. "You used to tell me you loved me, and you would always prove it through your actions. You don't tell me you love me anymore. Maybe I am crazy, maybe there really is nothing wrong, but then again we used to never go to bed angry, but that's all we do lately. I cannot keep doing this. I need you to choose. I can still be the only one you need, the only one close enough to feel you breathe. I can still be the place you run to instead of being the one you’re running from, but it’s up to you. Will you love me or leave me here, wondering what happened to us? You need to make a decision, because I can't keep doing this."
“I’m sorry, Autumn,” Rhodes sighed, “I fell out of love with you.”
“Then I guess we are done here,” Autumn whispered out, letting go of his hand.
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