Rhythm of Love (UN-EDITED)

Back to current time. September 1st, 2012.

I walked inside the apartment building. I put the keys on the table. It was oddly quiet for someone who shouldn't have gone out, maybe it was my silence. Daniel said that he wouldn't be going anywhere, because he still hasn't gotten his license back from the government.

After a while, I could hear someone or something talking. In my head I thought of the TV right away, but it wasn't. I really wished it was the TV. I walked into the living room and stared at the two.

"--Damn it Daniel, don't you remember a thing?" She stopped talking and stared at me. Daniel stood up from his seat on the couch. The expression of worry spread across his face. My heart pounded, I didn't know what to say or think.

"R-Rydell, you're back." He sounded shocked.

"What's Jennifer doing here, Daniel?" I asked, pissed off. Right now I thought about the accident. The night, the reason why it all happened.

"You know I thought that I would be able to you a favour by not telling him how it all went down. After the accident when we got together, he thought that it was just him losing control of the car." Jennifer, wickedly enticed. I just wanted to go, my head spinned. The tear trickled down my cheek. Everything was my fault, just like usual.

"Rydell, what is she talking about?" Daniel asked, confused. The three of us stood in his living room. The tension and confusion was all lingering in the air.

I took a seat on the arm chair. I buried my face in my hands. I brushed my fingers through my hair, stressfully. I needed to think of a way I could explain it all.

"Come on tell him, or I'll do it for you." Jennifer snarled as she looked down at me.

"Well Daniel...."

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Flashback. February 15th, 2011.

I couldn't get the picture out of my head. They were kissing over the dinner table on Valentine's Day. He lied to me. The day of love was also the day of heartbreak. It replayed millions of times over, just like the tears that were streaming live from my eyes.

Now he would be picking me up from the studio. What was I supposed to say? Right now I didn't know whether I should confront him now, or never. Tonight the darkness was very chilly in California, unusally.

A black Sedan pulled up in front of the building. I didn't want to get in the car, but I had to. I pulled open the door and got seated. Daniel asked, "Hey how was work today?"

I just sighed and answered, "It was great." I lied. It wasn't great. It was completely awful. I could only think of him and Jennifer back together again. I was just the rebound. Why would I be a rebound if we were together over a year? I wasted a year. I couldn't think straight.

"What's wrong?" He glanced over at me, before looking back to the road.

"Daniel, I saw you with her..." I admitted. His confused expression was a fraud. His eyes changed gears and looked into mine, intensely before telling another lie.

"What are you talking about?" He smiled, innocently. It hurt more knowing that he was lying. The fact that he would lie to me was worst.

"Daniel!" I yelled this time, which caught him off guard. "I was going to dinner with Mary and we walked by the stupid small diner and you were there with Jennifer. You can't lie to me, Daniel. I saw you with her. You guys were kissing..." I spoke as the tears fell.

He gripped the wheel tighter before replying, "Damn it... Rydell, I'm sorry. It's just-- I didn't mean for this to happen."

I was furious. What kind of answer was that? "You didn't mean for this to happen. You did mean it to happen, that's why you did it! More like you meant you didn't expect me to find out. Daniel, do you think I'm stupid? I would have found out sooner or later. But couldn't you have done it on any other day than fucking Valentine's Day?" I muttered as I yelled at him. His eyes were going back to me, and to the road.

"Rydell, calm down!" He yelled back.

"Daniel, you fucking broke my heart! A whole year of my life wasted. What was I to you? And don't lie to me." I asked, looking for a real answer. I just wanted to know. I needed to know before I was to never see him again.

"I thought I loved you." He finally admitted as he stared deep into my eyes.

My heart was ripped out, thrown down from a hundred-story building and ran over 2 million times by a semi-truck. I couldn't believe what I just heard. I didn't want to believe it.

Then I saw it... "Daniel!"

It only took a couple of seconds to feel the pain of someone physically and mentally being taken away from you.

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Back to current time. September 1st, 2012.

I let him know everything, from start to finish. I couldn't hide it anymore, it was there for everyone to hear and listen to. I wish I could change it all.

"R-Rydell, why didn't you tell me?" He asked, staring at me hurt. His eyes were full of sadness. Jennifer seemed to be pleased, but was also looking guilty for what she had done to us.

"I thought we could go back to normal, since you didn't remember. That's also why I let you go back with Jennifer so easily. It was what you wanted before you forgot it all." I explained, feeling like an awful person. I just felt sick to my stomach.

It was quiet for a while. Daniel sat down and thought. Jennifer left us, respectably. She went to the kitchen and grabbed something to drink. After shortly returning, Daniel started to talk, "I can't be with either of you." He told us. Jennifer's face seemed to drop a little bit, but for me, I was expecting for him to say something like that. I only deserved it.

"Daniel, I'm sorry. I'm going to pack. I won't bother you again." I told him as I got up to my feet. I rubbed my tear streaked cheeks.

"Jennifer, you should leave to." He murmured, quietly.

And that was it. That was the last I saw of Daniel Campos.

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