Harry, Edward And Marcel

Chapter Thirty Version 1 - Broken Again

I walked out, feeling confused as to why Edward had left without saying anything. I looked around but he was nowhere in sight.

“Uh, Mary?”

I looked over my shoulder

“Marcel”
“Can we talk?”
“Of course, Marcel but… not right now. I have to find Edward”
“Edward?”
“Yes, he ran out and I have no idea why…”
“Mary, I’ve waited too long to talk to you. Please… can we just… talk, please?”
“Ok.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. Let’s talk.”

Marcel and I walked through the dark neighborhood, he didn’t say a word until he felt we were private enough… we found a bench near a light post and decided to sit while we talked.

“Mary you don’t understand what’s been going on… and I really have no idea how I’m supposed to explain it…”
“You don’t have to explain anything Marcel, Edward already told me what was going on and it’s okay. I understand.”
“Mary, I haven’t stopped thinking about you. Not for one second. I love you more than anything and you don’t understand how empty I feel. Please, give me one more chance…”

He stared at me desperately. I couldn’t come up with anything to say. I loved him so much but I could only hear Edwards voice in my head saying “You deserve better, Mary”

“Mary, please”
“You still cheated on me Marcel. I’m never going to forget that”
“It was a mistake, Mary please. I won’t ever forget it either…”

Marcel got down on his knees, taking my hands in his and begging me to take him back. I couldn’t decide right then and there…

“Marcel. I love you. I love you so much but I can’t trust you after what you did.” I said as tears ran down my face
“Mary, you don’t have to decide now. I’m here forever. I’ll wait forever”

I started crying. He took me in his arms and held me tight. After a slightly dramatic conversation Marcel and I decided to walk back. He went to his house and I went to mine. Harry was gone but Edward was sitting on the couch.

“Edward”
“Great, you’re back!” he smiled
“Edward, where did you go?”
“I went to grab one of these”

Edward held up a bottle of beer. I walked towards the sofa and sat next to him.

“You know what Mary, you remind me so much of a girl I used to know”

I stared at him, paying close attention to whatever it was he was about to say

“You remind me of a girl, her name was Lyla… beautiful girl. I loved her more than anything in the world Mary, still do. This girl was smart, funny… lazy, everything adorable.. She was broken, Mary. Lyla was absolutely broken. I saw that the minute I laid eyes on her and I fell in love instantly. I spoiled her rotten. I’d take her out, buy her clothes... We took more road trips than I could possibly handle. I thought I was making things better for her, but instead I was only distracting her… because she was still that same broken girl when we got back home.”
“What happened to her?”
“I cheated on her. I cheated on my precious Lyla with a girl I didn’t even know.”
“So she broke up with you?”
“No…”
“No?”
“I broke up with her… She didn’t look at me the same way after a while. I knew in my heart that I was no longer a person she could trust. I was no longer her hero… I knew she deserved better and I couldn’t stay with her knowing what I did. She was my everything, Mary. I messed that up so bad. I broke my special broken girl and I can never forgive myself for doing it.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“It’s fine, I just really hope you understand why I was being so anal about you taking Marcel back.”
“I get it…”

I stared at him for a while. It broke my heart to know all this about his past relationship. I discover knew things about him everyday.

“You’re a really good person, you know that Edward?”
“Hah, no I’m not…”
“You are. It’s why I love you so much.”

Edward looked at me and put his arm over my shoulder. I wrapped my arms around his waist and he kissed my head. He turned on the TV and we fell asleep on the couch together.

“Mary” he whispered gently
“Yeah?” I asked still half asleep
“I love you too.”

Edward cupped my face in his hands and kissed me gently. I held him close as we both fell asleep once again. 

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