
Beautiful Goodbye
Where it All Went Wrong
"Hey Brooke do you want a fry? Brooke, Brooooke?" Amber said waving a fry in front of my face. "Huh, oh what? No thanks." I responded just coming out of my daydream. "Are you okay? You've been acting kind of off ever since we saw Tyler." She asked. I didnt know whether I should tell her about Tyler and I's past yet. "Hey were friends right?" I asked. "I hope so" she responded, "Because I must seem really weird if we're not." I laughed. "Well, Tyler and I used to date." I began......
FLASHBACK:
It was the summer after my freshmen year of college. Tyler and I had been dating for just about a year. All of friends figured we would get married someday. We seemed like the perfect couple, Tyler was training to go into the NHL, I was studying to become a sports journalist. Everything seemed so perfect until the very end of that summer. Tyler had gotten new that Boston wanted him to come to one of his training camps. I was so happy for him. Everything seemed to be falling right into place, that was until Tyler asked me to go to Boston with him. "Come with me Brooke, I want you to be there with me" he said as we sat perched on the beach. "I- I cant" I said. "Why not?" he said sounding somewhat angry. "I have to finish school, I want to be a journalist," I said, toying with his hand trying to calm him down. " Just come with me now, you have time to be a journalist later." he said, pulling me closer to him. "I- I cant, if I quit school now i'll never end up going back" I said quietly. "I have to get home." He said sternly and he left. The next night we went to a party.I was sitting at a table with some of girlfriends when I looked over to see Tyler dancing sexually with some other girls. I walked out of the party in tears. Tyler chased after me, "Brooke! Wait!" I stopped abrubtly, and turned around. "What the hell are you doing?!" I shouted through tears. He pulled me into his arms and said, "Im so sorry, It was a mistake." I forgave him right away, I was an idiot. Similar events happened night after night that August. Only eventually he stopped chasing after me.I figured he was doing this to get back at me for not going to Boston with him. It was the night before Tyler would leave for Boston and we sat on the boardwalk of the beach and watch the waves crash over the jetty. "Brooke," he said quietly, "I have to tell you something," A lump grew in my throat. "What?" I said trying to sound cheerful. " I-I um, I" his stutter seemed endless, "You what?" I said hoping to break up his stutter. "I hooked up with Caylee." he blurted out. Caylee was your average school slut. She had 'hooked up' with just about every guy in the grade. "What?!?!" I shouted standing up, "Why?! To get back at me for not going to Boston with you?!" I said, now screaming. "What? No, of course not, thats ridiculous." he said. "Oh is it really that ridiculous?" I sniped back. "Yes, i'm so sorry," he said. "I got an offer from Chicago," I said "I think i'm going to go" I said calmly turning around and trying to walk the other way. "What? Brooke no please, I cant do this without you!" He said grabbing my hand. "Im sorry Tyler, I have to go." I said tears streaming down my face. "Fine!" he shouted from behind me. "If you wanna go to Chicago so bad just go, but I wont be here when you get back!" That was it. The last time we saw each other until now.
"Wow," Amber said, her big green eyes bulging out of her head. "Yep," I said sipping my drink. "You know what this means dont you?" she said. "It means God wants you two to be together and he's giving you a second chance!" she said loudly. "I dont think so" I said. "This is incredible she said! I am now completley dedicated to getting you two back together. "Shit" I said.
FLASHBACK:
It was the summer after my freshmen year of college. Tyler and I had been dating for just about a year. All of friends figured we would get married someday. We seemed like the perfect couple, Tyler was training to go into the NHL, I was studying to become a sports journalist. Everything seemed so perfect until the very end of that summer. Tyler had gotten new that Boston wanted him to come to one of his training camps. I was so happy for him. Everything seemed to be falling right into place, that was until Tyler asked me to go to Boston with him. "Come with me Brooke, I want you to be there with me" he said as we sat perched on the beach. "I- I cant" I said. "Why not?" he said sounding somewhat angry. "I have to finish school, I want to be a journalist," I said, toying with his hand trying to calm him down. " Just come with me now, you have time to be a journalist later." he said, pulling me closer to him. "I- I cant, if I quit school now i'll never end up going back" I said quietly. "I have to get home." He said sternly and he left. The next night we went to a party.I was sitting at a table with some of girlfriends when I looked over to see Tyler dancing sexually with some other girls. I walked out of the party in tears. Tyler chased after me, "Brooke! Wait!" I stopped abrubtly, and turned around. "What the hell are you doing?!" I shouted through tears. He pulled me into his arms and said, "Im so sorry, It was a mistake." I forgave him right away, I was an idiot. Similar events happened night after night that August. Only eventually he stopped chasing after me.I figured he was doing this to get back at me for not going to Boston with him. It was the night before Tyler would leave for Boston and we sat on the boardwalk of the beach and watch the waves crash over the jetty. "Brooke," he said quietly, "I have to tell you something," A lump grew in my throat. "What?" I said trying to sound cheerful. " I-I um, I" his stutter seemed endless, "You what?" I said hoping to break up his stutter. "I hooked up with Caylee." he blurted out. Caylee was your average school slut. She had 'hooked up' with just about every guy in the grade. "What?!?!" I shouted standing up, "Why?! To get back at me for not going to Boston with you?!" I said, now screaming. "What? No, of course not, thats ridiculous." he said. "Oh is it really that ridiculous?" I sniped back. "Yes, i'm so sorry," he said. "I got an offer from Chicago," I said "I think i'm going to go" I said calmly turning around and trying to walk the other way. "What? Brooke no please, I cant do this without you!" He said grabbing my hand. "Im sorry Tyler, I have to go." I said tears streaming down my face. "Fine!" he shouted from behind me. "If you wanna go to Chicago so bad just go, but I wont be here when you get back!" That was it. The last time we saw each other until now.
"Wow," Amber said, her big green eyes bulging out of her head. "Yep," I said sipping my drink. "You know what this means dont you?" she said. "It means God wants you two to be together and he's giving you a second chance!" she said loudly. "I dont think so" I said. "This is incredible she said! I am now completley dedicated to getting you two back together. "Shit" I said.
5/29/13