I wake up to the excessive ringing of my phone on the table beside the bed I was laying in. My eyes slowly adjust to the light as I grab my phone and blindly answer the call.

"Hello?" I groggily speak.

"Adeline Hayes where the actual fuck are you?" The voice screams from the other line.

It's Ashley.

The volume of her voice is loud enough to wake Timmy, who was peacefully sleeping beside me. "I'm at Timothée's" I respond, scared of what reaction she might have.

"No fucking way" she belts into the call. "Eden she's at Timothée's" she reports to Eden.

"Why are you there?" Ashley continues to question after a few seconds.

"Uhm, I'll explain later. It's a long story" I answer truthfully.

"Alright then let's grab lunch" she proposes. "You, me, and Eden"

My stomach practically growls at the offer. "Okay, you guys decide where to eat and I'll meet you there at 12"

Shortly after, we say our goodbyes and I hang up the phone. Turning my head to look at the now fully awake Timmy who is staring back at me with a smile.

Last nights events run through my head as my hungry stomach turns queasy. The thought of Gunnar makes me want to puke. But the thought that I'm sitting in the bed of the man who broke my heart into a thousand pieces makes me want to puke even more.

"We should talk" I finally break the silence.

"About what?" He asks obliviously.

I sigh, locking my eyes with the comforter that's still covering my legs. "You know what"

"I do" He asks, still trying to act as if he doesn't sense the tension between us.

"You broke my fucking heart" I blurt out, my voice sounds just as bitter as I am.

"And I'm sorry, I tried to reach out and tell you how horrible I felt but you never answered" he speaks, his voice now quiet.

"Don't flip this on me" I snap at him.

"I'm not" he quickly defends himself with wide eyes at my sudden accusation.

The room goes silent as I play with the hem of the comforter between my fingers. "Did you ever really love me?" My quivering voice asks.

"Of course Adeline" his tone is convincing. "And I still do"

I shake my head as my heart speeds up with his words. "Please don't do this to me" I squeak out, trying to hold in my tears.

"Do what? You asked me a question and I responded" he says, now sitting up from his current position so he's closer to me.

"That's not fair Timmy, and you know it" I retort, letting my tears spill from me eyes.

"What's not fair?" He asks, clearly getting frustrated.

"It's not fair that you went and cheated on me for god knows how long, and then you go on with your life like nothing happened and then still have the nerve to sit here and tell me that you loved me and still do" I angrily speak.

He shakes his head at me. "You can't sit here and tell me that I didn't love you. You were everything I could ever want. I made one mistake-"

I immediately cut him off. "No Timothée it wasn't one mistake. It was multiple. You cheated on me multiple times" I yell at him, letting my anger get the best of me.

I now stand up from his bed and gather my neatly folded clothes from the night before and step into his bathroom and begin quickly changing. My hands are shaking from anger.

"Just give me another chance, please Addy" he begs through the bathroom door.

I swing the door open, now fully clothed in my outfit from last night. "And then what Timotheé? You cheat on me again? You use me again? You fucking ruin my life again?" I scream in his face, clearly surprising him.

"Please can we just talk?" He pleads.

"We are talking and you see how it's going" I push past him and into his room.

"Do you not love me anymore?" He asks, hurt evident in his voice, causing my heart to sink.

"It's not a matter of me still loving you, obviously I still fucking love you" I spit. "And you know I would take you back in an instant but I can't trust you anymore"

The room falls silent again as I try to wipe my tears and slip my shoes onto my feet. "A relationship is built on trust Timmy, and I can't be with you if I don't trust you" I admit. "It wouldn't be fair for either of us"

"Then please let me prove that I'm trustworthy" he continues to plead. "Can we at least be friends?"

My mind is racing as hundreds of thoughts consume my brain. Whenever ex's become friends it never lasts and they always get back together and the relationship is always toxic. But then again having Timmy back in my life, even if it's just as a friend would make me so much happier. But I'm so in love with him.

"Please say something" he begs, pulling my from my thoughts.

"Fine we can be friends. But that's it Timothée" I give in with a sigh.

A smile spreads across his face as he tackles me in a hug. My heart stops for a second at the close proximity but I push him off. "Friends don't do that" I glare at him.

I stand up, off his bed and gather my things and walk towards the front door. "Bye Timmy" I slightly smile at him as I open the door.

"Bye Addy" he smiles back, but his smile is much larger than mine.

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