Even with Ellie's insistence that you stay with her, you left and went in search of new things. Her heart sank so hard that it made her even harder and more resilient. Her biggest fear was being alone. She'd already lost too many people, and you were all she had. She thought she was being a good girlfriend, doing everything to please you and see a smile on your face. But even so, you turned your back and said that maybe one day you'd meet again.

You didn't hate her, you just wanted to live your life somewhere else. But she didn't take it well. She started crying and begging, a rare occurrence, in a last-ditch attempt to keep you around. It didn't work.

Three years later.

The weather is cloudy, but you're back in town. It's a day of reunion, you think as you knock on Ellie's door and she opens it with a stoic expression. The reaction you expected—a hug—was replaced by a quick look up and down.

What do you want?