They say that breaking is what your heart is for…
I have major issues with people lying to me. It goes back to
when I was a little kid; I had an unusual childhood blah, blah, blah. This is
also why I have issue trusting people. You can’t always believe what people
tell you or who they make themselves out to be. A lot of people wear a mask and
hide their true identity.
R is one of these people. I trusted him, and I was wrong.
Its really as simple as that.
If you know who R is, you might think he’s a good guy, and I
use to think so too. I’m not writing about what happened to place the blame on
him, but to help understand what happened and make sense of everything.
R broke up with me on Sunday outside of Marion. It was
freezing. I was trying not to cry as the leaves fell onto the volleyball court.
People were staring, but at a school this size, when aren’t they? He said what
he had to say and I laughed.
I stood up,
“Well… I don’t know what else to say so, I’m going back inside because I’m cold
and have to cry. But just so you know- I’m pretty sure you just broke my heart
a little”
“Catie…. I’m sorry.”
“Yeah, whatever.”
And that was it.
That was the end of what I thought was
going to be a lot more. Better than anything else that had ever been before. My
friends said he was stupid and would come around. Others said a sophomore had
played me. Girls in my hall laughed at me, that dumb freshman girl who’d been
lured, baited, hooked, and tricked by a sophomore guy in a fraternity. The same
old story, same old ending.
So the outcome of all of this is that I learned a valuable
lesson. A cheesy lesson, but nonetheless a valuable one. I have really strong
relationships at R.C, maybe not the type of relationship I thought would be the
strongest, but 100% better. I have the best
friends in the world. I realized that these past two weeks. V is there for
me at the drop of a hat. M is always willing to beat someone up, well at least
joke about doing so. S is willing to catystrate someone for me-don’t worry
we’re keeping the knives away from that one.. KC and I are literally the same
person. And Md has the ability to make me laugh way too hard. And everyone else
is equally amazing too.
A lot of people I went to high school with constantly post
about missing everyone back home. I miss a lot of people back home, but I left
for a reason. I left to meet new people and experience new things. I’m so glad
I’ve met people who I know I’ll be friends with for the rest of my life. These
past two weeks have been as my ap English teacher PB would say, “a tale of two
cities.” They were the absolute worst
and yet also parts of the best times ever. I regret some parts but still wouldn’t change anything.
wow, this was such a great post. I am sorry, the dialog was great and I could almost feel your pain. I think that the best part was the last paragraph, it was very strong.
ReplyDeleteYou do a great job of setting up the scene, 'outside of Marion. It was freezing. I was trying not to cry as the leaves fell onto the volleyball court.' I could really imagine the situation. I'm sorry that happened though. Great post. I like how you were able to take a bad situation and think about the good relationships you have and look on the bright side.
ReplyDeleteEverything that they said: this IS a GREAT post. You set the scene well, include the right lines of dialogue, and Jesus, I got to say, I think our hearts were breaking with yours. That's powerful writing.
ReplyDeleteAnd then . . . and then you turn it around and make a bad thing really kind of good. This shows good writing--smart writing, surprising us, but you know what else? It also shows maturity and perspective. And those things will never let you down.
Wow. Great work.