《The Ruels of My Heart》twenty three - ruel's perspective
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"Hey Ruel!" Coco says happily, wrapping her arms around me and squeezing me into a hug.
"Hey Coco," I reply, hugging her back.
"How did the soundcheck go?" She asks.
"Pretty good. But is it bad that I'm almost happy that tonight is the last show for this tour? I'm exhausted!" I say.
"Of course not. I've only joined you for the last few shows and I'm definitely looking forward to getting home and crashing on the couch. What time does the show start tonight?"
"8pm. Why?"
"There's something I need to tell you... This morning as I was grabbing a coffee from Starbucks, guess who served me?"
At first I am confused and don't know. But then as I think about it for a second, with the hinting grin on my sisters face, I have an idea who it might be. My stomach explodes with butterflies and my breath catches in my throat, but I manage to choke out the name that's been permanently engraved in my mind ever since I knew it, "Leo?"
"Yes! And you better give me best sister in the world award because..." Coco says, drawing out her works so the suspense slowly kills me and she knows it.
"Tell me!" I squeal like a hopeless eight year old.
"Well... I explained everything to her. She was shocked. I told her you would love her to come to your show last night... And she said she will be there."
Oh my god. Words can't describe how I feel right now. I feel so happy and excited but so nervous and anxious. This is my chance to win Leo back. And I'm going to use it as if it is my last chance. Because it might be.
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All afternoon I have been thinking about Leo and her agreeing to come to my concert tonight. To be completely honest I never thought she would ever want to talk to me again. But agree to meet up with me? I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. I had no idea where in the world she was when she left, it is such luck that Coco bumped into her. But there is one thing that I'm super confused about and it's really stressing me out. Does Leo think we're meeting up as acquaintances? Friends? Anything else? The more and more I think about it, the scarier it is to me. I don't want to find myself saying or doing something that I will regret, because I can't deny that there hasn't been a day that has gone by when I haven't thought about her. Wondered where she is. Wondered how she is. Wondered if she was alright. Wondered what she thought of me. Wondered if she was thinking of me. Wondered how badly she hated me. I called her so many times, but she never answered, which I get. Deep down I felt I needed to give her space. Sure, I would have loved to be able to explain everything to her, which I realise I should have done anyway, but that clearly wasn't what she wanted so I let her be. Because I want her to be happy. Just as she was starting to trust me, she walked in on me kissing another girl. But I still love Leo. I always loved Leo. So fucking much that I will do anything to get her back. Even if it only means being friends with her because that's all she wants. But on the inside I hope that one day, even though most likely will never happen, we can be more then friends. That's all I've ever wanted.
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