"It had to end sometime, right?"
A tightness invades Natalie's chest as she stares into her phone. She finally made a call to Ava after hours of wallowing in misery. She couldn't sleep after Brendan left and after an early morning shower that she thought would help, she still looks just as terrible as she feels.
She misses him and she has never wished for a message or a call from him the way she does now. And with each second that passes she believes it's definitely over.
"I mean, I had to wake up from my fairy tale, right?"
"Don't be ridiculous babe, he loves you and said so himself." Ava throws her an exasperated look while she combs her hair.
"Then why do I feel like he doesn't?"
"Like really, babe? Are you even hearing yourself right now?" Ava stares at her with wide eyes and Na
