The End. (standard:romance, 1102 words)
Author: Murdoc	Added: Dec 27 2009	Views/Reads: 2895/1812	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A concise tale of a young man dealing with his mixed emotions for his ex-wife after a bitter divorce, feeling of loss, and his inability to "see into the future" so to speak now that she is gone.

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Brad feels a knot growing in his stomach. The spirit of the conversation
reveals more and more that she no longer has any feelings for him. He 
wonders if this was even real or if it was just one big ruse for her to 
hurt him again. "Just.....be good." he says, hugging her one last time. 
As he is backing up his car, a couple of guys come out of the back of 
the restaurant, one of which Shana gives a suggestive hug. He turns his 
head quickly and drives off. 

The monotony of the meeting leaves Brad feeling lost and confused. There
was no last kiss. No pleading to renew their relationship. Their entire 
existence with one another was filled with excitement, action, passion. 
It didn't seem fitting for it to culminate in such a dull and 
uninteresting way. He wanted a last kiss. He wanted to try and fight 
her off as she pleaded with him to get back together with her. He 
wanted to eventually give in, even though he knew that it could not 
possibly work between them. He said goodbye, but he wasn't ready to. He 
was never ready. He still loves her. Swallowing the lump in his throat, 
he reluctantly concedes that they're both better off. She's moving on 
and he should too. He looks on as he passes the turn to her old home, a 
turn he'd taken hundreds of times. Sweet Shana Bleu, his high school 
sweetheart. Never more. He remembers a dream he had shortly after he 
ended it with her. In the dream, he comes to a fork in a road. One way 
leads to Shana's old home; he has no idea where the other goes. He 
hesitates for several minutes, but takes it anyway. He remembers 
awakening, feeling just as lost then as he does now. 


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